0399. 392. God’s Deliverance of Israel by the Hand of Moses

392. God’s Deliverance of Israel by the Hand of Moses

1. Vindication. It was a vindication of His servant, for the Lord had spoken through Moses to Pharaoh again and again, and had made him smart because cf his disobedience—Exo_11:1. When God’s servants act in obedience to His commands, He will vindicate their cause.

2. Opposition. Pharaoh again and again hardened his heart against the Lord, till at last the Lord left him in his hardened state, and in this sense we understand the sentence, “The Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart” (Exo_11:10). A self-elected choice against God always brings its own judgment.

3. Help. When God’s people are in dire straits, He will often cause those who are not His people to help them, for that is the meaning of the words “borrowed” and “lent” (Exo_12:35-36). The children of Israel asked for the things that the Egyptians gave them, as we read in the Revised Version, “So they let them have what they asked.”

4. Redemption. The great consequence was that Israel knew God’s delivering grace through their responsive obedience, for right through we find illustrated, if not stated, the children of Israel went and did so, as Jehovah commanded Moses—Exo_12:28. When we walk with the Lord in the path of obedience, He will always side with us in the might of His power. This is illustrated again and again in what Jehovah did for Israel as stated in Exodus 11 and Exodus 12.

By: DR. F. E. MARSH