Bible Questions #239 -253

239. Exo. 8: 22 Moses tells Pharaoh that God will protect his own people (the Hebrews). What will happen when the flies come?

(All of the other bad things that have happened have been in Egypt in the part of the land where the Pharaoh and most of the people lived.

The Hebrew people lived north in an area called Goshen. This is where they had land for their animals and sheep.

The flies come in swarms and could fly north or to other places. So Moses tells Pharaoh that God will make the flies stay in Egypt. God’s people will not have these bad things happen to them.)　

240. Exo. 9:3 What does God send now?

241. Pharaoh sends men to find out what? Exo. 9: 6, 7

242. What does God send next? Exo. 9: 9 -11

243. Exo. 9: 16 God tells Pharaoh, "The reason all these things have been happening to you is so you will see _______ ______________. And that my name will be told to all the earth."

(The people of Egypt may never have heard of the Holy God in Heaven--- the One True God. They worshipped the Pharaoh as a god. They worshipped many gods. But now, they have heard of the God of Heaven and have seen His power.)

Vs. 17 Pharaoh is still thinking he has power to hold God’s people. After all that has happened, Pharaoh thinks he has power to hold out against this God of Heaven.

244. Exo. 9: 18 What is God going to send now?

245. Exo. 9: 20, 21 Some of the Egyptian people were understanding the power of this God of Heaven. What did some of them do when they heard the hail was coming?

246. Vs. 23 in the King James Version says that "fire ran along the ground"----with the hail was a terrible lightning storm. In vs. 27, Pharaoh says, what?

247. In vs. 35, Pharaoh went back to his old way of thinking. Did he let the people go?

248. Exo. Chp. 10, the first verses explain that God has made Pharaoh stubborn or made his heart "hard", so that he will not let the people go, and he will have to see these bad things happen in his land.

There are other verses in this story that have said the same thing.

In some ways, it is hard for us to understand. If God makes Pharaoh’s heart hard so he will not let the people go, then how can God punish him for that?

God’s way of dealing with man is beyond what we can understand. We can not always explain why or how God does what he does. That is why He is God. His ways are above our ways, and His thoughts above our thoughts. (Isaiah 55: 8, 9)

God wanted Pharaoh and the people of Egypt to know who He was and to know His power. He wanted them to see that He was more powerful than the gods they worshipped.

As each bad thing happened, they saw more and more of God’s power. By the time God was done, they would have no excuse----they would know who was the most powerful God. They would know that this God of Heaven was more powerful than any of their gods. They would know that to worship the most powerful God would be a wise thing.

The question is-----would they worship the God of heaven?

249. Exo. 10: 4 What happens next?

250. Exo. 10: 21, 22 The Lord sends ________________. This darkness was very dark and deep. This was a sign against Pharaoh. Pharaoh was worshipped as a sun god. They called him, Ra---Sun. They believed the sun gave him birth. He was the god of light.

Now it was so very dark. How could their god of light---the sun----let such darkness happen? Where was the power of this sun god king? The God of heaven was more powerful than their sun god king!

Vs. 23 In Goshen, the Hebrew people had light.

251. Chp 10: 28, 29 Pharaoh is angry. What does he tell Moses? Moses told him, "You will not see my face again, this is true."

252. God told Moses to tell the people to do what? Exo. 11:2

(The people will take these things with them when they go. For 432 years these people have worked for free----no pay----as slaves. This is their "pay" for all those years of work.)

253. Exo. 11:3 God gave them favor in the eyes of the Egyptian people. They had great respect for Moses.

When we live and do as God wants us to----He can give us favor with people who have the power to help us.

Vs. 4, 5 What does God tell Moses he will do?