PLAGUES OF EGYPT
A First Word
To discuss the plagues of Egypt
which was far more than the actual event
itself. While the story of the Exodus
from Egypt Canaan by Noah.
TIME is of no importance to God. – If He says it;
it will happen.
Noah’s
sons
- Noah had thee Sons; Shem,
Ham and Japheth.
- Noah blessed two of
his sons, Shem and Japheth.
- Shem would be the Godly line of decedents that gave
us Abraham, the “Father of Israel”
Gen 9:18-19 – Noah’s sons
- Shem, Ham and Japheth
18 The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem,
Ham and Japheth. (Ham
was the father of Canaan .)
19 These were the three sons of Noah, and from
them came the people who were scattered over the earth. NIV
The Races Origin Rabbit Trail
- It is believed that
Noah’s three sons had taken wives from other nations before the
flood.
- Shem is the progenitor of
the “Semitic” peoples of the East. (White)
- Ham’s descendents became
the Egyptians, Canaanites and Africans. (Black)
- Japheth’s descendents are the
inhabitants of
Ham’s four sons
- Put - had at least six sons which is possible
modern
Gen 10:6 – Sons of Ham; Cush Egypt Canaan
6 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim (Egypt Canaan . NIV
Gen 10:8 – Cush was the
father of Nimrod
8 Cush
The Curse
- This takes us back to
just after the flood in the days of Noah and his sons; one of which
received a curse on his family.
- Let’s take a look –
Noah lay drunk and naked in his tent, when Ham came in and saw him –
Something very wrong took place in that tent either by Ham or his son
Cannan.
- Cannan was singled
out and cursed by Noah to be a “servant of servants” to his
brothers.
- Keep that in mind
Gen 9:24-25 – Canaan is cursed
to be a servant to his brothers
24 So Noah awoke from his
wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him.
25 Then he said:
"Cursed be Canaan ; a servant of servants He shall be to his
brethren." NKJV
BLACK CURSE RABBIT TRAIL
- NOTE: There
are arguments that the curse on Ham’s descendents included making them a
black people. – While the descendents are black; there is no
scripture that supports or even hints of this as being a part of the
curse; this must be dismissed as only someone’s opinion.
- In my opinion this is a divisive
attempt by Satan to divide men and promote bigotry and hatred. – Satan did
the same thing with the Jews; calling them Christ Killers; creating
hate and anti-Semitism – The executioners were the Romans; it was
not the Jews that drove the nails into the hands and feet of Jesus the
Christ.
Lets Pause right here
- At this point,
- We have the
prophecy of servitude upside down as we have the Godly line of the
Israelites being enslaved by the un-godly line of
- But God just laughs
at them. – (It’s not over till it’s
over.)
- Here’s
where we are
– We’re now in
Ps 2:2-4 –
God watches and laughs at them.
2 The kings of the earth
take their stand and the rulers gather together against the LORD and against
his Anointed One.
3 "Let us break their chains," they say,
"and throw off their fetters."
4 The One enthroned in
heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them. NIV
The Plagues
- God makes the rules under which sin
shall be sinned, though He Himself is not the author of sin. (The Invisible War) - The judgment of the plagues is on the many pagan
gods of
- The Israelites; God’s
chosen people, did not comprehend what was going on, so how much more were
the Egyptians baffled.
- The plague
announcements made “in advance” gave the Magicians time to come up with
their “Secret Arts” and slight of hand to replicate it.
- While the magicians
tried to “duplicate” the judgments they never tried to “reverse”
them.
- They magicians told
Pharaoh that “This is the finger of
God”, (NOT
- All the plagues
must happen. - Pharaoh must resist letting the people go, until
God has shown All of Egypt that their gods are nothing; helpless to
intervene and helpless to save.
- Finally, All of Egypt
will realize that the one and only true God is the God of Israel.
Ex 9:12 – God hardened Pharaoh’s heart
12 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart
and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said to Moses.
NIV
Ex 12:12 – God brings judgment on the gods of Egypt
12 I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt
Ps 106:7 – Even the
Israelites did not understand it.
7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in
Egypt ASV
The First Plague on the waters – The Trinity - Stink, Stank, Stunk
- The water of the River
Nile turned blood RED as well
as the water in their wooden and stone vessels. This first judgment of Moses was “death” to their fish; their food
source and their lively hood, putting terror in their heart.
- Interestingly, the first miracle of Jesus was “grace”
turning water into RED wine and
putting gladness to their heart.
- With lack of oxygen,
the fish died, floated to the top of the water and smelled putrid for
seven days. (This is where we get
the phrase; “Something smells fishy to me”) - While Pharaoh’s
magicians could make water look like blood, they were unable to make the
blood turn back to water.
- Osiris, the god of the
- There were other
gods; Nu the god of
life in the
- These gods were the
most favored gods of the common people; but were useless.
Ex 7:19 – The water turned to blood and stunk.
19 Take thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the
waters of Egypt land of Egypt ASV
The Second Plague on the waters - frogs
- The
- Hekt the goddess of Land, who helped women in
childbirth, was always depicted with a human body and the head of a
frog. Since the frogs were seen
as gods, the Egyptians would not even lift their hand to destroy them. – For
crying out loud, the frogs had come out of the sacred
- Can’t you just imagine
God laughing at their prayers and offerings to their silent pagan gods.
Ex 8:3 – Frogs everywhere,
there everywhere
3 and the river shall swarm with frogs,
which shall go up and come into thy house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon
thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and
into thy ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs: ASV
Ex 8:13 – Something Stinks
13 And the frogs died out of the houses, the
courts, and out of the fields. They gathered them together in heaps; and the
land stank.
The supernatural
- I have read many
commentaries that explain away every detail of the ten plagues with
rational that excludes the “supernatural” and point to some event in nature
that caused it all to happen - Do away with the supernatural and you
reduce the Bible to just another book.
- Maybe the
- Maybe it “was”
just nature; which makes me even
more amazed at how all the judgments happened, one right after another
at the wave of “Moses’ rod” – Nature sure was organized. And it is further cool that the
judgments ceased at his command and there was a distinction made between
the Egyptian and the Israelites, who experienced only some of the plagues.
The Third Plague - on the land – fleas and gnats
- Aaron struck the
dusty ground
with his rod, reminiscent of the Old Testament Prophets.
- This
- Different
translations say the plague was lice or gnats, or even mosquitoes,
but the Hebrew word “ken” means to dig, as in dig under the skin – Some
translators think it was sand fleas, that swarmed over the land. Think how one flea can drive your puppy
crazy. – Think how millions could drive you “buggy”. – Did you get it – “buggy”
- This small scourge of
blood sucking insects covered the whole body like a cloud of dust,
creeping into the eyes, nose and ears. - Today we have the tiny “No-see-um”
mosquitoes.
- Geb the great god of the earth was silent;
the sacrifices of the priest availed nothing.
Num 11:5 – Cucumbers,
melons, leeks, onions & Garlic
5 We remember the fish we ate in Egypt
Ex 8:16 -17 – Lice, gnats, flies, fleas.
16 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron,
Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the earth, that is may become
lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
17 And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his
hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and there were lice
upon man, and upon beast; all the dust of the earth became lice
throughout all the land of Egypt ASV
Ex 8:17 – gnats came out of the dust of the soil
17 They did this, and when Aaron stretched out his
hand with the staff and struck the dust of the ground, gnats came
upon men and animals. All the dust throughout the land of Egypt
The fourth Plague – on the land – Flies
- God sent swarms of
insects; the beetle and
cockroach; the gad fly, dog fly, and the stable fly
which is a blood sucker - large biting flies that lay hundreds of eggs in
animal dung and transmits the “skin anthrax” plague. - The
magicians could not duplicate or reverse this plague – There demonic “secret arts” were useless.
- Background
-
The Egyptians noticed that this scarab
beetle rolled golf size balls of dung across the field to store
them for food – The Egyptians un-mistakenly thought the beetle put their
larva in them and therefore thought the balls represented life. –
This beetle gnaws clothes, books, furniture, plants, man and beast.
- The sun was
considered the seed of life. - The scarab beetle was considered the god that rolled the
sun from morning to evening. – No
upstanding Egyptian would kill a beetle god.
- Amon-Ra (Amun-re) was considered the king of gods
– “Amon” means hidden – This “invisible” king of eternity and
guardian of the dead was always pictured with the head of a beetle.
- God made a
distinction between the Egyptians and the Israelites. - The Israelites did
not experience this specific plague.
Ex 8:21 -22 - God sends swarming insects - flies
21 If you do not let my people go, I will send swarms
of flies on you and your officials, on your people and into your houses.
The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies, and even the ground
22 "`But on that day I will deal differently
with the land of Goshen, where my people live; no swarms of flies will
be there, so that you will know that I, the LORD, am in this land. NIV
The Fifth Plague – on livestock - disease
- God sent“murrain”; a contagious epidemic
disease among the Egyptians livestock; the donkeys, camels, sheep, horses
and cattle, from the livestock of the simple countryside farmer to the sacred
bulls of the high temple priest. Their temples were defiled by the
dead animals. “All that were infected” died. – There is no evidence
the plague was removed.
- A distinction however
was made - No harm came to any of the animals of the Israelites.
- Their many gods were
of no help; Apius, the sacred
bull god - Hathor the
cow-headed goddess of the deserts - Bubastis, the cat goddess - Ra the livestock calf god - The bull Bakis
of the god Mentu - none
could do anything to save them - And to make matters worse, Anubis the Jackal
headed dog god got his reputation slammed by the dog fly plague.
Ex 9:3-4 – Horses,
donkeys, camels, sheep, goats and cattle die
3 the hand of the LORD will bring a terrible
plague on your livestock in the field--on your horses and donkeys and
camels and on your cattle and sheep and goats.
4 But the LORD will make a distinction between the
livestock of Israel Egypt
The Sixth Plague – on man - Boils - Leprosy
- The handful of soot
or dust that Moses cast into the air was representative of the custom of
the Egyptian Priest of castings soot from sacrifices over the people -
they counted the dust or soot as a blessing from the priest - In this case
it was a curse. - Got sent a “burning plague” against men; that of boils
and running sores, which some translate “leprosy” which cannot be healed.
– No evidence that this plague was recalled; presumably it wore itself
out.
- Furnaces or
brick-kiln’s were an instrument of oppression to the Israelites;
and now the soot from them was a symbol of chastisement to
- The Egyptians had
local gods as well as national gods – To use a big word; they were “polytheistic”
– believed in many gods. – If one god is good, then ten gods is much better.
- Great
healing powers
were attributed to the gods Apis,
Serapis and Imhotep, but they were
useless; they could do nothing.
Ex 9:8-9 – Festering boils
– Leprosy on men and animals
8 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Take handfuls
of soot from a furnace, have Moses toss it into the air in the
presence of Pharaoh.
9 It will become fine dust over the whole land of Egypt
Deut 28:27 – Cannot be
healed - Leprosy
27 The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt
Lev 13:18 -19 – A boil on the skin - Leprosy
18 "When someone has a boil on his skin
and it heals,
19 and in the place where the boil was, a white
swelling or reddish-white spot appears, he must present himself to the priest.
NIV
Ex 9:11 – The magicians got boils where the sun doesn’t shine.
11 And the magicians could not stand before
Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all
the Egyptians.
The Seventh Plague – On the land - beating down; herbs, produce, fruit - thunder, rain with hail and fire
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It
almost never rained in upper Egypt, receiving only about one inch of total
rainfall a year; the land was always sunny - God sent a judgment of immense
peals of thunder and the worst hail storm that Egypt had ever seen; with fire
from lightning that zigzagged back and forth on the land as if trying to catch
hold of itself - (This is where we get the
phrase “Great Balls of Fire”.)
- Although there was
death; this plague was not sent against the slaves and livestock, but
against the produce of the land – They were warned; some believed
Moses’ words and lived.
- The Egyptians
worshiped red water and fire. - Shu, the wind god - Nut the sky goddess, Horus the elder and the hawk-headed sky god were
all silent; they could do nothing.
Ex 9:18 -19 – The worst hailstorm ever in Egypt
18 Therefore, at this time tomorrow I will send
the worst hailstorm that has ever fallen on Egypt
Ex 9:24 – Fire and lighting
24 hail fell and lightning flashed back and
forth. It was the worst storm in all the land NIV
Ex 9:20 -21 – Some believed and were saved.
20 Those officials of Pharaoh who feared the
word of the LORD hurried to bring their slaves and their livestock inside.
21 But those who ignored the word of the LORD left
their slaves and livestock in the field. NIV
Ex 9:26 No hail in Goshen
26 The only place it did not hail was the land of Goshen
The Eighth Plague –
On the land – the vegetation - Locust
- A Massive Locust “Invasion” had never been felt
before in Egypt and would exceed anything they had ever heard about in the
past; it was now in the land of the Nile and what was left standing
after the hail and fire, was being consumed by the locust. – The land
turned black with three inch, red spotted, double winged locust, jumping
with legs of springs; a ravenous army of creeping, gnawing and destroying
critters. – stripping the land to a barren desert.
- Where were their
gods? - Nepri the grain
god - Ermutet goddess of
crops and childbirth - Anubis,
the jackal-headed guardian of the fields – Where was their agricultural
god Osiris, the great
head of the Hamitic trinity. – They were
Ex 10:12 – Locust ate what the hail did not destroy
12 And the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out
your hand over Egypt
Ex 10:14 -15 – The land was black with locust
14 they invaded all Egypt
15 They covered all the ground until it was
black. They devoured all that was left after the hail--everything growing
in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree or
plant in all the land of Egypt
The Ninth Plague – On Man -
Darkness - Fear
and Terror
- God sent darkness on
the
- You must now imagine
crossing over from where the Egyptians lived into the land where the
Israelites lived. – When you crossed over, you immediately moved from
darkness to light. – This is certainly symbolic of the difference between the
unbeliever and the believer.
- From time to time, Pharaoh would repent and humbled
himself; confess he had sinned and ask for prayers of protection from
the Hebrew God. His feelings of
remorse was only temporary; as before when things got better, he would go
right back with his fist in the air toward the God of Israel. – He
recognized that Jehovah was the God of the Hebrew, but certainly not the
god of Egyptian.
- Ra the great sun god
had disappeared – There was no help from Aten, the sun disc – and the symbol of Ankh known as the
“symbol of life” from the sun, was of no help - No need for Horus the god of the
sunrise or Tem the god
of sunset or Shu the god
of light or the many other deities of the moon and planets.
- As students of the
word, we are urged to trace the cause of the judgments, which in
this case was wrath on a grossly idolatrous blasphemous Pharaoh and his
idolatrous nation.
Ex 10:21 – Darkness that could be felt.
21 The LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your
hand toward the sky so that darkness will spread over Egypt
Ex 10:22 -23 – The Israelites had light
22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky,
and total darkness covered all Egypt
23 No one could see anyone else or leave
his place for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light in the places
where they lived. NIV
The Tenth Plague – on man -
First Born
dies
- Pharaoh
sees himself as a god – The King was believed to be the incarnation of Horus the son of “Re” the sun god - Pharaoh
was all powerful – Life and death was in his word.
- Ten in scripture is the number for Government;
it represents Judgment – the Law - Consider as an example; the law
of the Ten
Commandments.
- The tenth judgment and final plague was
every first born child of every Egyptian family would die; from the slave
girl to the Pharaoh; including the first born of all their cattle.
- On the 14th
of Nisan;
a distinction was made between the Egyptians and the Israelites; the
- With death at their
doorstep, Pharaoh’s advisors were telling him, it might be a good
idea “to let the people go”, in fact let’s help them go; - “Send them out of the land in haste”.
- Archaeologists have uncovered
coffins with the inscriptions; “That night of slaying of the
firstborn”. – Other inscriptions say; “That day of the slaying of
the firstborn”.
- Judgment has now come on
Ex 11:4-6 – The first born
shall die
4 “About midnight I will go throughout Egypt.
5 Every firstborn son in Egypt
6 There will be loud wailing throughout Egypt
Ex 11:7 – A Distinction - All
Israel
7 But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at
any man or animal.' Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction
between Egypt Israel
Ex 12:12 – Judgment on the many gods of Egypt
12 "On that same night I will pass through Egypt Egypt
Ex 12:33 - Send the out of the land with haste
33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people,
that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be
all dead men. KJV
The Egyptian Army Destroyed
- On the 15th
day of Nisan,
the day after the 10th plague, Pharaoh “let the people go”. – Moses had prepared God’s 200+ million men, women and
children for a quick departure.
- It is noteworthy to point out that the
Israelites did not intermarry with the Egyptians, but remained a pure race
for the entire 430 years of bondage.
- Pharaoh as before, changed his mind after
the Israelites had left; and pursued after them.
- All of the pursuing Egyptian army
perished in the
- God lifted the yoke of oppression from
the necks of the Israelites. – The chain was now broken imposed by the
descendants of Ham; “the Egyptians”.
- NOTE: Abrahams first born Ishmael, was from
his “Egyptian” wife Hagar - This child would never be “the child of
promise” to Abraham. – Never. – His descendants would be Muslim.
- Ezekiel prophesized that
Ex 14:27 -28 – The sea swallowed up the Egyptian army.
27 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and
at daybreak the sea went back to its place. The Egyptians were fleeing toward
it, and the LORD swept them into the sea.
28 The water flowed back and covered the chariots
and horsemen--the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into
the sea. Not one of them survived. NIV
Ezek 29:3-6 – Ezekiel prophesizes
against Egypt
3 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "`I
am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt
4 I will pull you out from among your streams
5 I will leave you in the desert, ..
6 Then all who live in Egypt
Ezek 29:9 – Egypt
9 Egypt
NIV
Ezek 29:14-16 – They will
become a contemptible menial land
14 And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt land of Pathros
15 It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither
shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them
that they shall no more rule over the nations.
16 And it shall be no more the confidence of the
house of Israel
Israel’s Grumbling Plagues
- In the Pentateuch, plagues
are described often as “judgments” against
- The plagues against
Egypt smacked close to home as the Israelites also needed knowledge “to
experience” Godly fear, and to know the awesomeness of “The God of
Israel”.
- God used plagues to
get the attention of
- When they were grumbling
while eating quail and wanted something else.
- When the spies grumbled
and discouraged the Israelites and spread a bad report
- When the people grumbled
against Moses and Aaron because of their conditions.
Num 11:32-33 – Plague
while grumbling about the quail
32 All that day and night and all the next day the
people went out and gathered quail. No one gathered less than ten homers. Then
they spread them out all around the camp.
33 But while the meat was still between their
teeth and before it could be consumed, the anger of the LORD burned against the
people, and he struck them with a severe plague.
NIV
Num 14:36-37 – Spies
grumbling and causing a bad report
36 So the men Moses had sent to explore the land,
who returned and made the whole community grumble against him by
spreading a bad report about it—
37 these men responsible for spreading the bad
report about the land were struck down and died of a plague before the
LORD.
NIV
Num 16:41-46 – People
grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
41 The next day the whole Israelite community grumbled
against Moses and Aaron. "You have killed the LORD's people,"
46 Then Moses said to Aaron, "Take your
censer and put incense in it, along with fire from the altar, and hurry to the
assembly to make atonement for them. Wrath has come out from the LORD; the
plague has started." NIV
Last Note
- The plagues did not
come in quick succession as the reader might think, but went on for five
to six months; October through the last of March as different crops
would become available for harvest, only to be destroyed. However; there
was only seven days between first plague of “something smelling
fishy” and the second plague of frogs that were about to “Croak”.
- The plagues
demonstrated to Pharaoh and his nation, God’s superiority to the
Egyptian gods and in the finality of things, He would, “bring judgment
on their many pagan gods”.
- “
- If you read the
entire account of the judgment of plagues; many times you will find
Pharaoh along with his people, coming to the
- NOTE: They were told
six times in advance what was going to happen, giving the ‘magicians’ time
to fabricate something similar. - God allowed Pharaoh’s magicians to be
“initially” successful in some of their “secret arts”. This added to the hardness of Pharaoh’s
heart.
- Inquiring
minds want to know – Jewish tradition says Jannes and Jambres
were the names of the court magicians who did “the tricks” – God
changed the magicians into CLOWNS.
- It is unknown if the
magicians were using “trickery” or Satan inspired “Lying Wonders”.
- It was God’s grace
that let them dig and find water that was not contaminated, or all would
have died. – Remember, God warns, before He wounds, not wanting any
to perish.
- Before the plague of
hail, God gave the Egyptians an
opportunity to distinguish themselves between those who believed
the words of Moses and those who did not. - Many sought cover
and saved their livestock as well as themselves. – God gives us the
same opportunity today.
- The Israelites
experienced the first three plagues as they also had lessons to be
learned.
- When God made a
distinction between the
- The first nine judgments were directed
at some phenomenon of nature that they worshiped as god. Each judgment
plague came with an intensifying effect and severity over the previous
plague. – The land was all most totally devastated. – These plagues challenged the very core of
- The tenth however, was the culminating
“judgment” on the
Egyptians with a direct first hand visitation from Almighty God. – (The
tenth plague is a study all into it’s own self).
- God told Moses to ask
for articles of jewelry from the Egyptians and they found favor and were
loaded up with silver and gold before they departed. – When they left,
they left rich.
- God commanded the
Israelites to celebrate this event with a yearly festival called “The Passover” commemorating when
the “death angel” passed over them.
- God could have wiped
out all of
- While the Exodus of
the Israelites is an awesome story in itself, the story behind the story
is still more amazing. – God used the bondage of the Israelites to not
only fulfill prophecy concerning the curse on Ham’s descendents “Egypt”;
but declared in a mighty way, to the nation of Israel and to all the other
nations; TO KNOW that “there
is a God in Israel”
- Pharaoh’s first
sneering question – “Who is the
Lord” has been terribly answered.
Ex 11:1 – They will Help them
to go
1 When he lets you go, he will surely drive you
out of here altogether. NKJV
Ex 11:2-3 – They spoiled
the Egyptians articles of gold & Silver
2 Speak now in the hearing of the people, and let
every man ask from his neighbor and every woman from her neighbor, articles
of silver and articles of gold."
3 And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight
of the Egyptians.
Ex 12:12 – I will execute judgment on the gods of Egypt
12 I will pass through the land of Egypt on that
night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and
beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment:. NKJV
1 Sam 17:46 – There is a God in Israel
46 Today I will give the carcasses of the
Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and the
whole world will know that there is a God in Israel
Ex 9:16 – My power – My name
16 that I might show you my power and that my name
might be proclaimed in all the earth. NIV
2 Peter 3:9 – He warns
before He wounds.
9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as
some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone
to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. NIV
2 Thess 2:9 – Satan has
lying wonders
9 The coming of the lawless one is according to
the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, NKJV
Shem –The Godly descendents of Noah
- For 2000 years Noah’s first born Shem, the Godly line of
Abraham has served his other brother Japheth, but it isn’t over till it’s
over. – It may be Friday, but Sundays’ coming.
- On the first coming of Jesus, He came
as our Savior; on His second coming He will come as our Messiah.
– Just a little while longer and the Godly line will be set free.
Gen 9:27 – The descendents of Shem now serve Japheth.
27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell
in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant KJV
Hab 2:3 – The condition of
servitude will change in time
3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time,
but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it;
because it will surely come, it will not tarry. KJV
Heb 10:37 – Just a little while longer
37 For yet a little while, and he that
shall come will come, and will not tarry. KJV
Interesting,
but more than you want to know.
There were three sources of information that was passed down
through the ages which influenced the writings of the authors of scripture;
each source with different perspectives and details. Scholars have named them
as follows:
J
source –
Jehovah YHWY –
P
source – Priestly
E
source – Elohim - God
In the multitude of counselors,
there is wisdom.
Prov 11:14
I
am grateful for those that went before me providing concepts, ideas, historical
information, and scripture verses.
Because of them I can stand on their shoulders and see further than I
otherwise ever could have.
A Commentary; Critical, Experimental and Practical
– Eerdmans
A Survey of Israel’s History - Wood
Arithmetic of God; The – Don Iistler
Baptism Commentary – John Harvey
Bible Almanac; The – Packer Tenney White
Bible Commentary – F.B. Meyer
Bible Dictionary – Harper & Row
Bible on the life hereafter; The – William Hendriksen
CARM – Christian Apologetics
and Research Ministry – M.J. Slick
Commentary on the Bible - Baker
Expositor’s Bible Commentary Vol 2; The – Gaebelein
Great Doctrines of the Bible Vol 6 - W. A. Criswell
Illustrated Bible Dictionary – Nelson’s
Illustrated Manners & Customs of the Bible – Packer/Tenney
International Version Bible – NIV
Invisible
War; The – Donald Grey Barnhouse
Matthew Henry’s Commentary - Zondervan
New International Dictionary of the Bible; The –
Douglas /Tenny New
Today’s Dictionary of the Bible:
Readers Digest
Victor Journey through the Bible; The - Beers
Who’s Who in the Bible – Paul D. Gardner
Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Wycliffe Bible Commentary; The – Pfeiffer & Harrison
- Along with the
Apocrypha, I have also enjoyed “The
lost books of the Bible” and “The
forgotten books of
- Writings outside of
the Bible
should be viewed as “informational”, but not authoritative. They give
insight to customs, manners and thoughts of a
particular culture at a particular time in history. – Many of these will include
folklore, superstition and “embellishments”.
- Prove scripture with
scripture, line upon line, and precept upon precept.
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