Prepare: Give light O Lord that I may understand your Word and praise and worship You.
Read: Exodus 9:1-26
We may find it difficult to understand the message God gives in today's passage. Modern scientific findings and technological developments have put man on a voyage to space searching for the evidence for the presence of extra-terrestrial beings. But our minds and hearts are darkened with sin and rebellion against God that we fail to see the presence of the living God amidst us. He is very much active in His creation, especially among humankind whom He loves very much.
Aphis was the bull-god worshiped in Egypt. At the temple in Memphis a sacred bull was kept and worshiped. Hathor was the cow-goddess of fertility greatly adored by the Egyptians. The sacrificial ashes sprinkled into the air was considered by them as a blessing. Now the ashes from the kin bring great suffering to people and animals. As a result, the magicians cannot stand before Moses.
Hail storm is the first of the four plagues against the sky god. Those who obey God in fear of Him are saved. Horus and Month (the bird gods) and Nut (the sky goddess) are all ineffective to save the people in agony.
Are there modern equivalents to those Egyptian gods? In what ways do these try to rob our love and devotion to God? Any person or object or ambition which takes the place of God is an idol drawing us away from the love of God.
Respond: Lord God, You alone are God! There is no one beside You.
Read: Exodus 9:1-26
We may find it difficult to understand the message God gives in today's passage. Modern scientific findings and technological developments have put man on a voyage to space searching for the evidence for the presence of extra-terrestrial beings. But our minds and hearts are darkened with sin and rebellion against God that we fail to see the presence of the living God amidst us. He is very much active in His creation, especially among humankind whom He loves very much.
Aphis was the bull-god worshiped in Egypt. At the temple in Memphis a sacred bull was kept and worshiped. Hathor was the cow-goddess of fertility greatly adored by the Egyptians. The sacrificial ashes sprinkled into the air was considered by them as a blessing. Now the ashes from the kin bring great suffering to people and animals. As a result, the magicians cannot stand before Moses.
Hail storm is the first of the four plagues against the sky god. Those who obey God in fear of Him are saved. Horus and Month (the bird gods) and Nut (the sky goddess) are all ineffective to save the people in agony.
Are there modern equivalents to those Egyptian gods? In what ways do these try to rob our love and devotion to God? Any person or object or ambition which takes the place of God is an idol drawing us away from the love of God.
Respond: Lord God, You alone are God! There is no one beside You.
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