Exodus 9

God continues to lay waste to the Egyptian gods and goddesses. There are several that are represented by cows, including Hathor, the goddess of protection. Sekhment is the goddess of the plague, and Nut is the sky goddess. God reveals that He is the own who controls their food and health, and that He protects those that are His own. He also allows Moses to tell Pharoah that there is no way out at this point. They have enslaved and looked down on the Hebrew people, even to the point of making them kill their children. The Egyptians are going to learn to fear the one true God!

Exodus 9:16 (WEB) “but indeed for this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth”

We also see that some people are already beginning to get the message.

Exodus 9:20 (WEB) “Those who feared the LORD’s word amongst the servants of Pharaoh made their servants and their livestock flee into the houses.”

Thought for the day: We should be thankful that God promises to care for and protect us. That doesn’t mean we’ll never experience trouble. But it does mean that we are His forever!

John 10:27-29 (WEB) “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father who has given them to me is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand.”