Exodus 8:
v. 7 How do the magicians keep pulling this off?
v. 10 What is being proven?
v. 15 Who hardens Pharaoh's heart in this instance?
v. 18-19 What is happenening?
Exodus 9:
v. 11 Again, what is being proven?
v. 14-16 To whom is God proving Himself? Does this drive you to worship?
v. 24 What is being displayed?
v. 27 What is this?
v. 30 Can this be said about me (and you)?
Exodus 10:
v. 2 Who is God concerned with now?
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Ex 8:15 Who hardens Pharaoh's heart in this instance?
ReplyDeleteThere are some interesting verb shifts in this chapter:
*7:1-"I will harden Pharaoh's heart"
*7:13, 22-"Pharaoh's heart became hard"
*8:15, 32-Pharaoh "hardened his heart"
I'm not sure I fully understand why God hardens hearts and darkens eyes; one of my very first posts to this blog was an effort to work through the idea that Jesus taught in parables to be sure that some people would *not* understand His teaching. Verses 15 and 32 are pretty clear, though: even Pharaoh's own people tell him that the plagues are the work of God (8:19, for example), but he chooses not to listen. He thus can't lay what's about to happen at God's feet; rather, he is bringing the judgment down upon himself.
9:27 What is this?
ReplyDeleteIt looks kind of like a "foxhole confession" to me! First, it seems almost like a case of "too little, too late." Pharaoh admits only that "*this time* I have sinned"; what about all the other times he didn't let the people go? Not only that, but whatever repentance there was was pretty short-lived: as soon as the hail stops, Pharaoh goes right back to his old hard-hearted ways (v. 34).