Exodus 5:1–9
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We come now to one of the great confrontations in all of Scripture. This is not a political negotiation between a tribal leader and a king. This is a collision of two kingdoms, a war between two gods. On the one side, you have Yahweh, the self-existent, covenant-keeping God of Israel, represented by two eighty-year-old shepherds. On the other, you have Pharaoh, the man-god of Egypt, the ruler of the most powerful empire on earth, surrounded by all the pomp, might, and military force of his kingdom. The stage is set for a conflict that will reveal the nature of true power, the heart of tyranny, and the unwavering purpose of God to redeem His people for worship. They are his property, his workforce, the engine of his economy. The ungodly state, the secular empire, always seeks to claim total ownership over its people.