Mankind
is a funny species, we see with our eyes but we do not perceive with our
heart. We are always asking for a sign
and a wonder, we are never satisfied with what is presented to our faces. Pharaoh was no different to any other human
being. HaShem already knew what was in
Pharaoh’s heart and gave Moses a heads-up.
Paraphrased, I am sending you to Pharaoh, but he is thick as the bricks
the Israelites are making for him, that’s my interpretation between the lines,
not in the scriptures. Exodus 7:9: “When Pharaoh
speaks to you, saying, ‘Perform a miracle!’ then you shall tell Aaron, ‘Take
your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a monster.’” In our current time line, we seek a new movement,
the new buzz, and the new miracles that are being performed. We follow signs
and wonders, instead of signs and wonders following us. I say we because as a collective we are
responsible for each other, and if we entertain the new movements we are partakers
with them.
In this
parasha we see something very interesting happening, HaShem has established
that the only way we, His chosen people left Egypt was with a strong hand. To that effect He had established ten plagues
to Pharaoh, and his kingdom. However the
first three plagues also affected us, we were not spared. At this stage you are probably thinking, what
do you mean we, I was not there, that was a long time ago, how can you, say we?
Let me elaborate here, I say we because some of us carry Abraham’s, Isaac’s and
Jacob’s DNA, and those that are not carriers of this DNA, we are grafted into
the vine through Messiah, we have been adopted into the family, His kingdom,
and through Messiah we are one.
So what
occurred to our forefathers occurred to us across time, likewise what happened
in the tree of judgment, brought redemption for all timelines. The promise to Adam, to Abraham, Isaac,
Jacob, David with their eyes fixed in the future promise, Messiah, they
attained salvation on the promise, like wise we now look back to Messiah, we
also attain salvation on the same promise, like our forefathers did. So yes we experienced the first three
plagues, we were delivered from Misrayim, we crossed the red sea, and we were
in the wilderness.
The first
three plagues were blood (Exodus 7:17-8:16), Frogs, lice or gnats. Point of interest here, is the verse where it
recounts that the Egyptians were digging around near the Nile for water, for
the first plague lasted seven days. I
have heard many stories as to why and how the water turned into blood could be
explained in human terms, that which we do not understand we want to fill the
void the vacuum, with what we know. One
such case, is the fact that it is now accepted, that the cause of the red blood
colour, came from a volcano erupting.
However if this is the case, the miracle then, is the fact that wooden
and clay vessels with water also turned into blood, I presume, that some of
them would have been covered and indoors, well away from the volcano. The Egyptians digging around for water from a
decree from HaShem reminds me of how, sometimes we defy HaShem, and try to do
our own will, on something that He has already established, doing it our own
way, we even have a famous song about it, I did it my way! Furthermore, when we are giving the chance to
be relieved of the self inflicted burden in our life, we choose to wait till
tomorrow for relieve, Exodus 8:10, and Pharaoh said Tomorrow. Additionally, once we receive the relief we
also stink for a while, that which was afflicting us has a lasting effect.
It is
well understood in the Jewish realm that Blood is synonymous to judgment and
wine to celebration. Another well
understood imagery is that Moses was a type and in a way a messiah, a
deliverer. Here we have two occasions,
one the waters are turned into blood, a sign of judgment to Egypt for the
treatment of YHVH’s first-born Israel, blessed be His name. For those of us, that believe and support
Yeshua as the Jewish Messiah, we see that his first sign was to turn water into
wine, a celebration for the wedding feast and a celebration for the redemption
to come. In both occasions the
redemption is preceded by blood and wine synonyms of judgment and celebration,
same redemption and same salvation.
Up to
this point it is worthy of pointing out that it was quite curious, that the
magicians contributed to the pain and suffering of the land and its people,
however from the plagues of the lice or gnats, the magicians could not do
likewise. The first three were
widespread and clear demonstration that HaShem was in control to all parties
involved, His children that did not know him by name, as well as the
oppressors. However the time came when and where HaShem made the distinction
between the chosen people, His people and the rest. There was a clear demarcation between the
peoples cohabitating the land of Egypt. Are
we not a chosen people and a holy nation of priest, not of this world but of
the world to come? Have we begun to
experience that demarcation, that separation between the world and HaShem’s
kingdom citizens? Take a moment and reflect on these questions, for they
determine how we live our lives.
The rest
of this parasha deals with that significant demarcation between His people and
the rest of the world. However even in
that demarcation we find the compassion of HaShem, in fact he advices and
admonishes the people, that one of his plagues he wants to protect property and
animals and life. He does not want
people to perish for sake of perishing but rather He is after the safety of all
souls that are willing and of their own free will, come under his Kingdom
authority. Those that chose not to heed
His words, lost property or perished themselves. What happened to us then, happens to us now,
we have the choice, we are the ones that determines at what stage are we come under,
the first three plagues, or are we now a set apart, a holy nation a priestly
nation at His service. Are we in Goshen, under his protection or are we in
Egypt proper, still struggling against HaShem?
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