Exodus 7 Bible Study, God turns the Nile into blood. We are the hands and feet of God.

In Exodus 7 we see Moses and Aaron return to Pharaoh and twice make God’s request, to let His people the Israelites go and twice we see Pharaoh “harden his heart” and deny the request. In the first encounter God shows his power through a miraculous sign, turning Aaron’s staff into a snake. The second encounter Moses and Aaron turn the water of the Nile river into blood. Join us as we dig into these to elements and more… Outline: 00:45 - Recap 05:17 - Exodus 7.1-7 06:18 - I have made you like God to Pharaoh (Ex. 7.1) - Gen. 1.27 - We are image bearers of God, “created in His image” - Matt. 28.18-20 - the great commission - John 14.12 - “whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing” - John 13.34 - “A new command I give you: Love one another” 12:36 - God chooses to work through us. 13:53 - Casting Crowns, “If We Are the Body” 14:38 - I will harden Pharaoh’s heart (Ex. 7.3) 19:35 - They will know that I am the Lord (Ex. 7.5) 22:02 - Exodus 7.8-13 (a sign of God) 23:00 - Moses Staff turns into a snake. Uraeus, Wadjet. (Ex 7.10) - Uraeus - the upright cobra on king Pharaoh’s headdress symbolized the goddess Wadjet. - The snake on King Tut’s headdress was a symbol of sovereignty, royalty, deity, and divine authority in ancient Egypt. 24:58 - Aaron’s staff vs Moses’ staff. 25:17 - Jannes & Jambres - Pharaoh’s magicians/sorcerers (Ex. 7.11, Gen. 41:8, 2 Tim. 3:8) 26:10 - Jannes & Jambres replicate the sign of the snake, How? (Ex. 7.12) 28:14 - Word Study: “Swallowed” בָּלַע bālaʿ(Ex. 7.12), occurs here and in reference to the Red Sea swallowing the Egyptian army (Ex. 15:12) 28:56 - Exodus 7.14-25 - The Plague of Blood (an attack on the Nile was an attack on the Egyptians, on Pharaoh and on their gods. 32:30 - Egyptian gods associated with the Nile: - Hapi (the Nile god) - Khnum, guardian of the Nile or “god of the source of the Nile” - Isis, “Goddes of the Nile” - divine mother of the Pharaoh. - Osiris - Isis’s husband. associated with the flooding and retreating of the Nile 38:43 - DID THIS REALLY HAPPEN? Naturalistic explanation? Application: Is God sovereign or not? Support Iron Sheep Ministries: https://Ironsheep.org/donate Listen to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/ironsheep Contact Dave & the ISM team: [email protected] Be notified of each new teaching, join the email list: http://eepurl.com/g-2zAD Resources Used: Barker, Kenneth L.. Kohlenberger, John R. III. The Expositor's Bible Commentary, Abridged, Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1994. Purchase: https://www.christianbook.com/expositors-bible-commentary-abridged-edition-volumes/kenneth-barker/9780310255192/pd/54975?event=ESRCG Enns, Peter. The NIV Application Commentary, Exodus. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2000. Purchase: https://www.christianbook.com/exodus-niv-application-commentary/peter-enns/9780310206071/pd/0206073?event=ESRCG