Exo. 7:5. "The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth My hand." The first time that Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh, they told him that Jehovah, the God of Israel, commanded that he should let His people go, as in the beginning of chap. 5. Pharaoh then took it in great disdain... [ Continue Reading ]
Exo. 7:9, 10. Moses's rod, that had been a shepherd's staff, to lead, protect, and comfort a flock of sheep, and by which Moses led and comforted Israel as a flock when cast upon the land of Egypt, became a serpent, a terrible, hurtful, and destructive creature. So Christ, that is a shepherd to his... [ Continue Reading ]
Exo. 7:9-12. Moses' rod, when cast unto the earth, became a serpent. So Christ, when sent down to the earth, appeared in the form of sinful flesh; he was made sin for us. So Christ was represented by the brazen serpent that was made in the form of the fiery serpents that bit the people. Moses's rod,... [ Continue Reading ]