Exodus 23 - Exod. 7:14-25 THE BEASTS FROM THE SEA

This session sets the stage for the Battle of the Gods.  The Lord tells Moses that all this is to come against the Egyptian gods in Ex. 12:12.  This is what we will see.  All the gods of Egypt are nature gods.  They are depicted as animals and as men and women.  In the ten plaques God attacks these nature gods.  It shows the bigger picture that right from the "get go" that the Bible is against deifying nature.  This battle is not over since today we see such a deification of nature; the earth among many is called Mother and thus is perhaps deemed in authority over mankind.  This is totally against what God told Adam and Eve.  Mankind is to rule over nature and not let it overcome us.  Nature was made for man.  

This lesson will take us back to Genesis.  This lesson will take us to Revelation.  We will see that the lead gods of Egypt, Amun, Re, Atum, Ptah, and Khnum are connected to animals, to beasts.  We will see that these beasts, these lead gods, those considered as creator gods, all came out of the sea, the primordial ocean.  Other gods, also portrayed as beasts, come out of the land, the earth.  But, in Genesis 1:1-2, God created the heavens and the earth.  The God of the Bible created nature and the gods of Egypt come out of nature.  So, who is God?  For the Hebrews coming out of Egypt, they get it.  The message in the Torah, God's instruction and not law, is the Lord, יהוה Yahvay, is the one who is over all gods, all the gods of Egypt.  This was a huge lesson He needed to teach His chosen people coming out of Egypt.  

And, this lesson will take us to the book of Revelation.  We will again confront beasts.  One comes out of the sea and another the earth.  It seems this is the final battle.  These beasts also are humans; one of the beasts is the anti-Christ.  Interesting.  The anti-Christ calls himself as god, is to be worshiped, and is also termed as a beast, an animal, a wild animal.  This is just like the gods of Egypt and Pharaoh.  Thus, it seems to me that the Exodus and the events of Exodus is bigger, much bigger than we thought.  Amazing.  What else is new?  This is God, the Lord, יהוה Yahvay.

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