Struggle for Power

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Struggle for Power

• Exodus 5-11
• 9.30.07

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Struggle for Power

• The Story
• Picking the Fight (51-77)
• People whine to Moses Moses whines to God
  (519-23)
• Gods promise to break Egypt (61-8)
• People disbelieve (69-12)
• Moses and Aarons family line (613-27) who are
  these guys?
• God goes to war (628-77)

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Struggle for Power

• The Story
• The Staff of God (78-13)
• Ancient staffs protected, identified, and
  empowered.
• Staff was not Moses or Aarons, but Gods
  (420).
• The snakes were a preliminary sign or omen.

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Struggle for Power

• The Story
• The 1st Plague Blood (714-24)
• Attacked god Hapi.
• God of the Nile.
• Symbolized fertility.
• Plague brought death.

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Struggle for Power

• The Story
• The 2nd Plague Frogs (725-815)
• Attacked goddess Heqet.
• Goddess of childbirth.
• Symbolized by a frog.
• Killing a frog punishable by death.
• Asking frogs to die humiliation.

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Struggle for Power

• The Story
• The 3rd Plague Gnats (816-19)
• Attacked god Geb.
• God of the ground.
• Symbolized fertility.
• Probably were mosquitoes.
• Ground meant to bringlife, not pests.

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Struggle for Power

• The Story
• The 4th Plague Flies (820-32)
• Attacked god Khephri.
• God of the suns boat.
• Symbolized by beetle.
• Probably were beetles.
• Land was ruined by theirjaws.

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Struggle for Power

• The Story
• The 5th Plague Livestock (91-7)
• Attacked god Apis.
• God of strength.
• Symbolized by a bull.

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Struggle for Power

• The Story
• The 6th Plague Sores (98-12)
• Attacked goddess Sekhmet.
• Goddess of healing anddisease.
• Symbolized by a lioness.

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Struggle for Power

• The Story
• The 7th Plague Hail (913-35)
• Attacked goddess Nut.
• Goddess of the sky.
• Symbolized by stars.

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Struggle for Power

• The Story
• The 8th Plague Locusts (101-20)
• Attacked goddess Isis.
• Mother goddess (Venus).
• Symbolized by a throne.
• Mother of Horus, the rulergod.
• Guardian of all life.

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Struggle for Power

• The Story
• The 9th Plague Darkness (1021-29)
• Attacked gods Re and Horus.
• Gods of the sun.
• Symbolized by a falcon anda sun disk.
• Primary gods (Jupiter/Zeus).
• Ruler gods.

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Struggle for Power

• The Story
• The 10th Plague Firstborn (111-10)
• Attacked Pharaoh.
• Pharaoh believed to be a god.
• Firstborn son of Pharaohwould also be a god.
• Pharaohs shown to be utterlypowerless.

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Struggle for Power

• The Point
• God has the power to set people free.

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Struggle for Power

• The Application
• Dont be discouraged by hardship.
• Dont be impressed by magic.
• Dont harden your heart.
• Realize your gods are powerless.

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Struggle for Power

• Conclusion
• If we allow God to have power in our lives, we
  are free. If we give power to anything else, we
  will die.
• Exodus is our story.