Backstory...
I was meditating on these recent storms when the stories of the magicians in Egypt who replicated the signs done by Moses in front of Pharoah came to me. I then heard the Lord say this to me this morning (10/9/2024) during the 8am hour: "With great signs and wonders will I bring My people out."
True to how Holy Spirit has been training me, I went to seek out where in the Bible I could find what God just said to me (Proverbs 25:2). I found this reference in two places in Scripture: Exodus 3:20 & 7:4-5. I started to consider that the enemy counterfeits "acts of God"/ "natural disasters." Let me just say this, we know for a fact that by "their magic arts," (look into the patents), they can manipulate weather and much more. Consider these recent abnormal weather occurrences. I then went on a scavenger hunt in Scripture.
Let's Dive...
Moses and Aaron first performed the sign of the staff into a snake. The wise men, sorcerers, and Egyptian magicians did the same "by their secret arts," but Aaron's snake ate up their snakes, yet Pharoah was not impressed, his heart became hard (Exodus 7:10-13). The magicians then replicated the Plague of blood (Exodus 7:22) and the Plague of frogs (Exodus 8:7). They however could not replicate the Plague of Gnats. Exodus 8:18-19 NIV reads: "¹⁸ But when the magicians tried to produce gnats by their secret arts, they could not. Since the gnats were on people and animals everywhere, ¹⁹ the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not listen, just as the Lord had said." Even Pharoah's magicians after the plague of gnats, had some clue that they were not just fighting against mere mortals, but GOD. The demonic is very organized. They will manipulate and control mankind as much as we allow. They have promised things to their human counterparts that they lied about. This is what they do as servants of the father of lies (John 8:44). Sure, maybe the human counterparts received power, money, and then some, but what happens when GOD intervenes? The demonic counterparts scurry away like the magicians in Egypt did, leaving their human counterpart (Pharoah) to face GOD. Did you notice that after acknowledging that they were coming up against GOD, the sorcerers in Egpyt were no longer mentioned messing with Aaron and Moses? They also did not replicate any plagues thereafter. They got the message. Pharoah with his hardened heart, however, continued to resist the GOD of all creation. We all know the price he and his army paid. The demonic will set humans up to take the fall and weasel away before the real consequences from GOD against them arrives. They have a final judgement place, but for now, they don't mind causing as much death and destruction as they can to the glory of their god. This is the time we are in.
People of God...
When you see and experience things getting worse around you, is it possible that it isn't an orchestrated plan against you, but one on behalf of the LORD of Hosts to RESCUE you? Is it possible that God's plan is to make sure that we know that He is GOD and aside from Him there is no other (Isaiah 45:5-6)?
Thus saith the Lord, Jehovah Most High: "With great signs and wonders will I bring My people out."
Watch for these great signs and wonders that He has spoken of. PRAY. Pray always (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18).
May God grant us the ability to think how He thinks, see how He sees, and love how He loves. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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