Have You Seen This Man? Part [14] 01/21/2026 (Morning thought)

Exodus 14:5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us? 6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:

Exodus 14:7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. 8 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand. 9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.

Exodus 14:11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? 12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness…. These conclusions were the direct result of looking to man, becoming fixated on the human agent, and leaving God out of the picture.

What The Lord has predicted in His word will surely come to pass, and there is not a single person who can stop it. It therefore behooves the you and me in the here and now to focus on Christ, for as we have observed before, once God is on board, that will make all the difference. We therefore end with a passage of Scripture which should serve to strengthen our faith in The Living  God, and if we keep our focus on Him, what man may, or may not do will not faze the Christian.

Daniel 2: 44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. 45 Forasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God has made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

Have You Seen This Man? Part [13] 01/21/2026 (Evening thought)

Luke 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption draws nigh.

God has not left this planet to the unbridled control of evil men and evil spirits. He often permits things to come to a tipping point, or an emergency, so that when He does intervene, His interventions would be understood by all. In the days of pharaoh, God could have brought the last plague first, and the king would have let all the people go much earlier. But the Great shaper of all events allowed it to come to a crisis, so that in the fulness of time His good purposes would be fulfilled.

That this was the case can be observed by how all of the back and forth between God and pharaoh ends, with the promises, and predictions of God unfolding exactly as God had specified earlier…. Genesis 15: 13 And he said unto Abram, Know for a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; 14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

Exodus 12: 51 And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the Lord did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies…. In the meantime, between the prophetic prediction and its fulfillment it might have seemed to the Hebrews that God did know what He was doing. It may have seemed as if pharaoh and his minions were running riot with no restraint from God, and at times it may have appeared that their doom was sealed.

Matthew 24: 32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is nigh. 33 So likewise you, when you shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!