_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 10:1_ THE HARDENING OF PHARAOH’S HEART Moses and Aaron are once more commanded to visit Pharaoh, even though they are told that he will not yield to their entreaty. This is the method of Heaven to render rebellious sinners unexcusable. The ministers of Go... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 10:2. What things I have wrought] A special word is here used, and it is used in a special conjugation, and both circumstances unite to give life and beauty to the expression in the original. The verb עלל is “not applied to working off, forming or doing a thing at once, but t... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 10:3_ THE DELAY OF SOUL-HUMILITY I. IN WHAT DOES SOUL-HUMILITY CONSIST? 1. _Soul-humility does not consist in mournful verbal utterances_. Pharaoh had given utterance to sad and mournful words. He had spoken in doleful language of his afflictions and of... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 10:4. Locusts] _’Arbch_ (ארכה): prob., the _gryllus gregarius_—Ges., Dav., Fü.; G. & D. understanding the word to mean “swarmers,”—F., “browsers.” EXODUS 10:8. BUT WHO ARE THEY THAT SHALL GO?] One is ready to smile at the simplicity of this speech. It will be seen that ther... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 10:12_ THE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS; OR, THE RESIDUE OF HUMAN COMFORT AND ENJOYMENT DESTROYED BY THE RETRIBUTION OF GOD It has been observed that the plagues of Egypt, as they succeeded each other, were characterised by increasing severity. This one appears an ex... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 10:16_ A FALSE REPENTANCE Pharaoh had driven Moses and Aaron from his presence, but now he recalls them in great haste, and with much respect. The day will come when all rebellious souls will be glad to engage the intercessions of the good; even though th... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 10:21. Darkness which may be felt] Fürst takes the Heb. to mean: “to grope about in the dark.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 10:21_ THE PLAGUE OF DARKNESS; OR, A TYPE OF THE SAD MORAL CONDITION OF UNREGENERATE HUMANITY The land of Egypt is now covered in palpa... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 10:24_ THE RELUCTANCE WITH WHICH MEN YIELD A COMPLETE OBEDIENCE TO THE IMPERATIVE CLAIMS OF GOD I. THE FACT OF THIS RELUCTANCE ON THE PART OF MAN TO YIELD COMPLETE OBEDIENCE TO THE CLAIMS OF GOD. 1. _This reluctance is seen in the judgments that are sent... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 10:27_ THE INTERCOURSE OF LIFE I. THAT GOOD MEN ARE OFTEN BROUGHT INTO CONTACT WITH BAD MEN. Moses was brought into constant contact with Pharaoh. Thus we see:— 1. _That good men are brought into contact with bad irrespective of moral character_. The deg... [ Continue Reading ]