Transcript Dumb Ways To Die -- Pharaoh - Dying While Deep Sea Driving

#10: Pharaoh – Dying While Deep Sea Driving
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Three soldiers
in front of a
firing squad
How many
pieces of pizza?
Near homicide
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God hardened
Pharaoh’s heart.
What is the process of
heart hardening?
Was God unjust here?
Are Bible critics right to
point to this account as
another reason they
can’t believe in God?
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Exodus 8:15 – “he
hardened his
heart…”
Exodus 8:32 –
“…But Pharaoh
hardened his heart
this time also…”
Exodus 9:34 – “…he
sinned again and
hardened his
heart….”
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Exodus 7:13 – “Yet Pharaoh’s
heart was hardened…”
Exodus 7:22 – “…and
Pharaoh’s heart was
hardened…”
Exodus 8:15 – “…But
Pharaoh’s heart was
hardened….”
Exodus 9:7 – “But the heart of
Pharaoh was hardened….”
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Exodus 9:12 – “And
the Lord hardened
Pharaoh’s heart…”
Exodus 10:1 – “Go
to Pharaoh, for I
have hardened his
heart and the heart
of his servants, that
I may perform these
signs of Mine
among them.”
“…were used by the Hebrews to
express, not the doing of the thing,
but the permission of the thing
which the agent is said to do….”
E.W. Bullinger
Figures of
Speech Used
in the Bible
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“Hardness of heart is a
figurative expression, denoting that insensibility
of mind which neither
judgments nor mercies
make any abiding impressions; but the conscience being stupefied,
the obdurate rebel persists in
determined disobedience.”
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John 12:40 – “He has
blinded their eyes and
He hardened their
heart, so that they
would not see with
their eyes and
perceive with their
heart, and be
converted and I heal
them.”
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“Therefore, God
gave them over in
the lusts of their
hearts to impurity,
so that their bodies
would be
dishonored among
them.”
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For the Scripture
says to Pharaoh,
“For this very
purpose I raised you
up, to demonstrate
My power in you,
and that My name
might be proclaimed throughout the whole
earth.” So then He has mercy on whom He
desires, and He hardens whom He desires.
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Nile to blood
Frogs
Gnats/lice
Flies
Livestock disease
Boils
Thunder/fiery hail
Locusts
Darkness
Death of Firstborn
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Exodus 10:7 -Pharaoh’s servants
said to him, “How long
will this man be a
snare to us? Let the
men go, that they may
serve the LORD their
God. Do you not
realize that Egypt is
destroyed?”
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Exodus 13:15 -- It came about, when
Pharaoh was stubborn
about letting us go,
that the Lord killed
every firstborn in
the land of Egypt,
both the firstborn
of man and the
firstborn of beast.
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“When the king of Egypt was told that the
people had fled,
Pharaoh and his
servants had a change
of heart toward the
people, and they said,
“What is this we have
done…and he took six
hundred select chariots,
and all the other chariots of Egypt with
officers over all of them.” Exodus 14:5-7
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Exodus 14:13 – “But
Moses said to the
people, ‘Do not fear!
Stand by and see the
salvation of the Lord
which He will accomplish
for you today; for the
Egyptians whom you
have seen today, you will
never see them again
forever.’”
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Exodus 14:19-25
Pillar of fire and cloud
Waters of the sea parted
in two and remain that
way all night
You remember the plagues
so recently devastating
Egypt
What should you do?
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Exodus 14:23-24
“Then the Egyptians
took up the pursuit,
and all Pharaoh’s
horses, his chariots
and his horsemen went
in after them into the
midst of the sea…the
Lord…caused their
chariot wheels to
swerve….”
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“…He caused their
chariot wheels to
swerve, and He made
them drive with difficulty;
so the Egyptians said,
‘Let us flee from Israel,
for the Lord is fighting for
them against the
Egyptians.”
You think?
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Psalm 136:15 –
“But He overthrew
Pharaoh and his
army in the Red
Sea, for His
lovingkindness is
everlasting.”
Who was that
Pharaoh?
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Rameses II – 1200s B.C., 19th Dynasty – died
naturally
Amenhotep II – 18th Dynasty – Early 1400s
B.C. – cause of death unknown, but mummy
found.
Amenemhet IV – work of Ted Stewart – dated
to 1446 by his dating method. 12th Dynasty
(Egyptology places him in 1800s B.C.). Died
with no male heir. Succeeded by halfsister/wife Sobeknefru – first woman to rule
Egypt for over 1,000 years. No tomb found.
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Hebrews 3:7-8 -Therefore, just as
the Holy Spirit says,
“Today if you hear
His voice, Do not
harden your hearts
as when they
provoked Me, As in
the day of trial in
the wilderness….”
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“May the Lord direct
your hearts
into the love
of God and into the
steadfastness
of Christ.”
Two things
Love of God
Steadfastness of Christ
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“Draw near to
God and He will
draw near to you.
Cleanse your
hands, you
sinners; and purify
your hearts, you
double-minded.”