Exodus 9-11

Tomorrow.  That was the answer Pharaoh gave to Moses when given the opportunity to set the time for the frogs to be gone (Exodus 8:10).  That word must have started to haunt Pharaoh.  Moses used it to explain when the flies would arrive (8:23) and when they would leave (8:29).  It was the description of the timing for the death of Egypt’s livestock (9:5).  It described the timetable for the beginning of the hailstorm (9:18).   Moses spoke about locusts showing up.  When?  Tomorrow (10:4).  Moses may have repeated the timeframe of tomorrow many other times to Pharaoh.  The message Moses displayed to all of Israel and Egypt by citing the coming days was that the LORD is in charge of tomorrows.  And not just the tomorrows of ancient Egypt.  He is in charge of all the tomorrows from 2011 until the end of time.  We can take comfort in the message of the term that tormented the ancient and arrogant leader of Egypt. 

Stuart