And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So this is what the Israelites did.I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will follow after them; and I will get honor over Pharaoh, and over all his armies; and the Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh.” They did so.And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. And they did so.And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he shall follow after them; and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host: and the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah. And they did so.
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… And God brings that back twice in Exodus chapter 14. So this is Exodus 14 verse four. This is a setup for what God is doing here in these chapters in showing his people his majesty. Verse four, I will harden Pharaoh's heart and he will pursue them, the people, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his hosts and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord. Verses 17 and 18, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they shall go in after them. And I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots and his horsemen. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord when I have gotten glory over Pharaoh and his chariots and his horsemen. Pharaoh thinks he's so majestic He's king He's God He's the most powerful man in the world but at the Red Sea, God will show his people, and he will show their oppressors his own majesty. The reason that it goes down like it does at the Red Sea, with all these strange and unexpected details, is that God's making himself known as majestic to his people. The point isn't simply to free captives from slavery. God could have done that in a snap. Why all these 10 plagues drawn out? …
… red sea splits that sea in half brings them through in the middle of dry ground that water comes crashing down the egyptians why did he do that exodus 14 verse 4 says i'm going to gain glory for myself among the egyptians i'm going to show my glory to the egyptians in this way joshua 5 and 6 they're about to enter into the promised land joshua's on the outskirts looking over the city of Jericho, first major city in the promised land, these huge walls. He's got five military options available to him. They can go over the walls, under the walls, through the walls. They can send a decoy in, kind of like a Trojan horse type thing, or they can starve the people inside the walls, make them come out. Five options. That's what Joshua's mulling through. God says, here's the battle plans. Joshua's thinking over, under, through, decoy, starving mountain. God says, get your trumpet players and pull out some sheet music and play some tunes for a few days and then shout. …
… Pharaoh will think the Israelites are wandering around the land confused, hemmed in by the desert. and I will harden Pharaoh's heart and he will pursue them but I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all of his army and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord. So the Israelites did this. Amen. You may be seated in the presence of the Lord. With the help of the Holy Spirit in your prayers I want to talk to you from this simple theme it's a setup. It's a setup. Amen. Help me preach this. Look at your neighbor and tell your neighbor it's a setup. It's a setup. Amen. Amen. Do me a favor. Look at your other neighbor in case they're sitting on the end with nobody to talk to. Tell them it doesn't matter how bad it looks. Don't despair. It's a setup. If you know what a setup is, go and give God praise right now. It's a setup, and I would that you would flank me with your prayers. …