{"id":1148,"date":"2021-07-04T13:56:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T18:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=1148"},"modified":"2021-07-04T13:56:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T18:56:57","slug":"the-mediator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/04\/the-mediator\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mediator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201c5.\u00a0For there is<\/em> one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 6. Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time<\/strong>\u201d
1 Timothy 2:5-6 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

God\u2019s people\nwere in bondage in Egypt (they were slaves). However, God heard them cry out\nand rose up a mighty deliverer, Moses. Moses appeared before Pharaoh and told\nhim. \u201cThus saith the LORD God of <\/strong>Israel<\/strong>, Let my people go \u2026<\/strong>\u201d (Exodus 5:1). Pharaoh\u2019s response? \u201c\u2026 I know not the LORD, neither\nwill I let <\/strong>Israel<\/strong> go<\/strong>\u201d (Exodus\n5:2). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

God then\nrevealed Himself with the Ten Plagues. What had God thought of Pharaoh\u2019s\nrejection of and defiance of Him? \u201cFor I will pass through the land of Egypt\nthis night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and\nbeast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am<\/em>\nthe LORD<\/strong>\u201d (Exodus 12:12). Not only would God reveal Himself mightily to\nPharaoh, but also to His people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tenth, and\nfinal, plague was an institution of the Passover, the death of the firstborn.\nIt showed the mighty deliverance of God. The Israelites were to kill a lamb for\neach house and sprinkle the blood on the doorposts. The death angel would then\n\u201cpass over\u201d each house whose doorpost was covered with the blood. \u201cFor the\nLORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon\nthe lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and\nwill not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you<\/em><\/strong>\u201d\n(Exodus 12:23). Moses told the people to prepare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read what\nhappened on that night. \u201c29. And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD\nsmote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh\nthat sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was<\/em> in the\ndungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. 30. And Pharaoh rose up in the night,\nhe, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in <\/strong>Egypt<\/strong>; for there was<\/em> not a house where there was<\/em>\nnot one dead<\/strong>\u201d (Exodus 12:29-30). The death angel went through the land killing\neach firstborn. The angel only passed over the houses with the blood of the\nlamb on the doorposts. After this, Pharaoh finally agreed to let God\u2019s people\ngo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is one of\nmany pictures throughout the Old Testament to reveal that Jesus would give His\nlife for our salvation. See the fulfillment declared in the following\nScriptures:<\/p>\n\n\n\n