Bibledoorajar: God of the Hebrews

     God told Moses to tell Pharoah that God was the God of the Hebrews. It was a Name, a reference point for Pharoah. It said that God had the power to make a distinction between the Egyptians and their relationship to their gods and those who worshiped Him. Remember when God needed to bolster Moses's confidence. He told Moses that He was Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh, I will be what/that I will be. Those words implanted one thing in the mind of Moses. God was sovereign and would be whatever He wanted to be. Whatever and wherever the situation His people were in He had the power to love and assist them. He was authentic. This was the God to which Pharoah was to respect.

Perhaps Pharaoh thought the Egyptian gods were authentic too. Perhaps he thought his own god ship was also authentic. But he was to learn that God could strike his gods with power and might.
With the fifth plague God made a devastating strike against among others, Hathor, Egypt's "powerful" cow god.  God would make a distinction between the livestock of His children and the livestock of Egypt. His hand would come forth at a specific time and would strike the livestock of Egypt with a devastating disease. Where was Hathor when the distinction was made? Where was Hathor when God's hand came forth in power? Why didn't Hathor know the time that God would strike and prevent it? When Pharoah had his people check it out how the plague came down, they reported that the devastation had happened just as God predicted it would and in just the way he predicted it. God had made His declaration and it took place. He was sovereign.

Some people think that God exists but they refuse to find Him authentic in everything that He has said, done, or will do. They cannot quite grasp some of the stories of the Bible as being authentic. They cannot grasp a virgin birth or a resurrection. But they fail to recognize the authenticity of Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh, I will be what/that I will be. He has said it, and He has extended His hand in mercy to His people.  Through Jesus, God's people escape final judgements against those who trust other gods.  He will come back for His own just as Ehyeh=Asher=Ehyeh, I will be what/that I will be, has declared that He will. Why harden your heart and look instead to a "cash cow of a god" for relief?
Many discern how to put bread in their mouths through earthly means but they despair when their cash cows rot and dissolve away. Where is their god then? Jesus said that authentic provision is the true treasure that can be laid up in heaven where it would not rot or be eaten by moths. Hear His declaration.