did god kill the first born

While it is true that God did send the death angel to kill the first-born males of Egypt. Exodus 1223 indicates that there were two beings involved in the death of the firstborn sons of Egypt.

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Each of the plagues showed God to be greater than the Egyptian gods.

. So when God killed the firstborn of Egypt he was executing the wicked punishing them for their oppression of his people and ultimately laying the foundation for the arrival of the Messiah who. When reading this verse at face value most come to the conclusion that God is the one who directly killed all the firstborn in Egypt. 5And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall. 4 Then Moses said Thus says the LORD.

As Creator of life. He brought ten plagues upon Pharaoh and all his land Exodus 7-12. 400 years of slavery is terrible. In the final plague against Egypt God passed over the firstborn males of Israel who were in their homes with the blood of a lamb as a sign on their doors as God had commanded.

If God did not act he would have been reneging on his promise to Abraham. When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go the LORD killed the firstborn of both people and. The first plague God sent upon Egypt was turning water to blood for the blood of the babies while the last was. About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt.

The tenth and final plague the LORD executed on Egypt and its pagan idols was the death of the firstborn. Here are some things we learn from the Bible that put the killing of the first-born in perspective. Egypt was a country of idolatry. 5 and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his.

Exodus 1229-30 At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the. How does this not contradict his nature as the giver of life. Even Pharaoh is going to be directly impacted. The verse even says this is Gods judgment but most.

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. He told others to show mercy but yet he himself showed no mercy for others. Every firstborn in each Egyptian household both of livestock and people was slain. Verse Click for Chapter New International Version.

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All the Egyptian first born shall die from the greatest of the Egyptians to the least and even their cattle God will strike down the firstborn. But in all the houses where there was no blood on the doorposts Gods angel killed the firstborn ones of both man and. Second while Pharaoh killed every Hebrew infant boy God only judged the firstborn of Egypt. At midnight the LORD killed the first-born son of every Egyptian family from the son of the king to the son of every prisoner in jail.

Context Crossref Comm Hebrew. Reuben was the firstborn of. God killed the first borns of Egypt because Pharoah insisted on keeping Israel in perpetual forced slavery. During the Passover in Exodus God killed the firstborn of Egypt including infants and small children.

He also killed the first-born male of every animal that belonged. For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night and will strike all the firstborn in. He did not follow the principle that he has set. When the angel saw the blood he did not kill anyone in that house.

There was God who put a hand of protection over certain houses and there was the. Prior to Gods intervention the Pharoah had ordered. God sometimes reversed this order as he did with Jacob and Esau Genesis 2521-26 and as Jacob later did with Ephraim and Manasseh Genesis 4813-22. God is really bloodthirsty to kill the firstborn of the Egyptians.

Now before Moses left his council with Pharaoh God told Moses to warn of the coming Judgement of the last plague the death of the firstborns the judgement which had already been warned of before any of the plagues of Egypt exodus -11 -4And Moses said Thus saith the LORD About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt.