19 But BUT I KNOW THAT THE KING OF EGYPT WILL NOT LET YOU GO UNLESS A MIGHTY HAND COMPELS HIM. 20 So I will stretch out my hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders that I will perform among them. After that, he will let you go. Exodus 3
God was going TO PICK A FIGHT WITH PHARAOH AND ALL THE RULERS OF EGYPT. He prepared Moses by giving him supernatural power and appointed Aaron his helper.
21 The Lord said to Moses, ‘When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. But I WILL HARDEN HIS HEART SO THAT HE WILL NOT LET THE PEOPLE GO. Exodus 4
God was not only going to pick a fight, He was going to punish Pharaoh and his whole power base for ill-treating Israel. When God takes something in hand, He completes it to the utmost.
22 Then say to Pharaoh, “This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son, 23 and I told you, ‘Let my son go, so that he may worship me.’ But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.”’ Exodus 4
God made His intentions clear from the start, but Pharaoh and Egypt refused to back down, instead they ill-treated God’s people even more. So Israel had to go through harsh times as God increased the severity of His judgements on those abusing His people.
Kjell (pronounced like ‘shell’), from Sweden, whom I used to travel with, was given Prophetic Prayer Assignments by the Lord in many nations, which involved high level warfare in the spirit. At times he would have said and done things, ‘because he was on the Battlefield’. He had to take up a position and not deviate from it, because God required it.
The next part of the account of Moses, before meeting Pharaoh, happened at a lodging place with his wife and son.
24 At a lodging place on the way, the Lord met Moses and was about to kill him. 25 But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet with it. ‘Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,’ she said. 26 So the Lord let him alone. (At that time she said ‘bridegroom of blood’, referring to circumcision.)
God had entered into Covenant with Israel, confirmed by the sign of circumcision
9 Then God said to Abraham, ‘As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come. 11 You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you. 12 For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner – those who are not your offspring. Genesis 17
Moses had evidently not circumcised his son and God would have killed Moses if Zipporah had not intervened.
We are in a time today, when God and His people are on the Battlefield and the stakes are high. We are seeing something released in our day that affects the world. God is moving and we need to move with Him, we can’t afford to be out of step. Hard times may come for a while, but God will prevail and we must endure and trust Him in this season.
God bless and keep you in these days.