Exodus 8

Egypt is known to have had upwards of 1500 different gods. Many of these were creatures; such as goats, cows, serpents, falcons, crocodiles and frogs, to name a few. It was common for humans to worship many gods, most nations were polytheistic. Israel was unique in their call by God to monotheism. Abraham was called out of the Chaldeans, a culture and civilization who worshiped many gods, to serve and obey the One True God. Polytheism did not dissolve over time. Paul addressed Christians in Rome about the matter. Paul says, Romans 1:25 For they exchanged the truth of God for falsehood, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen” Even today we could make an argument for American polytheism. We are no longer a Christian nation known to worship one God. America has given up the laws of the One true God in exchange for the various “paths to wholeness” We are not all that different than the Egyptians who had literally a god to meet every need and desire they could have drummed up. We have covertly become pagans, abandoning absolute truth for relativism so that we can have what we want when we want it. Heqet, was a well-known Egyptian “god”, the goddess of fertility, resurrection and creation who resembled a frog. “In ancient Egyptian religion and mythology, Heqet was a frog-headed goddess who personified generation, birth, and fertility. Heqet was sometimes depicted with the body of a frog, and frog amulets were common in ancient Egypt as charms for fertility. How differently the people likely saw their amulets after smelling the stench of rotting frog flesh for days on end.  The worship of the frog was one of the oldest cults in Egypt. Frog gods and frog goddesses were thought to have had a vital role in the creation of the world. ” Britannica. God was not just judging Egypt, he was judging the gods of Egypt. Yahweh was discrediting them and diminishing their power in the eyes of the Hebrews. This was paramount to becoming a monotheistic nation. BEFORE the children of Israel left Egypt they had to commit to the idea that it was good to serve One God and to view worshiping many gods as futile and useless. By sending a plague of frogs on the land of Egypt, Yahweh is making a statement. He is stating that HE alone is the one who reproduces and multiplies and grants life. The gods of Egypt are created beings that have no powers to grant any favors or meet any needs. They are controlled by the supremacy and sovereignty of their Creator, and His power. The frogs are just frogs, they are bothersome, they are unclean, they are unwanted in day-to-day life. They are born and they die and when they die they become foul. There is nothing divine about them. It’s also interesting that the Hebrew babies were thrown into the nile the very place where the frogs came from. Almost as if to send a message of the ridiculous edict to drown babies, all while they honor this “frog goddess of fertility” in order to bring forth life and children, yet throw children into the Nile as if they have no value or worth. Sound familiar? We worship false sources that we create and throw out the products. We are perverse in our logic. It would be like worshiping a cow for creating its own ability to make milk, but throwing out it’s milk and killing its offspring. God is revealing to the Egyptians how foolish their logic and belief system was. Note that in revelation we see a re-emergence of frogs 16:13 “I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs, for they are spirits of demons performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world to gather them together for the war of the great day of God the Almighty.” “out of the Beginning God reveals the end.” Isaiah 46:10 There is something about Egypt that speaks of the end of the world. I suggest “Egypt” will re-emerge and manifest itself perhaps as Babylon in the end. Before the final redemption, the salvation yet to come and Jesus return God will come down, and set his feet upon the mount of Olives. Exodus was a prototype of everything we know about God interacting with his people. The book of Exodus doesn’t just record a historical event. Exodus could be a blueprint for God revealing himself as God, judging the nations, delivering his people and taking down the prince of this world by the blood of the Lamb!