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21-Jan-19

Ex 7-8 Prov 9 Matt 18

Exodus 7: How old were Moses and Aaron when they spoke to Pharaoh? What was the first plague? What was the result?

Exodus 8: What were the second, third and fourth plagues?

Proverbs 9: What will be added to you if you have wisdom?

Matthew 18: What do you read about children and their angels? What does Jesus mean by whatever is bound in heaven an whatever is loosed in heaven?

Journal Prompt: How do you seek wisdom?

Answers:

Exodus 7:  Moses was 80 and Aaron was 83 (v. 7)  The first plague was turning the water of  the Nile and the canals into blood.  All the fish died and the water stunk and was undrinkable. But the court magicians were ble to do the same and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened and he refused to listen to Moses.

Exodus 8: The second, third and fourth plagues were frogs, gnats and flies. The flies ruined the land and Pharaoh agreed to let the Hebrews go and worship God, but then he changed his mind.

Proverbs 9:  If you gain wisdom, years will be added to your life.

Matthew 18: The angels of the children see God’s face in heaven.

From ‘gotquestions.org’:  The expressions “bind” and “loose” were common to Jewish legal phraseology meaning to declare something forbidden or to declare it allowed. Or, as the Amplified Bible puts it, “Whatever you bind [forbid, declare to be improper and unlawful] on earth will have [already] been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose [permit, declare lawful] on earth will have

[already]

been loosed in heaven.”

Jesus taught that the apostles had a special task on earth. Their words of authority, as recorded in the New Testament epistles, reflect God’s will for the church.