Psalms 105:25

Psalms 105:25 says, He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtily with his servants.  This seems to imply that the people of Egypt had no choice but to deal badly with the people of Israel, but I believe that God always gives people a choice, otherwise they could not be held accountable for their actions.  Verse twenty-six states, He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.  God sent Moses and Aaron then to free His people physically from Egypt, but the good news is that He sent His Son Jesus Christ to free all people from sin spiritually for all time if they accept Him as their Savior and Lord.  Verse twenty-seven adds, They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.  Moses and Aaron showed the signs of God to the people of Egypt. We are to show the sign of the cross to the people of the world today.  Verse twenty-eight says, He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.  The next few verses simply tell of the plagues that God brought on Egypt. Verse twenty-nine adds, He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.  Verse thirty continues, Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. Verse thirty-one continues still, He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.  Again, this is just a recounting of the plagues God sent against Egypt, which continued to get more devastating.  Verse thirty-two states, He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.  Verse thirty-three adds, He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.  Verse thirty-four continues, He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,  God did not need an army or even the angels to accomplish His will, but did so with simply His word, which brought forth locusts and caterpillers, and He can still do so today.  Of course, God's ultimate will is not the destruction of people, but their redemption, and He made this possible by the Word that became flesh, Jesus Christ.  Verse thirty-five says, And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.  Verse thirty-six declares, He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.  This was the ultimate plague that finally caused Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go.  The sacrifice of the first born, only begotten Son of God gives us freedom from sin and its power today if we only accept it.  Just as God worked miracles to free the people of Israel from bondage in Egypt, He has worked the ultimate miracle through His Son Jesus Christ to free anyone who accepts Him as their personal Savior and Lord from the bondage of sin today.