Let’s examine the first plague on the land of Egypt.
First Plague: Moses and Aaron were given authority to turn the waters of Egypt into blood (Ex. 7:19-25). What does this mean to us? Water is a type of the human soul with all its emotions and feelings. Blood is the result of human beings killing one another when their emotions get out of control. It shall be like that in these last days. The “water” of human emotions will be so stirred up by passions and desires that it will cause much bloodshed. What will be the cause of this? It will be the people’s reaction to the discipline of the rod, which is the power of God’s word spoken against the godless and licentious living which will abound among the multitudes. The Word, preached in power, will create great division among the people. So many are captive to evil spirits; and the spirit of libertine conduct spreads unchecked throughout all segments of society. Even the church world is losing its moorings, believing less and less of the inspired word and partaking more and more of the reasoning of man based on pseudo-science. In general, people will be lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God (2 Tim. 3:4). Compromise will be the order of the day; the “water” of human emotions and desires running rampant.
Suddenly, in the midst of all this there will arise a people who speak with God’s authority and who wield a rod of truth to startle and anger the multitudes. Many will hear and convert, but most will arise against those who preach a strict code of righteousness and denounce them as reactionaries. Then the Lord will move to judge, for His word can’t be thwarted. The word spoken in that day will be creative; the very speaking of it will bring it to pass. The multitudes who refuse to hear will receive the judgment of that spoken word. The very speaking of that word of judgment will inevitably turn the waters into blood. In other words, those who refuse truth, confirmed by many signs, will be turned over to the delusion of their perverted knowledge. They will become victims of the instability of their rampant desires, whipped into a frenzy by countless satanic hosts released during this time to try all men.
Because of the conflicting interests of people giving full rein to their perverted desires and the fever pitch created by satanic control and influence, all major issues will be fraught with intense strife. Instead of the due processes of law and order, people will be moved to vigilantism, submitting to intimidation and violence instead of reason. The “water” of soulish desires and emotions will gain complete control of people. The result will be intense conflict and violence, resulting in much bloodshed. This will be the turning of water into blood. Conflicts will arise over race, religion, employment, wages, working conditions, social mores, wealth distribution, education, government, foreign policy, communism, socialism, medicine, health, the press, thought control, and many other issues, which will keep the general condition of society in such a tumultuous ‘fluid’ state that demonstrations, riots, boycotts, strikes, pressures, intimidation and other forms of emotional outburst will be the order of the day, resulting in constant bloodletting. This will be the judgment of the rod, the Word of God, upon people who refused the truth. Left to the instability of their demon-crazed ways, they become the victims of violence and blood. The result of the first plague was simply to ‘harden’ Pharaoh’s heart. Pharaoh is a type of Satan. Thus, you can see how the chaos of the times will enable him to ‘harden’ his control over the people through increasing dictatorial powers placed in the hands of those who are working for absolute supremacy of the beast governments.
First published by J. Leland Earls (1968), revised and edited by Kevin W. Earls.
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