The Lord Maketh Pharaoh To Stand

Turning to the Book of Exodus, the ninth chapter, the sixteenth verse, we read; "And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to show thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout the earth." So speaks the Lord by the mouth of Moses to Pharaoh. The events that led up to the Lord's speaking these words to Pharaoh -- the Pharaoh of the oppression -- can be briefly stated. The Lord brings His people into Egypt. And by the permission of the Pharaoh friendly to Joseph,...