Ashes of Oppression

And they took ashes of the furnace and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven . . . . Ex. 9:10 Mighty waves of divine judgment came rolling over Egypt. They came, now announced by the God of Israel through His servant Moses, a cruel king with a wicked advisory council of foolish wise men standing cynically expectant, now without warning, striking suddenly, woeful harbingers of that final judgment that will come upon the ungodly with the swiftness of light­ning. They...