The Ten Plagues – what will it take for the heart of man to turn back to Him?
Pastors want to believe that Christians who voted against Republican leaders are being deceived, even that their vote is attributed to retribution. They want to believe that Christian voted for Democrats to get back at Republicans for the problems they have created. That may well be, but again, it only means that these pastors are not concerned with the things of God. The concerns are for their place in this world. Top reactions from Christian leaders to ‘catastrophe’ of midterms: ‘We are under God’s judgment’
Worship leaders and political activist Sean Feucht said, “THE CHURCH STAYED HOME! White evangelicals dropped from nearly 25% of voters in 2024 to just 17% last night!”
“Where was the SALT AND LIGHT?!” Feucht added. “We cannot keep surrendering our influence through apathy and then complain about the darkness overtaking our nation! WAKE UP, CHURCH! We have so much work to do in America.”
“It is heartbreaking that the Evangelical vote did not show up this year. The sad result is hundreds of pro-abortion, LGBTQ advocates and antisemites just won races all over America,” Gary Bauer, president of the Virginia-based conservative advocacy organization American Values, told All Israel News.
“The church is committing political suicide,” he added.
During an interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday, President Donald Trump said voters have a great dislike, incredibly, for Israel,” and Vice President JD Vance said in a lengthy post-election analysis that many former Trump supporters decided to punish the GOP over the issue by defecting to the Democrats.
Believing that the lies of progressives and liberals is a futile scapegoat for the false prophet. These pastors continue to deny God the glory due His name. They believe that the Christians who voted for Democrats have the problem. These evangelicals are encouraging those Christians to repent. Or go find another church because they are not changing their message. What they are saying is that they refuse to examine their heart, nor do they want their followers to examine their heart. I would guess the majority of these pastors are white evangelicals. The rest … well… the truth hurts, but anyone can be and will be deceived. These evangelical reactions should give believers hope. First, on Nov. 3, God made it clear that He is on the throne, and He is Sovereign and He will not give His glory to another.
I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. Isaiah 42:8 (NKJV)
And if Republicans have done anything the last ten years, they have given all their glory to one man and his entourage. They have bowed the knee to him. The have fashioned golden statutes of him and flown his flags. And they are not ashamed. From the rooftops, they have proclaimed their loyalties to him. They have prophesied over him. They have justified his cruelties in the name of Christian governance. Believe it or not, the ten plagues against Egypt had a purpose.
Exodus 7:1-5 Then the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet. You are to say everything I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his country. But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in Egypt, he will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and with mighty acts of judgment I will bring out my divisions, my people the Israelites. And the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out of it.”
Is your heart hardened after Nov. 3? Are you more determined after Nov. 3 to defend your worldly politics, to defend the traditions of men?
The Ten Commandments is one of my favorite movies. It has always helped me to picture the power of a holy God. And on Nov. 3 I was left in awe. These plaques were without doubt major disruptions to daily life, as they would be today. They attacked every aspect of daily life with the last plague touching the heart of all. The last one took the life of the first born of Egypt.
What would you think if this were to happen today? I referring to our lifetime. It’s prophesied in the Book of Revelations. Extreme, yes. We can see signs and wonders and put all our faith in the pre-trib rapture that we will escape God’s judgment. But what if the proponents of that theory are wrong? Because they can be wrong. Hence, let God be true and every man a liar. That is what it means to obey God rather than man. We are to reject the traditions of men because they, nor the wrath of men, lead to the righteousness of God (James 1:20). Thus far where have the traditions of men led us?
American Christians, many of them standing by conspiracy theorists, resisted the COVID pandemic and its many mandates designed to keep Americans safe. Texans resisted the freeze of 2021. Then they resisted the floods of 2025. Yes, the weather is explained by geography and weather patterns. Yet, these explanations and weather predictions provided no comfort for families who lost their precious loved ones. Then, in 2022 we had to live through the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. These events all have worldly explanations and sadly justifications. Spiritually, the plagues of Egypt demonstrated God’s power. They confronted the gods of this world. They compelled God to show a corrupt world His power.
Many Christians fear the reality of Matthew 24. Will the events listed come to pass? They have too, or God isn't who He claims to be.
"Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”
And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.
“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
If the Scriptures are anything, they are the true and inspired words of a holy God, to His people and the world. Interpretations, doctrines, and theologies are many and varied and biased. It is up to every believer to discern, to test the messages and the messengers. We are to test all things; hold fast to what is good; We are to watch out for false prophets. They come to us in sheep’s clothing, yet inwardly they are ravenous wolves. looking to devour, to bind believers to the law, the law they do not keep; do not believe every spirit but test the spirits to see whether they are from God; We are to examine the Scriptures every day to see if what you hear is true.
We are to ask the Lord to search our heart. Because our heart is what He looks at and it is what the Lord wants to transform.
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