Dig a Little Deeper: God Over Osiris

 

God’s judgment against Pharaoh is almost complete. With each plague, Pharaoh’s stubborn grip tightens, his heart hardens, and his nation plunges further into despair. As the Egyptian gods crumble before the might of the Hebrew God's power, Pharaoh’s status as a god is shattering before all of Egypt.

Osiris: A God's Defeat and a Nation's Crisis:

As Pharaoh is faced with the warning of another plague, his calloused heart is unyielding as Egypt is on the brink of ruin. He is willing to watch his people suffer rather than submit to God. Even his own servants recognize the futility of defying the Hebrew God.

Osiris, the god of agricultural fertility and the afterlife, was deeply intertwined with Egypt's worldview. Associated with judgment in the afterlife, Osiris played a critical role in weighing the hearts of the deceased against the feather of Ma'at. Yet, as the locusts devour the last of Egypt's crops, the mighty Osiris crumbles before the true and living God.

The Truth About Submission:

Pharaoh tries to negotiate, but God is not a God of compromise. The offer to let the Hebrew men go while keeping their children symbolized Pharaoh's futile attempts to negotiate with God. This is a lesson for all of humanity—we cannot hold back parts of our lives from God.

Submission to God is not a partial surrender; it is an unreserved yielding of every aspect of our being. Just as Pharaoh's compromised offer was rejected, our attempts to hold back parts of our lives from God are futile. God demands our complete submission.

The Redemption of Submission:

While Osiris was defeated by God's judgment, Christ stands as the ultimate Judge and Savior. Unlike Osiris, who symbolized judgment based on human deeds, Christ offers salvation based on grace through faith. As Scripture teaches us, our salvation is a gift from God, not earned through our works.

Conclusion:

The story of the locust plague brings into focus the collision between God's judgment and humanity's resistance. As Pharaoh clung to a shattered worldview, Osiris' defeat emphasized the insignificance of false gods before the one true God. The call to submit to God without compromise resounds clearly—our lives are to be fully surrendered to his authority. Our salvation rests not on our deeds but on the grace of Jesus Christ, the ultimate Judge and Savior. In a world teetering on the precipice of divine judgment, the invitation stands—submit to Christ, the true Judge, and find redemption through his grace.