SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18
Scripture: Exodus 12:33-36
When a concept in Scripture goes from the Old Testament to the New, we know it is something we must be familiar with. In Exodus 12 we find a judgment that God executed on Egypt in behalf of God’s people, specifically ‘spoiling’ the enemy. Verses 33-36 says, “And the Egyptians urged the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste. For they said, ‘We shall all be dead.’ So the people took their dough before it was leavened, having their kneading bowls bound up in their clothes on their shoulders. Now the children of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, and they had asked from the Egyptians articles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing. And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they granted them what they requested. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.” The children of Israel had been in captivity for 400 years. So when God brought them out, He gave them favor and the fear of God was on the Egyptians and they parted with anything the Israelites asked for. It is the first universal demonstration of the ‘anointing to spoil’ in action for all the people of God. It was also a manifestation of justice. God gave them a payday for all the years they were unpaid in Egypt. Does God have a payday when there has been injustice? Yes, He does and He is the One we have to ask for it.