# 107 The Great Connector

he Book of Genesis Day 107 Ge 12:16 He treated Abram well for her sake. He had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male and female servants, female donkeys, and camels. 17 But the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram and said, "What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? 19 "Why did you say, 'She is my sister'? I might have taken her as my wife. Now therefore, here is your wife; take her and go your way." 20 So Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they sent him away, with his wife and all that he had. Pretty good deal for Abram! Pharaoh takes Sarai for his harem, thinking she is Abram’s sister, and instead of getting killed because he was her husband, Pharaoh showers him with gifts!Not a good deal for Pharaoh though. The moment he takes Sarai into his harem, the plagues begin. Somehow Pharaoh makes the connection between the plagues and the true relationship between Abram and Sarai. Now, by the custom of the Egyptians, he has every right to kill Abram and take Sarai. But the plagues have likely changed his mind. He is dealing with someone special here and he knows it, so he returns Sarai and tells Abram to go on his way. There are other “connections” here between these plagues and the ones that were going to be brought against a future Pharaoh through Moses. Both plagues were designed to force Pharaoh to release something that was not his. IN this case Sarai, Abram’s “chosen” wife. In the case of Moses, it was the Hebrews, God’s “chosen” people! By the times the plagues ended, both Pharaoh’s were most anxious to have the “chosen” ones released, and they sent them away loaded with treasures. God, the great Connector is at it again! He has done a masterful job of connecting Abram’s famine inspired journey to Egypt with Jacob’s similar journey in the future, and here He connects Abram to Moses through the plagues in the house of Pharaoh. Later, God will connect Abraham to the sacrifice of God’s only Son, as Abraham prepared to offer up his only son Isaac, and let us not forget how the Apostle Paull in his letter to the Romans would make the connection between Abraham’s saving faith and our own saving faith. (He believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness. ) This same righteousness is imputed to you and I and all who put their faith in Jesus! God connects things in His Word so that we too might make the connection between those things foreshadowed in the Old Testament, and which came to pass in the New Testament. Bottom line is it is His desire that we all become reconnected to Him through faith in Jesus! Pray: Father God, thank You for being in the business of making connections. May there be rejoicing in heaven today over every single sinner who repents and is reconnected to You through faith in Jesus!