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当摩西与法老对峙时，《圣经》经文清楚地表明，这不仅仅是人类领袖之间的意志较量。更是以色列的神正在与埃及的诸神进行对决。

尼罗河流域是埃及帝国的心脏。埃及的农作物、运输和贸易都依赖于尼罗河，这是它在经济、政治和宗教方面都非常强大的命脉。

因此，当神向埃及诸神宣战时，许多灾祸都直击埃及的心脏。例如，第一灾将尼罗河水变成血水。这样就没有水可以饮用、发展渔业或灌溉庄稼，埃及人的生活将变得非常艰难。

当然，这个灾难也具有深刻的属灵意义。它意味着埃及的尼罗河之神（索贝克、哈皮和克努姆）及其伟大的生育之神（奥西里斯）无法战胜独一的真神。奥西里斯也被认为是法老的神圣祖先，会指引他们的埃及后裔进入来世。

真正的主和天地的创造者向我们显明，埃及的神都是虚假的。埃及及其君王无力阻挡神拯救祂自己的子民。

在今天这个世界中，我们从哪些方面可以见证神抵挡假神的大能？

When Moses and Pharaoh face off, the biblical text makes clear that this is not merely a battle of wills between human leaders. Rather, the God of Israel is making war against the gods of Egypt.
The Nile River was the very heart of the Egyptian empire. Egypt depended on the Nile for crops, transport, and trade, making it powerful in its prosperity, politics, and religion.

So when God goes to war against the Egyptian gods, a number of the plagues strike at Egypt's very heart. For example, the first plague turns the waters of the Nile into blood. So there is no water for drinking or fishing or crops, making life very difficult for the Egyptians.

Of course, this plague had deep spiritual significance too. It meant that Egypt's gods of the Nile (Sobek, Hapi, and Knuum) and its great fertility god (Osiris) had no power over the one true God. Osiris was also the supposed divine ancestor of the pharaohs who guided them into the afterlife.The true Lord and Creator of the heavens and the earth showed that Egypt's gods were all false. Egypt and its king were powerless to stand in the way of God rescuing his people.

In what ways do we see God's power at work against false gods in our world today?