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2 Timothy 2:15 KJV

"Iron"

What is 'iron'?

"iron"
1270 barzel (bar-zel');
perhaps from the root of 1269; iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement:
KJV-- (ax) head, iron.
[Strong's]

1270 barzel-
1) iron
iron
a) iron ore
b) as material of furniture, utensils, implements
2) a tool of iron
3) harshness, strength, oppression (figurative)
[Brown-Driver-Briggs']


This speaks of 'implements' or 'tool' of iron.
It also speaks of 'harshness, strength, oppression'.

Satan is a 'tool' whom YHVH shall utilize to correct HIS children.
Satan, this tool, still vainly thinks he can win out over his Maker, but Satan has already been condemned  to perish. At the appropriate time, when YHVH shall be finished using him as this tool, Satan shall be  destroyed utterly.


1iron \rn, -ern\ n 1 : a heavy malleable magnetic metallic chemical element that rusts easily and is vital  to biological processes 2 : something made of metal and esp. iron; also : something (as handcuffs) used  to bind or restrain <put them in ~s> 3 : a household device with a flat base that is heated and used for pressing cloth 4 : strength, hardness
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Incorporated



Iron will rust. Gold and silver do not rust/corrode.

Let's begin in Genesis with our search for this word "
iron".
The following is the beginning of the Cain lineage (Kenites).


Gen 4:17-24
17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
(KJV)

"brass"
5178 nechosheth (nekh-o'-sheth);
for 5154; copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver):
KJV-- brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.
5154 nechuwshah (nekh-oo-shaw');
or nechushah (nekh-oo-shaw'); feminine of 5153; copper:
KJV-- brass, steel. Compare 5176.
[Strong's]

5178 nechosheth-
1) copper, bronze
a) copper (ore), bronze (as a copper alloy)
b) fetters (of copper or bronze)
c) copper (as a value)
2) lust, harlotry; the meaning is uncertain.
5154 nechuwshah or nechushah-
copper, bronze
a) copper (made from melting copper ore)
b) bronze (made from copper and alloy)
[Brown-Driver-Briggs']


"Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron"

"an instructer of" speaks one who hammers out something or someone into shape.
3913 latash (law-tash');
a primitive root; properly, to hammer out (an edge), i.e. to sharpen:
KJV-- instructer, sharp (-en), whet.

3913 latash-
to sharpen, to hammer, to whet
a) (Qal)
1) to hammer
2) to sharpen (sword)
3) hammerer (participle)
b) (Pual) to be sharpened



"artificer" is the fabricator who was hammered into shape.
2794 choresh (kho-rashe');
active participle of 2790; a fabricator or mechanic:
KJV-- artificer.
2790 charash (khaw-rash');
a primitive root; to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness):
KJV-- X altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow (-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.

2794 choresh-
a metal craftsman
2790 charash-
1) to cut in, to plow, to engrave, to devise
a) (Qal)
1) to cut in, to engrave
2) to plow
3) to devise
b) (Niphal) to be plowed
c) (Hiphil) to plot evil
2) to be silent, to be dumb, to be speechless, to be deaf
a) (Qal)
1) to be silent
2) to be deaf
b) (Hiphil)
1) to be silent, to keep quiet
2) to make silent
3) to be deaf, to show deafness
c) (Hithpael) to remain silent



Could we say that this "Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron" was a teacher?
Yes, but not a teacher in that which is of YHVH (gold and silver), but that which is of Satan (brass and iron).

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Lev 26:1-13
1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
8 And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.
11 And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
13 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.



Lev 26:14-39
14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
20 And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your highways shall be desolate.
23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;
24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.
35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.


FATHER speaks of "as iron" and "as brass".

"And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:"
Let us read this verse as the two sentences as it is given in the Interlinear:

"And I will break the pride of your power."
"And I will make your heaven as iron and your earth as brass."


This "pride" speaks of 'arrogance' and 'the unstable power of self-glorification'.

"your power"
5797 `oz (oze);
or (fully) `owz (oze); from 5810; strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise):
KJV-- boldness, loud, might, power, strength, strong.
5810 `azaz (aw-zaz');
a primitive root; to be stout (literally or figuratively):
KJV-- harden, impudent, prevail, strengthen (self), be strong.

5797 `oz or (fully) `owz-
might, strength
a) material or physical
b) personal or social or political
5810 `azaz-
to be strong
a) (Qal) to be strong, to prevail
b) (Hiphil) to make firm, to strengthen

"and I will make your heaven as iron"
"your heaven" speaks of your abode in that dimension of "heaven", and/or, your 'covering' as you walk in the flesh in this earth (age/dimension).

Again, "iron" is representative of Satan, and that which is of him.
"iron" will rust or corrode until there is nothing remaining.

Who is the 'covering' for those who are YHVH'S goodly servants?
YAHSHUA, JESUS CHRIST is our covering.

But, those, who are working against YHVH, have Satan as their 'covering'...Satan, who is Death.

"and your earth as brass"

"your earth" refers to your walk and work in this earth age/dimension.

"as brass"
5154 nechuwshah (nekh-oo-shaw');
or nechushah (nekh-oo-shaw'); feminine of 5153; copper:
KJV-- brass, steel. Compare 5176.
5153 nachuwsh (naw-khoosh');
apparently passive participle of 5172 (perhaps in the sense of ringing, i.e. bell-metal; or from the red color of the
throat of a serpent [5175, as denominative] when hissing); coppery, i.e. (figuratively) hard:
KJV-- of brass.
5172 nachash (naw-khash');
a primitive root; properly, to hiss, i.e. whisper a (magic) spell; generally, to prognosticate:
KJV-- X certainly, divine, enchanter, (use) X enchantment, learn by experience, X indeed, diligently observe.

5154 nechuwshah or nechushah-
copper, bronze
a) copper (made from melting copper ore)
b) bronze (made from copper and alloy)
5153 nachuwsh-
bronze
5172 nachash-
to practice divination, to divine, to observe signs, to learn by experience, to diligently observe, to practice fortunetelling, to take as an omen (Piel)
1) to practice divination
2) to observe the signs or omens

Please note that "brass" is an 'alloy', which speaks of a mixing of different metals (ores).

brass \bras\ n 1 : an alloy of copper and zinc; also : an object of brass 2 : brazen self-assurance 3 : persons of high rank (as in the military) brassy adj
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YHVH wants the pureness of gold and silver, not an alloy.

Zech 13:9
9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
(KJV)


Did you study the definitions of the words "as brass"?
The definitions can teach you much.



Lev 26:40-46
40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with
Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.
45 But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.
46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses. (KJV)

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Deut 4:20
20 But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
(KJV)


The bondage of "Egypt", "the iron furnace", was likened unto a smelting pot.

FATHER used this captivity as a way to care for HIS children during a great time of drought and famine.
But, it was also a time in which the rod was put to their backs.

The 'tool' or 'instrument' of iron which FATHER utilized was the government of Egypt.
This was a bondage likened unto the bondage who many have gone into today.

Let's look at this smelting pot, "the iron furnace", that the children of Israel and many ethnic nations found themselves.

What occurred in this smelting pot, "the iron furnace", during the 430 years that Israel was held in bondage?
Did the traditions and goodly laws/ordinances from YHVH that came in with the tribes of Israel get thrown into the same "
iron furnace", smelting pot, with the traditions and laws of the ethnos and the traditions and laws of Egypt?

When one throws different metals into the same "iron furnace", smelting pot, soon all of these metals begin combining with the others, until they are no longer pure.

We can take, for instance, the celebration/tradition of 'Easter' that most 'Christians' ignorantly participate.
This was a combining of heathen sexual rites and practices with The Passover...CHRIST became our Passover, made a 'mongoloid alloy' of the most precious act of The LORD, and the most High Holy Day.

In the days of the bondage in Egypt, the heathen practices and influences caused the 'silver' and 'gold' to be mixed and polluted, until they became as 'brass'.


FATHER uses a "rod of iron" to break these alloys (their clay pots) to pieces.


Rev 12:5
5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
(KJV)


YAHSHUA, JESUS CHRIST, was this "man child", who shall "rule all nations with a rod of iron".
What is this "rod of iron"?
It is that 'tool', the 'instrument of correction', whom YAHSHUA uses as a 'rod of correction'.
And, this "rod of iron" is Satan, and that which of Satan, who FATHER utilizes to correct and punish HIS children.

This leads us back to the Law as was given in Leviticus.

Lev 26:14-39
14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
20 And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your highways shall be desolate.
23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;
24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.
35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.


YHVH'S Word is HIS Sword. And, HIS Word is YAHSHUA, JESUS CHRIST.
The "rod of iron", which YAHSHUA utilizes to correct and punish, is Satan.

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Now, since we are looking at Egypt, let us look at the "rod" used by Moses and Aaron.

Exod 4:1-5
1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
5 That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. (KJV)


"a rod"
4294 matteh (mat-teh');
or (feminine) mattah (mat-taw'); from 5186; a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e. g. bread):
KJV-- rod, staff, tribe.
5186 natah (naw-taw');
a primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows):
KJV-- + afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
[Strong's]


4294 matteh or (feminine) mattah-
staff, a branch, a tribe
a) a staff, a rod, a shaft
b) a branch (of a vine)
c) a tribe; (originally) a company led by a chief with his staff
5186 natah-
to stretch out, to extend, to spread out, to pitch, to turn, to pervert, to incline, to bend, to bow
a) (Qal)
1) to stretch out, to extend, to stretch, to offer
2) to spread out, to pitch (a tent)
3) to bend, to turn, to incline
a) to turn aside, to incline, to decline, to bend down
b) to bend, to bow
c) to hold out, to extend (figurative)
b) (Niphal) to be stretched out
c) (Hiphil)

1) to stretch out
2) to spread out
3) to turn, to incline, to influence, to bend down, to hold out, to extend, to thrust aside, to thrust away
[Brown-Driver-Briggs']

"And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand".

Who is the "serpent"?
He is the 'tool', instrument of correction', FATHER gave unto Moses to use.

"in his hand" speaks of the 'power' YHVH granted unto Moses.
Note, Moses is a leader of HIS Government, who is a type for one of the Two Witnesses.
For, Moses was he whom FATHER gave HIS Law. He was the vessel, that was used in those days, to bring HIS Law unto the people.
And, Moses was of YHVH'S Government, who would lead the children from bondage through and by HIS Law.


What did this "
rod" become when it was "cast " "on the ground"?
It became "a serpent".

What or who does this serpent represent?

Gen 3:1-5
1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. (KJV)


Rev 12:9
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. (KJV)

Rev 20:1-3
1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. (KJV)



From Genesis to Revelations, this serpent is revealed to us.


Exod 7:10-14
10 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
13 And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go. (KJV)


This rod, Satan, is so powerful that he will swallow up all other religious idols/gods.
But, remember, Satan is being controlled, for the power was given unto Aaron and Moses to use the 'rod of correction'.

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We are looking at this "rod of correction" the rod of "iron".

Exod 7:15-25
15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
16 And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.
17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.
19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.
20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
21 And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said.
23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.
24 And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.
25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river. (KJV)


The "water", spoken of in Exodus 7:15, "Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand", speaks of this particular 'river', the Nile, which represents the Egyptians' religion.

It was not the 'living waters' of YHVH'S Word, but the 'waters' of idolatry, for this river was representative of their god Hapi.
What did this 'river' do for Egypt?
It caused their economy to grow, as barges of goods were sent up and down this waterway.
When this river overflowed it's banks each year, it would cause the banks of this river to become very rich, which aided in the growing of food. The river also provided an abundance of fish.

It was a custom for Pharaoh to take an offering every morning to this river, this idolatrous symbol/god of their religion.


NILE
[nile]-- the great river of Egypt that flows more than 5,700 kilometers (3,500 miles) from central Africa north through the desert to a rich delta area on the Mediterranean Sea (see Map 1, B-2). The source of the Nile is derived from two rivers: the Blue Nile from Ethiopia and the White Nile from Lake Victoria in central Africa.
The Blue Nile provides about twice as much water as the White Nile during the rainy season. This flood water, with the soil that it eroded, provided fertile top soil for the agriculture of northern Egypt. Low flood levels usually meant a famine year, while a high flood level would result in a year of plenty. The Aswan Dam and the High Dam now enable the modern nation of Egypt to control these floods and provide a more constant flow of water.

Because the Nile was so essential to the life and prosperity of Egypt, it was personified as a god called Hapi.
Egyptians had religious celebrations at the beginning of the annual flooding of the Nile. One text discovered by archaeologists contains praises in adoration of the Nile for the blessings that it provides.

The river was also one of the chief methods of transportation for the Egyptians. The Nile delta produced papyrus which the Egyptians wove together to make household mats, baskets, sails for their boats, and paper. The Nile supported a fishing industry as well, and ancient drawings show the Pharaohs hunting wild game in the thick undergrowth of the Nile Valley.

The river in Pharaoh's dream <Gen. 41:1-36> was the Nile. The seven fat cows that pastured in the lush grass by the Nile represented seven years when the Nile would flood and there would be plenty of food. The seven thin cows represented years when there would be little grass because of low flood waters.

Later when the Israelites were slaves under persecution by a Pharaoh who did not know Joseph, the king ordered that all male children born to the Israelites must be thrown into the Nile <Ex. 1:22>. In an attempt to save her child, Moses' mother put him in a waterproofed papyrus basket and placed him among the papyrus reeds near where Pharaoh's daughter came to bathe <Ex. 2:1-5>. When she saw the child, she had compassion on him; thus Moses was not killed.

Eighty years later Moses returned to Egypt to deliver the Israelites from slavery. In order that the children of Israel might believe that God had sent Moses, God gave him three signs to perform; the last was to pour water from the Nile on dry ground and have it turn to blood <Ex. 4:9>. After hearing God's word and seeing these signs, the people believed God and worshiped Him <Ex. 4:29-31>.

Because Pharaoh refused to let the Israelites leave Egypt, God sent ten plagues. Moses met Pharaoh at the Nile <Ex. 7:15> and turned the Nile to blood to prove to him that the Nile was not a god, but that Moses' God was the true God <Ex. 7:17-21; Ps. 78:44>. Some believe the water was turned to a reddish-brown color from the eroded red soil in the flood water and that bacteria from the polluted water may have killed the fish. This naturalistic interpretation does not explain the intensity of the plague or the ability of Moses to start and conclude the plague on command. Since Pharaoh's magicians were able to reproduce a somewhat similar phenomenon, Pharaoh's heart was not moved to release the Israelites <Ex. 7:22-25>.

The prosperity that the river provided and the annual flooding of the Nile were spoken of symbolically in the prophetic writings <Is. 23:10; Jer. 46:7-8>. The judgment on Egypt was often described in terms of the drying up of the Nile <Ezek. 29:10; 30:12; Zech. 10:11>, because the Nile will fail, the papyrus will wither, the grain will wilt, and the fisherman will mourn <Is. 19:5-8>. Yet in spite of this judgment, the day will come when some from Egypt will turn to God and become His people <Is. 19:18-25>.
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from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary) (Copyright (C) 1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)



"And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood."

"he lifted up the rod"
YHVH'S servant, having been given power to make use of the 'rod of correction' smote this idolatrous god, in the sight of all the land.
Satan's spurious (and disguised) religion/government shall smite all other heathen and idolatrous religions in the world when his image is 'set up' in the sight of all the world.

What does this do for YHVH'S Divine Plan?
It shall cause the situation of these end times to be as it was in the 1st Heaven age...
YHVH'S True KINGDOM against Satan's false kingdom.
No longer will it be YHVH'S True Law against the laws of dozens of separate false gods and religions, but one on one.



Rev 11:3-6
3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
(KJV)



There is no new thing under the sun.
In the same manner as Moses and Aaron, YHVH'S Two Witnesses shall have the power given to them of YHVH in their hands. And, they shall make use of that 'rod of correction'.

Satan's fallen angels must be cast down, and his 'image set up, and then Satan, himself. This is necessary so that YHVH'S Witnesses (YHVH'S 7,000, and YAHSHUA'S 144,000 Election of Grace) can show the people the difference between the false and the goodly.
Just as YHVH'S Truth, Power, Strength, Miracles, and Chastisement were brought forth as a witness through Moses and Aaron unto the people, so shall YHVH'S servants do in the 'final hour' of this flesh dispensation.

YHVH is not evil. Yet, HE shall make use of that evil tool, Satan (and all that is of him), to correct and punish HIS children.


Prov 22:15
15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. (KJV)

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Please consider the following verses,found in the Book of the Exodus, which include this "
rod" of iron, the 'rod of correction'.

Exod 4:2
2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. (KJV)

Exod 4:4
4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand: (KJV)

Exod 4:17
17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. (KJV)

Exod 4:20
20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he
returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. (KJV)

Exod 7:9
9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. (KJV)

Exod 7:10
10 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. (KJV)

Exod 7:12
12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. (KJV)

Exod 7:15
15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand. (KJV)

Exod 7:17
17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. (KJV)

Exod 7:19
19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone. (KJV)

Exod 7:20
20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. (KJV)

Exod 8:5
5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. (KJV)

Exod 8:16
16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. (KJV)

Exod 8:17
17 And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. (KJV)

Exod 9:23
23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. (KJV)

Exod 10:13
13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. (KJV)

Exod 14:16
16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. (KJV)

Exod 17:5
5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of
the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine
hand, and go. (KJV)

Exod 17:9
9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. (KJV)

Exod 21:20
20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. (KJV)


Ps 2:1-12
1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together,
against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the
uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a
potter's vessel.
10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is
kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. (KJV)

Rev 2:18-29
18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.
20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that
woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my
servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into
great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this
doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.
26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
28 And I will give him the morning star.
29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
(KJV)


YAHSHUA, JESUS CHRIST, shall still retain power over this "rod of iron" during The LORD'S DAY.
Satan shall be locked up until the end of The LORD'S DAY (the millennium) when he is released for "
a little season".

Rev 20:1-3
1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and