And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. — Exodus 7:3
God declares that He will harden Pharaoh’s heart and multiply His signs and wonders in Egypt.
The hardening of Pharaoh’s heart must be understood in light of Pharaoh’s prior rebellion. Pharaoh had already rejected the word of God. God’s hardening is therefore judicial. It is not God forcing innocence into rebellion, but God confirming a rebel in the path he has chosen.
This principle appears in Romans 1:24, where God gives people over to their chosen sin, and in Proverbs 29:1, where repeated rejection of correction leads to destruction.
The same sun that melts wax hardens clay. The issue is not the sun but the substance it shines upon. God’s acts reveal what is already in the heart. Some hearts soften under divine truth; others harden.
God’s multiplication of signs and wonders is part of that process. These miracles are not random displays of power but instruments of revelation and judgment.
God declares that He will harden Pharaoh’s heart and multiply His signs and wonders in Egypt.
The hardening of Pharaoh’s heart must be understood in light of Pharaoh’s prior rebellion. Pharaoh had already rejected the word of God. God’s hardening is therefore judicial. It is not God forcing innocence into rebellion, but God confirming a rebel in the path he has chosen.
This principle appears in Romans 1:24, where God gives people over to their chosen sin, and in Proverbs 29:1, where repeated rejection of correction leads to destruction.
The same sun that melts wax hardens clay. The issue is not the sun but the substance it shines upon. God’s acts reveal what is already in the heart. Some hearts soften under divine truth; others harden.
God’s multiplication of signs and wonders is part of that process. These miracles are not random displays of power but instruments of revelation and judgment.