Three Signs of Being Called and Sent by God: The Blood-turned Waters (3/3)

Exodus 4:9 And if they will not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, then you shall take some of the water of the River and shall take some of the water of the River and pour it on the dry ground, and the water that you take out of the River will become blood upon the dry ground.

The meaning of the third sign, the sign of the water becoming blood, is that in the eyes of God all the earthly supply and worldly enjoyment (the water of the Nile) are nothing but death (blood). The water of the Nile represents our earthly dependency and enjoyment of worldly and earthly supply. All the supply, enjoyment and entertainment are death. In order to realize this, we need to pour the water of the Nile upon the dry land. Dry land being the source of from which life is produced (Gen 1). When they are poured out on that which produces life (the ground), immediately the death is exposed.

Exodus 78:44 And He turned their rivers into blood, As well as their streams, so that they could not drink.
Exodus 105:29 He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.

The very supply of that the world affords us is death. To the people of the world, the water in the Nile is wonderful, it irrigates the land of Egypt. However, the called one must see what the water really is.

Three Signs of Being Called and Sent by God: The Leprous Hand (2/3)

Moses, in his being called and sent by Jehovah to speak to Pharaoh about releasing His people, had no confidence in himself to carry out the will of God. Which made Moses the right person to send out, for our God is seeking for those who rely only unto Him and nothing of the flesh.

God gave Moses three signs at which he would show Pharaoh that Moses was the chosen on. Signs that not only Pharaoh, but people living on the earth need to take heed and listen to. These signs were to provide proof that Jehovah is really the one speaking through Moses, and that Moses is carrying out God's will.

The first sign was the staff turning into a serpent. The staff is a representation of all that we rely on apart from God. The staff is the devil in disguise trying to usurp us into not relying on our God, but of our own strengths and abilities. The staff turning into the serpent is to show the devil hiding in these things we hold on to so dearly. If we aren't taking the snake by the tail and are using our "staff" for any other purpose other than God's will and authority, then we are being used by the devil. That was the first sign to be revealed.

Exodus 4:5  That they may believe that Jehovah, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.

God is God. There is no other, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are all one God, Jehovah. He has shown Himself to Moses, and has given three signs to prove that He is who He is. The first was the staff, the second was the leprous hand; The hand becoming leprous.