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The Truth About Angels
his mission to Pharaoh, Moses was to be placed in a position of great
peril; his life could be preserved only through the protection of holy
angels. But while living in neglect of a known duty, he would not be
secure; for he could not be shielded by the angels of God.—
Patriarchs
and Prophets, 255, 256
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Aaron, being instructed by angels, went forth to meet his brother,
from whom he had been so long separated; and they met amid the
desert solitudes, near Horeb.... Together they journeyed to Egypt; and
having reached the land of Goshen, they proceeded to assemble the
elders of Israel.—
Patriarchs and Prophets, 257
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The Plagues of Egypt
Moses and Aaron were God’s representatives to a bold, defiant
king, and to impenitent priests, hardened in rebellion, who had allied
themselves to evil angels. Pharaoh and the great men of Egypt were
not ignorant in regard to the wise government of God. A bright light
had been shining through the ages, pointing to God, to His righteous
government, and to the claims of His law. Joseph and the children of
Israel in Egypt had made known the knowledge of God. Even after the
people of Israel had been brought into bondage to the Egyptians, not
all were regarded as slaves. Many were placed in important positions,
and these were witnesses for God.—
The Youth’s Instructor, April 8,
1897
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Satan ... well knew that Moses was chosen of God to break the
yoke of bondage upon the children of Israel.... He consulted with
his angels how to accomplish a work which should answer a twofold
purpose: 1. To destroy the influence of the work wrought by God
through His servant Moses, by working through his agents, and thus
counterfeiting the true work of God; 2. To exert an influence by his
work through the magicians which would reach down through all ages
and destroy in the minds of many true faith in the mighty miracles
and works to be performed by Christ when He should come to this
world.—
Testimonies for the Church 1:291
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Moses and Aaron entered the lordly halls of the king of Egypt.
There, ... before the monarch of the most powerful kingdom then in
existence, stood the two representatives of the enslaved race, to repeat
the command from God for Israel’s release. The king demanded a