The Finger of God : An Imaginative Retelling of the Ten Plagues of Egypt Told Through the Eyes of an Egyptian Scribe Based on Exodus 7-12

Lighting Mypath

ISBN 13: 9798252739144

Published by Independently Published Mär 2026, 2026

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Neuware - What did Egypt's most powerful magicians see - that Pharaoh refused to When Moses and Aaron stood before Pharaoh and the ten plagues began to fall on Egypt, the royal magicians of Pharaoh's court were in the room. They matched sign for sign - blood for blood, frogs for frogs. They were not simple men. They were the wisest, most credentialed minds in the greatest empire on earth.Then came the gnats. And they stopped.They turned to Pharaoh and said the truest thing anyone said in the entire account: This is the finger of God.The Finger of God is an imaginative retelling of the ten plagues of Exodus 7-12, told through the eyes of Kha - a fictional scribe in the service of Jannes, the chief royal magician of Pharaoh's court. Kha is not a hero. He is not a prophet. He is a man with ink on his fingers and access to the most private doubts of the most powerful men in Egypt. He watches his masters fail, plague by plague, from the inside.Each plague is told in three movements: - The Narrative - Kha's eyewitness account from inside Pharaoh's court- The Turning - what happened when the plague was lifted, Moses prayed, and Pharaoh hardened again- Reflection - a direct word to the reader about what each plague means todayAt the heart of this book is a question the plagues press on every reader: is it possible to see the finger of God and still not surrender to it The answer is Jannes - named by the apostle Paul in 2 Timothy 3:8 as a real historical figure who opposed Moses. He was in the room. He said the right words. He asked the right questions in the dark. He sent his own scribe to safety on Passover night. And Paul remembers him centuries later not as a man who turned, but as a man who resisted.Seeing is not the same as surrendering. Understanding is not the same as obeying.This book is for: - General readers and seekers curious about the Bible- Christians who want to go deeper into the Exodus narrative- Anyone who has ever stood at the edge of belief and not known whether to cross- Book clubs, Bible study groups, and personal devotional readingBased faithfully on Exodus 7-12. The narrator Kha is a fictional character. All events are drawn from scripture.A Lighting My Path publication.

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• Title: The Finger of God : An Imaginative Retelling of the Ten Plagues of Egypt Told Through the Eyes of an Egyptian Scribe Based on Exodus 7-12
• Publisher: Independently Published Mär 2026
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798252739144
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 3D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 3 millimeters depth
• Weight: 76 grams

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What did Egypt's most powerful magicians see — that Pharaoh refused to?

When Moses and Aaron stood before Pharaoh and the ten plagues began to fall on Egypt, the royal magicians of Pharaoh's court were in the room. They matched sign for sign — blood for blood, frogs for frogs. They were not simple men. They were the wisest, most credentialed minds in the greatest empire on earth.

Then came the gnats. And they stopped.

They turned to Pharaoh and said the truest thing anyone said in the entire account: This is the finger of God.

The Finger of God is an imaginative retelling of the ten plagues of Exodus 7–12, told through the eyes of Kha — a fictional scribe in the service of Jannes, the chief royal magician of Pharaoh's court. Kha is not a hero. He is not a prophet. He is a man with ink on his fingers and access to the most private doubts of the most powerful men in Egypt. He watches his masters fail, plague by plague, from the inside.

Each plague is told in three movements:

• The Narrative — Kha's eyewitness account from inside Pharaoh's court
• The Turning — what happened when the plague was lifted, Moses prayed, and Pharaoh hardened again
• Reflection — a direct word to the reader about what each plague means today

At the heart of this book is a question the plagues press on every reader: is it possible to see the finger of God and still not surrender to it?

The answer is Jannes — named by the apostle Paul in 2 Timothy 3:8 as a real historical figure who opposed Moses. He was in the room. He said the right words. He asked the right questions in the dark. He sent his own scribe to safety on Passover night. And Paul remembers him centuries later not as a man who turned, but as a man who resisted.

Seeing is not the same as surrendering. Understanding is not the same as obeying.

This book is for:

• General readers and seekers curious about the Bible
• Christians who want to go deeper into the Exodus narrative
• Anyone who has ever stood at the edge of belief and not known whether to cross
• Book clubs, Bible study groups, and personal devotional reading

Based faithfully on Exodus 7–12. The narrator Kha is a fictional character. All events are drawn from scripture.

A Lighting My Path publication.