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       A wonderful biblical example of this type of prayer was Moses’ confrontation with Pharaoh.  As Moses confronted Pharaoh and declared God’s will, he actually confronted Egyptian gods linked with the oppression and captivity of God’s covenant people by creating utter chaos through the plagues and death in the nation of Egypt.  But through the destruction caused by Moses’ confrontation, God’s plan was fulfilled, the power of oppression broke, and the people were released. Today as we continue our understanding of breakthrough, ask the Lord to remove oppression and release His full covenant blessing into your bloodline.

Chuck D. Pierce

       Let’s take a look at how every demonstration of God’s power through Moses was actually a power encounter with specific Egyptian gods (which were in reality territorial spirits):

The rod becomes a serpent.  There were two main Egyptian gods that were linked with serpents.  They were Apep, the Egyptian snake god who was the personification of darkness and evil, and Edjo, the serpent goddess of the Delta who was the protectress of Lower Egypt, and who was symbolized on the royal diadem (or king’s crown) protecting the king.  When Aaron’s rod became a serpent and swallowed the magicians’ serpents, there was an undeniable display of which was stronger.

The Nile turns to blood.  In this first plague, God demonstrated His power over Khnum, the ram god who was supposed to be the protector of the source of the Nile and was depicted as a man with a ram’s head; and over Hapy, god of the Nile in inundation.  Although the Egyptian magicians, were able to imitate the phenomenon, they were unable to stop the effects of the plague, which included the fish dying and the water to become putrefied and undrinkable.

The plague of frogs.  The second plague was directed against Heqet, who was the goddess of creation, birth, and the germination of corn.  Heqet was depicted as a frog, and the frog was considered a sacred animal in Egypt.  Once again, the magicians were able to imitate the plague, but were unable to remove it as Pharaoh had to summon Moses and Aaron to put a stop to it.

The plague of gnats.  This third plague came against Geb, who was the Egyptian earth god that played a role in fertility and vegetation.  Geb was also supposed to imprison the souls of the dead, and his laughter was said to cause earthquakes.  The magicians were unable to reproduce the sign and conceded, “This is the finger of God” (Ex. 8:19).

The plague of flies.  This plague was set against Dua, the Egyptian god of toiletry.  More numerous and bothersome were these flies than even the gnats had been, as they would attach themselves to human eyelids.  The magicians were once again unable to match the demonstration of power.  Through this forth plague it became clear that God was the author of the plagues and had authority in Egypt over the magicians and the gods they served.

The cattle die.  Hathor, the Egyptian cow goddess, was next in line for God’s wrath and humiliation in the fifth plague.  She was the suckler of the king, and the goddess of love, fertility, and women.  She was also said to cleanse the land of unbelievers.  This plague, however, was intended to be seen as a judgment from God and a direct insult to the spiritual principalities as calves, cows, and bulls were all worshiped and considered sacred.

The plague of boils.  The sixth plague came against Imhotep, venerated as the god of learning and medicine.  The magicians appeared to try and protect the king, probably through Imhotep’s power, but were instead being attacked themselves.

The plague of hail and fire.  The seventh plague challenged Horus the Elder, the powerful falcon-deity, originally the sky-god, who identified with the king during his lifetime.  This was the first plague that apparently caused human death—enough so that Pharaoh even admitted that he had sinned (Ex. 9:27) and begged for the plague to be stopped.

The plague of the locusts.  The eighth plague targeted Shu, god of the air, atmosphere, and dry winds.  It was by an east wind that lasted for a day and a night that the Lord ushered in swarms of locusts that “covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. So there remained nothing green on the trees or on the plants of the field throughout all the land of Egypt” (Ex. 10:15).

The plague of darkness.  The ninth plague showed God’s power over the light of the sun, which was represented by one of Egypt’s chief deities, the sun-god Ra.  Ra was the father of the gods, head of the great ennead (a group of the nine most powerful deities), and supreme judge.  This plague dealt a heavy blow to the spirit world because the very powerful spirit Ra was unable to overcome God’s power.

The slaying of the first born.  This tenth and most devastating plague was directed against a family of three deities.  The first was Isis who was the most important of all Egyptian goddesses and who assumed all the attributes and functions of virtually every other important goddess at some point in Egyptian history.  Her primary functions were motherhood, marital devotion, healing the sick, and the working of magic spells and charms.  The second deity was Osiris, the god of the dead, resurrection into eternal life, and the ruler, protector, and judge of the deceased.  The third deity was said to be the son of Isis and Osiris, Horus the Child, a suckling child represented as a young boy sucking his finger.  It was this final plague that so overwhelmed the Pharaoh and so thoroughly defeated the gods of Egypt, that the Israelites were finally set free. 

     Seeing power encounters through the prayer of confrontation in order to see people groups released from a demonic structure is going to become more and more common as we enter the future war of the Church.  God’s power has not diminished in the years since Moses!  We need to enter into a mentality that God will display His power greatly over the earth and over demonic structures in order to see great throngs loosed from Satan’s grip, and from that mentality, pray the prayers of confrontation according to His will.