What did God have to do get the Egyptians to free the Jews?

Answer 1

Actually, God freed more than just the "Jews," which is a shortening of the name [or 'nickname'] of the tribe of "Judah" [the first use of the word "Jew" doesn't appear in The Bible until II Kings 16:6]. God freed the other eleven tribes of Israel, too... plus a multitude of Gentiles, many of whom were slaves like themselves... even some Egyptians.

"That night the people of Israel [all of them, not just the Jews] left Rameses and started for Succoth. There were about 600,000 men, plus all the women and children. And they were traveling on foot. Many people who were not Israelites went with them, along with the many flocks and herds." (Ex.12:37-38 NLT New Living Translation)

But, what God had to do to make that happen was to "personally step into the affairs of men" to reveal His Power to them... and through a series of "physical plagues" -- life- and business-disruptive miracles, events and occurrences across the land of Egypt [except for where the Israelites lived] - HE BROKE THE BACK OF THEIR ECONOMY!

In so doing, the LORD [Jesus Christ, the Creator God of the Old Testament - John 1:3] carefully orchestrated each step and phase of Israel's [and the future world's] "freedom from their bondage to Egypt and Pharaoh" [which symbolizes Faith in Christ's blood freeing a believer from Sin and Satan, respectively]. It revealed God's prophetic "plan of Salvation" that the LORD [the Lamb of God symbolized by the lamb's blood the Israelites struck upon the doors and windows of their homes, which covered and spared their firstborn from death], would later, personally be born flesh and blood to FULFILL each step of plan that Israel's release from Egypt laid out.

What God did then... He's going to do a second time... step into the affairs of man. Only the next time, it won't be just the Israelite descendants scattered across planet earth that the LORD will lead to safety: it will be ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH who survive the second advent of God's latter day global nation- and economy-busting plagues. [see Jer.16:14-15]

It was the plagues called by God's "two witnesses," Moses and Aaron, upon Pharaoh and his kingdom, that set the stage for the resulting "salvation" of God's people... and the LORD's guiding them; a column of a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night [day and night] to freedom and safety.

And so do the prophecies speak of "two more witnesses" at the time of the end of God's plan who shall wield God's seven trumpet plagues[similar to what Moses and Aaron did] against the coming Beast and False Prophet, before the LORD returns to free the world from Sin and Satan.

"...I will give Power to My Two Witnesses, and they... will prophesy during those 1260 days [three-and-a-half years]... If anyone tries to harm them, fire flashes from the mouths of the prophets and consume their enemies... They HAVE THE POWER to shut the skies so that no rain will fall for as long as they prophesy [three-and-a-half years]. And they HAVE THE POWER to turn rivers and oceans into blood, and to send every kind of plague upon the earth AS OFTEN AS THEY WISH." (Rev.11:3-6 NLT)

That's what God did to the Egyptians, anciently... and that's what He is going to do to the whole world at the time of the end of His plan. It freed the Israelites from their bondage to Egypt and Pharaoh, anciently... and God's second application of His plagues will free the world from its bondage to Sin and Satanin the near future... on a global scale.