Ten Plagues of Egypt

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Ten Plagues of Egypt
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Ten Plagues of Egypt

• Context The plagues that God put on the Egyptian
  nation are contextually implanted in the intense
  story of the Exodus of Israel from Egypt to the
  promised land.
• Joseph Historically the Exodus culminates 400
  years of voluntary settlement tuned captivity by
  Jacob and the brothers of Joseph, having been
  sold by His brothers, was sold again in Egypt.
  There, he endured difficult times for about ten
  years until God given gift of interpreting dreams
  placed Joseph at the right hand of the King,
• Josephs position In this position, Josephs
  godliness, business acumen, position and
  reputation allowed Egypt to become the 400 years
  home of Israel.
• Josephs bones Joseph, knowing Israels stay in
  Egypt was temporary, distinguished himself, when,
  By faith, Joseph made mention of the exodus of
  the sons of Israel, and gave orders concerning
  his bones. Heb. 1122
• Israels 400 year captivity Following the death
  of Joseph, Israel endured captivity and about 400
  years in apparent silence by God.
• God _at_ work However, God was at work, and in the
  process of preparing Moses and the Israelites.
  By faith, Mosesfor he was looking to the
  reward. Heb 1124-26
• History Viewing history through the eyes of
  Israel

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Ten Plagues of Egypt
Initial Signs

• Burning Bush
• God talking
• 3. Staff / Snake
• 4. Leprous Hand
• 5. H2O / Blood

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Ten Plagues of Egypt
Exodus 7 14 10 29

• 1 Water to Blood
• 2 Frogs
• 3 Lice / Gnats
• 4 Flies
• 5 Cattle
• 6 Boils
• 7 Hail
• 8 Locusts
• 9 Darkness
• 10 Death of first born

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• 1. Water to Blood
• Exodus719 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, Say
  unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine
  hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their
  streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds,
  and upon all their pools of water, that they may
  become blood and that there may be blood
  throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels
  of wood, and in vessels of stone.
• 2. Frogs
• 82 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I
  will smite all thy borders with frogs
• 83 And the river shall bring forth frogs
  abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine
  house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed,
  and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy
  people, and into thine ovens, and into thy
  kneading troughs
• 84 And the frogs shall come up both on thee,
  and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.
• 3. Gnats
• 816 And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto
  Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of
  the land, that it may become lice throughout all
  the land of Egypt.
• 4. Flies
• 821 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go,
  behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee,
  and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and
  into thy houses and the houses of the Egyptians
  shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the
  ground whereon they are.
• 5. Livestock Diseased
• 93 Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy
  cattle which is in the field, upon the horses,
  upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen,
  and upon the sheep there shall be a very
  grievous murrain.

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• 6. Boils
• 98 And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron,
  Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and
  let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the
  sight of Pharaoh.
• 99 And it shall become small dust in all the
  land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth
  with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout
  all the land of Egypt.
• 7. Thunder and Hail
• 918 Behold, to morrow about this time I will
  cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as
  hath not been in Egypt since the foundation
  thereof even until now.
• 8. Locusts
• 104 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go,
  behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into
  thy coast
• 105 And they shall cover the face of the earth,
  that one cannot be able to see the earth and
  they shall eat the residue of that which is
  escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail,
  and shall eat every tree which groweth for you
  out of the field.
• 9. Darkness
• 1021 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out
  thine hand toward heaven, that there may be
  darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness
  which may be felt.
• 1022 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward
  heaven and there was a thick darkness in all the
  land of Egypt three days
• 10. Death of the Firstborn
• 114 And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About
  midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt
• 115 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt
  shall die, from the first born of Pharaoh that
  sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn
  of the maidservant that is behind the mill and
  all the firstborn of beasts.

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Ten Plagues of Egypt
Plague Forewarning Time of warning Instruction formula
Bothersome! 1. Blood 2. Frogs / H20 3. Gnats / Dust Yes Yes None in the morning None None Station yourself Go to Pharaoh None
Painful/Death 4. Flies / Air 5. Livestock 6. Boils Yes Yes None in the morning None None Station yourself Go to Pharaoh None
Destruction/Death 7. Hail 8. Locusts 9. Darkness Yes Yes None in the morning None None Station yourself Go to Pharaoh None
Death 10. Death of firstborn Yes None None

• Notes
• Ecosystems H20, Dust, Air
• Each series of three plagues has a similar
  pattern.
• Plagues 1 and 10 deal with Blood, as does Jesus.

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Ten Plagues of Egypt
Exodus 7 14 10 29
Plague Magicians reproduce plague Magicians or court beg Pharaoh begs / capitulates Pharaoh hardens heart Pharaoh's heart is / becomes hard God hardens Pharaohs heart Distinction between Israel and Egypt Early morning con-frontation Con-frontation in palace Aarons staff Moses staff
Snake X X X
Nile X X X X
Frogs X X X X
Gnats X X X
Flies X X X
Livestock Death X X X X
Boils X X
Hail Death X X X X X
Locusts X X X X
Darkness X X X X
Firstborn Life Death X X X X
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• Purpose of 10 Plagues
• Gods self revelation
• Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you, so My
  wonders may be multiplied in Egypt. Ex 9-16,
  119
• Bring judgment on Gods of Egypt
• and I will bring judgment on all the Gods of
  Egypt, I am the Lord. Ex 1212
• Free Israelites
• let My people go
• Lasting testimony
• that you may tell your children and
  grandchildrenmay know that I am the Lord. Ex
  102

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• Lessons/ Conclusions
• Prophecy of Pharaohs Son / Temporal vs.
  Eternal In the beginning, God told Pharaoh that
  he would kill his son, which he did in the 10th
  plague. Pharaoh knew the outcome he just didnt
  believe it
• In a sense, we know the end from the beginning.
  We know everything is spiritual. We may live for
  temporal/eternal II Cor 416 18
• II Cor 710
• I Cor 312 15
• Participation in Deliverance.
• God mandated Israels participation in His
  deliverance
• - God may require our participation in
  deliverance
• - God never does for a man, what he can do for
  himself

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• Lessons/ Conclusions
• Election Election is truly a sign of Gods
  mercy. Egypt to this day rails against the Jews.
  In spite of the story of the Exodus, todays
  Egyptians do not turn to the God of Moses
  Aaron, just as Pharaoh did not. Nor do most
  people of the world. Nor would we.
• Fear of Man Moses outgrew his fear of man. Get
  out of my sight! Make sure you do not appear
  before me again! The day you see my face you will
  die. Ex 10 28
• This is what Moses was afraid of in the
  beginning. Moses has changed. He no longer fears
  Pharaoh, and retorts back, just as you say, I
  will never appear before you again. Ex 10 29
• Moses has changed. The exhibitions of the powers
  of God have been lost an Pharaoh, but not on
  Moses.
• Additionally, Lord made the Egyptians favorably
  disposal to the people, and Moses himself was
  highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaohs officials
  and by the people. Ex 11 3
• Moses pronounced the 10th Plague, Then Moses,
  hot with anger, left Pharaoh. Ex 11 8B

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• Lessons Conclusions
• - Blood none gt important 1st 10th Blood
• - 2nd Chances God may give chances 2nd
  chances / may not
• - Saying NO to God is likely to become a
  pattern and the stakes usually get higher
  starting down a path of sin often takes us
  further than we ever intended
• Example David / Pharaoh
• - Big Sin We dont commit huge sin all of a
  sudden
• - Sin in Vacuum We dont sin in a vacuum. All
  Egypt paid for the sine of Pharaoh.
• - Leaders are especially culpable
• - God / Suffering God takes notice of the
  suffering of his people (audience of 1)

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• Lessons Conclusions
• Special Calling Special calling of God does
  not necessarily cushion us from the trials,
  pains, weakness and temptations of life
• - It just may mean that people watch us go
  through it
• - Suffering is often a blessing Moses learned
  shepherding
• - John McCain change from flyboy to man of
  his country.
• - Make the most of opportunities of know God
  and learn about the ways of God especially in
  times of revelation suffering.
• - Israel saw the acts of God, but Moses knew
  His ways.
• Moses was a student of God.
• Get to know the ways of God!

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• Lessons Conclusions
• - Death of the Firstborn Final plague had to do
  with the efficacy of shed blood being required
  for deliverance form death, redemption being
  bought and fellowship w/ God and his people
  being bought with blood.
• - Following deliverance, redemption and blood
  related to the moment of Exodus, the law was
  given, requiring a lifestyle of blood sacrifices
  which resulted in atonement, a covering for
  sin, all of which foreshadowed the blood
  sacrifice of Jesus Christ, resulting in
  propitiation, a payment in full for sin not
  just covering.