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Exodus — The Plagues — Hail, Locusts, and Darkness

Join us as we study the Bible Study Guide for the third quarter of 2025 called Exodus. We are studying the lesson for week 4 called The Plagues.    

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Come join us as they journey into prophecy, connecting it to current events, the Gospel of Jesus and His soon coming!

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Hail, Locusts, and Darkness

Read Exodus 9:13-10:29. How successful are these plagues in getting Pharaoh to change his mind?

Nut was the Egyptian goddess of the sky and heavens and was often depicted as controlling what happened under the sky and on the earth. Osiris was the god of crops and fertility. In the Bible, hail is often associated with God’s judgment (Isa. 28:2-17; Ezek. 13:11-13). During this plague, those who hide their property in a safe shelter will be protected (Exod. 9:20-21). Everyone is now tested: will they, or will they not, believe God’s Word and act accordingly?

God announces that his purpose in letting Pharaoh live is for the whole earth to know Him (Exod. 9:16). The king of Egypt now confesses that he has sinned, but later he changes his mind.

The Egyptian god of storm, war, and disorder was called Seth. Together with Isis, they were considered agriculture deities. Shu was a god of the atmosphere. Serapis personified divine majesty, fertility, healing, and afterlife. Not one of the Egyptian gods could stop God’s judgments (Exod. 10:4-20) because idols are nothing (Isa. 44:9-10, 12-17).

Pharaoh’s servants urged him to let Israel go, but he refused again. He offered a compromise, which Moses rightly rejected because women and children are a vital and inseparable part of worship and the faith community.

Finally, Ra was the principal Egyptian god, the Sun god. Thoth was a moon god. Neither was able to give light. Pharaoh again tries to bargain, but in vain. A three-day period of darkness struck Egypt, but there was light where the Israelites lived. The separation could not be more spectacular.

Yet, no matter the battering that his nation took, Pharaoh was determined to fight back and not to relent. Though we don’t know his deeper motives, at some point it could have become purely a pride thing. No matter how powerful the evidence, no matter how obvious it was what was happening (even his own servants declared, "How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed?" [Exod. 10:7, NKJV]), and no matter that the correct choice was right there before him—after a bit of waffling, Pharaoh still refused to surrender to God’s will and let the people go.

What a dramatic example of the words, "Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall" (Prov. 16:18, NKJV).

Josh Newbegin shares his powerful journey from living a party lifestyle to becoming a burned-out church worker to finally discovering true freedom in the gospel of grace. His testimony reveals how the most significant transformation in his life wasn't leaving his partying days behind, but escaping the performance-based Christianity that kept him in a spiritual cage.

• Grew up in church but left to pursue adventure and the party lifestyle in snowboarding communities
• Found emptiness in his dream lifestyle despite achieving everything he thought would fulfill him
• Returned to faith but approached it with a performance mindset, trying to earn God's approval
• Experienced burnout from working so hard in ministry while simultaneously battling secret shame
• Discovered through mentorship that his value is intrinsic, not based on performance or others' opinions
• Realized he had become like the older brother in the prodigal son story – doing the right things for wrong reasons
• Found freedom when he understood God already declared him enough and worthy of love
• Now helps other men find freedom from pornography addiction by addressing the underlying pain
• Continues practicing "gospel" daily, reminding himself of the truth that he is already enough in Christ

If you're struggling with feeling that you're never doing enough for God, remember that your value isn't based on your performance. The gospel declares you are already enough because of what Jesus has done.

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