God offers encouragement
Exodus 6:1-6God reiterates all He has promisedAppeared to Abraham, Isaac, and JacobGave no Name until nowHe remembers His covenantTell Israel, “I WILL deliver you …”You will be MineMoses tells the people, they don’t listenGod repeats His mandate – let my people goGenealogy of Moses and Aaron
Exodus 6:14-30Genealogy shows Levite lineage of bothGod’s mandate repeated (Exodus 6:26-29)Moses’ objection restated (Exodus 6:30)Back before Pharaoh
Exodus 7:1-14“I will make you as God to Pharaoh”Will harden Pharaoh’s heart – why?Multiply signsGreat judgmentsEgypt will knowThey did what God commandedStaffs to snakes
Exodus 7:7-13Moses was eighty, Aaron eighty-threeStaff thrown down, Pharaoh’s snakes eatenPharaoh’s heart hardenedWho hardened it?As God had saidFirst plague – Nile to blood
Exodus 7:14-25God let Pharaoh sleep on his own stubbornnessNext dayNile struck with staffWater to bloodEverything in the Nile diesRiver stank of deathNot only the Nile, bu tall standing, flowing, and stored waterMagicians replicated (but could not end the plague)Pharaoh unimpressedWent on for seven daysSecond plague – frogs
Exodus 8:1-15Same request, new threatSmite the land with frogsFrom out of the Nile to everywhereNo respecter of peopleMoses struck, magicians replicatedPharaoh asks Moses to relentMoses – choose a dateGod performs, but plague not over!Land stank of frogsPharaoh unmovedGnats – stretching magicians’ limits
Exodus 8:16-19Third plagueFirst one the magicians could not mimicMagicians’ confessionPharaoh still not impressedFlies, flies, flies, flies, flies
Exodus 8:20-32Fourth plague – starts early in the morningMet Pharaoh as he came to the waterPlague to be one of fliesGoshen will be unaffectedNegotiation beginsGo sacrifice, but inside GoshenNope, three days’ journeyExodus 8:26 – The animals they would be sacrificing were an abomination to the Egyptians. The ox, bull, and cow were all considered holy by the Egyptians.Go, but not far away, and pray for me alsoFlies withdrawnPharaoh hardens own heartNumber five – livestock die
Exodus 9:1-7All livestock in the field to dieIf you don’t let the people goIncludes horses, donkeys, camels, herds, flocksAgain, Goshen is exempt“Tomorrow” was the dayHappened as describedHe knew it happened, but Pharaoh’s heart was hardenedBoils from soot
Exodus 9:8-12Toss handfuls of soot toward the skyBecame boils on man and beast throughout EgyptMagicians effected alsoGod hardened Pharaoh’s heartKiller hail – seventh plague
Exodus 9:13-26God’s message to PharaohHas been lenient to this pointWanted to show His power, proclaim His NameYou exalt yourself by your defiancePlague to start next day, this timeHeavy, unprecedented hailFire flashing continually within itKilled everything in the field – people, animals, plantsBut not in GoshenHail’s effect
Exodus 9:27-30Death and damage overwhelmingPharaoh “repents” of sin against the LordDeclares self and nation as wickedMoses knows better (Exodus 9:30)God’s foresight
Exodus 9:31-32Still wheat and speltBoth good for breadAlso good for locustsBack to start
Exodus 9:33-35Moses performed as promised – againPharaoh’s heart was hardened – againJust as God had promisedEight – inundation of locusts
Exodus 10:1-6Not much leftMany animals, plants, people destroyed by previous plaguesStill enough to get byGives punch to the coming ultimatumWorst ever locust infestation comingWill eat what’s leftWill cover the groundWill even infest the housesFrustration and defiance
Exodus 10:7-11Pharaoh’s servants at tipping pointPharaoh decides to make a point himselfMoses and Aaron called backTold to go and serve the LordAsks who would be going – everyone and everythingPharaoh – “That’ll be the day!”God releases the locusts
Pharaoh loses this round alsoMoses immediately instructed to actLargest inundation ever, everything left was eatenPharaoh “repents” againGod hardens Pharaoh’s heart
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