This section is often known and thought of as the Ten Plagues. We are going to take a look at the overarching themes that emerge in Exodus 5-13 this Sunday. Last Sunday we saw that God revealed Himself personally to Moses, by name, and that God continues to reveal Himself to the brokenhearted. This week we will see Moses and Aaron walk in obedience to God's command, confronting Pharaoh and demanding that he let the people go. Pharaoh's response was to spiral down a path of an increasingly hardened heart. Eventually, God's power is put on display and the people are set free, but only through sacrifice. God's work of redeeming His people in this passage is foundational for the rest of the storyline of redemption in the Bible's narrative, leading us through the sacrificial system in Israel and ultimately and directly to Jesus Christ.