The ninth plague that besets Egypt is total, cosmic darkness. Harkening back to the very first moments of creation, God the Creator undoes a fundamental part of creation. The Pharaoh, as always, tries to negotiate but finally threatens to kill Moses if he ever came into the Pharaoh’s presence again. This threat, is made even […]

The eighth plague of locusts introduces new elements to the now familiar pattern in Exodus. Now the Pharaoh AND his officials’ hearts are hardened. We find that Pharaoh begins to negotiate with Moses for who is able to go worship God, and we see that, in the end, even Pharaoh’s officials are beginning to see […]

The Exodus story continues with two more plagues, boils and hail. With boils, we have the first plague to actually affect the physical wellbeing of the Egyptians themselves. With hail, we have an immense natural disaster which kills both animals and future crops. Join Pastors Clint and Michael as they explore these plagues and what […]

Today, God besieges Egypt with flies and then later kills all of the Egyptian livestock. For the first time, God spares the people of Israel from these plagues. And though the Pharaoh pretends to relent, he ultimately hardens his heart and continues his stubborn refusal to honor God’s will… Thank you for joining us, we […]

The contest between God and Pharaoh only intensifies as God send frogs and gnats. For the first time thus far, Egypt’s best magicians are unable to reproduce the miracle but yet Pharaoh’s hart remains hardened. Join the Pastors as they explore these introductory plagues, and we might learn from them upon closer inspection. Thank you […]

It is no accident that the first plague turns the mighty Nile, the very symbol of Egyptian might and the place where the Pharaoh had the Israelite children killed, into a river of blood. God’s judgement against the Pharaoh is only beginning and the first symbol of blood is a foreboding precursor of God’s judgement […]

Moses and Aaron finally make their presentation to Pharaoh along with miraculous signs and the confrontation begins. Unsurprisingly, he refuses to let the people go and the path is set for the ultimate showdown between God and Pharaoh. Thank you for joining us, we sincerely help that this study encourages you in your understanding of […]

Moses continues to doubt that he will be able to convince Pharaoh to let God’s people go and simultaneously, the author of Exodus throws in a genealogy… Why? And what can we learn from what, on the surface, may appear to be such persistent doubt and random turns in the story? Thank you for joining […]

This passage emphasizes the mountaintop experience of God promising Moses that he will deliver the people of Israel from the oppressive hands of the Egyptian Pharaoh, while also descending into the dark depths of the broken human soul when the downtrodden people of Israel fail to believe it. Thank you for joining us, we sincerely […]

The situation gets worse as the people of Israel realize that Moses and Aaron have made their situation worse and not better. As the situation heats up, Moses voices his frustration to God and creates a cycle of frustration, complaint, and salvation that will return many times in the book of Exodus. Thank you for […]