The eighth plague on Egypt has begun. Locusts, directed by God, arrive on an east wind for a 24-hour period.  When morning breaks locusts in numbers so heavy that Egypt had never seen, nor would they ever again.  They covered the surface of the whole land of Egypt. The land was so thick with them it was darkened, and the locusts were voracious eaters, destroying anything that was green, plants, trees, fruit, and the crops that survived the previous hailstorm plague. Nothing was spared. 

In a panic, Pharaoh calls for Moses confessing that he had sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. Pleading with Moses to remove the plague, Moses petitions God and on a west wind, shifted by God, the locusts are driven into the Red Sea ending the plague. Afterwards Pharaoh still refuses to let the people go. 

This refusal results in the ninth plague of total darkness over all the land of Egypt, except for the land of Goshen, where the Israelites were.  The darkness was so thick, that people didn't go out of there houses or move about the land at all for three days. Pharaoh's strategy this time was to grant the Israelites to leave, but demands they leave their livestock behind. Moses notes that this is not acceptable, so Pharaoh said that the people shall not go. 

The stage is set for the tenth and final plague upon Pharaoh, and all of Egypt. Pharaoh has been given multiple chances, now death will make a personal visit.

• How bad is sin?
• How much does sin eat away at our lives?
• Should our prayers and worship be a show for unbelievers?
• What happens to us when we are in sin?
• Should we ever make compromises in our faith?

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