The Final Plague
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· 8 viewsThe final plague gives a powerful illustration of the depth of the Lord’s pursuit of His creation. As pharaoh closes the door on hearing from the messenger of God, the Lord responds by being willing to take that which Pharaoh holds most sacred to point him toward someone even greater, God Almighty. When we are on the receiving end of God’s most desperate pursuits of our hearts, we often see it as judgment, but God knows our hearts will not surrender to Him until the gods that we have placed in His rightful position in our lives, we will continue to allow our hearts to be hard.
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Overview of the Plagues
Overview of the Plagues
The plagues are not the sign of God’s judgment but rather the sign to us of the cost of our salvation. When we look at our brokenness, it would take the plague of Egypt to turn our hearts from our own depravity.
John Calvin stated that the heart of man is a factory of idols.
An idol is anything that we turn to aside from God in whom we pursue with our hope or cling to in our times of trial.
God systematically showed the inadequacies of the gods of Egypt. God in His love lovingly does the same for us.
The Final Plague
The Final Plague
Now the Lord had said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go from here, and when he does, he will drive you out completely. Tell the people that men and women alike are to ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.” (The Lord made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh’s officials and by the people.)
So Moses said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt. Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the female slave, who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle as well. There will be loud wailing throughout Egypt—worse than there has ever been or ever will be again. But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any person or animal.’ Then you will know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel. All these officials of yours will come to me, bowing down before me and saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that I will leave.” Then Moses, hot with anger, left Pharaoh.
The Lord had said to Moses, “Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you—so that my wonders may be multiplied in Egypt.” Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go out of his country.
Through 9 plagues, Pharaoh’s heart continued to be hardened.
All these officials of yours will come to me, bowing down before me and saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that I will leave.” Then Moses, hot with anger, left Pharaoh.
The entire nation would bow down to Moses asking him to take the Israelites away just as they once did in recognition of Pharaohs sovereignty.
Our Response
Our Response
Why did the Israelites have to kill the lamb? They were equally guilty.
“Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.
There was nothing about the Israelites that made them holy. They were just as guilty. What About us?
The 10th plagues is unique in the positioning of the Lord during the plague.
So Moses said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt.
God showed Egypt and Israel who He was as He stood among them. Their righteousness is as filthy rags before the righteousness of the Lord.