EXODUS 7-11

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EXODUS 7-11

• The Plagues against Egypt

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Exodus 71

• Then the LORD said to Moses, See, I make you as
  God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be
  your prophet.

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Exodus 72-3

• You shall speak all that I command you, and
  your brother Aaron shall speak to Pharaoh that he
  let the sons of Israel go out of his land. 3 But
  I will harden Pharaoh's heart that I may multiply
  My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.

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Exodus 74-5

• When Pharaoh does not listen to you, then I
  will lay My hand on Egypt and bring out My hosts,
  My people the sons of Israel, from the land of
  Egypt by great judgments. 5 The Egyptians shall
  know that

I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand on
Egypt and bring out the sons of Israel from their
midst.
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Romans 917-18

• For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, For this
  very purpose I raised you up, to demonstrate my
  power in you, and that My name might be
  proclaimed throughout the whole earth.

So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and
He hardens whom He desires.
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The Hardening of Pharaohs heart
God I will harden Pharaohs heart.
Exodus 421 73 144 1417
Pharaohs heart was hardened
Exodus 713 722 819 97 935
Pharaoh hardened his heart
Exodus 815 832 934
The Lord hardened Pharaohs heart
Exodus 912 1020 1027 1110 148
Exodus 101
God I have hardened Pharaohs heart.
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Exodus 710

• So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and thus
  they did just as the LORD had commanded and
  Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his
  servants, and it became a serpent.

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Exodus 711-12

• Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and
  the sorcerers, and they also, the magicians of
  Egypt, did the same with their secret arts. 12
  For each one threw down his staff and they turned
  into serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed up
  their staffs.

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Exodus 713

• Yet Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did
  not listen to them, as the LORD had said.

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Plagues
Extent
Extent
Nile into Blood
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Fall upon everyone in Egypt
Loathsome
Frogs
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Lice
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Insects
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Fall only upon the Egyptians
Painful
Cattle
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Boils
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Destructive beyond anything previously known
Hail
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Locusts
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Darkness
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Death of Firstborn
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The Nile turned to Blood
The First Plague

• The Centrality of the Nile
• The Magicians (722)
• A Lifeline of Blood

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Frogs
The Second Plague

• A Picture of Multiplication
• A Picture of Uncleanliness
• The Repetition of the Magicians

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Gnats
The Third Plague

• A Picture of Multiplication
• The Failure of the Magicians

The magicians tried with their secret arts to
bring forth gnats, but they could not so there
were gnats on man and beast. (Exodus 818)
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Exodus 818-19

• The magicians tried with their secret arts to
  bring forth gnats, but they could not so there
  were gnats on man and beast. 19 Then the
  magicians said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of
  God. But Pharaohs heart was hardened, and he
  did not listen to them, as the LORD had said.

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Luke 1115-20

• 15 But some of them said, He casts out demons
  by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.
• 18 If Satan also is divided against himself,
  how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I
  cast out demons by Beelzebul. 19 And if I by
  Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons
  cast them out? So they will be your judges. 20
  But if I cast out demons by the finger of God,
  then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

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Exodus 818-19

• The magicians tried with their secret arts to
  bring forth gnats, but they could not so there
  were gnats on man and beast. 19 Then the
  magicians said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of
  God. But Pharaohs heart was hardened, and he
  did not listen to them, as the LORD had said.

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Insects
The Fourth Plague

• Another Picture of Multiplication
• A distinction between Goshen and Egypt

But on that day I will set apart the land of
Goshen, where My people are living, so that no
swarms of insects will be there, in order that
you may know that I, the LORD, am in the midst of
the land. 23 I will put a division between My
people and your people. Tomorrow this sign will
occur. (Exodus 822-23)
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Cattle
The Fifth Plague

• Symbols of Deity
• A Judgment against the Economy

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Boils
The Sixth Plague

• A Judgment upon Man and Beast
• The Impotency of the Magicians

The magicians could not stand before Moses
because of the boils, for the boils were on the
magicians as well as on all the Egyptians.
(Exodus 911).
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Hail
The Seventh Plague
The one among the servants of Pharaoh who feared
the word of the LORD made his servants and his
livestock flee into the houses 21 but he who
paid no regard to the word of the LORD left his
servants and his livestock in the field. (Exodus
920-21)

• The Climate of Egypt
• A Judgment from Heaven
• A way of escape

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Locusts
The Eighth Plague

• Devastation against the Crops
• A Picture of Gods Judgment

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Exodus 1013

• So Moses stretched out his staff over the land
  of Egypt, and the LORD directed an east wind on
  the land all that day and all s

that night and when it was morning, the east
wind brought the locusts.
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Exodus 1019

• So the LORD shifted the wind to a very strong
  west wind which took up the locusts and drove
  them into the Red Sea

not one locust was left in all the territory of
Egypt.
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Pharaohs attempts to Negotiate

• Pharaoh makes several offers
• Sacrifice to God here in Egypt (825).
• Dont go very far away (828).
• Only the men can go (1010-11).
• Dont take your flocks or herds (1024).
• Pharaohs repeated capitulations are not a sign
  of true repentance. He only wishes to avoid
  judgment apart from any real change.
• Pharaoh wants to remain lord.

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Darkness
The Ninth Plague
So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky,
and there was thick darkness in all the land of
Egypt for three days. 23 They did not see one
another, nor did anyone rise from his place for
three days, but all the sons of Israel had light
in their dwellings. (Exodus 1022-23)

• An Unnatural Event
• A Picture of Spiritual Darkness
• The Darkness of the Cross

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Death of the Firstborn
The Tenth Plague

• A Universal Plague
• A Way of Salvation
• Christ our Passover

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