The Story-Line of Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect Lesson 3: Ten Plagues on Egypt

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The Story-Line ofChristian Apocalyptic
RhetorolectLesson 3 Ten Plagues on Egypt

• After Gods destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah,
  God sent ten plagues on Egypt to support Moses
  and Aaron when they confronted the Pharaoh to
  lead the Israelites out of Egypt to Sinai.
• The ten plagues are a major resource for
  presenting Gods destruction of major portions of
  the earth at the end of time in the New Testament
  book of the Revelation to John.

• Click to read about the ten plagues.

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The Ten Plagues as a Resource for Christian
Apocalyptic Rhetorolect

• Christian apocalyptic rhetorolect in the book of
  Revelation uses the ten plagues in Egypt as a
  resource for depicting both seven bowls of wrath
  that angels pour down on earth and plagues that
  come on the earth when angels in heaven blow
  seven trumpets.
• This lesson only explores the use of the ten
  plagues for the seven bowls of wrath. Lesson 4
  will explore their use for the seven trumpets
  that angels blow in heaven.
• Click to read about the ten plagues in
  Exodus 7-12.

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A Hebrew Bible Resource THE LORD HARDENS
PHARAOHS HEART SO THE LORD CAN SEND PLAGUES AND
SHOW EGYPTIANS THAT THE LORD IS GOD

• Exodus 71 Adonai said to Moses 73 I will
  harden Pharaohs heart, and multiply my signs and
  my wonders in the land of Egypt.
• 74 But Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I
  will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring forth my
  armies, my people the children of Israel, out of
  the land of Egypt by great judgments.
• 75 The Egyptians shall know that I am Adonai,
  when I stretch forth my hand on Egypt, and bring
  out the children of Israel from among them.
• Click for the first plague in Egypt.

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First Plague in Egypt BLOOD

• Exodus 720 Moses and Aaron did so, as Adonai
  commanded and he lifted up the rod, and struck
  the waters that were in the river, in the sight
  of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants and
  all the waters that were in the river were turned
  to blood.
• 721 The fish that were in the river died and
  the river became foul, and the Egyptians couldnt
  drink water from the river and the blood was
  throughout all the land of Egypt
• Click for the second plague in Egypt.

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Second Plague in Egypt FROGS

• Exodus 85 Adonai said to Moses, Tell Aaron,
  Stretch forth your hand with your rod over the
  rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and
  cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.
• 86 Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters
  of Egypt and the frogs came up, and covered the
  land of Egypt.
• Click for the third plague in Egypt.

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Third Plague in Egypt GNATS

• Exodus 816 Adonai said to Moses, Tell Aaron,
  Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the
  earth, that it may become lice throughout all the
  land of Egypt.
• 817 They did so and Aaron stretched out his
  hand with his rod, and struck the dust of the
  earth, and there were lice on man, and on animal
  all the dust of the earth became lice throughout
  all the land of Egypt.
• Click for the fourth plague in Egypt.

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Fourth Plague in Egypt FLIES

• Exodus 824 Adonai did so and there came
  grievous swarms of flies into the house of
  Pharaoh, and into his servants houses and in
  all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by
  reason of the swarms of flies .
• Click for the fifth plague in Egypt.

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Fifth Plague in Egypt DEATH OF LIVESTOCK

• Exodus 96 Adonai did that thing on the next day
  and all the livestock of Egypt died, but of the
  livestock of the children of Israel, not one
  died.
• Click for the sixth plague in Egypt.

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Sixth Plague in Egypt BOILS

• Exodus 910 They took ashes of the furnace, and
  stood before Pharaoh and Moses sprinkled it up
  toward the sky and it became a boil breaking
  forth with boils on man and on animal.
• Click for the seventh plague in Egypt.

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Seventh Plague in Egypt
THUNDER HAIL FIRE

• Exodus 912 Adonai hardened the heart of Pharaoh,
  and he didnt listen to them, as Adonai had
  spoken to Moses.
• 923 Moses stretched forth his rod toward the
  heavens, and Adonai sent thunder, hail, and
  lightning flashed down to the earth. Adonai
  rained hail on the land of Egypt.
• 924 So there was very severe hail, and lightning
  mixed with the hail, such as had not been in all
  the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
• Click for continuation of the seventh plague
  in Egypt.

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Seventh Plague in Egypt cont.
THUNDER HAIL FIRE

• Exodus 925 The hail struck throughout all the
  land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man
  and animal and the hail struck every herb of the
  field, and broke every tree of the field.
• 926 Only in the land of Goshen, where the
  children of Israel were, there was no hail.
• Click for the eighth plague in Egypt.

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Eighth Plague in Egypt LOCUSTS

• Exodus 101 Adonai said to Moses, Go in to
  Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart, and the
  heart of his servants, that I may show these my
  signs in the midst of them,
• 1013 Moses stretched forth his rod over the land
  of Egypt, and Adonai brought an east wind on the
  land all that day, and all the night and when it
  was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
• Click for continuation of the eighth plague
  in Egypt.

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Eighth Plague in Egypt cont. LOCUSTS

• Exodus 1014 The locusts went up over all the
  land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of
  Egypt. They were very grievous. Before them there
  were no such locusts as they, neither after them
  shall be such.
• 1015 For they covered the surface of the whole
  earth, so that the land was darkened, and they
  ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit
  of the trees which the hail had left. There
  remained nothing green, either tree or herb of
  the field, through all the land of Egypt.
• Click for the ninth plague in Egypt.

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Ninth Plague in Egypt DARKNESS

• Exodus 1020 But Adonai hardened Pharaohs heart,
  and he didnt let the children of Israel go.
• 1021 Adonai said to Moses, Stretch out your
  hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness
  over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may
  be felt.
• Click for continuation of the ninth plague
  in Egypt.

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Ninth Plague in Egypt cont. DARKNESS

• Exodus 1022 Moses stretched forth his hand
  toward the sky, and there was a thick darkness in
  all the land of Egypt three days.
• 1023 They didnt see one another, neither did
  anyone rise from his place for three days but
  all the children of Israel had light in their
  dwellings.
• Click for the tenth plague in Egypt.

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Tenth Plague in Egypt
DEATH OF FIRSTBORN HUMANS AND LIVESTOCK

• Exodus 1027 But Adonai hardened Pharaohs heart,
  and he wouldnt let them go.
• 1229 It happened at midnight, that Adonai struck
  all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the
  firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the
  firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon
  and all the firstborn of livestock.
• Click for the use of the ten plagues in
  Christian apocalyptic rhetorolect.

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Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect One Use of the
Ten Plagues in Revelation

• Revelation 16 uses the ten plagues against Egypt
  in Exodus 7-12 as a resource for presenting the
  seven bowls of wrath that seven angels pour out
  on the earth.
• Click to read this Christian apocalyptic
  rhetorolect.

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God will Pour Seven Bowls of Wrath on the Earth

• Revelation 161 I heard a loud voice out of the
  temple, saying to the seven angels, Go and pour
  out the seven bowls of the wrath of God on the
  earth!
• Click for the first bowl of wrath.

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First Bowl of Wrath PAINFUL SORES

• Revelation 162 The first went, and poured out
  his bowl into the earth, and it became a harmful
  and evil sore on the people who had the mark of
  the beast, and who worshiped his image.
• Click for the second bowl of wrath.

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Second Bowl of Wrath BLOOD

• Revelation 163 The second angel poured out his
  bowl into the sea, and it became blood as of a
  dead man. Every living thing in the sea died.
• Click for the third bowl of wrath and a
  continuation of a blood theme.

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Third Bowl of Wrath BLOOD

• Revelation 164 The third poured out his bowl
  into the rivers and springs of water, and they
  became blood
• 165 heard the angel of the waters saying, You
  are righteous, who are and who were, you Holy
  One, because you have judged these things.
• Click for continuation of the third bowl of
  wrath.

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Third Bowl of Wrath cont. BLOOD

• 166 For they poured out the blood of the saints
  and the prophets, and you have given them blood
  to drink. They deserve this.
• 167 I heard the altar saying, Yes, Lord God,
  the Almighty, true and righteous are your
  judgments.
• Click for the fourth bowl of wrath.

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Fourth Bowl of WrathSUN SCORCHES WITH FIRE

• Revelation 168 The fourth poured out his bowl on
  the sun, and it was given to him to scorch men
  with fire.
• 169 People were scorched with great heat, and
  people blasphemed the name of God who has the
  power over these plagues. They didnt repent and
  give him glory.
• Click for the fifth bowl of wrath.

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Fifth Bowl of WrathDARKNESS PAINS SORES

• Revelation 1610 The fifth poured out his bowl on
  the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was
  darkened. They gnawed their tongues because of
  the pain,
• 1611 and they blasphemed the God of heaven
  because of their pains and their sores. They
  didnt repent of their works.
• Click for the sixth bowl of wrath.

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Sixth Bowl of WrathFROGS (DEMONIC SPIRITS)

• Revelation 1612 The sixth poured out his bowl on
  the great river, the Euphrates. Its water was
  dried up, that the way might be made ready for
  the kings that come from the sunrise.
• 1613 I saw coming out of the mouth of the
  dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and
  out of the mouth of the false prophet, three
  unclean spirits, something like frogs
• 1614 for they are spirits of demons, performing
  signs which go forth to the kings of the whole
  inhabited earth, to gather them together for the
  war of that great day of God, the Almighty.
• Click for the seventh bowl of wrath.

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Seventh Bowl of WrathLIGHTNING THUNDER
EARTHQUAKE HAIL

• Revelation 1617 The seventh poured out his bowl
  into the air. A loud voice came forth out of the
  temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is
  done!
• 1618 There were lightnings, sounds, and
  thunders and there was a great earthquake, such
  as was not since there were men on the earth, so
  great an earthquake, so mighty.
• Click for continuation of the seventh bowl
  of wrath.

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Seventh Bowl of Wrath cont.LIGHTNING THUNDER
EARTHQUAKE HAIL

• 1619 The great city was divided into three
  parts, and the cities of the nations fell.
  Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of
  God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the
  fierceness of his wrath.
• 1620 Every island fled away, and the mountains
  were not found.
• 1621 Great hailstones, about the weight of a
  hundred pounds, came down out of the sky on
  people. People blasphemed God because of the
  plague of the hail, for this plague is
  exceedingly severe.
• Click to read a summary.

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Excellent!

• You have learned in Lesson 3 that Christian
  apocalyptic rhetorolect in Revelation 16 uses the
  ten plagues God sent on Egypt as a resource for
  presenting seven bowls of wrath that God tells
  angels to pour down on the earth.
• Click for a table that compares the plagues with
  the bowls of wrath.

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Ten Plagues Seven Bowls of Wrath
1. Blood 1. Boils (cf. 6)
2. Frogs 2. Blood (cf. 1)
3. Gnats 3. Blood (cf. 1)
4. Flies 4. Sun heat (cf. 7)
5. Livestock killed 5. Darkness/sores (cf. 9, 6)
6. Boils 6. Frogs (cf. 2)
7. Thunder, hail, fire 7. Lightning, thunder, earthquake, hail (cf. 7)
8. Locusts
9. Darkness
10. Firstborn humans and livestock killed

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Good Work!

• You are now ready to continue to Lesson 4,
  where you will see how Christian apocalyptic
  rhetorolect in Revelation 8-9 uses the ten
  plagues as a resource for seven plagues that
  occur on earth when angels in heaven blow
  trumpets.
• This was a long lesson! Every good wish as you
  continue.