Notes: February 23, 2008 - Exodus 10

Bob Feather February 23rd, 2008

Exodus 7

Plague #1 - Water turned to blood (14-25)

 

Exodus 8

Plague #2 - Frogs (1-15)

Plague #3 - Lice or gnats (16-19)

Plague #4 - Flies (20-32)

 

Exodus 9

Plague #5 - Murrain, or diseased animals (1-7)

Plague #6 - Boils (8-12)

Plague #7 - Hail (13-35)

 

Exodus 10

Plague #8 - Locusts or grasshoppers (1-20)

Plague #9 - Darkness (21-29)

 

Exodus 11

Plague #10 - Death of the firstborn sons (1-10)

 

Meditation Points:

1. That God hardened Pharaoh’s heart is clear. Too often we miss that God hardened the hearts of Pharaoh’s servants, too (Exodus 10:1).

2. God intended three results from this hardening of hearts (Exodus 10:1-2):

  • opportunity to show God’s power to Pharaoh
  • perpetual witness to God’s wonder-working power
  • knowledge among men that God is the LORD

3. How long…

  • will you refuse to humble yourself before God (Exodus 10:3)?
  • will this man be a snare unto us (Exodus 10:7)?

4. God controls the wind

  • east wind brought the locusts (Exodus 10:13)
  • west wind took them away (Exodus 10:19)

5. I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you (Exodus 10:16). This sounds good; but, sadly, Pharaoh’s true heart is not so repentant. Consider his next statement:

Exodus 10:17  Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.

6. When darkness fell on Egypt for three days, the children of Israel were not without light (Exodus 10:23).

7. On worship and sacrifice:

  • Pharaoh was willing to allow Moses and the people to go and perform their religious rituals as long as they didn’t take anything for the offering (Exodus 10:24).
  • Moses, on the other hand, wouldn’t attempt to worship without being prepared to give God an offering (Exodus 10:25).
  • We never know what sacrifices God may ask us to make (Exodus 10:26).

8. Pharaoh never wanted to see Moses again (Exodus 10:28).  Be careful what you ask for  (Exodus 10:29).

 

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Exodus 10:1
1And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:
Exodus 10:1-2
1And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:
2And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD.
Exodus 10:3
3And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
Exodus 10:7
7And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
Exodus 10:13
13And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
Exodus 10:19
19And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.
Exodus 10:16
16Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.
Exodus 10:17
17Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
Exodus 10:23
23They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
Exodus 10:24
24And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.
Exodus 10:25
25And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God.
Exodus 10:26
26Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.
Exodus 10:28
28And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.
Exodus 10:29
29And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.

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