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| Exodus 10:1-6 |
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Lesson # Exodus 10:1-6 Study Material - Exodus 10:1-6 You must be in fellowship prior to your Bible study, so that the spiritual information you receive can become a source of blessing to your soul and produce spiritual growth. Ex. 10:1-6 1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 'Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may perform these signs of Mine among them, 2 and that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and of your grandson, how I made a mockery of the Egyptians, and how I performed My signs among them; that you may know that I am the LORD. ' 3 And Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me. 4 'For if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory. 5 'And they shall cover the surface of the land, so that no one shall be able to see the land. They shall also eat the rest of what has escaped-- what is left to you from the hail-- and they shall eat every tree which sprouts for you out of the field. 6 'Then your houses shall be filled, and the houses of all your servants and the houses of all the Egyptians, something which neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen, from the day that they came upon the earth until this day.' And he turned and went out from Pharaoh. Pharaoh's pretense of humility did not last very long. He once again returned to his usual obstinate ways. Plague number eight is on the horizon and it will be the worst by far - locusts. When locusts come they devour everything in sight. They are more than a nuisance. They fill the air such that one does not even want to open his mouth for fear that one of these bugs will fly inside. The locusts will eat everything that the hail did not chop down., even that which was chopped down by the hail storm. There will be no crops, no orchard trees, no plant life of any kind remaining. The lives of the Egyptians will be totally disrupted. Locusts will be in their homes, their clothing, inside their food supplies. They will foul their water supplies. They will pile up in huge mounds of locust bodies that will advance as an unforgiving army across a helpless and defenseless enemies realm. The Egyptians will try fire, water, anything they have to stop them, but the locusts will keep on coming until again Pharaoh changes his mind and again asks Moses to have them removed. In one day they will begin their advance. In one day they will disappear. Both caused by God alone. Pharaoh is helpless to prevent the plague, and helpless to stop it once it gets started. These plagues, the last three are now for the purpose of demonstrating Gods total dominion and authority not only over nature, but of creatures as well, and to serve His purpose of providing the principles of instruction of Moses' current generation and his son's generation and every generation after that, right up until now, some 3500 years after these events have occurred, and even on into the future until the end of time. What other history story, outside of the Bible, is better known by every human being that has ever lived throughout history? These last few plagues are for the purpose of spiritual instruction. The plague is set for the next day. Pharaoh has yet again a whole day to think this entire affair through. Sometimes the waiting is the greater part of fear than the event itself. While waiting for something that is inevitable, fear strikes at the heart of the normal person. The imagination runs wild as to the variety of possible outcomes, and the condition that we might be in when it is all finished. Will we be alive, dead, the same, better off, or destitute? The fear of the unknown, or better yet the fear of what the known possibilities cold be, can be devastating even more so than the actual event. Before the plague people have the time to think and therefore fear. During the plague, they are too busy stepping on locusts, brushing them off or sweeping them away, or trying to destroy them, or get away from them in some fashion, with not too much time to think. Once the disaster is over then we recover, in various ways, from the shock of the event. Assuming of course that we have survived it. Egypt has been nearly destroyed by now. The economy is in a shambles. Many died in the hail storm. Pharaoh could still call out his military and simply drive through the Hebrew population and try to kill them off, but in some fashion, yet another miracle of Gods has restrained this option from Pharaoh's mind. Either he never thought of it, or his counsel warned against it thus far. Either way, Pharaoh is not proactive in all of these events, but is continually on the defensive. He is waiting to see what will be next, and perhaps he is waiting for all of Gods power to diminish. After all, these plagues last for only a few days, then they cease. Hummm! Perhaps this Hebrew God has His limits??? Or, perhaps Pharaoh is just on an ego trip and does not want to appear less that what he is, to his own people. Whatever his thinking, Pharaoh is making all the wrong decisions. And, whatever public appearance he might be trying to uphold is failing as well. Again, for the eighth time, Pharaoh is given an offer and a warning. Release the people or by the next day you won't have enough food to make a bowl of cereal. 
Now is the time to post a prayer. End Of Lesson Study to show thyself approved (mature) unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing (studying/discerning), the Word of truth. |
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