Journal Through the Bible: Week 13 Tuesday

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Exodus 10:1-11:10
As bad as the pestilence of locusts was (perhaps they were of the grasshopper variety), Moses said that there never were such as those and that there never will be such like them again.

After the eighth and ninth plague the Hebrew people are told to prepare for the tenth - and final - plague by borrowing jewelry from their Egyptian neighbors

Does God make any promises in this passage?

• God promised that after the tenth plague Pharaoh would not only let the people leave but would actually throw them out!

Are there any references to Jesus?

• Moses himself is a type of Christ when he offers Pharaoh a way out of trouble. Like all men, Pharaoh must have a change of heart that leads to a change of action. And he must believe the words of warning that Moses preaches to him. Jesus said that one sign that a person loves Him is if he/she follows His commands. Pharaoh is an example of those who not only do not believe the warnings to "flee from the wrath to come" but mock those who preach them. And in one instance (see 10:8-9) Pharaoh wants to bargain with God. God does not bargain, which is why Jesus said, "I am the way..." and not "one way."
• Moses is also a type of Christ in that he is the intercessor between God and man, in this case Pharaoh. (see 10:17)

Are there any references to yet-future events?

• Not that I identified

Does God issue any commands?

• God sent Moses back to Pharaoh before plague 8
• God commanded Moses to stretch out his hand to bring the locusts over the land for the 8th plague and darkness for the 9th plague
• God commanded Moses to have the Hebrew slaves borrow jewelry with its metal and precious stones from their Egyptian neighbors.
• When Pharaoh told Moses and Aaron not to come back to him again because the penalty would be death, God had Moses give Pharaoh one last warning and state that the result of Pharaoh's rebellion would be the death of all the firstborn of Egypt one night at about midnight. Pharaoh obviously believed that he was god enough to keep his own son safe from this threat.