EXODUS: 11, Week 12

Exodus is the account of the biggest escape in history and underscores the God-given human desire for freedom.

The first-born sons of Egypt (both man and beast) who apparently were not fathers themselves.
11:4-8

Moses warned Pharaoh that the way he treated God's firstborn [Israel] would determine how God treated Egypt's firstborn. (Ex 4:22-23)

Critics of the Bible have challenged God's justice in putting to death so many "innocent" children.

When Pharaoh killed the Israelite children, he was really killing the children of Yahweh since God said, "Israel is My son, My firstborn."

To be in the presence of evil and not be angry is a dreadful spiritual and moral malady.

Those who walk in God's way will be saved from death and destruction.

What were the essential purposes of these ten plagues?

First: They were designed to free the people of God.

Second: They were a punishment upon Egypt for her portion in the long oppression of the Hebrews.

Third: They were designed to demonstrate the foolishness of idolatry.

The plagues demonstrated the awesome, sovereign power of God.

Fourth: The families of the Israelites could leave Egypt, but they had to leave their flocks and herds behind.