At first, they could do anything that Moses did, but at last, admitted their failure and affirmed that ‘This is the finger of God!’ħ. Also, there was progression in relation to the reaction of Pharaoh’s servants. There was orderliness in their appearance, each event more severe than the one that preceded it, concluding with the most devastating of all, the death of the firstborn.Ħ. There was discrimination, some of the plagues afflicting the Egyptians and yet at the same time sparing the Israelites.ĥ. Both their occurrence and their ending were demonstrated to be under the control and subject to the Word of God through Moses.Ĥ. The intensity of such things as the frogs and lice was beyond all possibility of what could have been expected naturally.ģ. In each case they were accurately foretold, as to the time and place of occurrence.Ģ. Some people question if the miracles recorded were actually miracles, note the following thoughts.ġ. And so not only did God have to convince Pharaoh who He was, but He also had to convince the Israelites who He was. Because they have been enslaved for 430 years, they didn’t know God, they have become used to being enslaved and used to being around the idol gods of Egypt.
We will see that they were delivered not just to let Pharaoh know who God was but also to let the Israelites know who God was. Finally, the death of every first-born son included the death of Pharaoh’s eldest who would someday inherit the kingdom of Egypt.
In Exodus 7-12, Moses through the power of God releases 10 plagues of different sorts on the land of Egypt which included, turning all the water to blood, plagues of insects, boils, and hail.
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