1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 1: Life Audio The Bible Study Podcast, Episode nine hundred and 2 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: seventy one. Today, The Bible Study Podcast continues the study 3 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:22,599 Speaker 1: of the Book of Exodus with chapter ten. Welcome to 4 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,280 Speaker 1: the Bible Study Podcast. I'm your host, Chris Christensen. We're 5 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: going to continue on with more plagues, including some real 6 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 1: famous ones. But first a word from this sponsor. I say, 7 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: we're continuing on with more plagues. We start with the 8 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 1: plague of locusts, which is really just your classic biblical 9 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 1: wrath of God kind of plague. Then the Lord said 10 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: to Moses, go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his 11 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 1: heart and the heart of his officials, so that I 12 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: may perform these signs of mine among them, that you 13 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: may tell your children and grandchildren how I dealt harshly 14 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: with the Egyptians, and how I perform my signs among them, 15 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: and that you may know that I am the Lord. 16 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, 17 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,759 Speaker 1: this is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews says. 18 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me 19 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 1: let my people go so that they may worship me. 20 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: If you refuse to let them go, I will bring 21 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 1: locusts into your country tomorrow. They will cover the face 22 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,399 Speaker 1: of the ground so that it cannot be seen. They 23 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 1: will devour what little you have left after the hail, 24 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 1: including every tree that is growing in your fields. They 25 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: will fill your houses and those of all your officials 26 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,119 Speaker 1: and all the Egyptians, something neither your parents nor your 27 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: ancestors have ever seen from the day they settled in 28 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:46,040 Speaker 1: this land till now. Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh. 29 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 1: Pharaoh's officials said to him, how long will this man 30 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: be a snare to us? Let the people go so 31 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: that they may worship the Lord their god. Do you 32 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: not realize that Egypt is ruined? Then Moses and Aaron 33 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: were brought back to Pharaoh. Go worship the Lord, your god, 34 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: he said, But tell me who will be going. Moses answered, 35 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: we will go with our young and our old, with 36 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 1: our sons and our daughters, and with our flocks and herds, 37 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: because we are to celebrate a festival to the Lord. 38 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: Pharaoh said, the Lord be with you. If I let 39 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,239 Speaker 1: you go along with your women and children, clearly you 40 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: are bent unevil. No, have only the men go and 41 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: worship the Lord, since that's what you have been asking 42 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: for then Moses and Aaron were driven out of Pharaoh's presence, 43 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: and the Lord said to Moses, stretch out your hand 44 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:37,080 Speaker 1: over Egypt, so that locusts swarm over the land and 45 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 1: devour everything growing in the fields, everything left by the hail. 46 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: So Moses stretched out his staff over Egypt, and the 47 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: Lord made an east wind blow across the land all 48 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: that day and all that night. By morning, the wind 49 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: had brought the locusts. They invaded all Egypt and settled 50 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: down in every area of the country in great numbers. 51 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 1: Never before have there been such a plague of locusts, 52 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: nor will there ever be again. They covered all the 53 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,519 Speaker 1: ground until it was black. They devoured all that was 54 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: left after the hail, everything growing in the fields, and 55 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:16,080 Speaker 1: the fruit on the tree, and the fruit on the trees. 56 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: Nothing green remained on tree or plant in all the 57 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: land of Egypt. Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, 58 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you. 59 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: Now forgive my sin once more, and pray to the 60 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me. 61 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord, and the 62 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: Lord changed the wind to a very strong west wind, 63 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: which caught up the locusts and carried them into the 64 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: Red Sea. Not a locust was left anywhere in Egypt, 65 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: but the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart and he would not 66 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: let the Israelites go. I have to feel like, of 67 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: all the plagues, this is the one that sounds most 68 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: like a biblical plague, although I don't know why we 69 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: pick it out for that, But basically, at this point, 70 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: there's a couple things that have changed. One of the 71 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: things that has changed is the officials are now arguing 72 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: with Pharaoh that he needs to let people go, that 73 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 1: Egypt is in ruin because of these plagues, and it 74 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 1: is time. And so Pharaoh starts to bargain more, and 75 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: he is looking for a solution that is acceptable. He's 76 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: looking to negotiate. The last time he bargained it was 77 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:35,160 Speaker 1: you can't go far, or this time it's only the men, 78 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: not the women and the children. And so when Moses 79 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 1: says no, it has to be all of us, they 80 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 1: throw him out and again a plague comes. Now at 81 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 1: this point, if you're Pharaoh, or if you're the officials, 82 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: you should have known that this would happen. We haven't 83 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:58,840 Speaker 1: had any of this. Where Moses says tomorrow there'll be 84 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 1: a plague, well, but the next day, well, not the 85 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: next day, but the day after. Every time Moses says 86 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: there's going to be a plague, here's what it's going 87 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: to be. It has happened. And so Pharaoh and the 88 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:17,559 Speaker 1: officials could have made the decision before the locusts came, 89 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:22,279 Speaker 1: that they didn't want their crops beaten by locus. Right, 90 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 1: they should have known it was coming. They were told 91 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 1: it was coming. God has been true to God's word. 92 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:34,720 Speaker 1: And so the locusts come and they eat everything, and 93 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: again Pharaoh has a change of heart, only up until 94 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: the plague disappears. Again, change is hard, and giving up 95 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 1: power is hard, and Pharaoh isn't there yet the plague 96 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: of darkness. Then the Lord said to Moses, stretch out 97 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: your hand towards the sky, so that darkness spreads over Egypt, 98 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: darkness that can be felt. So Moses stretched out his 99 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt 100 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:08,839 Speaker 1: for three days. No one could see any one else 101 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 1: or move about for three days. Yet all the Israelites 102 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: had light in the places where they lived. Then Pharaoh 103 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 1: summoned Moses and said, go worship the Lord. Even your 104 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,280 Speaker 1: women and children may go with you, only leave your 105 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: flocks and herds behind. But Moses said, you must allow 106 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:30,479 Speaker 1: us to have sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to 107 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 1: the Lord our God. Our livestock too must go with us. 108 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: Not a hoof is to be left behind. We have 109 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: to use some of them in worshiping the Lord, our God. 110 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:42,160 Speaker 1: And until we get there, we will not know what 111 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:45,039 Speaker 1: we are to use to worship the Lord. But the 112 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 1: Lord heartened Pharaoh's heart, and he was not willing to 113 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:50,279 Speaker 1: let them go. Pharaoh said to Moses, get out of 114 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: my sight. Make sure you do not appear before me again. 115 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: The day you see my face, you will die, just 116 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: as you say. Moses replied, I will never appear before 117 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 1: you again again. Something changed? Did you notice this time? 118 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 1: There was no warning. There was no Moses appearing before 119 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 1: Pharaoh and saying, if you don't let us go, there'll 120 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 1: be a plague of darkness. So that's a change. There's 121 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 1: this plague of darkness for three days only in the 122 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: land of Egypt, not in the land of Goshen, which 123 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: is that sub region of Egypt where the Israelites live, 124 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 1: and Pharaoh goes further. Okay, you can take your women 125 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 1: and children, but not your flocks. Now I have to wonder, 126 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: was there a point at which Pharaoh could have said yes, 127 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 1: and the people would have gone, and they would have 128 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: worshiped God and then had to come back because that's 129 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: what they told Pharaoh they would do. Did the Lord 130 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 1: just know that Pharaoh would never say yes up until 131 00:07:53,720 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 1: he said yes and now go completely. Probably, But at 132 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 1: this point Pharaoh's done. He doesn't ever want to hear 133 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 1: from Moses again. If you appear before us again, you're 134 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 1: going to die. Pharaoh, as far as he knows, is 135 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 1: done negotiating, and he's done with these problematic Israelites. But 136 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: there's another plague, the Plague of the Firstborn, chapter eleven. Now, 137 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: the Lord had said to Moses, I will bring one 138 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: more plague on Pharaoh and onto Egypt. After that he 139 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: will let you go from here, and when he does, 140 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: he will drive you out completely. Tell the people that 141 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 1: men and women alike are to ask their neighbors for 142 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:41,719 Speaker 1: articles of silver and gold. The Lord made the Egyptians 143 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 1: favorably disposed toward the people, and Moses himself was highly 144 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 1: regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh's officials and by the people. 145 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 1: So Moses said, this is what the Lord says about midnight. 146 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 1: I will go throughout Egypt. Every firstborn son in Egypt 147 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 1: will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sits on 148 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: the throne, to the firstborn son of the female slave 149 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: who is at her handmill, and all the first born 150 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 1: of the cattle as well. There will be a loud 151 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: wailing throughout Egypt, worse than there has ever been or 152 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 1: ever will be again. But among the Israelites, not a 153 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:20,679 Speaker 1: dog will bark at any person or animal. Then you 154 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 1: will know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt 155 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: and Israel. All these officials of yours will come to me, 156 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:33,559 Speaker 1: bowing down before me and saying, go you and all 157 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 1: your people who follow you. After that I will leave. 158 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 1: Then Moses hot with anger left Pharaoh. The Lord said 159 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 1: to Moses, Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you, so 160 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 1: that my wonders may be multiplied in Egypt. Moses and 161 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 1: Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh. But the Lord 162 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:54,319 Speaker 1: hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let the Israelites 163 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 1: go from his country. So this is the last time 164 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:04,559 Speaker 1: that Moses ses Pharaoh, and before he leaves, he tells 165 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 1: him of this last plague, the worst of all these plagues, 166 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 1: because people will die, the plague of the firstborn, and 167 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: this is their last conversation. And next week we're going 168 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: to hear about the preparation for that, and the preparation 169 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 1: for that is Passover, the very first passover, So come 170 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 1: back for that. But with that, we're going to end 171 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 1: this episode of the Bible Study Podcast. 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