In Exodus 7:14 - 10:29, nine plagues serve as nine birth pangs foretelling the deliverance and birth of a new nation. With the tenth plague, the Israelites are forcefully pushed from Egypt—also known as Mizraim or the narrow place—toward a broad and spacious land flowing with milk and honey.
But why a total of ten plagues? God could have freed His people by a single action. Yet, He chose a series of plagues, each more severe and personal.
Each plague presented the Egyptian Pharoah with an option to repent and relent. Each plague also served as a systematic toppling of the idols of Egypt. The entire Egyptian pantheon, from Osiris, god of the Nile, all the way to Ra, the sun god, was proven impotent and altogether worthless by each successive plague.
God is still in the idol toppling business today and will do whatever it takes to make His name and glory known among the nations. And each time He does, it is an act of limitless mercy—an opportunity to relent, repent, and return to the Lord.
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