The Ten Plagues

The Story:Read Exodus 5:6-21.

In retaliation against Gods
request made known to him by
Moses, the pharaoh ordered
worse treatment of the
Israelites. People had to suffer
more and turned to Moses and
Aaron with their complaints.
Moses in turn made their
complaints known to God.
1.Man easily perseveres
in evil inspite of God's
request for a change.

2. It is good to bring
your needs before God.


The Story: Read Exodus 7:14-11:10

God renewed his commitment to his
people. He ordered Moses to go back to
the pharaoh and repeat Gods request to
let his people go. He gave Moses a sign to
prove that he was indeed sent by God.
The pharaoh remained obstinate and
refused once more. From this point on,
God would send Moses to the pharaoh
again and again.
Each refusal of the pharaoh would be
met with a plague until the pharaoh
agreed to let Gods people go.
The water of the Nile River
turned into blood. Red soil
mixed with the water of Nile
as the water rose.
This made the water appear
like blood.

Frogs bred as the floodwaters
receded. In the past, birds
usually kept them in check.
But this time the frogs kept on
multiplying until they became
a real plague.


Swarms of these
insects kept on
pestering man and
beast alike.


Flies buzzed
everywhere. We all
know how irritating
and annoying flies
can be; they also
carries diseases.


The decomposing carcasses of the
dead frogs caused a severe disease
carried over to man and beast by the
flies.
Man and beast were
inflicted by boils.
This was a plague
which often caused
great mortality.

Hail consists of small
lumps of ice that fall
from the clouds. In the
past hail seldom
occurred in Egypt. But
this time a great hail
came and destroyed
plants and trees.

Great clouds of
locust settled on
the land eating
every green leaf
and plant.

Darkness during the day
was caused by hot
desert sandstorm which
burned and blinded
everyone.
This was the climax of
all plagues
On the night of the
Passover, the angel of
death will go down to
Egypt to kill the first
born of every Egyptians
and animals

All these plagues
occurred occasionally
in Egypt. Some of
them do happen even
today. The author of
the story does not call
them miracles but
SIGNS. The miracle of
it was that all these
happened in
succession, and forced
the pharaoh to grant
Gods request to let
people go.
1. God is more powerful than any
man on earth.

2. God uses natural events and
elements to protect and save his
people.

3. It is better to do Gods will
than to experience the sufferings
carried by our disobedience.

4. Most of the time, we just listen
to God when we experience the
greatest tragedy in life and that is
the only time that we follow Him.

BASILIO, PAUL ADRIAN VENTURA
R-116
HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY
CLE1