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Daily Bible - Continuing the Plagues

Yes, I know that it's not yet Saturday, but I'll be in traction by then, courtesy of the toboggan at the Men's Retreat. So without further ado, here ya go!

So bring on the locusts! This was a much worse plague than I once realized. With the crops ravaged by hail, there was very little food in the fields remaining, and the locusts would quickly devour what was left. Then at night, they would settle to the ground in layers several inches thick. So why not kill them by rolling stones in a steamroller fashion? The smell of doing this would be unbearable! The suggestion of this plague was enough to cause the court officials to beg Pharaoh to relent and let the Israelites go.

Darkness was also a bigger showing of power than I knew before. If you recall the Egypt section in high school world history, their chief god was Ra, the sun god. The Israelites enjoyed normal light, but the Ra-worshiping Egyptians were shaken with the darkness of their god's crushing. This was a twofold curse to them.

Passover is the most important of the Jewish holidays today and this is where it began. God passed over the homes of His people and killed the firstborn of the Egyptians with impunity. This event has been historically documented, by the way. Inscriptions have been found indicating that Thothmes IV, successor of Amenhotep II, was not his first-born nor heir-apparent. Also that Mernaptah’s first-born met death in peculiar circumstances, and his successor was not his first-born nor heir-apparent. So, whichever the Pharaoh, the Biblical statement is confirmed.