1. Exodus 9:13-35

2.  God desires all people to know Him  He is creating a people for himself

3.  God promised Abraham that those who blessed/cursed him and his descendants would be blessed/cursed (Genesis 12:3)

4.  God promised Abraham that through him all people would be blessed (Genesis 12:3)

5.  Time of blessing had passed; oppression had begun

6.  God calls Moses to deliver his people from Egypt

7.  Pharaoh refuses to let Israel leave; God executes 10 plagues against Egypt

8.  God’s mission is about God more than us

9.  God reveals himself  To Israel (e.g., 4:31; 10:2; 14:31)  To Egypt (e.g., 7:5; 8:19; 9:16)

10.  YHWH is the one true God  Egyptian ‘gods’ are pretenders  Real power overwhelms counterfeit power (e.g., 7:12)

11.  YHWH is Master and Lord of Creation  He uses creation to punish the Egyptians

12.  YHWH keeps his promises  Blessings  Curses

13.  YHWH gathers a people for himself  Israel  Egyptians (9:20; 12:38)

14.  YHWH is worthy of worship  Worship is the proper response to God’s revelation of Himself

15.  We too are called to worship God and to make Him known to our world