1. Fresh Look at the Old Testament Class 5 2/22/09

2. Class 4 2/8/09 10 Plagues Cont. 10 Commandments Joshua

3. Class 4 Recap Moses 10 Plagues

4. Moses What do we know about Moses Born in Egypt in perilous times Hundreds of years after time of Joseph Grew up in Pharoah’s House Spoke with God at Burning Bush Led Isrealites out of Egypt Saw God Received from God -10 Commandments

5. 10 Plagues Water Changed To Blood Frogs Lice Swarms Livestock Diseased Boils Hail Locusts Darkness Death Of The Firstborn

6. Why the Plagues? Ex 3:19-20 ▫And I know that the king of Egypt will not give you leave to go, no, not by a mighty hand. (20) And I will put forth my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go. Ex 7:4-5 ▫But Pharaoh will not hearken unto you, and I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. (5) And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them. Ex 12:12 ▫For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am Jehovah.

7. Egyptian Society Polytheistic ▫At least 80 gods Pharoah ▫was considered a god - the son of Amon-Ra ▫his ruling was a divine right and even his birth was thought to be divine

8. Locusts Ex 10:1-20 the Lord would bring locusts to Egypt the following day, "and they shall cover the face of the earth, so that no one will be able to see the earth; and they shall eat the residue of what is left, which remains to you from the hail, and they shall eat every tree which grows up for you out of the field" Ex 10:5Ex 10:5 Hyperbole Locusts can destroy an entire villages/town’s food supply in a matter of minutes, and history can supply us with numerous examples of such. Locusts were described as an army by Joel. Again the gods of Egypt were silent. ▫Where was Nepri, the god of grain? ▫Where was Ermutet, the goddess of childbirth and crops? ▫Isis is silent once again. ▫Thermuthis: the goddess of fertility and the harvest was speechless. ▫Seth: another god of crops, was also mute.

11. Darkness Ex 10:21-29 This plague of darkness was a huge insult to Egypt's religion and entire culture. Amon-Ra the greatest of gods was the sun god Ptah, the creator of the moon, the sun and the earth? Atum, a sun god Tem, the god of the sunset? Shu, the god of sunlight and air?

12. Death Of The Firstborn Ex 11:1-12:30 This plague was directed against "all of the gods of Egypt “Ex 12:12 and would show the total inability of the gods of Egypt to protect their subjects. In the face of unparalleled tragedy, "all of the gods of Egypt" were silent.“Ex 12:12 Where was Selket, the guardian of life? Where was Renenutet, the cobra-goddess and guardian of Pharaoh? Ex12:30 …there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead. The Dream Stela of Thutmosis IV

13. The Dream Stela of Thutmosis IV Story of 2 nd born son of Pharaoh rising to the throne

14. 18 th Dynasty of Egyptian Pharaohs (Dates BC)

15. The Exodus The mass movement of the Israelites out of Egypt back to Canaan the “Promised Land” Lead by Moses and Aaron How many people ▫600K Fighting Men (Not counting tribe of Levi) ▫+ Wives for these men (Another 600K) ▫+ Levi ▫+ non-fighting men ▫+ Children ▫Likely at least 3 million individuals

16. 3 times the population of Palm Beach County What does that look like?

18. Estimated that if the Israelites crossed the red sea 100 abreast that with animals and all they would stretch for 50 miles.

19. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy Honor thy father and thy mother Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. Thou shalt not covet 10 Commandments Exodus 20

20. "A survey of Anglican vicars in Britain found… only 68 of the 200 surveyed could name all 10 of the Bible's Ten Commandments…” Randy Cassingham, This is True, 1997-FEB-02, at: http://www.thisistrue.com/http://www.thisistrue.com/

21. Jesus and the Law Mat 5:17 Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfill.

22. So where do we see the commandments in the New Testament?

23. (Mat 22:36) Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? (37) And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. (38) This is the great and first commandment. (39) And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. (40) On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets.

24. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy Honor thy father and thy mother Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. Thou shalt not covet 10 Commandments Exodus 20 Love thy God with all thy Heart. Love thy Neighbor as thyself.

25. The majority of the data about the plagues in this presentation was found on the website: http://www.padfield.com/2002/egypt_3.html