🌿 [Exodus 7–10] Where is the core meaning of the ten plagues in Egypt?

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From Exodus 7, God’s plagues begin.
Before that, God said He would harden Pharaoh’s heart to multiply His signs and wonders in Egypt (7:3).

→ And in Exodus 10:1–2, He clearly summarizes this:

• I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these signs among them,
• and that you may tell your children and grandchildren what I have done among them.

📍 Before sending the ten plagues, God gives a kind of declaration in advance!

→ Tell Aaron: take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, and it will become a serpent (v.9)

🔎 In movies, when we look at Pharaoh’s crown, we see a cobra standing upright as decoration.
Thus, for Egyptians, the serpent symbolized royal authority, like a divine representative or protector.

→ The Egyptian magicians imitated it, but Aaron’s staff swallowed their staffs (v.12).

The inner meaning of this serpent sign may be understood as:
“All the powers sustaining Egypt are collapsing, and God’s judgment is beginning.”

1️⃣ Plague of blood (7:14–25) – the Nile turns to blood (lifeline of Egypt)

2️⃣ Plague of frogs (8:1–15) – frogs everywhere, even in bedrooms (sleep disturbance = severe stress)

3️⃣ Plague of gnats (8:16–19) – tormenting people and animals (irritating suffering) → magicians acknowledge God’s power

4️⃣ Plague of flies (8:20–32) – swarms across Egypt (stress) → distinction in Goshen

5️⃣ Plague of livestock death (9:1–7) → distinction in Goshen

6️⃣ Plague of boils (9:8–12) – on all Egyptians (also understood as distinguished from Goshen)

7️⃣ Plague of hail (9:13–35) → distinction in Goshen
→ Pharaoh confesses: “I have sinned...”

His officials say: “Let them serve the Lord. Do you not yet realize Egypt is ruined?”
→ He tries to compromise but stops.

8️⃣ Plague of locusts (10:1–20)

During this plague, Pharaoh urgently calls Moses and Aaron and says:
“I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you. Please forgive my sin this once and pray to the Lord to take this death away from me.”

9️⃣ Plague of darkness (10:21–29) – total darkness for three days (Goshen separated)

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📍 Core reason for the plagues

• So that the signs performed would be told to children and future generations (biblical text),
• and so that it would be understood that these plagues did not come from humans, but from the Lord God.

🙂 When looking into the ten plagues, nothing particularly hidden seemed visible.
God chose essential elements for humans, like water, and spread various types of plagues.
But they all had one thing in common: they were supernatural.

“Ah, this is to show that these plagues come from the Lord God...”

📌 In Exodus 6, when God said He had not made Himself known as the Lord,
→ through the plagues, He reveals Himself as a Lord to be feared.

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