I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment – Exodus 6:6
God made a seven-fold promise to Moses and the people of Israel (Exodus 6:6-8)
1. I will free you from the burdens which the Egyptians have laid upon you.
2. I will release you from slavery to them.
3. With strokes of power I will deliver you.
4. I will adopt you as my own people.
5. I will be your God.
6. I will bring you to the land I swore that I would give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
7. I will give this land to you for your inheritance.
This seven-fold promise forshadows the fulness of redemption which Jesus Christ fulfilled for the human race when he delivered us from slavery to sin and death through his victory on the cross.
The ten plagues demonstrated God's power and presence in a land that worshiped idols and oppressed the people of God. Pharoah was worshiped as a divine person in Egypt. His defiance and refusal to submit to God is a type or symbol of the Angel of Light (also called Lucifer and Satan) who was thrown out of heaven for his defiant refusal to serve God.
The plagues brought judgment on Pharoah and the Egyptians for enslaving Israel, and judgment on all the gods of Egypt. They demonstrate that the Lord is the only true God and greater than all other gods.
They also demonstrated for Israel, and for all believers, both the depravity of sin and our need for God's redemption.
+JLY
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