(Genesis 10-12) “Finishing Plagues”

Published 10 September 2025

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Designed for Personal Bible Study or for Bible Teaching

1️⃣ Begging for quick relief instead of seeing God’s strategy (Ex. 10:1–2).
2️⃣ Trusting “Ra” and familiar lights more than the LORD of light (Ex. 10:21–23).
3️⃣ Treating plagues as random disasters instead of purposeful signs (Ex. 10:1–2, 9:16 echo).
4️⃣ Living as spectators of God’s work when obedience is required (Ex. 12:3–13).
5️⃣ Forgetting to mark time for testimony—the calendar of God’s deliverance (Ex. 12:2).

1️⃣ Pharaoh’s refusal to learn from escalating judgments (Ex. 10 entire arc).
2️⃣ Magicians’ collapse—unable to sustain counterfeits in the end (implied trajectory to Ex. 10–12).
3️⃣ Leadership fatigue turned to rage rather than repentance (Ex. 10:28–29).
4️⃣ People paralyzed by devastation instead of turning to the LORD (Ex. 10:7, devastation backdrop).
5️⃣ Delay in household readiness; obedience had to become immediate and precise (Ex. 12:3–11).

1️⃣ Mental—pride that hardens under partial relief (Ex. 10:1,7; pattern of hardening).
2️⃣ Mental—idolatry of created powers (Ra, Seth) exposed by darkness and locusts (Ex. 10:12–23).
3️⃣ Verbal—threats to kill rather than submit to truth (Ex. 10:28).
4️⃣ Overt—systemic oppression of God’s people despite clear revelation (Ex. 10–11).
5️⃣ Overt—refusing the sign of substitutionary blood when offered (Ex. 12:7,13 contrast).

1️⃣ Interpret resistance through Divine Viewpoint: God builds platforms for greater glory (Ex. 10:1–2).
2️⃣ Live in “Goshen distinction”: remain under God’s covering when judgment falls (Ex. 10:23).
3️⃣ Obey precisely and promptly—details matter in deliverance (Ex. 12:3–11).
4️⃣ Start a testimony calendar—record God’s dates and deeds (Ex. 12:2).
5️⃣ Teach the next generation—tell children and grandchildren what God has done (Ex. 10:2).

1️⃣ State the purpose behind the pain—“that My name might be proclaimed” (Ex. 9:16; 10:2).
2️⃣ Shift spectators into participants—move households to action (blood on doorframes) (Ex. 12:7–13).
3️⃣ Lead with distinction—protect people while confronting idols (Ex. 10:23; 12:12).
4️⃣ Hold firm boundaries with tyrants; don’t return to fruitless rooms (Ex. 10:28–29).
5️⃣ Plan the exit while still in the crisis—belts on, sandals laced, staff in hand (Ex. 12:11).