The Ten Plagues: The Passover
The Ten Plagues: The Passover Good morning Eastern Shore Baptist Church. We have finally made it to the last and final plague. For the Egyptians, this is the plague of death. The taking of the first born. For the Hebrews, this event would be commemorated as the Passover. It is remembered as the Passover because of what happened, the passing over the homes of the Israelites of God, sparing the lives of their first born children. For the last 10 weeks, we have been engaged in a sermon series entitled “The Ten Plagues”. By the way, most scholars have surmised that the plagues could have lasted as long as a year or as short as a month. It seems that most people believe that the plagues lasted for 4 to 5 months. We have been examining closely the 10 plagues that God brought against Egypt which led to the release or liberation of God’s people from slavery. God chose Moses, a Hebrew who was adopted into the house of the Pharaoh, to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt. Moses, being educated by