“Final Warning” (Exodus 11:1–10)

“Final Warning” (Exodus 11:1–10)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday PM, October 8, 2017

Exodus 11:1–10 (NIV)

11 Now the Lord had said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go from here, and when he does, he will drive you out completely. ² Tell the people that men and women alike are to ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.” ³ (The Lord made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh’s officials and by the people.)

⁴ So Moses said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt. ⁵ Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the female slave, who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle as well. ⁶ There will be loud wailing throughout Egypt—worse than there has ever been or ever will be again. ⁷ But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any person or animal.’ Then you will know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel. ⁸ All these officials of yours will come to me, bowing down before me and saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that I will leave.” Then Moses, hot with anger, left Pharaoh.

⁹ The Lord had said to Moses, “Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you—so that my wonders may be multiplied in Egypt.” ¹⁰ Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go out of his country.

1.    The LORD is just and will execute judgment on his enemies (vv. 1, 4–6).

²² Then say to Pharaoh, 'This is what the LORD says: Israel is my firstborn son, ²³ and I told you, "Let my son go, so he may worship me." But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.'" (Exodus 4:22–23, NIV)

2.    The LORD is faithful and will completely fulfill his covenant promises (vv. 2–3).

¹³ Then the LORD said to him, "Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there.  ¹⁴ But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions. (Genesis 15:13–14, NIV)

²¹ "And I will make the Egyptians favorably disposed toward this people, so that when you leave you will not go empty-handed.  ²² Every woman is to ask her neighbor and any woman living in her house for articles of silver and gold and for clothing, which you will put on your sons and daughters. And so you will plunder the Egyptians." (Exodus 3:21–22, NIV)

3.    The LORD is the one and only true God who puts to shame all false gods (vv. 4–5).

4.    The LORD is gracious and treats his people differently from the world (vv. 6–7).

5.    The LORD is righteous and will vindicate his people before the world (v. 8).

6.    The LORD is sovereign and directs the events of history for the furtherance of his own glory (vv. 9–10).

Main Idea: The LORD displays his justice, faithfulness, uniqueness, grace, and glory by judging his enemies and rescuing his people.