You need to read yesterday’s post first, as we’re taking a two-part look at the plagues, and what they tell us about God. His actions + scriptural interpretation = revelation. God ‘undoing’ creation The second piece of interpretation we find in the story of the plagues comes through the “creation language” used by the biblical… Continue reading Exodus 5-11 – The Plagues (part 2)

We’ve seen this week how God answered Moses’ question what is your name by saying, effectively, watch this space. In the chapters which follow, God now proceeds to reveal something of himself through the ten plagues visited on Egypt – plagues designed to force Pharaoh to let God’s people go. But why ten? I mean, if you gave… Continue reading Exodus 5-11 – The Plagues (part 1)