Exodus 9 & 10, Matthew 26: 69-75, Matthew 27: 1-10, Psalm 26
Exodus 10: 21-23 (ESV)
“Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward
heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be
felt.” So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was pitch
darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. They did not see one another, nor
did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the people of Israel had
light where they lived.”
In verses 21 through 23 from Exodus 10, God tells Moses to
bring a plague of darkness over the land of Egypt. The ninth plague of darkness
lasted 3 days, which is similar to the amount of time that Jesus lay dead in
the tomb before his resurrection. According to several Bible commentaries, the Egyptians
tried to light their candles and lamps but they wouldn’t work. Since the Egyptians
believed in the sun God Ra, they saw God’s display of power as going against
their God. It must have been such a strange thing to witness for the Egyptian
people, since the people of Israel had light where they lived. Many Bible
commentaries also talked about how this ninth plague of darkness seemed
supernatural and could be felt by the Egyptians. It makes me wonder if there was
a total eclipse of the Sun for three days, and the Egyptians unlike the people
of Israel were not able to get any artificial light. It must have been such an awesome
display of God’s power, and the Pharaoh was swayed to let the people of Israel
but with conditions. So God would have to level against one more plague of the
ultimate darkness – death.
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