Tag: #plagues
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Hail, locusts and darkness
Nut was the Egyptian goddess of the sky and heavens and was often depicted as controlling what happened under the sky and on the earth. Osiris was the god of crops and fertility. In the Bible, hail is often associated with God’s judgment (Isa. 28:2, 17; Ezek. 13:11–13). During this plague, those who hide their…
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Flies, Livestock, and Boils
Wednesday July, 23, 2025 Exodus, third Quarter Sabbath School, Seventh-day Adventists General Conference , 2025 The Egyptian god Uatchit was the fly god and of swamps and marshes. The god Khepri (of the rising sun, creation, and rebirth) was depicted with the head of a scarab beetle. These “gods” were defeated by the Lord. In…
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God’s vs. gods
The upcoming battles were going to be between the living God and the Egyptian “gods.” What made things worse was that Pharaoh considered himself to be one of those gods. The Lord did not fight against the Egyptians, or even Egypt per se, but against their deities (the Egyptians venerated more than 1,500 gods and…
