God's Desire

Exodus 9. As you continue to study these plagues, keep in mind the purposes of God in and through them. First, He was manifesting His power to Pharaoh and his officials and proving to them that He alone is the true living God. Second, He was exposing the sham religion of Egypt and the vanity of the many gods they worshiped. Third, He wanted to make His name known in all the earth (Exodus 9:14). This was a phrase repeated often throughout the plagues (Exodus 7:5; 7:17; 8:10, 22; 9:29; 10:2). God's ultimate purpose is still that all men repent, that no one perish, and thus all be saved (2 Peter 3:9; 1 Timothy 2:4). God's glory is spread both through the gospel and through displays of His wrath, but one way or another, everyone will bow the knee and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord (Phil.2:10-11). God gave the Egyptians an opportunity to repent. He's giving you too an opportunity to repent and be saved. Today is the day of salvation. (2 Cor.6:2). Don't put it off any longer. Call upon Him today as your Savior (Rom.10:9-10, 13).