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Psalm 105:36a "He also destroyed all the firstborn in their land..."
Day 137 – Psalm 105
“He also destroyed all the firstborn in their land…” Psalm 105:36a
THE TENTH PLAGUE
If only Pharaoh and his court had carefully and humbly pondered the nine plagues God had unleashed on Egypt! They would have been spared the most dreadful one of all- the tenth plague.
“He also destroyed all the firstborn in their land,
The first of all their strength.”
Psalm 105:36
1. “He”
a) God took full responsibility for all the plagues in Egypt.
b) This includes the tenth plague.
2. “He also destroyed all the firstborn in their land”
a) Some have difficulties understanding how God could have killed all the firstborn.
b) Others have concluded that the God of the Old Testament is a cruel Deity.
UNDERSTANDING THE PLAGUES
It is important that we study the plagues recorded in the Book of Exodus mentioned here in Psalm 105. Let us seek to understand why these plagues took place.