Plagues of Church History
By: Mike • Essay • 506 Words • May 22, 2010 • 958 Views
Plagues of Church History
There are many interesting stories in the history of the church. People talk about al the miracles or Jesus, and Moses splitting the water. But there is one story that sticks out in my mind. That is the story of the 10 Plagues. In this paper I will explain the 10 plagues step by step and how it relates to church history. So I will begin.
The 10 plagues come from the book of exodus. In Exodus, it explains the ten plagues from God that fell upon Egypt to bring Egypt to the place where they would let the nation of Israel leave their country. The book of Exodus was written by Moses between about 1450-1410 BC. The ten plagues took place in Egypt in about 1450 BC.
The river of Egypt, The Nile River, was one of the most important things to the Egyptians. The Nile provided water to the land of Egypt and helped the community of Egypt. The First plague was The Nile River turning into blood. With this happening, the people suffered greatly. The Egyptians were in thurst for blood after they killed the Hebrew's children. So God gave them blood to drink instead of the Nile's source of water. Now the natural resource that gave them life, was giving them death.
The second plague was the plague of the frogs. The Frogs represented the Goddess, Isis, who was supposed to help women give birth to their children. Suddenly frogs swarmed over the city like a rainstorm. The frogs were everywhere: in houses, work places, churches, etc. They