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 could not live everyday life without having frogs in sight. The frogs that represented life ended up in huge piles of death.

The third plague was the lice. The lice came out, and what many people said, they came out of the dust of the earth that The God of Earth, Seth, represented. Historians say that lice were microscopic, annoying animals. By their mass breed, they cause a terrible plague to the land of Egypt. God could of plagued them with bigger and more fierce animals, but instead he chose to plague them with the tiny creatures known as lice.

The fourth plague was the flies. These flies were stinging, disease inflicted bugs that caused much trouble. In general, these flies ruined the land of Egypt. Beezlebub was stated as the prince of the air and the God of Ekron. He was considered as the god of the flies. The fly was always present at idolatry sacrifices. This plague only