Exodus 8:16-19: CAKE POP OF GNATS

The 4^th Plague Pop of Salvation, the Cake Pop of the Gnats. Reading from Exodus: 8:16-19:

8 ¹⁶Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staffand strike the dust of the ground,’ and throughout the land of Egypt the dust will become gnats.” ¹⁷They did this, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with the staff and struck the dust of the ground, gnatscame on people and animals. All the dust throughout the land of Egypt became gnats. ¹⁸But when the magicianstried to produce gnats by their secret arts, they could not.

Since the gnats were on people and animals everywhere, ¹⁹the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heartwas hard and he would not listen, just as the Lord had said.

Something I have noticed about this plague is… this time the magicians could not even pretend to do what God did. They couldn't make gnats. But, Pharaoh still didn't turn to God, like God wanted Him to. This is interesting: did you know the word for gnats can also be translated as lice or mosquitoes. Can you imagine what a plague of lice would be like? Or have you ever seen huge swarms of mosquitoes? It would be even worse than that because the plague is so bad that only God (not the magicians) can make that many mosquitoes. So as you eat your Mosquito Cake Pops to remember God’s salvation, let us realize that there are some things that only God can do.

Review: What was our first four plague pops for Salvation? (Feel free to check the previous days' blogs). What is the main thing for us to reme mber? (Salvation only comes from God)

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This series of posts is part of a sermon written and presented by Sarah-Grace Ramsay when she was 12 entitled: Plague Pops: Salvation Only Comes From God.

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