Exodus 9:13 says, And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.  Moses could only deliver God's message, just as we can only deliver the gospel today.  Verse fourteen states, For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.  God told Moses that He would send plagues on the heart of Pharaoh and the people, so that they would know that He was God.  God does not send plagues on people today, but He does touch the heart of each individual in such a way that that person will know that He is God.  Verse fifteen adds, For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.  God said He was going to make their suffering even worse than it had been.  I believe that people will always suffer spiritually when they reject God's gift of salvation, but the more and the longer they reject it, the harder their hearts will become toward God.  Verse sixteen continues, And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.  Some people would interpret this to mean that God had caused Pharaoh to be as he was so that God could show the world His power, but I believe that it means that God had allowed Pharaoh to become this powerful.  God could just remove all those in power that do not believe in and follow Him, but He allows people to make their own choices, and some become quite powerful.  Verse seventeen asks, As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?  God asked Pharaoh if he would still exalt himself above God, and this is the question everyone eventually has to answer for himself or herself.  When we reject the gospel, we are putting our will above God's will.  Verse eighteen declares, Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.  God gave Pharaoh a warning that about the same time the next day that it was going to hail as it had never hailed before.  God has already given us His warming of the coming destruction of the world because of its sin and rebellion, and it may not happen tomorrow, but it indeed could.  Verse nineteen adds, Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.  God warned Pharaoh to not let anyone or anything be caught out in the hail storm or they or it would die.  We today have God's warning to not be caught out in the coming storm of judgment without Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord.  Verse twenty states, He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:  Those that believed God fled to their houses and got their cattle under shelter.  We today who believe God's word will flee from the world to the shelter of the cross.  Of course, we cannot save the material things of the earth when we do, but we can place everything under God's guidance and protection.  Verse twenty-one adds, And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.  Just as there were people then who did not believe God, there are people today who will not believe God and accept His gift of salvation.  Verse twenty-two declares, And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.  God had Moses stretch out his hand for the hail to begin.  Moses represented God, and God wanted there to be no mistake that He was behind the hail.  I believe that when God sends His judgment , there can never be another explanation for what is happening.  Verse twenty-three states, And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.  Moses did what God told him to do, and God did what He said He would do.   We today are to share the gospel with the world, and God will save those who believe, but He will also allow those who do not to go away into everlasting punishment.  Just as the people of Egypt had but two choices, so do people today.  Verse twenty-four declares, So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. Then verse twenty-five adds, And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.  I have seen some bad hail storms, but never one that had fire mixed in with the hail.  This was indeed God's act of judgment, and everything caught outside was destroyed.  Everybody who does not accept Christ as Savior and Lord will face an even worse punishment, and that is everlasting suffering separated from God.  Verse twenty-six proclaims, Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.  Once more, this was what we would call a precision strike, because God's people were spared the destruction, just as we will be today if we accept God's gift of salvation through Christ.

Exodus 9:1 says, Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.  God once again sent Mose to Pharaoh with the same message.  Pharaoh was to let God's people go, so that they might serve Him.  When God frees us from sin today, it is so that we might go and serve Him.  Verse two adds, For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,  Verse three continues, Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.  God was going to expand the punishment so that now it would affect their animals, which the Egyptians used for food and to do work with.  Disobeying God will ultimately affect everything we have.  Verse four continues, And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children’s of Israel.  Once more, there was going to be a distinction between the animals of the Egyptians and the animals of the Israelites, just as there is a difference spiritually between those that follow Christ today and the rest of the world.  We may suffer from the same problems, but we have God's forever deliverance from the penalty of sin.  Verse five declares, And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.  God set a time for this to happen if Pharaoh did not obey.  God always gave Pharaoh an opportunity to obey, just as he does with everyone today.  Verse six adds, And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.  Pharaoh did not let the Israelites go, so God did what He said He would do.  God will always keep His promises, but He will also give everyone an opportunity to repent nd come to Him.  Otherwise, He would be an unfair God.  Verse seven states,  And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.  Even when Pharaoh saw that God had done what He said He would do, Pharaoh would not let the people of Israel go.  There are many, many people today, who even though they can see the results of God's creative work, who still will not even acknowledge that there is a God.  Verse eight declares, And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.  God once again sent Aaron and Moses to Pharaoh with another sign.  Verse nine adds, And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.  Moses and Aaron were to throw dust into the air, and it was to cause boils on all the people of Egypt.  The plagues were becoming more personal for the Egyptians.  They were now going to be affected physically themselves.  God's punishment of sin will always be personal, even if it does not occur until the coming judgment.  Verse ten states, And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.  Moses and Aaron did what God commanded, just as we must today, and God delivered on His promise, just as He will today.  Verse eleven adds, And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.  The magicians were no longer able to duplicate the plague, because they were suffering the effects of it themselves.  Verse twelve concludes, And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.  Once more, I don't believe that God made Pharaoh not listen to Moses and Aaron and believe in God's power, but that God knew the nature of Pharaoh.  If someone does not accept Christ as Savior and Lord today, it is not because God causes them to not be able to.  Pharaoh could have still made the right choice, otherwise God was punishing the Egyptians for something that they had no control over.

Exodus 8:25 says, And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.  Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron to come to him and told them to go sacrifice to their God.  Pharaoh still wasn't acknowledging God as the only God and wasn't offering to allow the people of Israel to go with them.  I believe he was looking for a compromise with God, just as many people do today.  Verse twenty-six states, And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?  Moses said it would be an abomination in the eyes of the Egyptians for them to do so, and that they would be stoned for worshipping their God before the Egyptians.  Moses and Aaron could not compromise on God's command to bring His people out of Egypt, even if they were allowed to worship God.  I don't believe it was a fear of being stoned that kept them from accepting Pharaoh's offer, but the knowledge that this was not what God wanted.  We cannot compromise on our calling from God today.  Verse twenty-seven adds, We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us. Moses said that they would go three days into the wilderness and sacrifice to God so that He could command them.  Spiritually, we need to separate ourselves from the world today to see what God wants us to do,  Verse twenty-eight declares, And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me  Pharaoh said that he would allow them to go, and asked Moses to intreat, or speak to God for him about this.  Until they come to accept Christ as their Savior and Lord, people today need us, as followers of Christ, to intreat with God for them.  Verse twenty-nine proclaims, And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.  Moses said that he would speak to God on Pharaoh's behalf, and that the swarms of flies would be gone the next day.  This would show beyond a doubt that the power of God.  Moses also warned Pharaoh about dealing deceitfully with God.  There are people today who will profess to believe God simply hoping to get what they want in this world, but they need to heed the warning that Moses gave Pharaoh, and that is to not deal deceitfully with God.  Verse thirty states, And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.  Then verse thirty-one adds, And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.  Moses dealt fairly with Pharaoh and spoke to God on his behalf.  God answered Moses' prayer.  We may go to God in all sincerity today on behalf of other people because they have asked us to, and God will hear our prayer.  Verse thirty-two declares,  And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.  As soon as Pharaoh got what he wanted from God, he changed his mind about fulfilling his promise to God through Moses and Aaron.  People today make promises to God until they get what they want, sometimes even people who have asked us to pray for them, and then they forget their promise to God.

{Somehow, I had missed this passage, so it will be out of order}
Exodus 6:14 says, These be the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.  These next verses are a partial genealogy of the children of Israel who were in Egypt.  The main thing we can learn from this is that these were the people that were to be the fulfillment of the covenant made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and that God knew who they were and where they were.  We today as followers of Christ are also a part of the fulfillment of God's promise of making His people a great nation, but we are not His by nature of our birth, but by the nature of our rebirth in Christ. We will now just look at these names.  Verse fifteen states, And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.  Verse sixteen says, And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.  Verse seventeen states, The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.  Then verse eighteen says, And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years. Verse nineteen says, And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.  Verse twenty states, And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years  This verse tells of the birth of Aaron and Moses, listing both father and mother,  We know about Moses life, but we don't know much about Aaron's until he was called by God to help Moses.  Even if we are not well known to the world, when God calls us to do something, no matter how insignificant it may seem to us, it is still important in advancing God's kingdom.  Verse twenty-one says, And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.  Then verse twenty-two, And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.  Verse twenty-three states, And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.  We are told that Aaron was a husband and father, so he had to put what God called him to do ahead of his wife and children, as we must today.  Vere twenty-four says, And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.  Verse twenty five states, And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.  Vere twenty-six concludes, These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.  This is a list of the Israelites whom God told Aaron and Moses to bring out of Egypt.  I believe that there were many more, but this is just a partial list of the lineage of those who were delivered.  We cannot name all the Christians in the world today, but we are all a part of God's kingdom because of His promise to us.  Verse twenty-seven declares, These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.  Just as these were the people that God was going to deliver, they were the people that Pharaoh was determined to not let go.  Today, God is determined to deliver those who will come to Christ from the sins of this world, but the world is just as determined to hold on to them.  Verse twenty-eight states, And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt,  Verse twenty-nine adds, That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.  Verse thirty concludes, And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?  This just repeats God's call to Moses and Moses' reluctance to do what God sent him to do.  We need to learn to simply do what God calls us to do without excuses.  Just as God did for Moses, He will empower us to do whatever He calls us to do.

Exodus 8:15 says, But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.  Pharaoh once again reneged on his promise.  There are many people today who will promise God anything when they are in trouble, but as soon as the trouble passes, they will forget everything they promised Him.  Verse sixteen says, And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.  God next told Moses to have Aaron hit the dust of the land and it would become lice. This would once again be something that would make all the people miserable and would not just affect Pharaoh alone.  Sins of the leaders of countries often affect the entire nation.  Verse seventeen declares, And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.  Once more when Aaron did as God directed, God delivered on his promise, just as He will for us today.  Verse eighteen adds, And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.  This time, the magicians of Egypt were unable to duplicate the event.  There is a limit on how much the world can duplicate the acts of God.  Verse nineteen states, Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.  The magicians finally admitted that what had happened was an act of God, but Pharaoh still hardened his heart against believing.  Verse twenty declares, And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.  God once again sent Moses to Pharaoh to tell him that God said for Pharaoh to let His people go.  God will always give people plenty of opportunities to obey Him and let the sin in their lives go.  Verse twenty-one adds, Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.  God once again had Moses tell Pharaoh what would happen if he didn't obey, and that was swarms of flies.  Verse twenty-two adds,  And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.  God said that He would separate the land of Goshen, where His people lived, and they would not be infested with flies.  God said that this would show Pharaoh that God was indeed the God of the universe.  Though it may not be as drastic, God stills makes Himself known to the world today by our faith in Him.  As with Pharaoh, no matter what signs God gives us today, we can either believe that He is God by faith or reject Him from the hardness of our heart.  Verse twenty-three continues, And I will put a division between my people and thy people: tomorrow shall this sign be.  Then verse twent-four concludes, And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.  God again said He was going to separate His people from the coming plague, and then He did what He said.  Aaron did not have to do anything this time, so there could be no doubt that it was God causing the swarms of flies to happen,  God still makes Himself known to people today, but many refuse to believe and harden their heart against Him.

Exodus 8:1 says, And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.  Moses was to go to Pharaohs again with the same message.  We will never have a new message for people today, but it will always be Jesus Christ crucified, resurrected and Lord to all who believe.  Verse two states, And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:  Moses told Pharaoh of the next plague, which was frogs.  This was not to be just a few frogs.  Verse three adds, And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:  Frogs were going to  overrun everything, even their beds.  People today may never face many plagues in life, but they still need to listen to what God says.  Verse four continues,  And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.  The frogs weren't going to just affect Pharaoh, but all the people of Egypt.  Sin seldom just affects one person, especially if the sins are of those who are in power.   Verse five declares, And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.  Aaron was once again told to use the rod over the river to bring forth the frogs.  Once more, the rod was nothing magical, but was simply there because of Moses lack of complete faith.  We should never have to ask God for a sign, but should simply accept His word by faith.  Verse six states, And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.  Aaron did what God said do, and that is why frogs came out of the river.  When we do what God says, we will be successful in life.  Verse seven declares, And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.  The magicians were once again able to duplicate the plague.  We should never underestimate the power of the forces of evil in the world.  Verse eight says, Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.  Pharaoh's magicians might have been able to duplicate the calling forth of the frogs, but evidently they couldn't get rid of them.  No matter how powerful the forces of evil cannot overcome God's work.  Pharaohs once again said if God would undo the plague he would let the people go.  Verse nine states, And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?  Moses asked Pharaohs when he wanted him to do this.  Verse ten adds, And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.  Pharaoh told Moses to do it tomorrow and Moses said he would so that Pharaoh would know that God was responsible.  When something good happens in our life, we need to always give God the credit.  Verse eleven declares, And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.  Moses said that the frogs would return to be in the river only.  Verse twelve states, And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.  Moses and Aaron left Pharaohs and Moses called on God.  When we tell someone what God is going to do, we must first make sure that we have talked to Him about it.  Verse thirteen proclaims, And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.  Then verse fourteen adds, And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.  The frogs died, and they left behind a stench.  Things that are caused by sin are always going to cause a spiritual stench.

Exodus 7:14 says, And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.  God told Moses of the hardness of Pharoah's heart.  We can believe this was because God caused Pharaoh to be that way, but I believe that Pharaoh was responsible for his attitude toward God, just as every person is.  Verse fifteen states, Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.  God knew where Pharaoh was going to be the next morning, and told Moses to take the rod and meet Pharaoh at the river bank.   We need to be ready to go and witness to people today where they are when God sends us.  Verse sixteen adds, And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.  God once again told Moses to tell Pharaoh that He was the LORD God of Israel and that He was once again telling Pharaoh to let His people go.  As long as God sends us to witness to a person, even if that person does not listen the first time, we should continue to go and witness to them.  Verse seventeen continues, Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.  God told Moses to tell Pharaoh that he would use the rod to turn the river into blood.  We have no such signs today, and people probably wouldn't believe them if we did.  People must simply come to God through faith in Christ as their Savior and Lord.  Verse eighteen concludes, And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.  Moses was to tell the Pharaoh of the result of the river being turned to blood.  The fish would die, the river would stink and no one would want to drink from the river.  Spiritually, if someone doesn't accept Christ today, that person is in the same situation.  Everything in the life of someone who does not accept Christ spiritually stinks.  Verse nineteen declares, And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.  God told Moses to have Aaron to us the rod to turn all the water in Egypt to blood.  Verse twenty states, And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.  Verse twenty-one adds, And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.  Moses and Aaron did what God commanded and God did what He said He would do.  We can always be certain of the promises of God.  Verse twenty-two states, And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said.  We are told that the magicians of Egypt were able to duplicate turning the river into blood, but unless what Moses and Aaron did was just temporary, I am not sure how they were able to do so.  Anyway, it was enough that Pharaoh hardened his heart even further against God.  Though people in the world today may feel that they can do anything God can do, they can never bring salvation to themselves or the world.  Verse twenty-three adds, And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.  Pharaoh went back into his house, unconvinced by what Moses and Aaron had done.  Some people today are never going to be convinced that God is who He says He is.  Verse twenty-four states, And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.  Pharaoh was causing more work for the Israelites, and God was causing more work for the Egyptians.  Verse twenty-five concludes, And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river.  A week passed with the river still the same.  No matter how much time passes, those who reject Christ will be cut off from the Living Water.