10 plagues occured before passover therefore God gave pharaoh fair warning of their sin. Pharaoh also repented several times - but he always turned back to his sinful ways - which were standing in the way of God's plan...
Moses' staff turning to a snake, the river nile to blood & the plague of frogs were all able to be duplicated by the 'black magicians' of Egypt. But beyond this they became powerless and even they admitted the greater power of Moses's God.
Moses God was not only greater than the Egyptian's God, but He was the same God of Abraham, Isaac and Joseph.
It was God who put Moses in his place - 'I'll make you as a god to pharaoh". This is the Pharaoh who already has thousands of gods - so God gives him one more; but this one is different. Pharaohs are considered by their people as half man/half God. So when God made Moses a 'god', he was 'promoting' Moses of sorts, making him more powerful.
~Originally written 26th April
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