BEGIN WITH PRAYER "Lord open my eyes and my heart." Read slowly so that you take in. And as you do, turn your heart to God, thanking him for the good you discover and praying his will home for you, your family, your church and the world. Wisdom to chew on Proverbs 11:29 Understanding to grow in The plagues intensify. The final killing of the firstborn is shocking as God's judgments are. However, we must remember that the Egyptian people had been prospering from the enslavement of Israel, which would have no doubt involved the death of many innocent Israelites. Moreover, Pharoah had commanded the execution of Israelite babies, and although many were saved some would have been killed as the action of Moses' mother implies (Ex 1v16, 2v3). As Israel is God's firsborn son in the sense of being the nation from the nations he chooses to inherit what he has to give, we can start to see how the punishment of the final plague therefore fits the cimes of E