The Ten Plagues of Our Selfishness: Introduction

So over the past few weeks, I have been studying and researching the ten plagues and the ten commandments. At first glance, I decided I would write about how at certain times in our lives, we have plagues just like those described in Exodus(metaphorically for the most part). As I ventured on, however, I was curious to find out as to why their were ten, not nine or eleven, but ten plagues. The number ten intrigued me because things in the bible normally happen in threes, sevens, twelves, forts, or multiples of those numbers. ten just seemed strange to me. So as I tried to think of all the other times in the Bible the number ten appeared. Immediately, I thought of the Ten Commandments of course (especially since they appear only a few chapters later in Exodus). But I was having trouble of coming up with other times in scripture that the number ten appeared, so I figured the Ten Plagues and the Ten Commandment possibly had a connection. To my amazement, I found an incredible relation between these two sets of data. So the next few posts will discuss my observations and findings. I hope you find them interesting and applicable.

First and foremost, the connection that I will try and make between the particular plague and commandment may just be a coincidence, but it stood out to me and I felt like i should share...so there is my warning.

In looking at each plague and how it relates to our lives in the modern age, I wanted to figure out how each plague cold manifest itself inside of us in the first place. So I though: In order for there to be a consequence, a wrong must have been in the first place. Then I realized the connection: when we decide to break one of the Ten Commandments, we allow the corresponding plague to enter into our lives. At first, I thought this seemed a bit too formulaic and complex, but as I went through in my mind what occurs as we break each Commandment the Ten Plagues matched the consequence perfectly. Basically, God blew my mind as He showed this to me. I hope this makes sense. And now, without further delay, I present you with the Ten Plagues of Our Selfishness.