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In this passage, there are three ways we see that the exodus was a foregone conclusion from the start. We see it through a foreshadowed defeat (vv 1-3), a foretold distinction (vv 4-8), and a foreordained decision (vv 9-10).

Through the plague of darkness, the LORD answers who is the master of Egypt and throughout the universe. In this passage, we see three ways to look at masters in Egypt and in our world: the true master (vv 21-23), two masters (vv 24-26), and the doomed master (vv 27-29).

Through this plague we come to recognize God's all or nothing demand for us, as we see an all or nothing God (vv 1-6) demand all his people be sent (vv 7-11) or else nothing will be left for Pharaoh (vv 12-15), who in the end is an all but nothing king (vv 16-20).

5 aspects of this incomparable storm that teach us about our incomparable God: the purpose behind the storm (vv 13-16), the warning before the storm (vv 17-21), the mastery over the storm (vv 22-26), the response to the storm (vv 27-30), and the aftermath of the storm (vv 31-35).

The LORD distinguishes who is in charge by distinguishing between land (8:20-32), livestock (9:1-7), and peoples (9:8-12) in the 4th, 5th, and 6th plagues.