Warnings Unheeded Will Bring Death

Exodus 11:1-10 

1 And the Lord said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. Afterward he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will surely drive you out of here altogether. 2 Speak now in the hearing of the people, and let every man ask from his neighbor and every woman from her neighbor, articles of silver and articles of gold.” 3 And the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants and in the sight of the people. 4 Then Moses said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt; 5 and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the animals. 6 Then there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as was not like it before, nor shall be like it again. 7 But against none of the children of Israel shall a dog move its tongue, against man or beast, that you may know that the Lord does make a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.’ 8 And all these your servants shall come down to me and bow down to me, saying, ‘Get out, and all the people who follow you!’ After that I will go out.” Then he went out from Pharaoh in great anger.
    9 But the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not heed you, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.” 10 So Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh; and the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land.

Before the tenth plague of judgement comes upon Pharaoh and Egypt, the warning is given for not hearing and taking heed to God’s word to deliver His people.  The warning is of the last plague of final judgement which will result in the salvation of His chosen people from the bondage of sin, and the destruction of those unrepentant and hard of heart to believe (Romans 2:5).  The assurance is given through Moses to Israel that Pharaoh will certainly let His people go after this last judgement, and tells him to have the people ask riches of the Egyptians before exiting the land.  Moses was looked up to in the land, probably because of the plagues, but also of the story of his upbringing by a previous Pharaoh and once high estate there.  The proclamation is given that the firstborn of all Egypt will be taken; only those of God’s people will not suffer loss.  He told this to the king, then left in anger at the refusal to heed the warnings, and was then reminded by the Lord that the Pharaoh would not listen because God was using him to glorify Himself by the works of His hand against the one created for that purpose.  All these miracles could not change the Pharaoh’s heart, just as those of Christ would not later move deaf ears and blind eyes of the stony hearts of the religious leaders when He walked upon this earth to deliver all whom He would call. We see that God calls who He will and lets others be hardened further in their disbelief and sin.  We thank God for His undeserved mercy in grace to deliver us from sin’s penalty, and therefore call others with the warning of God’s command to believe and repent before His final judgement on the sin of Adam we all are born with.