Lutheran Lens Commentary: Exodus 11:1-10

## Lutheran Lens Reading of Exodus 11:1-10

### Tradition-Specific Interpretation

We read Exodus 11:1-10 as a vivid illustration of the Law at work, revealing the depth of human sinfulness and rebellion against God. This passage exposes Pharaoh's hardened heart, illustrating humanity's incapacity to choose God without divine intervention. The coming final plague is a manifestation of God's judgment, which the Law pronounces upon sin. Yet, within this judgment, we see a foreshadowing of the Gospel, as the eventual deliverance of Israel points us to Christ's ultimate deliverance of humanity from sin and death.

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