BRAGADAYJAH 183

So in accordance with the agreement between Moses and the Pharaoh, Moses went out and spoke with God and petitioned Him to remove the frogs from out of the houses, villages and fields; but we note God did not simply cause the frogs to disappear; their carcasses remained piled up on the land and creating a big stink. But why did God allow the dead frogs to remain, so that the stink and the death were ever present emblems in the sight of the people. It is submitted that God knew what Pharaoh would do next and so the dead frogs were kept as a reminder. And sure enough, even though the plague of the frogs had not been completely wiped out of sight and out of mind, Pharaoh became his own self again; he hardened his heart; he reneged on his promise and refused to let the people go. So God instructed Moses to visit a fourth plague upon Egypt. This time it was a plague of gnats or lice. For Aaron, stretched his rod over the earth of Egypt and all men and animals even the earth was infected with lice. Once again the magicians showed up to do their thing; and having failed as before, they told the Pharaoh that the lice were the act of God and as such they were powerless to do anything to get rid of them; but the Pharaoh hardened his heart; he was prepared to scratch and itch and agonize like everyone else rather than cast off his pride. What a deadly sin pride is. Even today we find men and women whose lives are ruled by pride; they would rather die than admit they are wrong, and even more to bow the knee and yield their heart and give worship to their Creator. More