lol yea - we are thinking of going to see this next week as its just down the road from us at the moment :)

I certainly have a question, although it does not relate directly to this travelling exhibition.

Whilst I agree that the intricate and interwoven systems of the body are most exquisitely organised indeed, I have been pondering lately about the relevance of the ten plagues that Moses brought upon the disobedient Egyptians, and how each one relates directly to one of the ten bodily systems of the living organism - man being of course - at the top.

I can draw a direct relationship between (perhaps) nine of these plagues, however the other one or two are not yet so obvious to me, so I was wondering if anyone here might have a thought or two to add to this line of investigation?

As I see it right now, each plague was as a statement towards one of the systems that give physical expression to the life SPIRIT - of YAH, and just how it is by HIS ongoing provisions that we have the blessed luxury of each physical expression - whether we acknowledge it or not - combining, in the making up of the whole. So the refusal of the Egyptians to release their grip on their reverence towards the physical (as spiritual), presented the circumstances for YAH to display HIS authority - as also over the physical - via these ten plagues.

Therefore, following is a list of the plagues in order, and the respective bodily sysytem that each relates to - that each plague effectively attacks/nullifies. *The two with asterisks are those that I am still to see the fullness of correlation, and therefore at this stage - offer only a suggested linkage.

Plague -------------- Bodily System

Water to blood ----- Circulatory System
Frogs ---------------- Muscular System *
Gnats ---------------- Respiratory System *
Flies ----------------- Excretory System
Livestock ------------ Endocrine System
Boils ----------------- Dermal System
Hail ------------------ Skeletal System
Locusts -------------- Digestive System
Darkness ------------ Nervous/Sensory System
Death of Firstborn -- Reproductive System

So even though most of these correlations seem reasonably self explanatory, right now the only linkage I can see between the fogs to the muscular system, and the gnats to the respiratory; are relatively tentative; with the gnats being so small and plentiful that they would have been in just about every breath taken in by man and beast, thereby attacking the lungs. Even so, just how the frogs were a statement in regards the body's muscular system is still quite up for grabs.

Interestingly enough, which may or may not relate to this particular issue; unlike all the other plagues, there seems no evidence that the swarm of gnats were ever removed according to Pharaoh's seeking. So any help in these matters would be appreciated.

Grace and Peace to all,

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