LIFE SCRIPTS

Now the Lord had said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go from here, and when he does, he will drive you out completely. Tell the people that men and women alike are to ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.” (The Lord made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh’s officials and by the people.) So Moses said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt. Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the female slave, who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle as well. There will be loud wailing throughout Egypt—worse than there has ever been or ever will be again. But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any person or animal.’ Then you will know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel. All these officials of yours will come to me, bowing down before me and saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that I will leave.” Then Moses, hot with anger, left Pharaoh. The Lord had said to Moses, “Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you—so that my wonders may be multiplied in Egypt.” Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go out of his country.
Exodus 11:1‭-‬10 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/exo.11.1-10.NIV.

This last plague came to possess a special place in the lives of the children of Israel. It came to be known as the Passover. God explained to Moses in detail what was to happen: each and every first born of the land of Egypt, from Pharaoh’s household to the livestock will die as the Lord passes over the land. However, not an eventuality will hit the people of Israel. God would make a distinction between His people and the Egyptians. Only then, says the Lord, would pharaoh let the people go. But in the process, the Israelites would be given jewelry by the Egyptians in plenty. Scripture states that though Moses had an abrasive relationship with pharaoh, his officials held him in high regard. They must have seen that God was with him. What he spoke, came to pass. But this scripture also reminds us that God is the one Who holds the hearts of men in His hands. Pharaoh, as apostate as he was, was subject to God’s will. The Lord drove his heart the way He chose…He chose to harden it as He pleased. Moses’s edict to pharaoh was a clear message that God prepares His people as He sends them. Remember in the previous verses pharaoh had even warned Moses of death should he approach him on the throne again. However, now, the tables were turned. He was approaching him on the throne to warn him of pending death in his land instead. Not only that, after he made his pronouncements, Moses left unscathed and unharmed. God not only gave him words to say but prepared the way for him to say them. At times when facing such threatening situations, we might be fearful how to react. But when God sends us, He also prepares the way for us. He’s faithful in all things.