Winston Churchill once described the Soviet Union as “an enigma wrapped in riddle.” Chapters 7-12 of Exodus is that an enigma wrapped in a riddle. It’s the story of God through Moses dealing with Pharaoh, seeking to convince Pharaoh to let the people go. It’s a graphic presentation of the plagues. The Nile River turns to blood and becomes foul; the fish of the river die; swarms of frogs overrun the land filling the houses, even the bedchambers (how would you like to go to bed with a hundred bullfrogs under the cover with you?) Then there came the plagues of gnats and flies, the death of the cattle, then boils and sores breaking out over everyone’s body, then a deluge of hail; then came the locusts literally covering the face of the land, eating all of the vegetation that had survived the h…