Bibledoorajar: All Creatures of Our God and King

Following the hail storm there was only one crop that was not wiped out. It was a future producing wheat and spelt crop and the Bible reports that it was not damaged. Perhaps Pharoah thought he and his country could hang on until this crop produced. At any rate, he did not bow his knee to the only true God, the God of the Universe. So, God mobilized one of his creatures: the locust. The Bible reveals that God likes to use locusts for judgement. Perhaps it is because they can be mobilized in the millions (they band together when hungry and food is scarce) and they do their work thoroughly and rapidly. A desert locust can consume its weight in one day. Locusts are the swarming phase of a species of grasshopper. In 2013, massive swarms of locusts were noticed in  many places of the world. Note this Time headline from March 4, 2013:

"Local Swarms Descend on Egypt like Biblical Plague" 

People looked up as saw a black cloud on the horizon that turned out to be tens of millions of locust. Many varied efforts were employed in the battle against them as they disrupted Egyptian life on their way to ravage crops and orchards.

When God told Moses to go see Pharoah about the eighth plague He said if Pharoah was going to harden his heart against Him, then He was going to harden Pharoah's heart to the point of his not budging. And He says why. It was so He can do a sign that future generations will talk about.  Moses told Pharoah that he and his people were about to see the worst swarm of locust since creation. He said,

"Then your houses shall be filled, and the houses of all your servants and the houses of all the Egyptians, something which neither your fathers nor your forefathers have seen, from the day that they came upon the earth until this day." With that Moses and Aaron left Pharoah. 

But soon Pharoah's staff were appealing for him to let the people go and worship their God. Did Pharoah not realize that Egypt was slowly being destroyed? Based upon their appeals, Pharaoh had Moses and Aaron brought back to talk, but in the end he would not budge.
 

The locusts swarmed in on an east wind that had been building for a day and night.  Nowhere could an Egyptian put his foot that there were not locusts in service to God. 

                

                  "All creatures of our God and King
                  Lift up your voice and with us sing,
                 Alleluia! Alleluia!"   St. Francis of Assisi