Exodus 7-9
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wolfbiblemoonMoses and his brother Aaron help God afflict a variety of plagues on the Egyptians for not letting their people go
* In order to disprove that the plagues are coming from the God of Moses and Aaron, Pharaoh's magicians do the same tricks. Surely a better way of proving they are not coming from God is to undo them? If they were coming from God then perhaps it would not be possible to undo them? I don't know, bible logic isn't exactly easy to follow. And eventually they find one they can't do so have to concede that God is really behind these plagues.
* Pharaoh is probably going to need some kind of cholesterol treatment because after every appeal to free the slaves and after each plague recedes his heart hardens as he reneges on the promise to free them. But he's only refusing because God hardened his heart, so another plague is sent, hardening his heart further, what kind of crazy feedback loop is this?
* I've never heard of this Aaron guy before (he is Moses' brother), but he seems to do just as much chatting with God, appealing with Pharaoh and raising the rod to bring a plague as Moses does. I wonder why Moses is the one more often mentioned, why does he get more credit for being nasty to Egyptians than his brother?
* In order to disprove that the plagues are coming from the God of Moses and Aaron, Pharaoh's magicians do the same tricks. Surely a better way of proving they are not coming from God is to undo them? If they were coming from God then perhaps it would not be possible to undo them? I don't know, bible logic isn't exactly easy to follow. And eventually they find one they can't do so have to concede that God is really behind these plagues.
* Pharaoh is probably going to need some kind of cholesterol treatment because after every appeal to free the slaves and after each plague recedes his heart hardens as he reneges on the promise to free them. But he's only refusing because God hardened his heart, so another plague is sent, hardening his heart further, what kind of crazy feedback loop is this?
* I've never heard of this Aaron guy before (he is Moses' brother), but he seems to do just as much chatting with God, appealing with Pharaoh and raising the rod to bring a plague as Moses does. I wonder why Moses is the one more often mentioned, why does he get more credit for being nasty to Egyptians than his brother?
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Date: 2010-02-27 05:52 pm (UTC)