Egypt's plan -- One slave gives them a heads up about an impending drought, and then becomes mighty important. Important enough to invite his large family to live there as free people. Later on, Egypt gets scared about how quickly that one large family multiplies, so they make them a nation of slaves.
Rome's plan -- those uppity Christians are upsetting the apple cart and daring to say they won't worship the emperor, so kill them all.
Best-laid-plans version.
They also have one thing in common, it did take 300-400 years to see the consequences of their plans. But when God destroys a mighty people, they tend to stay gone. Egypt is still around today, but nothing compared to what they used to be. Rome is still in Italy, but they went from what we now call England all the way down to Judah.
I'm thinking America is getting the same deal for the same reason. We put our trust in the wrong god.
Rome's plan -- those uppity Christians are upsetting the apple cart and daring to say they won't worship the emperor, so kill them all.
Best-laid-plans version.
They also have one thing in common, it did take 300-400 years to see the consequences of their plans. But when God destroys a mighty people, they tend to stay gone. Egypt is still around today, but nothing compared to what they used to be. Rome is still in Italy, but they went from what we now call England all the way down to Judah.
I'm thinking America is getting the same deal for the same reason. We put our trust in the wrong god.