.
Jehovah had been stiffening Pharaoh's resolve off and on during their
confrontation over Moses' people leaving Egypt.
Well; the intermissions wherein God allowed Pharaoh time to think about
what he was doing were done; it was time to die and just to make sure
Pharaoh didn't escape the grim reaper; Jehovah stiffened the monarch's
resolve one final time.
• Ex 14:1-4 . . Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying: Tell the sons of Israel to
turn back and camp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; you
shall camp in front of Baal-zephon, opposite it, by the sea.
. . . For Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel "They are wandering aimlessly
in the land; the wilderness has shut them in." Thus I will harden Pharaoh's
heart, and he will chase after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh
and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am Jehovah.
The name "Jehovah" a.k.a. Yahweh, has a special connotation to it. It's not
really a moniker, it's more like a descriptor that has something to do with
knights in shining armor (so to speak) i.e. rescuers, redeemers providers,
and protectors.
Well; it's about to finally sink into the thick skulls of Mr. Pharaoh and his
minions that the god they've been toying with is far stronger than any of
them ever imagined.
Long story short: Jehovah stiffened Pharaoh's resolve; so he saddled up and
gave chase and caught up to the fleeing Israelites and when he came up
behind them into the parted Red Sea, the waters closed in and drowned the
whole lot of them.
This incident is said to be a baptism (1Cor 10:1-2) which is very curious
because none of Moses' people got wet; not even any of their shoes.
• Ex 14:29 . . But the sons of Israel walked on dry land through the midst of
the sea, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on
their left.
NOTE: Critics are prone to complain that hardening Pharaoh just to give
Jehovah an opportunity to drown the poor man in the Red Sea and thus
prove he was no match for Jehovah's superior strength, was cruel and
unfair. Well; I must admit that it seems that way to me too. However; I'm
only human and so are Jehovah's critics.
When Adam tasted the forbidden fruit, he and his wife obtained an intuitive
sense of right and wrong (Gen 3:22). Unfortunately, the sense they obtained
was unreliable due to the fact that it was a product of the Serpent's
handiwork instead of their divine benefactor's.
The Serpent-- a.k.a. the Devil/Satan (Rev 12:9) --has the power of death
(Heb 2:14) and the ability to tamper with the human body and the human
mind in ways not easily detected; e.g. Luke 13:16, Mark 5:1-5, and Eph 2:2.
That explains why God is commonly perceived making mistakes and/or
acting like a demented fiend; and also why, try as it might, the human mind
cannot make sense of some of the things that God does. The old saw "God
moves in mysterious ways His wonders to perform" certainly holds true in
quite a few incidents recorded in the Bible.
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Jehovah had been stiffening Pharaoh's resolve off and on during their
confrontation over Moses' people leaving Egypt.
Well; the intermissions wherein God allowed Pharaoh time to think about
what he was doing were done; it was time to die and just to make sure
Pharaoh didn't escape the grim reaper; Jehovah stiffened the monarch's
resolve one final time.
• Ex 14:1-4 . . Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying: Tell the sons of Israel to
turn back and camp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; you
shall camp in front of Baal-zephon, opposite it, by the sea.
. . . For Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel "They are wandering aimlessly
in the land; the wilderness has shut them in." Thus I will harden Pharaoh's
heart, and he will chase after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh
and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am Jehovah.
The name "Jehovah" a.k.a. Yahweh, has a special connotation to it. It's not
really a moniker, it's more like a descriptor that has something to do with
knights in shining armor (so to speak) i.e. rescuers, redeemers providers,
and protectors.
Well; it's about to finally sink into the thick skulls of Mr. Pharaoh and his
minions that the god they've been toying with is far stronger than any of
them ever imagined.
Long story short: Jehovah stiffened Pharaoh's resolve; so he saddled up and
gave chase and caught up to the fleeing Israelites and when he came up
behind them into the parted Red Sea, the waters closed in and drowned the
whole lot of them.
This incident is said to be a baptism (1Cor 10:1-2) which is very curious
because none of Moses' people got wet; not even any of their shoes.
• Ex 14:29 . . But the sons of Israel walked on dry land through the midst of
the sea, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on
their left.
NOTE: Critics are prone to complain that hardening Pharaoh just to give
Jehovah an opportunity to drown the poor man in the Red Sea and thus
prove he was no match for Jehovah's superior strength, was cruel and
unfair. Well; I must admit that it seems that way to me too. However; I'm
only human and so are Jehovah's critics.
When Adam tasted the forbidden fruit, he and his wife obtained an intuitive
sense of right and wrong (Gen 3:22). Unfortunately, the sense they obtained
was unreliable due to the fact that it was a product of the Serpent's
handiwork instead of their divine benefactor's.
The Serpent-- a.k.a. the Devil/Satan (Rev 12:9) --has the power of death
(Heb 2:14) and the ability to tamper with the human body and the human
mind in ways not easily detected; e.g. Luke 13:16, Mark 5:1-5, and Eph 2:2.
That explains why God is commonly perceived making mistakes and/or
acting like a demented fiend; and also why, try as it might, the human mind
cannot make sense of some of the things that God does. The old saw "God
moves in mysterious ways His wonders to perform" certainly holds true in
quite a few incidents recorded in the Bible.
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