Category: Exodus
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Exodus 3: God commissions sinners
When God calls Moses to lead the Israelites to freedom, the runaway says: “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” Moses is, after all a mere shepherd having a quiet life in Midian. He had fled Egypt after commiting murder against a Egyptian slave-driver. But God…
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God hardening hearts: what does Exodus’s perplexing idea mean?
In Exodus, Moses is trying to persuade the ruler of Egypt, the Pharaoh, to let the enslaved Israelites go and worship God. But God, who is committed to making this happen, is said to “harden” the Pharaoh’s heart. God tells Moses in Exodus: When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all…