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Bush is not only on fire but has a voice.” The Bush then called out:
“ Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. I am the God of your father, the God of your Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.” (Exodus 3:7-8 NIV)
God then proceeds to have a lengthy dialogue with Moses using the flames as his vocal cords, telling him that he has seen the misery his people, the Israelites, are enduring in Egypt, and that he has a plan to liberate them. In return, should Moses play his part in God’s strategy, he will endow the Israelites with a “land of milk and honey.”
Moses argues with God that he is not worthy of such an undertaking, and expresses his concerns that the Israelites would never listen or follow him, and the Egyptian Pharaoh would laugh him out of Egypt for daring to ask the release of the Israelites. Remember, Moses is talking to a bush on fire. In turn, God promises Moses that he will perform miracles and send signs that God was behind him and the people would follow him.
God demonstrates his support by throwing down a long wooden stick, a staff, as his first sign. Moses looks at this stick on the ground and remarks, “My God, this is but just a stick!” God replies to Moses with words to the effect, “C’mon pal, I am God, this be no ordinary stick. This be a special magic stick.” (It’s funnier with an Australian-Aboriginal accent) Moses obeys and picks the stick up from the ground. But just as his hand went to clutch the staff, it turns into a slithering snake, to Moses’ obvious amazement. I mean, who wouldn’t be impressed? That is one awesome party trick!
“This,” said the Lord, “Is so that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers – the God of Abraham, Isaac and the God of Jacob – has appeared to you.”
There is subsequent to and fro banter between Moses and God, mostly God offering his reassurance to Moses that he, the Lord, will perform the necessary miracles, actions and assistance when the time is apt.
“ I am the Lord and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm with mighty acts of judgement. I will take you as my own people and I will be your God, who brought you from under the yoke of the Egyptians. And will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob.” (Exodus 6:6-8 NIV)
Clearly a problematic issue presents itself in these passages, as the writings clearly now claim that God has chosen the Israelites as ‘his people’. Which seems at odds with the Genesis claim that God created all of man, but now seems eager to play ‘favorites’. Wouldn’t an all knowing creator surely see that favoring a ‘chosen people’ would surely lead to war, conflict and divisiveness down the track? Wouldn’t a god of peace, justice and love promote unity rather than division? This seems to be a major lack of foresight on God’s behalf, even I would’ve seen this coming, and I can’t even create an elementary school level diorama of a plasticine volcano. That shit was hard!
With God at his back Moses arrives in Egypt to instruct the Pharaoh to free the Jewish nation. The Pharaoh is dismayed that not only is his former non-blood related brother alive after surviving in the desert all these years, but is now making far reaching demands to free the Israelite slaves. Naturally, the Pharaoh dismisses Moses’ God sponsored request, to which Moses demonstrates the ‘stick into snake trick’ to prove that he is the messenger of God’s divine will. The Pharaoh clearly unimpressed with this sorcery, summons one of his own magicians and the Egyptian father of David Copperfield was able to mirror Moses’ punch line.
Temporarily defeated, Moses turns to God for a plan B strategy. God instructs Moses to lead the
“ Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. I am the God of your father, the God of your Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.” (Exodus 3:7-8 NIV)
God then proceeds to have a lengthy dialogue with Moses using the flames as his vocal cords, telling him that he has seen the misery his people, the Israelites, are enduring in Egypt, and that he has a plan to liberate them. In return, should Moses play his part in God’s strategy, he will endow the Israelites with a “land of milk and honey.”
Moses argues with God that he is not worthy of such an undertaking, and expresses his concerns that the Israelites would never listen or follow him, and the Egyptian Pharaoh would laugh him out of Egypt for daring to ask the release of the Israelites. Remember, Moses is talking to a bush on fire. In turn, God promises Moses that he will perform miracles and send signs that God was behind him and the people would follow him.
God demonstrates his support by throwing down a long wooden stick, a staff, as his first sign. Moses looks at this stick on the ground and remarks, “My God, this is but just a stick!” God replies to Moses with words to the effect, “C’mon pal, I am God, this be no ordinary stick. This be a special magic stick.” (It’s funnier with an Australian-Aboriginal accent) Moses obeys and picks the stick up from the ground. But just as his hand went to clutch the staff, it turns into a slithering snake, to Moses’ obvious amazement. I mean, who wouldn’t be impressed? That is one awesome party trick!
“This,” said the Lord, “Is so that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers – the God of Abraham, Isaac and the God of Jacob – has appeared to you.”
There is subsequent to and fro banter between Moses and God, mostly God offering his reassurance to Moses that he, the Lord, will perform the necessary miracles, actions and assistance when the time is apt.
“ I am the Lord and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm with mighty acts of judgement. I will take you as my own people and I will be your God, who brought you from under the yoke of the Egyptians. And will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob.” (Exodus 6:6-8 NIV)
Clearly a problematic issue presents itself in these passages, as the writings clearly now claim that God has chosen the Israelites as ‘his people’. Which seems at odds with the Genesis claim that God created all of man, but now seems eager to play ‘favorites’. Wouldn’t an all knowing creator surely see that favoring a ‘chosen people’ would surely lead to war, conflict and divisiveness down the track? Wouldn’t a god of peace, justice and love promote unity rather than division? This seems to be a major lack of foresight on God’s behalf, even I would’ve seen this coming, and I can’t even create an elementary school level diorama of a plasticine volcano. That shit was hard!
With God at his back Moses arrives in Egypt to instruct the Pharaoh to free the Jewish nation. The Pharaoh is dismayed that not only is his former non-blood related brother alive after surviving in the desert all these years, but is now making far reaching demands to free the Israelite slaves. Naturally, the Pharaoh dismisses Moses’ God sponsored request, to which Moses demonstrates the ‘stick into snake trick’ to prove that he is the messenger of God’s divine will. The Pharaoh clearly unimpressed with this sorcery, summons one of his own magicians and the Egyptian father of David Copperfield was able to mirror Moses’ punch line.
Temporarily defeated, Moses turns to God for a plan B strategy. God instructs Moses to lead the
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