It really does seem that way.
sad.....
2007-03-24 17:37:03 · 8 answers · asked by Samurai Jack 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There are many accounts in the Bible, which employ a literary device used by Jewish Old and New Testament writers called Midrash. Midrash is the substantive of the Hebrew word darash which means to search, to investigate, to study and, also, to expound on the fruits of the research. The aim of Midrash is to draw from Scripture a lesson for the present.
Midrash could also be defined as a "reflection on Scripture in the light of the actual situation of God's people and of the developments of God's action on its history. It proposes to explain the meaning of Scripture in the light of the later historical experience of God's people. This kind of interpretation often opened the door to embellishments of the sacred accounts, anachronisms, and a freedom in handling and maneuvering the data of tradition that were at times a little too candid and certainly very imaginative."
A good example is the Midrashic story of Noah and the flood. It is the divine message, which is important, (God saves his children from evil) not the literal account of the story.
Peace!
2007-03-24 17:44:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
During the first 5 plagues falling on Egypt, the Bible clearly indicates that it was pharaoh who hardened his heart:
Ex 7:13 “Yet Pharaoh's heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.” NIV (see also Ex 14,22; 8:15,19,32; 9:7,34,35; and 13:15). God having the foreknowledge of our actions knew how pharaoh would react, but in those texts the hardening of pharaoh’s heart is not attributed to God, but on pharaoh himself!
Could pharaoh have repented during these plagues and been saved?
Absolutely, as the book of Exodus clearly indicates that those plagues had an impact on the people of Egypt as when the Exodus occurred, Ex 12:38 “Many other people went up with them.” NIV Even pharaoh’s magicians confessed: Ex 8:19 "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hard and he would not listen, just as the LORD had said. NIV But pharaoh is the one who resisted the Lord!
This is representative of my position and for the sake of time and typing fatigue,I have copied and pasted this for your consideration.
2007-03-25 00:55:01 · answer #2 · answered by bonsai bobby 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, Pharaoh heart was already hardened by his own ignorance and arrogance.
http://socrates58.blogspot.com/2006/10/did-god-harden-pharaohs-heart-does-god.html
http://www.mountainretreatorg.net/bible/pharaoh.html
2007-03-25 00:47:49 · answer #3 · answered by Misty 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sounds good, but no. Egypt had 10 gods. Each plague was to show God was stronger than all of them.
If I remember correctly people only died in the last plague.
2007-03-25 00:43:43 · answer #4 · answered by Kye H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it was to make an example out of him. Later, when the Isrealites reach the promised land, the people already there were freaked out because they had heard what had happened in Egypt.
2007-03-25 00:44:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
EVERYTHING HAS REASON OF HAPPENING,THEY HAD TO FINISH THE SIGN OF THE THREE PURE MINDS/THE GREAT PYRAMID WITH THE TWO ON THE SIDE OF THE WEST AND THE EAST.WHICH MEANS ,I AM THE FATHER ,THE FIRST ,THE SON,THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE,THE HOLY GHOST,THE ONE CHOSEN ON ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE ANGEL OF GOD
2007-03-25 00:50:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I totally agree with you 100%
2007-03-25 00:40:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
correction..."so HE could see..." you have to capitalize God, in all tenses. notice the term capitalize.
2007-03-25 00:41:26 · answer #8 · answered by anton t 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋