Was God intentionally trying to cause a bloodbath of first-born kids?
2007-06-02 06:13:55 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
More than likely. He is kind of a sadist..
2007-06-02 06:16:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Pharaoh had been murdering Hebrew male children for 40 years.
He denied the witness of the first nine plagues before the plague of the death of the firstborn.
Each of those plagues was a judgment on the gods of Egypt.
He knew that God was working and still refused to let the Jews go.
When you deny the light a natural consequence is darkness results.
When you deny the truth you will believe a lie.
When you deny enlightenment you will become a fool.
A fool is someone who lacks understanding, it is descriptive.
That's why the bible says "Only a fool has said in his heart there is no God".
God reveals his existence inwardly in the conscience and outwardly through the creation, and no one will have an excuse.
Pharaoh choose to ignore the truth and God judged him for it, his heart became so calloused he never would admit the truth.
It still happens all the time
2007-06-02 13:25:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there were several reasons....
First, God was punishing Pharoah for the slavery and the acts of infanticide against Hebrew male children.
Second, God was establishing Moses in the eyes of the nation of Israel. He was demonstrating that this was the man He had chosen.
Third, God was impressing the Israelites that He was God, that He had the power to do these things.
Lastly, there is a difference between having a hardened heart...and having a heart that CANNOT choose the right thing. Pharoah COULD have, I believe...but he sided with his hardened heart rather than the side of right and truth.
Just my opinion.
2007-06-02 13:19:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
When God warns a man once, twice, and even a third time, and he still does not repent, then does God close his heart against repentance so that He should exact vengeance from him for his sins. Thus it was with the wicked Pharaoh. Since God sent five times to him and he took no notice, God then said: 'You have stiffened your neck and hardened your heart; well, I will add to your uncleanness.'"
2007-06-02 13:19:14 · answer #4 · answered by wigginsray 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Old Testament God was blood thirsty. By the way, yes God did harden the Pharoah's heart.
(Romans 9:17-18) - "For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose I raised you up, to demonstrate My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed throughout the whole earth." 18So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires."
2007-06-02 13:19:38 · answer #5 · answered by Graciela, RIRS 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
possible but remember the pharaoh had been killing all Israelite boys at birth when moses was born. Herod did the same in Jerusalem after. Jesus was born. kids are goats by the way I think it was humans that died as well as cattle.
2007-06-02 13:18:34 · answer #6 · answered by Mim 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Those are the type of games he likes to play. He even told Moses he would harden his heart and still told Moses to go and tell him 'let my people go'. A 3 day journey where he would have make a bag pack of food and water travelling by donkey.
2007-06-02 13:16:11 · answer #7 · answered by Jahfrog 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
God did not hardern pharos heart, remember? God gave us free will, and the Exodus needed to happen to give the Jews their homeland
2007-06-02 13:16:51 · answer #8 · answered by SomeWIdude 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
He was sending a message to future generations that you do not want to feel the wrath of God.
2007-06-02 13:17:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
This question is yet another in the long line of repugnant questions ask by the "Talking Donkey".
2007-06-02 13:20:35 · answer #10 · answered by WillRogerswannabe 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
God was an upstart. He was trying to take Ra's role.
2007-06-02 13:16:08 · answer #11 · answered by S K 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋