and why make them go through all that? and if he can harden pharoh's heart why not just make him let them go? why bother with plagues? and I don't want to hear any it was God's plan answers since that's too conveinient.
2007-11-26 13:50:21 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No reason whatsoever.
Next!
2007-11-26 14:16:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is a very interesting question. The classic commentators such as nachmanadies etc. deal with this question. The whole purpose of the Jews trip to Egypt was to make them understand as a nation that their entire support and being is from G-d, as well as to prove to them that there is a G-d. This was also the mission of the trip in the desert (IE- to show them that G-d will always provide the food for you [IE the manna]). Each of the plagues was to show that G-d was indeed in control over that aspect of the natural world. At the time, people were still under the impression that there were multiple G-D's in the world, each controlling a different aspect of the natural world. If G-d had merely brought them out it wouldn't show them that G-d was in control of the world and therefore a moral authority over them.
2007-11-26 14:00:30 · answer #2 · answered by Josh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes...The big answer is God gave us free will, and as with everything else, that means we have choices to make, and whether its envy and greed or love and selflessness, it all boils down to whether or not you try your best to live the right way and to harm none, or you're just a sh*t through and through. The plagues were either natural phenomena or the God entity acting in its aspect of Mother Nature trying to guide people to make the right choices, which wasn't happening at the time, the Pharaoh was greedy, power hungry and prideful and sloth goes without saying, in that there were many, many slaves. I know there's 7 deadly sins and these people probably hit on all of them.
2007-11-27 03:35:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there was a reason why they had to go through the desert experience...they had to learn to trust God for their very lives...if he had plucked them out and set them down in the promised land,,,,they would not have learned how much they need him. But even more,,,the Gentiles would not have the history of their experience and learned from it.
2007-11-26 14:00:34 · answer #4 · answered by dreamdress2 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Going through all that" as you put it, prepared the Jews for what was before them. The journey was as signifigant as the destination, they would not have experienced God's love, judgement, and true nature had they not gone through what they did. Often God prepares us for what is before us. The journey is every bit as important to the whole experience.
2007-11-26 14:00:00 · answer #5 · answered by Scott B 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The very christian answer that i can think of is
"He wanted to make them endure the hardships so that they would better appreciate the gifts of freedom".
2007-11-26 13:57:17 · answer #6 · answered by lupinesidhe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you ask such questions? Is it from wanting to understand God better or is it simply to mock God? Why should I answer someone who doesn't want to hear the truth?
2007-11-26 13:57:13 · answer #7 · answered by William D 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
God uses convoluted methods to achieve his goal for his own entertainment and because he likes to play games with us.
2007-11-26 13:59:20 · answer #8 · answered by Subconsciousless 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
cause man has a free will.
God did deliver them .. have you not read the Bible?
2007-11-26 13:54:59 · answer #9 · answered by Here 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It was God's plan. (-:
Sorry, I couldn't help it.
2007-11-26 13:54:21 · answer #10 · answered by L.C. 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋