my friends, i think our reading is slowly (or quickly) beginning to hit a roadblock because of the perspective from which we are reading. aside from evan's questions about why God seems to really favor Abram and his descendants so much and screw everyone else, i think our questions are off track. consider this. God did not give us his word so we can criticize what He has done as right or wrong. instead, He gave it to us to teach us about his character and His methods. so instead of asking, "well, why did God do this instead of that?" a more productive question would be, "what can we learn about God from this?"
because remember, we're not reading this as a history book full of events and people. we're reading this as the word of God.
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i'm not trying to criticize, i'm just trying to wrap my head around it. shouldnt looking at the past and His actions help us to understand His character? idk i guess in the end, its as simple as God liked Abram's family. and blessed them for it. and some ppl had to get screwed over, which leads into the whole is there really free will or not question. which i don't feel like going anywhere near. so i guess my ranting ends here.
Pharaoh is still my homie g.
but im confuzzled!!
i do wonder what we can learn, but im also striving to understand what had taken place!!! TT_TT
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