One of the strongest themes in these stories is one of God's sovereignty. We might have a problem with this idea but frequently we read that "God hardened Pharaoh's heart" which although we can decide is a poetic way of saying, "Pharaoh's heart was hard and God knew that", that is only wishful thinking since elsewhere in the Bible, it is clear that an action is taken because of 'free will' rather than God.
We frequently create God in our image and in the way that we are comfortable with rather than seeking the truth. Can we honestly accept that God is proactive and that all his plans come to fruition? Can we accept that God's calling and will is predestined even though we think we have 'free will'? Do we even know what free will means and where in the Bible it comes from? It is often implied by Adam and Eve's decisions but often at the cost of the fact God knows what He is doing and He is sovereign. He had already decided to free the Israelites and somehow that worked in conjunction with people's free will AND His sovereignty!
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