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In a previous thread we examined God's Judgment of Egypt to free His chosen Israel as it related to Pharaoh's free will.
Now we take a look at how God freed His chosen Israel. He used the "escalation" of plagues starting with the rivers turning to blood and ended with the death of every first born in the land of Egypt during the "Passover."
From the text of Exodus it is clear Pharaoh was the one who brought this judgment on himself, his family and his empire.
The question is collateral damage. Everyone in Egypt suffered due to Pharaoh's hardened heart. Was it just or even fair for all those Egyptians and even Egyptian slaves to suffer and eventually lose their first born son for something they did not do. It is not like they voted for Pharaoh but they suffered the consequences of his foolish decisions.
Why am I asking this question? I've seen some threads question such things as the atonement as it was not just or fair for Jesus to suffer for us. Before we can get into a discussion of this magnitude let's discuss a major event like the Exodus and the plagues applying the same question.
So let's discuss.
Now we take a look at how God freed His chosen Israel. He used the "escalation" of plagues starting with the rivers turning to blood and ended with the death of every first born in the land of Egypt during the "Passover."
From the text of Exodus it is clear Pharaoh was the one who brought this judgment on himself, his family and his empire.
The question is collateral damage. Everyone in Egypt suffered due to Pharaoh's hardened heart. Was it just or even fair for all those Egyptians and even Egyptian slaves to suffer and eventually lose their first born son for something they did not do. It is not like they voted for Pharaoh but they suffered the consequences of his foolish decisions.
Why am I asking this question? I've seen some threads question such things as the atonement as it was not just or fair for Jesus to suffer for us. Before we can get into a discussion of this magnitude let's discuss a major event like the Exodus and the plagues applying the same question.
So let's discuss.