It is interesting to note that when Moses does finally agree to the task God has given him - having successfully persuaded God to give him Aaron as a helper - his step of faith seems to backfire big time (see Ex. 5) as the conditions for the enslaved Israelites get worse instead of better (which I think is encouraging for us when we step out in faith and things seem to go similarly pete tong!).
Eventually, however, God does come through, showing his supremacy over the so-called Egyptian gods in the process (cf. a point made by Louise in last year's course when she noted that, when it comes to God, we in the West are primarily concerned with truth - whereas people within many Eastern cultures are more concerned with power!).
Eventually, however, God does come through, showing his supremacy over the so-called Egyptian gods in the process (cf. a point made by Louise in last year's course when she noted that, when it comes to God, we in the West are primarily concerned with truth - whereas people within many Eastern cultures are more concerned with power!).
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