Pointless Stubborness

The first twenty chapters of the Exodus talks about the incredible and famous story of Moses, where he divided the sea into two with his blessed staff. Well, here's a short summary of the full version of it.

There was this cruel pharaoh in the land of Egypt, and he technically had all the descendants of Israel enslaved. One day, he just decided to force all male children to be killed. Moses, of course, survived while he was still a baby but was separated from his parents. He, like most heroes, managed to survive until he was older and fled to another place where he could live in peace. But, God soon gave him a sort of a magical staff and ordered him to help save the kids of Israel by leading their way out of Egypt. It's interesting how even though God has enough power to do many things, he always chooses a human to do things for him just to test them. To make it even more challenging this time, he made the pharaoh more stubborn every time some kind of consequence occurred:

"But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go." Exodus 10:20

It's funny how God was technically the one who created the disasters every time the pharaoh denied giving the children of Israel when it was he who hardened the heart of the pharaoh so that he would keep denying Moses. I'd say it was pointless. Almost all the people of the town suffered just because of this pointless situation. There were plagues of frogs, lice, flies, and later on, locusts (there were other consequences but let's not get so detailed). My point is that it's just a bit ironical how God is technically the one creating the problems just to test a guy.

Anyways, summarizing the end, Moses is finally able to get the people and he travels to go somewhere safe. He divides the sea into two with the divine powers of his staff and allows everyone to cross it. After they reach actual land, the water closes in on the Egyptians sent by the pharaoh that were chasing the people of Moses and they simply drown in the sea.

It was fun reading this part of The Bible since it had the story that I was fond of when I was young and also since I never really read the original text that it came from. Besides that, I also noticed how throughout the chapters, God tends to show himself less in front of humans. In the beginning, he would just directly talk to them, but now he has less contact and mostly sends angels to communicate with humans. Anyway, I like the Exodus until now.