Thread:Superdadsuper/@comment-28478783-20160723200648

Hey, I saw the issue regarding the Plagues page. I just want to give you a valid answer as to why God would act directly upon the Pharaoh's heart in apparent contradiction to his soveriegnty.

First, it must be understood how the Pharaoh lived back then. They were often viewed as Gods by their subordinates, and often called themselves Gods as well. The Pharaoh mentioned is noted in Exodus chapter 5 to be dismissive of God's presence and power, and goes a step further and increases the workload of the Israelites in a way that their slave labor is almost tormentuous. Rather than earn his grace, he turns his back entirely to God in a way where there is no possibility of wooing him back. (it must be understood that Pharaoh can make his own choices, and God knowing everything would also know what they are; knowing there would be no hope for him, and the damage he intends to inflict, God's justice intervenes and brings unsurmountable suffering upon him in the plagues and in his apparent inability to say no to let them go.)

Also, imagine if Pharaoh would have been able to say yes. He would have spared himself God's wrath on Earth and the Egyptians wouldn't have seen the full fury of God in action. Ultimately, it led to the proceedings of events such as the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which could not have possibly existed without it Pharaoh complying to God's demands, and for which have instrumental significance later in the Bible such as when Jesus would have the final Passover meal.

As a result, God didn't just do it because he could. 