Friday, February 4, 2011

Passover in Bible

I guess what I feel really good about is having read the Bible just right now about the coming Passover during Easter. The Pharaoh of Egypt in the book of Exodus was a very stubborn guy and wanted to pretty much wreak havoc on the Jews who were settled there, right after the population grew so large that it made the Egyptians feel very unsettled about them. Exodus 12:37 says That night the people of Israel left Rameses and started for Succoth. There were about 600,000 men, plus all the women and children. And they were all traveling on foot. I guess back then that would be a lot of people and might be like they were rubbing too close against your skin if you were an Egyptian. This is sort of like some Americans complaining about the Hispanic culture growing so huge in California haha. Not to mention, did you know that most of California used to belong to Mexico and that the U.S. purchased it after a war with them? Baja California still belongs to Mexico because of its beautiful location and scenery- it is a dazzling place which I had some luxury of visiting a couple years go. With the service there, they are pretty obsequious (butt-kissers haha) if you are a pretty decent person and tip well; for an Asian guy like me, I would do alright there haha. Overall, I believe it's racist to think bad about another race by the color of their skin in my opinion though. I can also reference it a little to how Hitler must have felt about the Jews about 70 years ago. So far, the major bad guys lost in the end haha and the World War II treacherous rulers had pretty much a spectacular suicide.   

God called on an extraordinary guy named Moses to lead all Jews who were settled there out of oppression. The Bible points out that God allowed for a lot of favorable things to happen so that the Pharaoh would change his very hardened heart and force Moses' people out of there. Exodus 12:36 says The Lord caused the Egyptians to look favorably on the Israelites, and they gave the Israelites whatever they asked for. So, like a victorious army, they plundered the Egyptians! The Egyptians were pretty cold and heartless by allowing for their ruler to decree that male babies of the Jews had to be murdered, which brings to a point that Moses was probably the most unique baby to be saved from this treachery and adopted by a royal Egyptian as her son. It looks like Moses had it made and could do whatever he wanted while growing up, but somehow Moses had to look back upon his people and serve them which was all part of God's masterful plan.
 
The Lord pretty much intends to work with everyone who would call upon Him. There is a life and death situation that could be filled if the person would allow for this Holy Spirit which is a part of God to enter into his or her life. God has paved a narrow road that pretty much commands us to let go of anything evil in our lives, which is sin and to come into a relationship with God's Son, Jesus. Sounds interesting? This is all based upon the Bible I'm reading.