THE EXODUS...A Hilarious Tale
According to the Bible, the Israelites (an estimated 2 million people) began their journey out of Egypt in one night to the 'Promised Land' - along with their flock and herd, with borrowed jewelry and clothes.
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According to the Bible, the Israelites (an estimated 2 million people) began their journey out of Egypt in one night to the 'Promised Land' - along with their flock and herd, with borrowed jewelry and clothes.
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Where were they were going to? The Sinai Desert. Just in case you didn't know, the Sahara Desert is a garden when compared to the Sinai Desert! There's just no way all the civilized nations of the world could support two million people in the Sinai Desert for forty years.
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The sheep alone they had with them were so numerous that the Israelites sacrificed, at one time, more than 150,000 first-born lambs! How were they supported? What did they eat or drink? Where were pastures for these flock in the blistering heat of the desert?
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When Pharaoh found out that the Israelites had left, he took 600 chosen chariots of Egypt, pursued after the Israelites, and met them by the Red sea. Apart from the fact that the name of the Pharoah is not mentioned, it seems the writers had forgotten that...
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...they already told us that the deadly plagues sent by 'God' affected both humans and animals. How in the world was Pharoah able to gather 600 horses (that's if one chariot is pulled by a single horse) after being ravaged by the plagues? 🤔
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Anyway, Moses stretched out his miracle-working rod over the Red Sea -wooosh! - it divided! The Hebrews ran through.The Egyptians pursued them.Yep! That's what you do when you see someone divide any sea. It's not a big deal after all.
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But God was not willing to take the children of Israel into the promised land immediately. Nah - They were not fit to inhabit it just yet ; so he made up his mind to allow them to wander around in the desert until everyone who had left Egypt died - except two of course.
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Of the estimated 2 million slaves released mission-impossible-style from Egyptian bondage, only two were allowed to reach the promised land!
What then was the frigging point of the entire rescue mission?
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What then was the frigging point of the entire rescue mission?
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The part of the story I absolutely love is where the Bible tells us that the clothes of the Israelites did not grow old, and that their shoes did not wear out. This means the clothes & shoes lasted these folks for 40 years, during the entire journey!
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That means folks who left Egypt as little babies, grew as they traveled, and their clothes and shoes grew with them.
Amazing! 🙃
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Amazing! 🙃
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Later in Exodus 13, 'God' gives Moses a special recipe for making a perfume, with the command that whoever makes another which smelled like it, should be cut off from his people - probably killed or thrown out of the camp. Yahweh was really concerned about his perfume
Awesome 😁
Awesome 😁
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