Moses sees a bush on fire, though not burning. There he talks with God abut how he was chosen to save his people in Egypt. He meets Aaron and goe to Egypt. They ask to take their people as well as their property and animals. The pharaoh doesn't listen, does he? They made the river into blood, summoned frogs, fleas, lice, and flies. Then he killed their animals, gave skin disease, sent storms, grasshoppers, and even blocked the sun. The pharaoh still didn't agree. So God kills all the non-Israelite peoples' oldest son, including that of the pharoah. Finally they are set free.
The people follow the cloud and the fire, until they get to the Red Sea, which they cannot cross. Moreover, the Egyptian army was coming towards them from behind. Now the super-famous story. Moses splits the water, creating a path.
Now hold it right there.
Remember how I said before that the Noah's Ark might be true? There was a similar story in Gilgamesh, and as it happens, in the story of Deucalion and Pyrrha (from Greek mythology) as well. What I'm trying to say that these things might have been history. So, the story of Moses splitting the sea might have been history too. There's actually a scientific theory that this might have been possible at the time. They might have just simply crossed the sea when it was low tide, and it came back on high tide.
If this is true, the following quote, "But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left." (Exodus 14:26), is either false or exaggerated. I'm just saying. Oh, by the way, that semicolon is part of the quote, so do not castrate me for the sake of all that is pretty and pretty.
Back to the story. They cross, and while the Egyptian army is still crossing the sea, the sea reunites, drowning them. God constantly saves them (despite their frequent disbelief), by providing them water, birds, bread, victory in fights, etc.
Moses then goes up the mountain to meet God, where he is to be given the Ten Commandments.
As said before, this could have been all coincidence. Egypt could have been going through a drought and an eclipse, you know? If all these stuff were true, it would be something big. However, it's not all that probable, right?
This is where you can like seriously see God's forgivingness. The people start whining, God does something to convince them and forgives them. Repeat action. I guess God really loves Moses. If continued to be read, they constantly go back to their default setting of doubting, resulting in punishment. Actually, due to God's punishments, Moses never even made it to the promised land. Too bad. He was too busy taking care of the people.
If you noticed, I keep making points that lead to that the stories in the Bible are not acts of God. Well, I'm just saying that because it's interesting, you know? I'm Christian, so I do believe that. I just somehow try to have it make sense when matched together with another piece, so that we can all be right and we all live happily ever after.
So yeah. Cool.
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