{"id":1807,"date":"2010-01-28T23:11:33","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T03:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeasprayer.wordpress.com\/?p=1807"},"modified":"2010-01-28T23:11:33","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T03:11:33","slug":"god-vs-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/god-vs-death\/","title":{"rendered":"God vs. death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1808\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1808\" style=\"width: 337px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usefilm.com\/image\/609221.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1808\" title=\"stormy sea\" src=\"http:\/\/lifeasprayer.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/609221-medium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/609221-medium.jpg 337w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/609221-medium-300x356.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/609221-medium-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">by: Michael Busselle  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tonight in class Dr Buckwalter discussed how the plagues of Egypt each took on an Egyptian god. God was showing his power and\u00a0supremacy\u00a0to his people who had been exposed to what seemed like amazingly powerful gods, of\u00a0fertility, health, etc. The final plague was a display over the power of life and death itself. This shocking plague, brought the\u00a0Pharaoh\u00a0to his knees, as it defeated his most powerful\u00a0deity\u00a0in one swift shot. He sent his throngs of free labor away.<\/p>\n<p>As the nation of Israel fled, Pharaoh reconsidered. Pharaoh&#8217;s armies charged, and pinned the ambulating nation between the sea and the force of Egypt&#8217;s finest military. The sea didn&#8217;t just promise a watery\u00a0interruption, but certain death. For the people of those times, and many today, the sea is still a symbol of death. Without rescue, none can survive her.<\/p>\n<p>Narrative speaks volumes to us here. At the linear climax what happens? What does God do? Does he send legions of angels to lay waste to the huge army? Does he cause a sound or distraction that confuses the approaching troops? Does he smite the army with blindness? No. All these would have saved his people, and all \u00a0were miracles implemented at certain times in biblical narrative. What does he choose to show them?<\/p>\n<p><strong>He shows them, that he is trustworthy.<\/strong> They need not even fear death. He does the impossible, and creates a <span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">dry<\/span> path right through death itself. He holds back the deadly waters, and dries up the land beneath. Animals, children, mothers, fathers, fearful youth, elderly women, and all the rest can simply stroll through, and away from impending danger. This would not just save them, but penetrate them with symbolism that would hit hard\u2013very hard.<\/p>\n<p>What giants are in your way, and how might you respond with this story in mind?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>Want to take part? Leave your thoughts,\u00a0reflections, or feedback of any kind.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>AND~Feel free to promote your blog, or current project as well.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>Thanks for reading.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How God shows power over death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[213,796,927,1090,1446,1472,1819,2230,2261,2578,2997,3108,3272,3336,3476],"class_list":["post-1807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spirituality","tag-angels","tag-conquer-death","tag-death","tag-egypt","tag-giants","tag-god","tag-israel","tag-miracles","tag-moses","tag-plagues","tag-sea","tag-slavery","tag-struggle","tag-symbolisim","tag-trails"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1807\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}