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Lyndall Cave's avatar

I look over the list of lies

God could not meet their most basic needs

God has to be manipulated to keep his word

God is holding out on them

And I see a group of traumatised formerly enslaved people thinking that God is like Pharaoh.

And God, in righteous fury at this warped view, is over and over again saying "you are not slaves any more, you are my people and I will take care of you". But the people refuse to believe that He is Good. Instead, they default to scarcity, hierarchy, control, fearful power dynamics.

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Julie Shepherd's avatar

This is the first time I've ever thought of "living by the Word" in this way, and it is speaking to something God has been working on convincing me of for the past several months. I literally said "Whoa," as I read it. Thanks for this.

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