Pharaoh’s Compromise

Pharaoh sees through the ostensive plan. He knows that if he lets them go that they will run.

Moses isn’t bringing a moral argument. He isn’t even claiming to want liberty for the people. Is it because he knows that would be rebuffed?

Pharaoh’s compromise is rejected by Moses – making Pharaoh’s suspicions even more acute. Deadlock.

The saying goes, “the things I own have a way of owning me”. I am a non-deliberate servant to my stuff. Ownership of things constrains my liberty and defines what I value.

The utter objectification that allows one human being to claim ownership over another is like this. This is why Pharaoh’s heart was hard. I’m post-modern. I don’t make a claim of ownership – I just act like I own other people. This is why my heart is hard.

Let go this claim before it’s too late. Late go this claim.