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What I will say here, because after re-reading my post again, I see how it might have been misunderstood by many, because I did a poor job in communicating! And I was trying to make the post quick! I was also tired when I wrote it! I apologize to the thread!
It was a hypothetical, not an actual. It was just trying to give a hypothetical example of something that might look not loving on the outside, to be very loving on the inside! That's all! It wasn't meant to be taken literally! I saw after re-reading it though, it could have easily been. The way I wrote it I did not make it clear. I apologize for that!
The hardening of the heart does not prove God hated Pharaoh. If you want to make a later study of this, I will. After I finish with Robert, though!
God Bless, Steve |