Thirst for Power
From the Book of Exodus opens When God tells Moses to come (Bo, in Hebrew) to Pharaoh to deliver the eighth plague and two more plagues follow, after which the Israelites are freed from slavery and expelled from Egypt. God told the Israelites to commemorate the day of their exodus from Egypt as the holiday of Pesach and after the plague of darkness occurred, Pharaoh agreed to let the Israelites go but on his own terms. When Moses refused these terms, Pharaoh went back on his word and angrily ordered Moses to leave. Pharaoh said (to Moses), “Get away from me! On the day you see my face you will die!” Moses replied, “You have spoken rightly.” (Exodus 10:28-29). Every evil thing is actually a “Fall” version, a distortion of a form of divinity, and what Pharaoh displayed was a distortion of God’s power that transcended the boundaries of nature. This distortion of God’s power was Pharaoh’s arrogant attitude of ignoring any authority other than his own. In this context, when Pharaoh tol...