Problem: Is God a God of peace or of war or both? The Bible says different things about God in different contexts.
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15
Feb
2023
14
Feb
2023
Exodus 16:34 – How could Moses mention the Ark of the Testimony before it was even created?
Problem: Critics argue that Moses could not have written this passage, because it mentions the Ark of the Testimony, which wasn’t created yet. Is this an example of an anachronism in the text?
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13
Feb
2023
Exodus 16:22 – Why does the Sabbath come up at this point in the Exodus?
Problem: Why didn’t God wait until he brought them into the Promised Land before he initiated the Sabbath?
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12
Feb
2023
Exodus 14:21-29 – How could two million people cross the Red Sea in such a short time?
Problem: The book of Numbers states that there were two million Jews (Num. 1:45-46), and they crossed the Red Sea in a twenty four hour period. How can this be?
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11
Feb
2023
Exodus 13:18 – Did the Jews cross the “Red Sea” or the “Reed Sea”?
Problem: Some naturalistic scholars argue that the Jews passed through the Reed Sea –not the Red Sea. The Reed Sea is a shallow body of water, which could dry up, allowing the Jews to pass through unhindered.
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09
Feb
2023
Exodus 12:37 – Were there really two million Jews in the Exodus?
Problem: The Bible states that there were roughly 600,000 men in Israel’s assembly (Ex. 12:37; Num. 1:45-46; 11:21; 26:51). If this number only included the men, then it would place the entire assembly of Israel (men, women, and children) at around two million people.
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08
Feb
2023
Exodus 12:29 – Why would God slay the firstborn of the Egyptians?
Problem: Why are the people of Egypt held responsible for the actions of Pharaoh? Isn’t this cruel and unusual? They didn’t disobey God. Why would they be held responsible?
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07
Feb
2023
Exodus 9:1-7 – Did all of Egypt’s livestock die or not?
Problem: Some critics of the Bible point to Exodus 9:1-7 and Exodus 9:18-21 as a contradiction in Scripture. The first passage seems to say that all of Egypt’s livestock were killed by the pestilence, but the second seems to indicate that there is still livestock in Egypt after the pestilence:
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06
Feb
2023
Exodus 7:14 – Were the judgments of the 10 plagues arbitrary?
Problem: Critics argue that the 10 plagues are mythical, because they seem so arbitrary. Did God have a reason for each of these plagues?
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05
Feb
2023
Exodus 7:14 – Why weren’t these 10 plagues recorded by the Egyptians?
Problem: None of these plagues exist in extra-biblical history. If supernatural events like this occurred on such a massive level, wouldn’t we have record of these events somewhere else outside of the Bible? One critical scholar writes, “The Odyssey… is basically a piece of children’s literature. So, in its way, is the story of the Exodus. It is the historical myth of an entire people, a focal point of national identity… The actual evidence concerning the Exodus resembles the evidence for the unicorn.”[1] This is an argument from silence. However, critics argue that this is a conspicuous silence. Is this a valid argument?
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04
Feb
2023
Exodus 7:11 – How could the sorcerers perform supernatural signs, if they were not from God?
Problem: The sorcerers of Pharaoh were able to perform supernatural signs, but they were clearly opposed to God. How can this be?
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03
Feb
2023
Exodus 6:26-27 – Why are these verses written in the third person, if Moses wrote them?
Problem: If Moses is the author of these passages, then why does he write about himself in the third person, rather than the first?
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02
Feb
2023
Exodus 6:2-3 – Has anyone seen God or not?
Problem: In some verses of Scripture, people see God. But, in other verses, it says they cannot see God? Is this a contradiction? It is not if you understand the Trinity and the context of those verses.
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01
Feb
2023
Exodus 6:3 – How can this be the first time God revealed his name “Yahweh,” when this name is used often before this time?
Problem: In this passage, God tells Moses that he had not revealed his name (Yahweh) to Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob. But, throughout the book of Genesis, the name of Yahweh is used 162 times, and 34 of these uses are on the lips of the speakers.[1] Critics argue that this is a clear error. In fact, many argue that this is evidence for the JEDP theory of the OT (i.e. mixed sources of the Pentateuch).
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31
Jan
2023
Exodus 5:3 – Why would God kill his own people with pestilence or a sword?
Problem: Moses tells Pharaoh that God “will fall upon [the Hebrews] with pestilence or with the sword” (v.3). Why would God kill his own people?
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