I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on  Exodus 7-9.

The passage tells us that Moses was 80 years old when he demanded that Pharaoh let the people of Israel go.  This means that it is unlikely that the Pharaoh was someone he knew as a boy, but Moses may have been a grown man in the royal court when this Pharaoh was a boy.  If that was the case, it might partially explain the Pharaoh’s reaction to Moses.  Certainly Moses’ experience in the royal courts of Egypt played a role in the way he made this presentation.  In any case as we read through this we see that Pharaoh demanded evidence that God had power.  Yet when that evidence was presented to him, he had his advisers “debunk” it.  Moses presented ever more powerful evidence for God, and Pharaoh had his advisers continue to “debunk” it.  However, even when his advisers were no longer able to match the evidence which Moses presented with counter evidence, Pharaoh still refused to accede.  We should recognize that we may run into the same issue when debating people today.  When debating someone who refuses to accept the evidence which you present to them, you need to ask yourself if the issue being debated is worth the price they may have to pay before they are willing to concede.