11:3,4
Specific examples are now given, starting with the signs that God enacted against Pharaoh and the people of Egypt. Then the miracle at the Red Sea when the Israelites were enabled to pass through safely, while the Egyptian army was destroyed.
11:5-7
The signs and miracles continued in the wilderness. God provided food and water for them, and He also judged those who rebelled against Him. The rebellion led by Korah (Num 16) is then mentioned as a specific example, though curiously Korah himself is not named here. The fact that the earth opened up and swallowed the rebels and their households up is mentioned. We sometimes have a tendency to think that the judgement passages in the Old Testament are “just the Old Testament”, implying that God isn’t like that anymore. That is a very dangerous and mistaken approach to take. Jesus spoke often enough about judgement and hell. The judgement passages in the Old Testament demonstrate that God is perfectly willing to execute judgement when the situation demands it. He has not changed.
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