An Enemy Called Violence
Even though the Hebrews believe God to be loving, he is not found pleasant inall situations. God is helpful, rewarding, and caring in the Bible toward the people who have faith in him; and is also known to be devastating, and at times overwhelming to his opponents when God inflicts forces of violence. The force of violence plays a major roll in Genesis and Exodus. Three main events in Genesis/Exodus come to mind when discussing the privileges of God's followers or the violence against God's opponents. God regrets his creation of mankind and exercises force against the wicked and evil people by creating a flood to cover up his error. This error shows how God relates to humans by making mistakes. God, however, finds Noah to be faithful and spares his life to reward him. Joseph also finds favor in God's eyes and is kept safe through his hardship. The force is inflicted by Joseph's brothers because they are jealous of Joseph and it would be beneficial for them if he was out of the way. God exercises force a second time in Exodus against the Pharaoh and Egypt, because God cares about his faithful people and wishes to free them from the Pharaoh. His
existence, God does not treat the Pharaoh with kindness. God does not want the Another force of violence found in Genesis is also inflicted many times upon the baker are sent to prison and encounter strange, unexplainable dreams. When Joseph him (Genesis 37:7). Joseph tells his brothers his dreams, and his confession offends worship God freely. It begins when God calls to Moses through a burning bush asking and convince him to free the Israelites from Egypt (Exodus 3:10). Moses, along with purpose is to keep them alive during the flood, while the rest of the animals and human
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