Can someone help me understand?
I’ve recently been trying to take my faith more seriously, actually reading the Bible for myself, praying more, really trying to build a relationship with God instead of just going through the motions.
I’ve been reading through Exodus, and I hit the part about the death of the firstborns, and I honestly feel really shaken.
I completely understand that what Pharaoh did to the Israelites was evil and deserved consequences. But the idea that all the firstborns were killed, including the firstborn of slaves who had no say in anything just feels really hard for me to process.
And then it makes me think… if God intervened in such a dramatic way there, why not in other horrific moments in history? Like slavery in the 1800s, or the Holocaust? Why step in then, but not in those situations?
I want to be clear, I do believe! and I don’t want to lose my faith over this. But I’d be lying if I said this part isn’t really bothering me and making me question things.