Exodus 9:12 · World English Bible
Exodus 9:12 Meaning Yahweh Hardened the Heart of Pharaoh
Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he didn’t listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken to Moses.
What does Exodus 9:12 mean?
Pharaoh is not a villain who chose to resist. He is a hardened state, a settled resistance your own imagination has stiffened for a purpose, and that is why the hardening is credited to the LORD, not to Pharaoh's malice.
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Pharaoh is not a villain who chose to resist. He is a hardened state, a settled resistance your own imagination has stiffened for a purpose, and that is why the hardening is credited to the LORD, not to Pharaoh's malice. The whole scene shows one power playing every role. The one calling for release and the one refusing it are moved by the same hand, so no character carries the guilt and none deserves the blame.
A condition that will not yield, an obstacle that keeps its grip no matter how you appeal to it, is a part being played, not a punishment handed down. Imagination has cast itself as the immovable thing for the length of the drama, and it loosens only when the drama has done its work. What stands against you is the same life wearing a stubborn mask, and in the end the mask comes off.
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Live Exodus 9:12 today
- Think of the thing in your life that will not budge, and stop treating it as an enemy with a grudge against you. Give it one minute as a role being played, and feel how the fight goes out of your shoulders.
- With the person who keeps refusing you, the landlord, the support line, the relative who will not move, drop the blame while you talk. Be polite to the mask and keep your own state steady.
- When a wall holds today, do not push harder and do not take it personally. Keep holding the ending you want and let the scene finish playing itself out.
What would soften in you if the thing blocking your way were not actually against you?
The same truth in other traditions
Bhagavad Gita 11
The one reality shows itself wearing every role at once, the kind and the terrible together. The figures on both sides are moved by the same hand.
Taoism · Zhuangzi
Life is a play of forms, and the man who dreamed he was a butterfly could not say which was the costume. The part you are fighting is not a separate creature.
Stoicism · Epictetus
You are an actor in a play you did not write, and your work is only to play your part well. The hard character across from you was cast, not condemned.
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