After 400 years of slavery in Egypt, the people didn’t really know God all that well. So, like any of us, they carried their past experiences and ideas about the gods from their culture into their new relationship with God. This is perhaps why we will see God portrayed at times as dangerous, violent and oppressive. And yet, as God remains faithful and present, there are hints and glimpses that will have us saying, “Oh, maybe this God is different."
