For several hundred years, Moses knew the plight of the Hebrew people, ground in slavery, unjustly beaten down and forced into heavy labor.
He, himself, had been kept from genocide by courageous women who hid him from Egyptian law which meant to kill the Hebrew male children and did not see them as human beings, did not know the Hebrew people.
Though he had been granted access to the Egyptian throne, in fact to the Pharaoh's family, he knew who his people were.
One day, while he was on his walkabout, Moses saw an Egyptian police officer beating a Hebrew to death. In defending the Hebrew, he had to necessarily kill the Egyptian officer. He hid this but knew he would have to leave the halls of power and into the wilderness.
While in the wilderness, Moses met the Living God, who knew the pain of the Hebrew people and had long heard their cries due to their slavery, hard labor, genocide, and death. The Living God identified with these people and told Moses to tell the Egyptian government, "Let my people go from their bondage! MY PEOPLE!"
Moses, in his fear and courage, came before the Egyptian government and demanded that the people be treated like equals. "They are human beings!"
Pharaoh, in response, said, "Welcome back to the kingdom. Unfortunately, you know the reality. Egyptian police are under attack. As a people of compassion and justice, we, as Egyptians, know that All Lives Matter."
And the plagues began.
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