Was linked by CK's blog to an article in the UK Sunday Times about how the parting of the Red Sea was triggered by a volcano. ANd how this natural catastrophe was the cause of the 10 plagues in Egypt right about the time the Israelites were escaping to their promised land after decades of slavery to the Egyptians.

I'm not sure what the article or even James Cameron tries to bring across. If they are saying to the CHristians and the Jews, "look, the event you were so hyped up about, the great miracle of all times was just a volcano eruption" then I'm not sure if it really is a controversy. Or maybe they were not trying to prove a controversy but rather support the fact that the Red Sea did part. I don't know. But hey, if they can really prove that it was due to natural disasters that the REd Sea turned red, the plagues came about due to water poisoning and food poisoning, well, then doesn't it prove how great God is? I mean...I've always found it hard to imagine a plague of frogs raining down, or blood in the water, or how first borns are killed by a black smoke that passed the houses (thanks to the movie version)....but then if it can be proven that it was brought about by natural disasters, now that is believable. I mean, who else is in control other than God? Don't you see how beautiful things worked out? First the natural disaster started right about the time that Moses confronted the Pharoah (coincidence???) then you predict to the Pharoah if you don't let my people go, things will happen and you name them one by one though at that time you and the Pharoah both could not imagine how on earth would that happen??? Then the disaster happen and it leads to a chain of events as you predicted would happen. And it happens in a very believable way. (poison gas = poison water = poison food = upset of natural order of things = plague) THe pharoah must be struggling to take the foot out of his mouth now. He didn't believe it was possible, I bet even you had trouble thinking how it would happen. Big lightning across the sky like some cartoon show and frogs start raining? I think God rather works with what He has, and that is so beautiful. And then people are let go and just at that RIGHT MOMENT another earthquake happens to raise the land right on the Red Sea (isn't that enough of a miracle already??? the beauty of the timing??), right on time for the Israelites to walk across, and causing enough of a turbulence to start a tsunami, pushing back the chasing Egyptians. And that very same tsunami does not affect the crossing Israelites at all.

Isn't it a miracle? Who says miracles have to be like magic, plucked right out of thin air? Miracles are the workings of God using what He has on hand, where He set the domino pieces out and with one flick of His finger, everything starts falling into place to make a big big beautiful and unbelievable picture.