I've been watching this show on the pyramids and ancient Egypt and such and I can't help but think that Joseph and the Israelites greatly influenced the evolving spiritual beliefs and technology of very early Egypt.
Many scientists are starting to look at the totality of archeological evidence from Egypt and are becoming more and more baffled at not only how they knew what they knew but how they did what they did. They understood things like harmonics, subtle energy, the spirit man, advanced biology, architecture, etc.. In many ways, they seem to have knowledge beyond that of our current generation.
The reason we don't hear more about this is the obvious question that comes up when confronted with such archeological evidence: how did they do it? What was their source. Logic dictates that if Egypt of 10 thousand years ago had greater technology than we do now (not computers or silicon, but an understanding of the workings of the environment in which they lived that went beyond our current grasp of what we call "physics") how did they learn it? We have an unbroken written record of most of world history since the time of these ancient people and yet in all that time we have not yet learned what they knew. Now, assuming you believe the archeological evidence surrounding the intellectual development of man, our species only learned agriculture 12 thousand years ago. That would mean that the Egyptians learned mastery of physics, biology, and chemistry beyond our own knowledge in only 2,000 years. They would have achieved something in two millenia that we have not been able to relearn in the past 10. I think we can, therefore, eliminate an organic or natural progression of science and spiritual subjects. The knowledge the ancient Egyptians had must have been given to them. But who would do it and why?
It's at this point that modern science simply bows out and claims that there is insufficient evidence to even theorize about the benefactor of Egyptian knowledge. There is a fringe group that has existed for some time now who have actual credentials in the fields of anthropology, archeology, biology, astronomy, and physics who have at least attempted an answer: aliens!!! OH, SO CLOSE, GUYS!! But no, it's not aliens. I can s ympathize with the longing for some great benefactor from the sky, I really can. I'm afraid we've had the answer right in front of us since Moses first put quill to papyrus: I AM. This is the part of the archeological evidence that the world omits.
Let's take a look at a short story that may shed some light on how a regional power called Egypt gained an advantage over the rest of the world. There was a boy named Joseph who had been betrayed by his brothers and sold into slavery in Egypt. What's implied in the entire story is that though Joseph was sent away to live in a foreign land, God went with him. Now, God gave Joseph a dream warning of a famine. He told the current ruler of Egypt who was wise and listened. In fact, it's the way in which the Pharoah responded to hearing Joseph's vision that I believe is most telling:
Gen 41
37 So the advice was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants. 38 And Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?"
39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, " Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you. 40 You shall be over my house, and all my people shall be ruled according to your word; only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you." 41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, " See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt."
Now, Joseph was the unofficial ruler of Egypt. Joseph loved God. God loved Joseph. Joseph loved Egypt. God loved Egypt. Because both Joseph and Pharoah had heeded God's warning (or accepted His wise council), God continued to bless both Israel and Egypt. Yes, because of the famine Joseph's entire family moved to Egypt where they all prospered together. I believe that this period of time, between Genesis 41 and Exodus 1, Egypt got the vast majority of it's knowledge. Now, we all know that the relationship between Egypt and God soured. There came a Pharoah who apparently did not have any respect for the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. So Israel was extracted and the deluge of God's wisdom was abruptly shut off.
With full Bible knowledge we can safely say that there was demonic activity in and around Egypt before Exodus but I believe it got stronger over the years after Israel left. You see, God had shared His favor and His wisdom with the Egyptians. In Isaiah it even states that God wants to prosper Egypt, Syria, and Israel. It was always His desire that Egypt be great, though Israel was His true people. And Egypt was great. So great, in fact, that what remains of that ancient culture baffles us. And the demonic siege on Egypt is the same as any other demonic siege: steal, kill, destroy. Demons weren't after egyptians, they were after their legacy!
It's my belief that through their relationship with God and His chosen people before Exodus, Egypt was raised up high. They were raised up higher even than we are today! But they gave in to lusts, were seduced by strange voices, and their legacy was stolen! Nobody in their right mind would look at Egyptology with all it's many gods and strange rituals and beliefs and think, "These people were clearly taught higher sciences by the Hebrew God."
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