Saturday, 23 February 2008

• Currently Watching The Prince of Egypt By Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Goldblum see related

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  Day two of crashing on the loveseat included watching The Prince of Egypt with Ellie, again with her thorough and intensive commentary/questioning. It was interesting to see her making the connections between what she was seeing and what she has heard read to her, preached to her, and spoken of with her.  I could tell she was working through the this is a movie, so it's not real, but yet this is real thing. Brain cells were bursting left and right.

  Ellie: Why is he mad?

  Mom: That's Pharoah, honey, the King of Egypt.  He's angry because God wants to rescue the Hebrews.

  Ellie: WHAT ARE ALL THOSE?

  Mom: Frogs, bugs, and other things God sent to judge the Egyptians.  Those are the plagues. 

  Ellie: Gross.

  Mom: Yes.

  Ellie: What are they doing?

  Mom: That's the first Passover.  They're smearing the blood of a lamb on their doorposts so that God will see it and spare them when he comes for the next plague. 

  Ellie: Why is he sad?

  Mom: Because his son is dead.  Remember the blood on the doorway?  If the house didn't obey God's instructions, the firstborn son in each house died.  God is rescuing his people.

  Ellie: Why are they happy?

  Mom: Because they're leaving Egypt. God rescued them and is taking them to the land he promised them.

  Ellie: There's a lake in the way.

  Mom: That's the Red Sea.  Wait and see what God does next.

  Ellie: WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

  Mom: That's Pharoah and his armies.  Pharoah is so angry at God and the Hebrews that he wants to kill them all.  He thinks they're trapped against the Red Sea.

  Ellie: Woah.

  Mom: See?  God is making a way for them to pass...he's protecting his people.

  Ellie: Woah.

  Ellie: NOW WHAT?

  Mom: Well, the Egyptians chased them into the Red Sea and God is making the water crash back on them so they can't hurt his people.

  Ellie: That's a GREAT idea!

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