The Burning Platform
The story of Moses, the Israelites, and their escape from Egypt provides a great illustration on the topic of a burning platform.1 As you may recall from having read the story or seen Charlton Heston playing Moses in The Ten Commandments, the Israelites were slaves in Egypt. Moses, being led by God, painted a picture to the Israelites, and to Pharaoh, of free Israelites returning to their homeland. Pharaoh, however, refused to give the Israelites their freedom, so God sent 10 plagues on the Egyptian people. It was not until the last plague that Pharaoh decided to let the Israelites go. What changed for Pharaoh? It was not the vision. He knew Moses’s vision before the first plague. What changed was the burning platform. ...
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