about a month ago the history channel had a new special on about the exodus. when i saw an ad i figured 'oh great, another documentary trying to explain away God. ive seen a lot of these types of specials and they allthink that they have come up with a new way to explain what happened and then they dismiss God because theyve figured out how it could have been done naturally.this one was different though. it actually made the point, several times, that all of these explinations they are sharing instead prove just how God made it happen. the narrator makes the point "God does not work in spite of nature, rather He works with nature to achieve His ends." wow! i was quite surprised that they were giving God credit instead of trying to rip it way from Him. knowing that, i took the rest of the documentary more seriously instead of dismissing it they way they often dismiss God.
the guy behind this show takes the idea that a huge volcanic explosion in greece at the mountain of santarini was actually the cause of the plagues. he went through and showed a passage in egyptian hyrogliphs that talks about the gods fighting and destruction, which could be an account from their perspective. he uses an example of a lake in northern africa that actually turned red and eventually killed all the animals and some of the people. and this is a well documented event- it happened back in the 1980s. after going through those explinations, he then goes on to figure out where the real mount sinai is located, and also he claims to have an actual engraving of the ark of the covenant! all of it is really well done, they didnt skimp out on the special effects or anything- its even presented by james camron!
if you get the chance to see this on repeats or anything, i would strongly recommend it! i think im going to purchase it from the history channel website so i can use bits of it in class.
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