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I absolutely do not believe that Moses knew these things were going to happen because he had seen it in a dream or been literally told it by God. What I mean when I say he knew the events were going to happen is that as a man of great wealth and knowledge (as power) in the form of pyramid texts and scrolls from wise men from other parts of the world that he may well have been introduced to through travelling or guests of the palace or whatever, he knew (in some pseudo-scientific way) that the events were unfolding and he knew that if the water was polluted it would cause a certain chain of events ie. all the plagues and if he knew there had been an earthquake and he knew where, he may well have been able to predict the sunami (sorry don't think that's spelt right!) However, I do not think this was a political thing in the way we may see it today. He very well may have believed that this knowledge that he had accumulated was absolutely God given and in this way God (in his heart) was telling him to help these people, who he knew were part of his birth-right and he couldn't bare to see them suffer. I am also saying that even if this was the case and all the events were scientifically or logically pieced together by him, that still doesn't make it any the less God's handy work, as all natural phenomenon from the creation on are due to a cosmic domino effect if you like, once a chain of events is sent in motion (ie. creation) all things may follow God's predestined natural path. And we are in the middle of it trying to live our lives with our own free will. And yes what we do is our choice, but certain things around us in the environment are giong to happen anyway as far as I am concerned.
""Each child holds the world in an open hand to mould it into any shape they choose.""
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