At first Pharoah's heart is ignorant, " Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken to His voice, to send Israel away? I have not known Jehovah and Israel also I do not send away" (Exodus 5:2)

As he hears Moses tell that "the God of the Hebrews hath met with us", a revolutionary thought for a kingdom which worshipped remote gods which neither speak nor hear, the Pharoah's only understanding is that Moses is seeking to free the people from its works.

As God continues to reveal himself to Pharoah through Moses' words and the extraordinary events that God brings as Moses holds out the rod of authority in accordance with God's words and commands, we see Pharoah's reaction is to harden his heart.

It is one thing to be ignorant of God but when that ignorant heart is not open to learn, is not humble to listen, is full of its own judgement a ...