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With respect, your last paragraph reveals a lack of understanding in the Soverienty of God.
God is holy. And He desires that His people be holy. Before Jesus came to redeem men from sin...God destroyed the sinner along with the sin. This is in keeping with the fact that, through Adam's sin, death entered into the world. God eradicated sin by eradicating the sinner. Until a better way was provided, this was the way for sin to be eradicated.
But, with the Death of Jesus, God provided the means for our escape from sin. Jesus became sin for us. Our sins were nailed to the tree and Jesus died to redeem us from sin. He died so we wouldn't have to.
No, God could not "soften Pharoahs heart". God gave us our free will when we were created. To "force" something on Pharoah would have taken a way his freewill, which was God's gift to us. God didn't slay the wicked to "show them he was God". He did it to eradicate sin.
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"Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him...." -Psa. 37:7
Waiting for the Lord is easy... Waiting patiently? Not so much.
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