Bonus Pondering

Since many of you may have some extra time on your hands, here's a bonus question:

How do you interpret God hardening Pharaoh's heart? There seem to be three options:
1. God is in total control of the situation and is controlling Pharaoh's actions, so Pharaoh is simply doing what God wants him to.
or
2. Pharoah has complete freedom of will and is using his will throughout the story and God is not in control in the story.
or
3. Pharaoh, as with all God's enemies, is ultimately doomed to fail in his pursuit of oppressing God's people but he acts according to his own will in the unfolding of the story.

There's no right or wrong way to interpret this or any text. Which interpretation do you prefer? Or do you not like any of them?

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Allison