Mass casualty

Mass casualty is a term EMS, fire fighters, and police know all too well. It is a reference to situations where there are more people injured or fighting for life than there are personnel to help them at the given time of the situation. For example.....last week there was an accident involving 35 cars or so on thr highway.....this is a mass casualty. When these situations happen, the ones involved in the accidents, will be triaged and taken care of according to the severity of their injury. More severe ones are priortity.,...naturally. This term, mass casualty, got me thinking this week.

I am currently studying through the book of Exodus in the Old Testament. I have returned to the OT this year to go back and learn more. I read about Moses and how it was a miracle he survived at all.....this is only an act of God and His sovereignty. At the time, the Jews were getting too numerous and the Pharaoh instructed all baby boys born to Jewish women needed to be killed. Moses survived and went on to become a great leader to Gods people. He wasn't happy initially with being chosen for this task as he gave excuse after excuse trying to convince God to select someone else.....but it didn't work. God chose Moses and he had work to do for our God. Moses couldn't get out of how God planned to use him.

Moses was instructed to go to Pharaoh and tell him the Jews need to be released so they can go worship their God. Pharaoh usually said "no" as he was using the Jews for slaves.....but sometimes he said "yes", but changed his mind at the last minute. Many plagues fell on thr Egyptians as a judgement on them for not releasing Gods people. The plagues consisted of the land being covered with frogs, gnats, flies, locusts, darkness,and hail. All water in thr land was turned to blood. People were covered with boils. Their livestock was affected. The last plague to fall on them was the firstborn male of all Egyptians was to be killed......including animals and the pharaoh's son. The Jews were Instructed by God to put lambs blood on the doorframes of their house so the Lord would pass over the houses of His people. I realize our God didn't need the blood on the doors to know where His people lived......but they were called to be obedient to our God. They had to obey or pay the consequence. Obedience isn't an option when we claim to love God. Well....Pharaoh finally took God serious and let His people go. He saw Gods glory and things happened in just the way and time God had planned. The Jews were no longer slaves In a strange land.....they were free to follow God.

Mass casualty comes to my mind here as all the plagues took place. There were far more people
affected than people to take care of them.....at least this is how I see it. In my experience, even in death, in the grieving process, people need compassion and someone to help them through it as well as when physical ailments happen. Did the Egyptians comfort each other? Did they realize Gods transcendence? Did they realize what the Moses  already knew? Here is what I do know.....God gets
His glory for Himself one way or another. He allows things to happen for His glory
alone......including mass casualties. He knows how we will react and how it will all work for good. Most of what God does is a mystery. All we have to do is trust that He knows what's best.....and in this trust we will have true peace in this life.