PART VI: The Game
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How Far they had Fallen
Israel, led by their new morally grey leader, are freed from the confines of Egypt as they travel through the red sea leaving behind a drowned Egyptian army representing the large, yet powerless, force that Egypt had become. At the end of the climax they sing praises to YHWH. The people are getting a show, but the two main characters are becoming weary. YHWH is regreting starting the Game in the first place. So much death had now come as a result of the prophecy he uttered in the beginning. Which started the Game and gave the Serpent it's true power. Adam and Eve could have remained in an incubative state and allowed to grow in ways that didn't require things like war and infanticide. But his creation used the Logic, Love and Independance he gave them to make their choice. He knows he plays a part in the Game, a game he seems powerless to stop.
The Game
When the choice was made, the rules were that to get the humans back YHWH had to defeat the Serpent with his own creation. That's why the Serpent does what he does, he's trying to make it harder for YHWH to win. He does this by misleading the whole world into factions. By doing this he effectively makes war an obstacle to success. He makes death and destruction and general chaos an obstruction to victory. He does this while achieving his own purposes: to live through Men of Renown while YHWH fights his empire. That's why Eve said "the Serpent decieved me." Because the Serpent had an agenda. To commandeer the entire human race and live through all the awesome lives possible through our eyes.
So, when YHWH said that Eve's "seed" will bruise the Serpent in the head, he is saying that he will emerge victorious. However this is only after a bruise to her seed's heel. This is essentially YHWH saying, "You will win battles, but not the war." This is because he calls his creation "good" as in "not evil" in Genesis 1 which is a cornerstone of the while Bible Document. But when the Serpent is playing the Game, he will make sure YHWH cannot achieve his goals without some sort of hinderence. The story to this point has been a series of chess moves by two clear opponents. YHWH and the Serpent.
The Draconian Curse
Moses was half evil because he was half Egyptian in the story. This represents all the darkness that the Serpent had put together to defend against the Light to that point. Moses contained HALF of it. However Moses also contained the traits of Joseph and the Ornate Bloom. This clash of genetic traits created a super leader who had the ability to make decisions like destroying entire civilizations. Moses was both a blessing and a curse. He could create entire systems of law and thought outside the box. This was likely from his Egyptian roots which came from the Serpent. Unfortunately, the ways of the Egyptians were very class based. Because of this we have to assume that Moses indeed has both YHWH and the Serpent within him. What comes out is a mix of religious philosophy, government, hygiene and various other concepts that were revolutionary for his time. However the pride of Moses was great, so he enforced it upon his people like a tyrannical dictator. Moses should be considerd no better than men like Draco of Athens. A visionary, but also a force of tyranny. Moses was an early cult leader and YHWH needed him to fulfil his own words and win the Game with the pieces given.
YHWH decides to take little part in the Draconian leadership of the Half Blood. He chooses to give him 10 basic laws of which to start off with knowing that Moses would exponentially expand them. This was the creation of the Jewish Oral Law of which Moses truely believed was from YHWH and wrote it down as such. However the laws are obviously his own and do not entirely reflect the values of the YHWH character in whole.
The Arena
YHWH is depicted as not really being happy at all. He is questioning the whole mission while Moses tells him everything is going to be alright and that they had a job to do. Moses was eager to command the new Hebrew/Egyptian Nation of Israel to make a name for themselves. However the task at hand was to take a rag tag group of recent mind controllees lead by a possible madman into the world of the Serpent. YHWH's frustration throughout the story and subsequant actions are a window into the subconscious mind of what Moses refered to as God who came to him and spoke to him as a burning bush. Stumbling, but alive and with an army, YHWH enters the Arena, Bronze Age style.
-Sab