The relationship Moses has with the Lord would be one most Christian people would love to have. Moses relationship with the Lord is one not only of worship but one of friendship. They conversed with each other on a give and take relationship with Moses even being able to question the Lord on some of the things he feels are not right and the Lord answers him. They speak to one another how we speak to our best friends. This was not a common occurrence even during Moses time. It was a special relationship and one respected by the others who left Egypt with Moses.
Exodus is a narrative literary genre. It tells the story of Moses leading the chosen people out of Egypt and the trails they faced not only trying to leave but the tribulations they had once they had left on their way to the chosen land. The narratives give many stories of Gods strengths and how he works through the person he has chosen. It also gives stories on faith and how those who have faith in the God can and do overcome the many hardships and perils they faced if they believe in him and his word. The particular text I cover here Exodus thirty-three verse twelve through twenty-three explains how personal the relationship between Moses and the Lord is. These verses stay in context with the verses before and after because they all explain how close of a relationship Moses and The Lord had. The verses also explains how God singled out Moses to speak to him personally not only in the tent but also at Mt. Saini when he was to inscribe the Ten Commandments again.
A word that continually comes up in the verses I will cover here is Favor. Merriam Webster defines the word favor as “friendly regard shown toward one another especially by a superior. This seems to be ho...
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... I know in a voice that can be heard and does not show his physical form to anyone I know either.
This text has made me reflect more on what my personal relationship with God is. It made me realize that saying I am a Christian and that I know God is different than having a truly one on personal relationship with God. I have not taken much time since I been grown to try to develop a relationship with God and I should invest more time with that just as I do the other aspects of my life that I find important. This will make me more serious about my relationship with God and not let my issues with the church stop me from doing this on my own.
In closing, these verses explain the relationship that Moses and The Lord had throughout Moses times serving The Lord. They also show how each of us should strive to build a personal relationship with the Lord in our own lives.
Today, his works are still considered as some of the most important in religious history. Moses was chosen by god to lead, guide, and provide an outline that the Jewish people could adhere to. After his demise, the Egyptian Jewish population grieved for three days because of the grief and pain they bore, and to show respect and pay homage for the tremendous contributions he made to the people of the region. His work has also influenced Roman, Jewish, and Western Cultures by providing a framework to the development of various religions. Regardless of what religion one choses to follow, there is a high probability that it stems partially from the work of
Sinai for forty days and forty nights. God gave Moses tools and guidelines for the Israel people. However the Hebrew people of Israel were becoming impatient and began disobeying the laws God created. God became enraged and Moses begged the lord to forgive the people. Because of Moses’s cries God gives the people a chance to change their wrongful choices. However they finally remembered where they began, as the slaves in Egypt, ending carrying the tabernacle they had built for god. Exodus is an excited story of God’s guidance that begins in gloom and ends in
The Exodus of the Israelites is the equivalent to our present day Fourth of July or Bastille Day to the French. Israelite writers discuss the Exodus the most out of any other event in history. The story of the Exodus is one of the most famous stories of the Old Testament. Three of the most significant aspects of the story of Exodus are the call of Moses, the use of plagues as miracles, and the Passover.
When God first approaches Moses in the form of a burning bush, God says “I have witnessed the affliction of my people in Egypt and have heard their cry of complaint against their slave drivers, so I know well what they are suffering. Therefore I have come down to rescue them from the hands of the Egyptians and lead them out of that land into a good and spacious land,” (Exodus 3:7). Moses however, questioned God’s judgement, saying, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and lead the Israelites out of Egypt?” (Exodus 3:11). Moses continues to question God throughout the rest of the chapter, but eventually begins his journey to rescue his
He was a leader in Lexington and a dynamic character in this novel. Moses made it clear that he did not want any accidents or casualties in his community. Ironically he was one of the first casualties in the war. Moses stated, “Strong feelings demand strong words.” (Fast 31) He was passionate about his religion and about the kind of man he wanted to be.
Exodus is the second of the five “books of Moses” that tells the story of the Exodus of Israelites from Egypt through the Sinai Desert. When Moses was born, the Israelites were oppressed by the Egyptian Pharaoh and bound to a harsh life of labor taking part in building some of the great public works of Egypt such as the pyramids, fortresses, and installations to regulate the flow of the Nile River. For fear that the Israelite population would continue to increase, the Pharaoh insisted that every male Hebrew child would be killed at birth. Ironically, during this oppressive period, Moses, the “future deliverer of Israel”, was born. To protect his life, his mother sent him down the Nile in a specially woven ark. He was found by the Pharaoh’s daughter who took him in and, to add to the irony, she hired his mother to be his foster nurse. The baby boy grew up and was adopted into the Pharaoh’s household and named Moses. His name is derived from the Egyptian root “mose” meaning “son”, but in the Bible, it is said to hale from the Hebrew root meaning “drawn out of the water.”
The “Moses Soliloquy” poem by Doug Tanoury is a dramatic retelling of Moses’ actions in the Exodus Story and Moses reflecting on the greatness of God. One reference to the Bible is lines 1-6 which references the burning bush passage in the Bible (Exodus 3:1-4). The poem continues its story by telling how the voice (God) speaking to Moses and the fear that Moses must have felt. Lines 12-23 also expand on how Moses stepped up to the gigantic responsibility given to him. In addition to these references, Tanoury also references the Pharaoh who has held the Israelites captive as slaves in the land of Egypt. Finally, The poem references (Lines 30-36) the workings of God in the journey to the Promised Land such as the providing of manna and water
This section of exodus focuses on Moses, an Israelite who was raised as an Egyptian, who has fled from Egypt after the Pharaoh tried to kill him for killing an Egyptian man. By Exodus 3:1 Moses is married to Zipporah daughter of Jethro who gives him a job working as a shepherd. While tending to his animals Moses arrives at Horeb also known as Mount Sinai or the Mountain of God. Here Moses has his first theophany with God in the form of a burning bush. During this passage God talks to Moses telling him what he needs to do: go to Egypt and convince the Pharaoh to let the Egyptians go by performing a series of miracles. What god is asking Moses to do is intimidating. At this time the Pharaoh was the ruler of Egypt who had a powerful army and the Israelite’s weren’t going to be easy to convince that God sent him. Despite the “signs” Moses is reluctant to take the role beca...
Like Odysseus, Moses was at one with the gods. In Moses' case it was only
Elaborated on throughout the course of the Hebrew Bible, the literary pattern that appears to be both present and prevalent is the idea of “Exile and Restoration.” This first comes to achieve predominance early on in Genesis; where Adam and Eve – having been deceived by the Serpent into partaking of the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, against God’s express wishes – are soon discovered, cursed by God himself, and are henceforth banished from the Garden of Eden indefinitely; exiting to the East, and later returning from the West. Further circumstances where this duality becomes more clear follow Abraham’s original Covenant with God, leading onto the story of Moses – who kills an Egyptian quarreling with a Hebrew, and, in turn, flees to avoid the Pharaoh’s wrath; only to come into contact with God and be granted his next holy mission, recounted in the Book of Exodus – in which Moses liberates
The relationship between God and Moses is effectively highlighted by the powerful simile of the Lord speaking to Moses “as one speaks to a friend”. It is immediately revealed that their relationship transcends the norm of God’s altercations with his people. Ultimately,
The events that took place at Mount Sinai are a central theme to Judaism and remain one of the most important events in the Jewish faith. The events that took place at Mount Sinai must be considered from each and every possible viewpoint, to truly understand just how important those events were to Judaism and the people that follow the religion. The stage itself in which the events took place on, are near unimaginable, as they take into account some of the most powerful scenery in all of the world. God’s actual presence with Moses on the mountain paralleled this to the same extreme, where this very moment would forever change the relationship that Jews would maintain with their
This verse taught me that we should put God first in our plans and lives, no matter how menial they may seem. This was also a well-learned lesson for myself concerning where I stood in my personal walk with the Lord. Living my life thus far has shown me that I couldn’t have ever made it as far as I have, without my growing faith and my love for Jesus.
... people. It also shows the dependence of people on God. Moses was a man of courage who sought to see the face of the God. He received the laws of the lord and made sacrifices for them when they sinned. Moses acted as a mediator between Yahweh and his people (Woolfe).
Tarwater explains that even through the small snippet of information how “the God we serve in the New Testament is the same God who worked on behalf of the people of Israel in Exodus.” Through the last chapters, I began to appreciate Jesus’ teachings and the correlation to the commandments of the Old Testament. Before this book, reading through the Old Testament did not bring about the importance within the books of Leviticus or Numbers. However, the author’s strong statement “the laws were meant to demonstrate how obedience and holiness were to permeate every aspect of the people’s lives” highlights the nature of the Bible to be a continual work highlighting God’s mercy and forgiveness. Digging deeper into the context of the stories through the author’s visual narrative that I could see how the theme of each book extended into another. Ultimately, the book of Leviticus is clarified with the realities of how sinful the people are and why God had to ultimately bring to earth His son to take away our