Exodus Essay

humanity in the salvific process. Gutiérrez claims that humanity moving towards a just human community is part of the process. Gutiérrez’ idea is further complicated with the addition of human activity. Humans play a small role in the creation and Exodus because it is the work of God that liberates them, but it is also the work of God that causes their suffering. God was the agent in the first part of the process, but that responsibility is on humanity now. Humanity is in the process of…

things in the Old Testament were written for our learning (Rm. 15:4) but we don’t need to practice everything that those under the old covenant practiced (1 Cor. 10:6, 11). The first occurrence of dancing in the Old Testament comes in the book of Exodus. The children of Israel had been delivered from Egyptian bondage by the mighty hand of Jehovah, and the Egyptians were destroyed in the Red Sea (Ex. 14:27-31). The song of Moses was sung by the children of Israel to extol and praise God for the…

been exhausted, war is justified (Land). Before the Israelite Exodus from Egypt, Moses asked multiple times for Pharaoh to set the Israelites free. Pharaoh consistently refused, occasionally allowing the Israelites to leave but retracting this release before they got away. Eventually, the plagues sent down from God led to the Israelites being let go, but the Egyptians pursued them into the Red Sea. While neither the plagues nor the Exodus were wars themselves, they were such drastic actions…

From the book of Exodus on, the biggest example of oppression is splattered across throughout the text. Starting in the Egyptian Empire, after Joseph died and all of his friends passed away, the Israelites were thrown into utter turmoil. They were in a position of comfort…

A male Hebrew would offer to work as a slave for a period of six years to pay off debts as explained in Exodus 21:2-6. Some of the slaves would go with their wives and after the lapse of their slavery period, they would leave with their families. In some cases, the masters would offer a wife to the slave, but she continued to be the property of the master…

nature and were in tune with its’ forces. They had the knowledge of herbs to create medicine and gave counsel since they were considered high esteemed healers and leaders in their communities. The Old Testaments, Exodus and Leviticus, had first condemned witches with the quotes, “Exodus 22:18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.” and “Leviticus 20:27 A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their…

Zac Sechler God defies the laws of Physics many times in the bible. One of the first examples is during the 10 plagues. The 7th plague (Exodus 9:13-35), which was a massive hailstorm. This hail needed a lot of momentum to destroy buildings. The bible said, “Give an order now to bring your livestock and everything you have in the field to a place of shelter, because the hail will fall on every man and animal that has not been brought in and is still out in the field, and they will die.” A lot of…

shows Indiana Jones on the search for the Ark of the Covenant. However, the Ark of the Covenant has been around much longer than 1981. According to the Bible, the Ark of the Covenant has been in existence since the time of Moses and the Israelites' exodus of Egypt. The Bible further explains the Ark was created according to instructions given to Moses by God. After its completion, the Ark was carried by its staves in advance of the people or headed into battle. It was considered holy ground, and…

If one of the parties should happen to fail in meeting their requirements, then the covenant is broken and neither side is required to fulfill their expectations. The term covenant is used many times throughout the book of Genesis and the book of Exodus. On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your…

observance without understanding the meaning of the covenant. I will also offer a definition of what a covenant is and how it is related to the law which the Jewish people practice and finely provide textual evidence from the book of Genesis 1: 29, Exodus 19:4 and Exodus 19:5 to prove that Jews do the law freely and lovingly because they are in a covenantal relationship with a loving God. The central concept of Judaism is the notion of covenant. In other words, the Jewish religious tradition…