Exodus Essay

Justice: The God of the Bible is a just God in that He has complete authority over everything He created. God’s justice is reflected in His law. ------------------------------------------------- Read Exodus 20:1-21 & Matthew 22:37-40. What are the characteristics of God in these passages? Exodus 20:1-21 Tells how god is a jealous God no one should worship other gods or images or status in his place. It tells you not to use God’s name in vain. God wants his children to follow the Ten…

and similar legal codes is that even though the Hebrews mostly focus on morality, there is still evidence within the Hebrew Scriptures of the ideas that justice can still involve those related to the perpetrator and can still involve retribution. In Exodus for instance, the second commandment mentions how the Hebrew God will punish the descendants of those who worship graven images of their Lord. While this is about a godly entity punishing the perpetrator’s relations and not necessarily the…

Heavy metal emerged in the 60s/70s and popularly became known simply as a “heavier” type of rock. At this time its audience was a relatively small, dedicated and homogenous subculture. However, the theatricality, noise and subversive themes that defined metal soon gained worldwide attention due to the genre’s divergence from the type of music popular at the time. Heavy metal was provocative in its very nature, and thus incited strong reactions from its listeners, whether positive or negative…

Klusendorf argues through a biblical standpoint that abortion is immoral from multiple standpoints. He starts with discussing whether if the Bible being silent allows it by default, clears up his views on what he considers human beings, and ends with an examination on the pro-choice interpretation of a Bible passage. His first point is that we should know that abortion is wrong because we are treating other humans unjustly by doing so. Racists are then given as an example, who had used…

Israelites in these two books is the main message that every reader should notice and ponder it. As an individual, the books of Ezra and Nehemiah had given us the materials to reflect on what Israel been through as a nation. Right after the story of the exodus, we were able to be the witness on how many the ups and down moments of Israel in living as God’s chosen nation. There are times when the people were doing it so good in becoming God’s possession that ended up in victory…

After the family moved, Annie’s, “reading had taken a new turn.” Most of the books Annie read had a common theme, a source of imagination, considering most books in the 1950’s were about the past war- World War II. Annie read Leon Uris’s Exodus and Mila 18 about the Warsaw ghetto. She read Hersey’s The Wall, also about the Warsaw Ghetto. She read Time magazine as well as Life, and the Look- all which primarily discussed the events of World War II. Now more mature, so, too, was Annie’s…

When Moses was called to lead his people out of slavery, he received very clear cut and explicit instructions. How did he respond? Exodus 3:11 says, “But Moses said to God, ‘Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?’” God responded to Moses by working several miracles through him and yet Moses replies in Exodus 4:13, “Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone…

In the 2002 movie, Left Behind 2: Tribulation Force, an angel of the Lord appeared to the two main characters at the Wailing Wall, prior to launching a plan against the antichrist and said, “May the glory of the Lord be upon you” (Van Heerden & Lalonde, 2002, scene 12). While the characters in the movie comprehended what the angel of the Lord was communicating, the average viewer, more than likely, did not. As the movie unfolded to the climactic end, fairly obvious was how the magnificence of…

When John is baptizing The Lamb of God accompanies him and he knows this because he sees “the Spirit coming down and resting” (John 1:33) When he sees this in John 1: 29 he says, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” A lamb embodies moral characteristics that we can compare to Jesus. Jesus spends his time on earth doing all his deeds for our Father God. Jesus is the ultimate sacrifice by God, and for all of us. Jesus is the Lamb of God, he holds the characteristics of a…

Spiritually is defined as the power of being concerned with religious matters. I am the youngest kid of a large family of six people with Catholic, Muslim and Protestants. Even though my parents were religious, God and, the Bible were not engaged at all. So, I grew up without knowing what the church was and the bible also. I believe God is wonderful and everything he does is fair and good. Every day of my life is considered a blessing and a victory because not everyone makes it to the following…