Exodus Essay

This seems like an almost clever response by Jeroboam, but what is odd is that the exact same phrase and situation is raised by Aaron, Moses’s brother, in Exodus chapter 32 verse 4. Since this was clearly a major sin by Aaron, Jeroboam would not have simply been quoting him in front of the entire nation that would have known about this sin in Exodus. Some commentaries, for example the Pulpit Commentary, have used this text to support the idea that the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Old…

Chapter 3 begins with the story of Moses and the burning bush (Exodus 3:1-14). In revealing His mysterious name, YHWH (I AM WHO I AM), God says who He is and by what name He is to be called. This divine name is mysterious just as God is mystery. One of these is that since God is Being, He upholds and sustains all of creation and all creatures in being, enables them to act and brings them to their final end. Father Barron considers Anselm's "Ontological Argument", his description of God as that…

Biblical theology is the way a person interprets the bible. Interpreting the bible is an approach that concerns the understanding of earlier scriptures, knowledge of world history, and events and statements to understand the world we live in. The bible can also be analyzed as a big story, consisting of a setting, characters and plot. To understand biblical theology, one must first understand the bible as a whole. The Bible is a composition of 66 books by several authors in different time…

Benchmark Assignment: Ethical Dilemmas The issue of abortion has almost no equal in possessing the potential to polarize two sides of an issue, often resulting in high-emotion and on rare occasions leading to violent reactions including the bombing of abortion clinics and attacks on the doctors who perform them. The controversial issue was decided in the 1973 Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, which affirmed a woman’s right to have an abortion. However, the issue still remains unresolved in…

Christianity and Judaism are two monotheistic religions which although hold similar values on ethical teachings, maintain varying perspectives on controversial issues, dividing not only world religions but denominations and individuals as a whole. Bioethics refers to biomedical advancements and the faith-based beliefs and practices concerning the controversial matters of; abortion, euthanasia and in vitro fertilisation (IVF). In Christianity and Judaism, similarities and contrasts of beliefs and…

What is God to you? Is God the almighty, all-knowing, all-powerful being who watches over our every decision and action? Does God take a figure of a human, and walk amongst us, or is God only an imaginative being? In fact, God can be whatever people need him to be. Some of the biggest holy books which all portray a distinct type of God describing the way people should live their lives or the ways to everlasting life in heaven are the Bhagavad Gita, the Holy Bible, and the Quran. All these…

“Sometimes the blind can "see" more than the sighted”. Blindness is in all people, even if one has the ability to physically “see”. The blind may not have physical sight, but they have another kind of vision. Many people try to avoid “seeing” the truth in any way possible. “Oedipus the King” written by Sophocles was performed in 429 BC and is about the tragedy and irony of Oedipus’ life, having murdered his father and married his mother without any clue. The story focuses on Oedipus’ hubris and…

The liberation of slaves during the Civil War can be credited to multiple sources such as Abraham Lincoln, religious groups, and the slaves themselves. The Civil War, which took place during the years of 1861 to 1865, was a battle between the southern confederate states against the northern union states about whether the nation would remain whole. The main cause of the war was slavery; the issue was that the Union wanted to abolish slavery while the Confederates wanted to preserve slavery. On…

euthanasia not be a common practice in the health care systems throughout the world. The Bible contains passages indirectly relating to euthanasia in both Exodus 20:2-17; “the commandment states to love your neighbour, but to love your neighbour one should not stand by and watch another human suffer in pain and agony with no way out.” [9] And in Exodus 20:2-17’ “I am the LORD your God: you shall not have strange Gods before me.” [10] The reliance on respirators and artificial hearts is a form of…

Moses by God. You most likely learned them when a child; it is time to give yourself a refresher course. The Ten Commandments can be found in the Old Testament in the Book of Exodus, Chapter 20, and the Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 5.  Find a copy of the movie “The Ten Commandments” staring Charles Heston and live the book of Exodus in living color. Witness God’s interaction with sinful man. The movie is usually shown by one of the major television networks at Easter.  Memorize the Two Great…