Grandma Moses

‘’ The Black Stone of Ka’abah ’’ by Ivan Bunin Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord God, when I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but a famine for hearing the words of the Lord. And the people shall wander from sea to sea and from the north even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord inquiring for and requiring it as one requires food, but shall not find it. Prophet Amos 8: 11…

The retelling of the tale of Rama According to A.K. Ramanujan’s schema, the retelling is a mix of both iconic as well as indexical; however not symbolic. An iconic retelling is one that has the same or similar structure to the main story as well as a similar plot. we can see that in the video that the Rama story is extremely similar in structure and plot to the story of the American couple. Indexical retelling applies as well, seeing that the structure and plot are similar between the two…

Introduction The Ten Commandments or Decalogue refers to an arrangement of rules where the Jewish Bible depicts that they were offered to the people of Israel by the Lord at scriptural Mt. Sinai (Bendis & Maleev, 2010). The Decalogue are recorded in three versions, first is Exodus 20 version, second is Exodus 34 version and third is Deuteronomy 5 version (Bendis & Maleev, 2010). How the commandments shaped the community? The Decalogue turned into the real instrumental thing through which the…

Aaron the Mountain of Strength He was the son of Amram & Jochebed, but he was most known for being the eldest brother of the Egyptian prince, Moses. Aaron was a powerful speaker; his name rightly fit him as a mountain of strength, or teacher in some interpretations; Aaron was both. Even though Moses got the credit for freeing the Hebrews from bondage, Aaron was actually the spokesman during the rescue of God’s chosen people. Aaron was a godly man who became a high priest but like all, faltered…

know God it leaves man to depend on Moses, as he was the vessel for God’s demands during this time, and why Moses was so important for the Israelite people . With these laws innately comes the covenant between YHWH and Israel. It is a binding covenant, where YHWH and Israel are devoutly committed to each other purely based…

princess and Moses’ revelation about the circumstances surrounding his birth. In the bible the Egyptian princess finds Moses in a wicker basket while bathing in Nile. Saran writes that “this suggests that the mother deliberately selected the spot after observing the character and habits of this particular princess.” Moses’ sister Miriam, stood watch as the wicker basket journey down the river until it rest near the bathing princess. Then once the princess opened the basket and “took pity on”…

(Deffinbaugh, 2004). Also, after reading the story of Egypt bondage and exodus, and how the Lord used Moses in Egypt to speak to Pharaoh concerning the children of Israel (Fisher, 2014, p. 253). After doing some comparison and contrast concerning this story. Moses was sent to deliver the Israelites from bondage. Pharaoh wanted to keep the children of Israel…

the first pathway that they came to. When it became dark the gates closed, and the men were locked out of the gate. Before the men fell asleep, Rahab came up to them on the roof to talk to them. They had more privacy on the roof and no one would have likely heard their conversation. She realized that the spies did not come for the normal favors, but they told her about God and all He had done for them. Rahab trusted the spies and told them that after she had heard all about their…

She compares her journey to Job, David, Moses, and the Israelites. Her spiritual journey is paired with her constant referral to the bible. It is as if God is speaking to her through the bible. An example is when she and other people were crossing a river she would refer to Isaiah about God being…

Introduction There are various perceptions of salvation; including what it is and how it can be attained. In one of the most widely quoted passages of Acts, Luke lays out his belief of how salvation is found. He says: “Salvation is found in no-one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). This research undertakes a critical analysis of this biblical verse with a view to understanding and showing what its author might have meant and the…