Grandma Moses

Form: The author, first, calls upon God by His vocative name of Elohim. Second, he makes his complaint known about how the other nations have taken precedence over the Israelites or “the heathen are come into thine inheritance” (KJV). Third, he makes pleas to Yahweh to change their disasters in v. 5-6. Fourth, the author pleas for Yahweh to act on their behalf in v. 9-10. Finally, he ends by giving praise and trust in God to take care of His people in v.13. v.1— “God, the heathen are come into…

12-50) As these people prosper, though, they begin to turn away from God. It is during this time that they fall on hard times while in Egypt. God decides it’s time for a new covenant to “refresh” his relationship with his chosen people. He calls on Moses, the first prophet, or speaker for God, to deliver the Israelites from Egypt. As they are in the wilderness, God creates this fourth covenant the Sinai Covenant. Israel becomes God’s chosen people, and are given the Ten Commandments, along with…

child and calling him Moses. In Exodus 3, Moses saw an Egyptian beating his fellow Hebrew and Moses killed the Egyptian. Because of this, his fled to Midian. After Moses helped the shepherds there, the priest gave Moses his daughter. She, Zipporah, gave…

Author of Salvation As one of the most well-known names from the Bible, Moses’ story is one of faith and frustration. The basic of retold stories of Moses focus on the job he had to help set God’s people free from their enslavement in Egypt. At first look, he seems to be but a story within the Bible while other “characters” get much more focus and fame when in reality, with some further reading in the Bible, one will find Moses’ story had so much more take place and offered much more to analyze…

In this video a team attempts to rebuild the flood boat of Noah, utilizing inscriptions from ancient clay tablets. From the book of genius of the bible, God asked Noah to build a boat. It is stated that this was a platform for ultimate disasters. But they questioned where did the idea come from, Based on antique tablet, far older than the bible it retailing a story far different than that of Noah’s. The idea is that of a basket boat, to recreate this vessel they travelled to marsh lands of…

mountains and the hills and other inanimate objects as witnesses due to their roles as witnesses to the covenant, the mountains have been associated before in the Old Testament as "closer" to God due to the proximity to heaven, such as Mount Sinai where Moses received the gift of the Ten Commandments from God and the imagery in the New Testament when Jesus delivers the Beatitudes on the Mount. Ezekiel 36 also makes references to the use of mountains as witnesses or listeners, when the "Son of…

both Moses and Noah. The Lord spoke to and influenced Moses and Noah, which changed how they saw themselves as individuals and how they contributed to their society. This was expressed in the Bible, and has been retold numerous times, most recently in movies such as The Ten Commandments, Prince of Egypt, Noah and Exodus: Gods and Kings. When God came to Moses, Moses initially resisted the role as leader. With the 10 plagues he brought upon Egypt, God showed Moses his power he had and Moses…

12) Sending a great man into a famine filled country seems wrong. I know that he has this glorious plan for later. I am just bothered that he had to pretend his wife was his sister, not ok. You sent this man here to do all these great things and mean come on. 13) There was plagues to get rid of a bad Pharaoh? Than boom Abram is rich as can be. Just raise your eyes and look this is all yours and your babies. 14) Something that was confusing in the bible was when 20 names of kings are listed. I…

When reading books from the Old Testaments it is easy to want to skip over them. They are full of turmoil and judgement. But when taking a closer look there are some major themes that emerge. Even today these themes are noticeable. We see the themes of Idolatry, social injustices, and religious ritualism. It is easy to assume that these are all issues from the bible times only, but they are very present in today’s society. Israel struggled to worship God, if they couldn't see him how…

The three periods of Moses’s life were as follows, Moses, born a son of a Hebrew slave rescued by Pharaoh’s daughter and later adopted by her. Moses, became a prince in Pharaoh’s palace, he later escaped to the desert of Midian as a result of killing an Egyptian. Moses married, became a shepherd and disconnected from his home and family in Egypt. While Moses tended the flock God called Moses from a burning bush and commissioned him to lead the people of Israel out of bondage. In Exodus 3:2…