Israelites

As I began to read The Gift of the Jews I automatically saw the authors perspective on all of humanity. He says within the first sentences of his book that the Jews started it all, and by “it” he means everything we value as a society, everything that nonetheless makes us human. As the book progresses he goes on to talk about the story of the bible, from Egypt to Babylon all while interconnecting everything to the Jews or their version of the bible. Thomas Cahill begins his book with…

What would you do if God appeared to you and randomly asked you to be his servant and to complete the impossible? Most of us would probably fail out of pure disbelief or lack of faith. God did so to 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…

Genesis 45: 1-28, the other Esau’s forgiveness of Jacob ends on a bittersweet note. Despite having forgiven Jacob’s deception, Esau and Jacob’s brotherly relationship is never fully repaired. Both subsequently establish their own civilizations, the Israelites (Jacob) and the Edomites (Esau). Whereas, in the account of Joseph’s forgiveness of his brothers, the audience sees that all of the parties involved genuinely forgive one another. Within the whole narrative of Joseph’s tale, it can be…

Numbers – This is the story of the journey into the wilderness. It was written 1444-1406 BC. The author for this was Moses by all accounts. This is a story that shows what happens to the Israelites after they left Egypt and because they were did not believe that God was going to keep his promise to them, they ended up in the wilderness for thirty-eight years. The book is broke down into first and second generations. Moses had twelve spies to go seek out the land Canaan, but when they came back…

King uses loaded words to demonstrate his professionalism. King then alludes to the Bible, specifically the book of Exodus. In this book Moses frees the children of Israel from slavery in Egypt. However, upon his arrival Moses discovers that the Israelites do not wish to be saved because they have become accustomed to slavery.…

JOSHUA Joshua was born in Egypt and he is considered the author of this book. Although there is debate on the time this book was written, if one accepts the late date of Moses, Joshua would be placed at about 1300 – 1190 B.C. His name means “The Lord Is Salvation” or “Salvation of the Lord.” Furthermore, he is spoken of as the minister of Moses – Exodus 24:13, serving Moses during the 40 years in the wilderness. He became the successor of Moses in leading the conquest of Canaan after Moses death…

Exodus is a Latin word (derived from the Greek) that means "exie; or ((departure/; and describes the greatest miracle in the Old Testament record oflsrael's history- the "going out" from Egypt and slavery_ While the story of the Israelites began with Abraham in Genesis, Exodus is the history oftheir early years as God's chosen nation, committed to him according to the terms of the Mosaic covenant given at Mount Sinai, the book of Exodus was not intended to exist separately, but was thought of…

judgment of Canaan’s descendants would be fulfilled just how Noah prophesied it would. This judgment would even be delayed for an extra forty years because of Israel’s initial refusal to go in and conquer the land the land of Canaan. This caused the Israelites to wander in the desert until that generation died off. Actually, what appeared as a delay was no delay at all but simply God’s grace. God in His mercy always sends signposts of coming judgment before it happens. Noah preached in his day…

Her culture very different from the Israelites. Before Ruth became a widow could you imagine the influence that Naomi must have had on her for her to give so selflessly? In The Book of Ruth, it stated that Ruth was young. The guidance that Naomi as a mother taught Ruth had to give some influence…

Samuel was Israel’s spiritual advisor a prophet sent by God. There was no king over Israel at the time of Samuel (the priest). The Israelites wanted to be like the other nations with a ruler to govern, guide them, to protect and fight their battles. Samuel sons was not worthy to rule the Israelites, they were drunkards, dishonest, and a no nonsense type of judgement. (“1 Samuel 8:5 5 and said unto him, behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like…