Moses

The story of Moses leading the Hebrews out of Egypt has been told numerous times through various media, including film. Without fail, Ramesses II is almost always portrayed as the unnamed pharaoh of the Exodus. He is often regarded as Egypt’s greatest and most powerful pharaoh. Born in 1302 BC, he was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is the second child of Seti I and Queen Tuya, and his only known sibling is Princess Tia. At fourteen years old, Ramesses was appointed…

How would we, as Christians, live our lives without the Bible? The Bible plays a key aspect in our roles as Christians. Specific Bible stories and topics such as Mt. Sinai, Moses, God’s covenants to us, and the martyrdom of Stephen give us a clear understanding that even though God is not physically present in the world today, He still uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things under His name. The Bible is crucial for us as Christians, for it is a constant reminder that we truly do serve…

After the passing of one of Israel’s greatest leaders Joshua, Moses predecessor took charge as chief in command of the Israelites. God used Moses not only to lead Israel in his ways and commands, but to also transform Joshua into an extraordinary leader and a spokesman for God. For forty years Joshua followed Mosses as his predecessor. Joshua was a brilliant military leader and strong spiritual influence in training. Joshua’s first experience as a military general came in the battle with Amalek…

area named Goshen, in the northeast Nile delta. His father’s name was Nun. Nun was a slave like his fellow Hebrews. Nun’s son’s birth name was Hosea; today we know this slave by a name that was given to him by his mentor Moses. Nun’s son received his new name of “Joshua” from Moses that means “the Lord is Salvation”; Being born a Hebrew slave in Egypt meant that as a slave Joshua man belonged to a class of people that would never be allowed to advance in the society. Joshua would have been…

the children of Israel took all their riches and saved their female virgins whom they held captives (Numbers 31:1-54). The Bible later told us that the five Midianite kings who died in the hands of Moses were the princes of Sihon, the Amorite king who reigned in Heshbon who was previously defeated by Moses. When king Sihon conquered the territories of Moab, he did not eliminate their kings, but rather had them served as kings in these territories which was then part of his kingdom (Joshua…

The Exodus was the event that happened when God sent Moses to free His people, the Israelites, from the bondage of the ancient Egyptians (Exodus 3:10). The Exodus consisted of plagues, each sent because the Pharaoh refused to let the Israelites be free from their oppression (Ex. 7.4-7). The Israelites were enslaved by the Egyptians because there was a rapid increase of the number of Israelites and the Egyptians were worried that the Israelites would turn against them and attempt to take over (Ex…

Prince of Egypt will go down in history as a cinematic biblical epic that stays true to the core elements of the original story but still took the necessary liberties to make it entertaining and emotionally involving for its audience. The story of Moses delivering his people from the Pharaoh is perhaps the most adapted story in the Bible. There have been numerous films…

This is not to imply that he is unfair to his people as this story demonstrates God’s righteousness as he delivers the Israelites out of Egypt. Additionally, even after those facing unjust treatment from the Pharaoh and his officials refuted against Moses help and doubted God due to increase of injustice, God remained with the Israelites. “You have brought us into bad odor with Pharaoh and his officials, and have put a sword in their hand to kill us” (Exodus…

Story of Jonah. In the Crossing of the Red Sea, the painting depicts Moses both parting the red sea for the Hebrew people to flee from the pharos’s army, and Moses unparting the Red Sea to stop the army from following the Hebrew people. In the piece, the iconic image in the scene would be Moses and God’s hand, while the narrative image would be the depiction of the parting, and unparting of the Red Sea. For the iconic image, when Moses is depicted doing supernatural feats pared with God’s hand,…

unjustly punishes the Israelites for Moses and his brother Aaron’s attempt to liberate them. He proclaims, “I will not give…