Robert Moses

and He is perfectly able to see it through. He chose His people, the Israelites, and through many miracles, God proved to the them that He alone is God and there is no other. God disclosed in Exodus that sin does not go unpunished, because even Moses, with all he did to lead the people to the Promised Land, did not get to enter it himself. He struck the rock…

Israelites break God’s commandments by worshiping the golden calf. Though God delivered the Israelites from slavery in Egypt through several trials and tribulations, this was still not enough for them to follow his commandments. As a result, God condones Moses’ decision to let the Levites kill 3,000 Israelites. It seems unsettling for god to on the one hand permit genocide and on the other hand help people enjoy the benefits of earth. However, this act serves as a form of ethnic cleansing. It is…

Nyssan in The Life of Moses gives a synopsis of the life of Moses, which is primarily recorded in the book of Exodus. He argues that nothing dead can be in the presence of God, because “sandaled feet cannot ascend to that height where the light of truth is seen,” as only the living can ever be in the presence of the Lord. Nyssan argues that the presence of God is holy ground, which is the reason that Moses is commanded to take off his sandals in the presence of the burning bush. Nyssa goes on…

It is not surprising that there are differences between the biblical tribes and Greek warriors when it comes to how they live their life and show respect and honor; after all they lived in a different time period and in separate parts of the world. In the Book of Joshua, deceit is shown in both good and bad forms when Rahab, the prostitute, helps protect the messengers from not being killed by lying to the King of Jericho. Being a prostitute is considered unholy so Rahab is showing that she can…

of imagery given by Edward P. Jones in the passage. For example, “When he, Moses, finally freed himself of the ancient and brittle harness that connected him to the oldest mule his master owned, all that was left of the sun was a five inch- long memory of red orange laid out in still waves across the horizon between the two mountains on left and one on the right.” This quote gives us information on what kind of job Moses has. He was to guide the mule to plow the field. It also gives us…

Challenging Destiny “He knew he was a tithe from the time he was little. ‘You're special,’ his parents had always told him. ‘Your life will be to serve God, and mankind,’” (Shusterman 31). From the very beginning, this has been Lev’s destiny. He is the star student and athlete of his family of twelve, and he has always known that his supreme purpose is to sacrifice himself for God through unwinding, a process where his body parts and organs are separated to be used as replacements for others,…

God is teaching the Israelites a lesson through allowing them to go against his wishes and having a king of his choice. This lesson can be seen through the two kings in the books, Saul and David. These kings are very different and their lives teach a lesson about Israel’s relation with God. God knows his people are rejecting him as their ruler, therefore he decides to teach them a lesson through allowing them to have a secular king. He tells Samuel to forewarn the people about having a king…

There is no question that the ancient Israelites were easily distracted and worshiped deities other than Yahweh. However, how they got to the point of idolism and the consequences of it are a less know fact in today’s world. Also, the general understanding of the specific practices and who all was a part of this idolism in ancient Israel has become more clear with recent discoveries. Unfortunately, because this is of ancient Israel’s culture not everything is obvious and many artifacts and much…

1. The book of Deuteronomy began at the end of when Moses had passed on which has him “giving the law.” It was introduced twice in two different parts of the book. There are two major keywords – Listen and Love. In Hebrew listen means more than just listening to what you hear it also means responding. In other words, for Israel, it means responding to God’s grace and obeying the laws of the covenant. While love is the true motivation for listening and obeying the laws. Israel will not obey…

We see an early example shaker culture when Mr. Tanner gives young Robert the pig for help and apron with the calving. Mr. Haven and Robert are fixing the fence when Mr. Tanner brings the pig Roberts father states about accepting the pig “we thank you brother Tanner but it’s not the shaker way to take frills for being neighborly” (P 21). I think this shows that in the shaker culture they feel that is not right to accept a gift or payment for doing the right thing in any given situation are…