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Submitted by drdover on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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Who Is Moses
by: Stephen R. Smith
The assigned topic was, “Who is Moses?” Hearing such a request, the mind reaches for it’s recall and brings from its memory all stored facts. If asked, the greater part of the United States (if not the world) could produce some portion of an answer. Whether their faith be Christian or not is of no concern. Thanks to television, each year during the season of Easter/Passover we are able to view Mr. Hesston in the “Ten Commandments. Not to forget the children, we have an animated movie, “Prince of Egypt”. With each, Moses has been lifted higher and higher. He becomes larger than life, to the point it becomes as if God had no choice but to call on Moses. What about Moses the man? If we strip away the theatrical hype, what do we have left? Using biblical accounts as a guide, we attempt to view Moses. Moses, the man called by God.
The book of Exodus introduces us to Moses. The Israelites had remained in Egypt after the death of Joseph. To this point in the bible, I am led to believe they remained there because they were comfortable. This situation changed with a new Egyptian King. The new Pharaoh viewed the Hebrew population as a threat. They were a threat to Egypt’s national security. The fact that the Israelites were providing labor and building storage cities was lost on this Pharaoh.
“The scope of the population explosion of the Israelites in Egypt is emphasized by the five descriptive verbs and adjectives in the Hebrew of verse seven. The expression “multiplied greatly” (sharats, meaning to teem, swarm or multiply) is not usually applied to humans, but to creatures such as frogs or fish. (Holdcroft pg108)
The first attempt at population control changed the way the Israelites were viewed and how they viewed themselves. They emerged as slaves. Assigned tasks changed to “forced labor”. The Pharaoh’s plan seemed to be work them until they were too tired. When...
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