Differences Between Moses And Moses

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As an infant Moses was tossed into the river with no chance to live. During this time taskmasters ordered patrons to kill their baby if they had a boy and keep it if it were a girl. I find this interesting regarding the ancient Chinese; they believe in a similar method, but vice-versa. They believed if you had a boy you kept it and if you had a girl you killed it. It’s interesting seeing the same similarities within ancient Chinese and the time of Moses. But Moses already had God on his side. The daughter of the Pharaoh luckily picked him up, where she took pity on Moses. After, the daughter of the Pharaoh handed Moses off to a woman who nursed him, and Moses grew into a man. After working with sheep he had an encounter with God, and God told …show more content…

Someone should really condense the Bible and put all the good stuff into it; would make the whole Bible things a bit more pleasing. These different scriptures we’ve read this week, explain to us the foreshadowing God told to Moses. God tells them the evil within Egypt, and the future it holds. God tells the people that he is a jealous God, and when I say God tells the people, I mean he tells Moses then Moses tells the people, I just like to short it up a bit. Anyways, within the Bible there are diverse interpretations anyone can posses. As an infant Moses was tossed into the river with no chance to live. During this time taskmasters ordered patrons to kill their baby if they had a boy and keep it if it were a girl. I find this interesting regarding the ancient Chinese; they believe in a similar method, but vice-versa. They believed if you had a boy you kept it and if you had a girl you killed it. It’s interesting seeing the same similarities within ancient Chinese and the time of Moses. But Moses already had God on his side. The daughter of the Pharaoh luckily picked him up, where she took pity on Moses. After, the daughter of the Pharaoh handed Moses off to a woman who nursed him, and Moses grew into a man. After working with sheep he had an encounter with God, and God told him to go to the land of the Egypt. God wanted to redeem Moses for the hurt the Egyptians brought …show more content…

He tells them not to eat it raw or boil it, so the people know. It’s a memorial day, and a feast of the lord for the people. Personally I believe this is beautiful. I now understand how the people of this time believed these Holy Scriptures; they have hope engraved in them. We live in a Modern World, where we take so much for granted, we don’t step back and look at the bigger picture. God gave the people this day to believe and worship him, giving the people hope, faith, and reasoning. Although God brings those feelings towards the people he still has the ability to kill. He kills the sons of Egypt because they did not believe the power he has upon us. I find it uneasy hearing this from a Holy Scripture; hearing the words and the heartbreak the people of Egypt endeared. When I think of the word God I think of happiness, relieved, and a sense of

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