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Moses
Moses is the most important prophet in Judaism and is also important in Christianity and Islam. Moses led the Israelites out of their slavery in Egypt, miraculously crossing a divided Red Sea. At Mount Sinai he received the Ten Commandments. He led the Israelites through 40 years of desert wandering and finally to the Promised Land. He died there, within sight of his goal, at the age of 120.
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Did Moses respond with faith was he obedient?
The Israelites often disobeyed God. Repeatedly, God sent prophets to them in order to warn them of the consequences of the sins they had fallen into and to call them back to Himself. There were always a holy remnant who obeyed God, no matter how sinful the majority became.
Abraham, tenth generation descendant of Noah, of Hebrew lineage, was the son of Terah, uncle of Lot, father of Isaac, grandfather of Jacob, and ancestor of the Israelites. His story is in Genesis ch.11 (end), through ch.25. Jewish tradition states that he was the first to teach belief in One God; and it is in his merit that Jews continue to exist (Genesis 18:19, and ch.17).
According to tradition, Abraham founded Judaism, and Moses later received the Torah from God.
Abraham (18th century BCE) came from ancestry that had been God-fearing a couple of centuries earlier but had afterwards slipped into idolatry (Joshua 24:2). Nimrod, the idolatrous tyrant, had brought Abraham's father (Terah) from the Semitic ancestral seat near the conjunction of the Balikh and the Euphrates, and instated him in a position of power in his army in the royal Babylonian city of Ur, where Abraham was born. Nimrod persecuted any who would question his idolatrous cult.
The Kuzari (Rabbi Judah HaLevi, 1075-1141) states that Abraham was gifted with high intelligence; and, as Maimonides (1135-1204) describes, Abraham didn't blindly accept the ubiquitous idolatry. The whole populace had been duped, but the young Abraham contemplated the matter relentlessly, finally arriving at the conclusion that there is One God and that this should be taught to others as well. This is what is meant by his "calling out in the name of the Lord" (Genesis ch.12). As a young man, he remonstrated with passersby in public, demonstrating to them the falsehood of their idols; and our tradition tells how he was threatened and endangered by Nimrod.
Subsequently, Terah relocated to Harran; and it is here that Abraham began to develop a circle of disciples (Rashi commentary, on Genesis 12:5).
Later, God told Abraham in prophecy to move to the Holy Land, which is where Abraham raised his family.
He continued his contemplations, eventually arriving at the attitudes and forms of behavior which God later incorporated into the Torah given to Moses. Abraham taught disciples (Talmud, Yoma 28b), gave tithes (Genesis ch.14), strove to raise a family (Genesis ch.15, 17, and 24) which would serve God (Genesis 18:19), made a covenant with God (Genesis ch.15 and 17), welcomed guests into his home (Genesis ch.18) unlike the inhospitable Sodomites (Genesis ch.19), prayed for people (Genesis ch.18), rebuked others when necessary (Genesis ch.20), eulogized and buried the deceased (Genesis ch.23), and fulfilled God's will unquestioningly (Genesis ch.22). He became renowned as a prince of God (Genesis 23:6).
All of these forms of behavior were based upon the ways of God, which Abraham comprehended through his contemplations. These, and similar personality traits, were the teachings of Abraham and his descendants.
It is therefore clear why God expresses His love for Abraham (Isaiah 41:8) and calls Himself the God of Abraham (Genesis 26:24), and says that Abraham obeyed Him fully (Genesis 26:5). And this is why, according to our tradition, Abraham is credited with having begun the religion which became known as Judaism. However, Abraham and his descendants observed their traditions voluntarily, until the Giving of the Torah to Moses 3325 years ago, when God made it obligatory.
Moses was born 245 years after the death of Abraham. Pharaoh had decreed that Israelite boys be killed (Exodus ch.1), but the daughter of Pharaoh took pity on the infant Moses (Exodus ch.2) and raised him as her own son. He was forced to flee after killing a cruel Egyptian taskmaster, and went to Midian, where he wedded the daughter of Jethro. He eventually achieved the highest level of prophecy (Deuteronomy ch.34) and was called upon by God (Exodus ch.3). He brought the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery (Exodus ch.12). He received the Torah from God (Exodus 24:12) and later recorded it in writing (Deuteronomy 31:24). He went up on Mount Sinai for 40 days and nights (Deuteronomy ch.9-10) and brought down the Two Stone Tablets with the Ten Commandments (Exodus 31:18). He brought the Israelites into the covenant with God (Exodus ch.19 and ch.24), and he oversaw the building of the Tabernacle (Exodus ch.35-40). He was the humblest of men and the greatest of prophets (Numbers ch.12).
How is moses and Jesus story's alike?
The similarity between the Jesus of the gospels and Moses in the Old Testament comes about because the gospel authors, most notably the author of Matthew, wrote accounts that emphasised the similarity. They clearly believed that if Jesus could be shown to be similar to Moses then that would confirm his greatness.
Some of the evangelists missed opportunities, or did not feel that comparisons between Jesus and Moses were so significant. Whereas Matthew says that the father of Joseph was called Jacob, just as in the Old Testament, Luke says that Joseph's father was called Heli. Raymond E. Brown (An Introduction to the New Testament) says there is little likelihood that either is strictly historical, but Matthew is able to use this small point to create a parallel with Moses. The entire nativity story of Matthew goes on to draw a parallel between Jesus and Moses.
John Shelby Spong (Born of a Woman: A Bishop Rethinks the Birth of Jesus) says that Matthew was clearly writing Christian midrash.
The significance is that, even today, there are some who look for this evidence and stare in wonder when they see the gospels describing Jesus in these terms. The evangelists were right to believe that similarities between Jesus and Moses would always be highly regarded.
What did Moses do with the Red Sea?
Moses parts the Red Sea. The army chased the Hebrews to the banks of the Red Sea. They would have been trapped but a miracle happened. God told Moses to lift up his rod and as he did so the waters parted to make a dry path. They were able to make their escape.
•When all the Hebrew's were safely at the other shore, Moses lifted up his rod again and the waters of the sea closed on Pharaoh's army who had been chasing them. God had saved the Hebrews.
Hope that helps.
Is Moses the father of israel?
No, Israel was father of the Israelites.
Israel - also known as Jacob - was one of Isaac's sons; Isaac himself was one of Abraham's sons. The three Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) trace their roots back to Abraham.
How did Moses and the Jews escape from Egypt?
Moses did not free israel from slavery, god did. God sent plagues upon egypt, darkness, flies, locust, boils, frogs, famine, hail, fire,death of all firstborn. After being rather reluctant, the pharoah gave in and let gods people go. Most people say that moses did the work, but truthfully, Aaron did all of the talking, because moses was to embarrased or afraid or something.
Why is Moses considered a founder of Judaism?
The founder was a man named Abraham.
Answer:
The tradition of the Jewish people, and the Torah Sages and Talmud, has always been that Abraham founded Judaism. He lived 3800 years ago. This tradition is implicit in many passages in the prophets (e.g. Isaiah 41:8) and throughout the Talmud (e.g. Yoma 28b) and is clearly borne out by a reading of Genesis, even without commentaries.
God calls himself "the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob" no fewer than eighteen times in the Torah, and that is how we address Him every day in the Shemoneh Esrei prayer.
However, Abraham and his descendants observed their traditions voluntarily, until the Giving of the Torah to Moses 3325 years ago, when God made it obligatory.
Who put Moses on the bulrushes?
Amram, a descendant of Kohath, son of Levi, had espoused Jochebed, who was also of the tribe of Levi; and they had already two children, a daughter called Miriam (the same name as the Mary of the New Testament), and a son named Aaron. Another son was born soon after the king's edict. With maternal fondness, increased by the boy's beauty, and in faith (as it seems) on a prophetic intimation of his destiny, his mother hid him for three months (Book of Exodus, 2, vs 1-2 and Letter to the Hebrews, 11, vs. 23). When concealment was no longer possible, Jochebed prepared a covered basket of papyrus [apparently the bulrushes as translated in many Bibles] daubed with bitumen [clay and tar] to make it watertight, and placed it among the rushes on the banks of the Nile, or one of the canals. (cited from Old Testament History, by William Smith, LLD, revised by Wilbur Fields, College Press, Joplin, Missouri, 1983)
The name of the mother of Moses is not given in the Bible, but reference to the name Jochebed is given in the Jewish Knowledge Base Chabad.org.
Torah (תורה) means "instruction"
In formal writing, it also means theory, -ology, or -otomy as in:
Torat hanefesh (תורת הנפש) = psychology, mind theory
Torat haguf (תורת הגוף) = anatomy, body theory
What are three greatest accomplishments that Moses did?
Moses ranks with the mightiest men who ever lived. All succeeding generations have classed him as the great law giver of Israel. It was given to him to know of Gods creations. He also returned to the Mount of Transfiguration with Elijah to hand over the keys and authority to Peter, James, and John. He was translated and taken into heaven without tasting death. His life was a prototype of the mortal life of Christ himself.he also parted the red sea.
What is the name of mother of prophet Musa?
His biological mother is believed to have been named Eucabid.
I'm not sure of his actual mother's name but his adopted mother, Pharaoun's wife, was named Asiyah. She was mentioned in hadith as one of the four best women in the world along with Maryam, mother of Jesus (peace be upon them), and Khadija and Fatima Zahra (alaihum salam).
How many times did moses go on the mountain to meet God and how long did he stay each time?
Unlike any other prophet, ever, in the Old or New Testaments, God spoke to Moses Face to Face.
Every other prophet, from Adam all the way up to Jesus and beyond him to John who wrote the book of Revelations, we are told that men and women heard the voice of God in dreams or in visions of one sort or another. But nowhere else in the Bible is there anyone else who is described as speaking with God the way that Moses' conversations are described.
In addition, we do not know how many times God and Moses spoke with one another. Although there are clearly a number of specific instances that are described the books of Exodus, Numbers, Leviticus and Deuteronomy, the text also states things such as "every time Moses went into the tent of meeting the people would fall on their faces". Phrases like this indicate that meetings between God and Moses happened so frequently and on such a regular basis that it was too numerous to keep track of.
How many times was Moses married?
Not that we know of. Regardless of all of the movies that say he was in love with another woman before he was cast out of egypt, there is no biblical prove of that.The only woman that he was known to have married was Jethros daughter.
They did not trust Moses. Every time when they strike trouble they wanted to go back to Egypt. They was also not trusting God. We are human. We rather trust what we see and know as to trust stories. That is why no man can trust God without His Holy Ghost.
God is willing to give His Holy Ghost to any man that is willing to ask in the name of Jesus.
All who follow the teaching of Christ and believe upon His name are called saints or disciples. Moses believed that Jesus was the Christ and was therefore one of his saints. The term saint today refers to a person being elevated to that position by man. This is mans doing and is not in accordance with the will of God.
the same color as people of Egypt or/and bilal.
Answer:1) Other than a couple of villages in different countries, I couldn't find a region called Bilal.2) The above answer is mistaken. Moses lived in Egypt but had no Egyptian or non-Israelite ancestry at all. His parents and earlier ancestors were all descendants of Jacob and Leah, through Jacob's son Levi. We know from Egyptian wall-paintings that the Egyptians and the Semites were not the same in appearance.
To answer the question: the Israelites, Moses included, were of Mediterranean/Middle Eastern/Semitic appearance, ranging from fair-skinned to olive-complexioned.
Where did the prophet Moses die?
The prophet moses was translated to heaven after he delivered the 10 commandments. According to the Bible
The source for the information contained in the first answer is uncertain.
The Bible states the following:
1And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, 2And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea,3And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. 4And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. 5So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab,according to the word of the LORD.
Geographically Mount Nebo (2631 feet) is 12 miles east of the location of where the Jordan River empties into the Dead Sea.
What were Moses' most important teachings?
Moses is traditionally credited with receiving (Exodus 24:12) and writing (Deuteronomy 31:24) all the teachings of the Torah, including its 613 commandments.
Where did Moses lead the Israelites from when they were in slavery?
From a biblical perspective, Moses helped the Israelites escape from their lives of slavery in Egypt.
From a historical perspective, Moses did not help the Israelites escape from anywhere. After all, it has been reported that over 90 per cent of scholars say that there never was an Exodus from Egypt.
Moses was, after all, 120 years old at his death (Deuteronomy 34:5-7) and a sinner like anyone else(Romans 3:23, 5:12) so death comes with the territory . Your question may be, WHY did he die rather than being allowed to go into the Promised Land?
History: Just as the nation of Israel was about to go into the Promised Land, Moses performed a miracle at the direction of YHWH (the God of Israel), by making water pour from a rock to satisfy the thirst of the complaining people....but instead of giving the credit to God for providing this blessing, Moses and Aaron got angry at the people and took the credit for themselves for this miracle(Numbers 20:1-13). It was an accident, but a serious one.
Moses had been given a huge responsibility, and his primary role was to magnify God's name, to build faith and trust in GOD, not in himself. This was important, not because God was proud and haughty, but because God truly WAS the source of their life. Moses would not always be there...he was a man, and would die someday, so the people had to learn to trust God for their own good. (Deuteronomy 32:50-52; Psalms 106:32, 33) and not to put trust in mankind for salvation(Psalm 146:3-4). When Moses unthinkingly took credit for caring for the needs of the people, he endangered their faith, so lost the privilege of going into the Promised Land (Deuteronomy 34:1-5).
Why did God choose Moses to be a prophet?
If God himself came to earth and men accepted him as such, then there would be no need for faith. God would have proved Himself to exist. We learn by faith and not by sight that God exists. So prophets were placed upon the earth to testify of God and His son Jesus Christ. We strengthen our faith by their words, and by the testimony of the Holy Ghost. There will always be prophets upon the earth, some will be true prophets while the majority will be false prophets. The scriptures say "By their works ye shall know them". Prophets are often thought of as those who predict the future, yet this was only a part of their role. They were primarily sent to proclaim God's message, and this was often to denounce sin and warn of coming judgment, the aim of which was to avert this by turning God's people to repentance. It is ironic that probably the most successful prophet in terms of a response to his message was Jonah, whose message to wicked heathen Nineveh resulted in 100% success, at least for a time. God's own people were often far from responsive to the many prophets that God sent.
Then, as today, there are many false prophets who proclaim a message which is contrary to what God says in His word, as mentioned above. Then, as now, these often say 'all is well' and 'peace peace' when there is no peace and tolerate sin, rather than seeking to turn people away from it.
Ultimately God sent prophets with warnings because of His love and mercy and He always seeks to provide a way of escaping hell and claiming heaven.
Where did moses led his people?
The Old Testament speaks of him leading them to 'The Promised Land', that is, a land where they could set up their own separate independent nation without fear of persecution and enslavement by regional Superpowers such as Egypt. Many people believe that The Promised Land was a kind of second Garden of Eden, a 'land of milk and honey' (Exodus 3:8) that would be Paradisical in nature. It was an area where God promised them that they could be free from abuse, and that would be agriculturally fertile and water-rich enough for them to generate a plentiful food supply and to create their own state.
What purpose did the Law of Moses serve?
1) God's purpose in speaking to Moses (Exodus ch.3) was to have him be the leader who would take the Israelites out of Egypt (ibid) and continue to lead them henceforth. Later, Moses would be the one to receive the Ten Commandments from God (Exodus 31:18), as well as the rest of the Torah (Exodus 24:12), and teach them to the Israelites. 2) Moses' purpose in life was to serve God continuously, and to obey anything and everything that God would say.
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If that's true, why did Moses hesitate?
What did Moses get when he went up on the mountain?
On Mount Sinai, God spoke the Ten Commandments to the entire assembled Israelite nation (Exodus ch.19-20) of some two million people. He then taught the Torah to Moses for forty days, and at the end of that time, He gave Moses the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 31:18).
