theology essay on exodus
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Prof. Frein
FYS: bible study
18 September 2013
What ideas about salvation does the reading present?
What do people need to be saved?
How can they be saved?
What are the results of salvation?
Salvation is the word that many people look for when they think of God the almighty.
Salvation is the mainstay subject for this group of chapters in the Book of Exodus because of the enslavement on the Hebrew people. God sent Moses as a messenger to speak on his behalf. Moses tried to bargain with Pharaoh to set the Hebrews free. As a last resort God smited Egypt with all his wonder and killed every firstborn male in the land of Egypt. That was when the Hebrews had their salvation. Pharaoh ordered the Hebrews to leave the land of Egypt. They made it to the Red Sea, then Moses looks behind himself and sees the Egyptian army. Moses lifts up his staff to split the Red Sea with the help of God. Once they got half way across the sea, the army follows them into the sea. Moses makes walls of water collapse all around the army. After they make it to land they see the land of milk and honey.
God made Moses the instrument of salvation. The meaning behind a human being the instrument of salvation is that people can follow a person sent by God to save their souls.
The human instrument is actually acting as an agent for God on earth. The agent is to act out any commands that God tells of him. In this specific case, Moses and his older brother Aaron are the agents assigned by God the almighty to save the Hebrews.
The laws that were introduced in the bible through Leviticus were the laws that helped define the nation that someday would become Israel. The laws were made to protect the tribesmen and to protect their souls for salvation. In Leviticus, the laws were named The Holiness Code. The Holiness Code was a collection of laws intended to keep the Tribes in tune with God. The final set of laws that address salvation were "The 10 Commandments". The
Prof. Frein
FYS: bible study
18 September 2013
What ideas about salvation does the reading present?
What do people need to be saved?
How can they be saved?
What are the results of salvation?
Salvation is the word that many people look for when they think of God the almighty.
Salvation is the mainstay subject for this group of chapters in the Book of Exodus because of the enslavement on the Hebrew people. God sent Moses as a messenger to speak on his behalf. Moses tried to bargain with Pharaoh to set the Hebrews free. As a last resort God smited Egypt with all his wonder and killed every firstborn male in the land of Egypt. That was when the Hebrews had their salvation. Pharaoh ordered the Hebrews to leave the land of Egypt. They made it to the Red Sea, then Moses looks behind himself and sees the Egyptian army. Moses lifts up his staff to split the Red Sea with the help of God. Once they got half way across the sea, the army follows them into the sea. Moses makes walls of water collapse all around the army. After they make it to land they see the land of milk and honey.
God made Moses the instrument of salvation. The meaning behind a human being the instrument of salvation is that people can follow a person sent by God to save their souls.
The human instrument is actually acting as an agent for God on earth. The agent is to act out any commands that God tells of him. In this specific case, Moses and his older brother Aaron are the agents assigned by God the almighty to save the Hebrews.
The laws that were introduced in the bible through Leviticus were the laws that helped define the nation that someday would become Israel. The laws were made to protect the tribesmen and to protect their souls for salvation. In Leviticus, the laws were named The Holiness Code. The Holiness Code was a collection of laws intended to keep the Tribes in tune with God. The final set of laws that address salvation were "The 10 Commandments". The