Monday, December 3, 2007

A) As a baby, Moses was saved from being executed. Pharoah's daughter found him and raised him. This made Moses successful in the secular life.
B) One injustice was that Moses was forced to flee from Egypt. He murdered an Egyptian taskmaster that was beating a Hebrew slave. This affected Moses personally and two Hebrew men mocked him by taking up for the Hebrew slave.
C) God came to Moses as a burning bush. Moses was scared and amazed by the miracles God performed.
D) Moses tried to explain to God that he was not the right man and used his speech impediment as an excuse. Moses tried to aviod God. God became angry with Moses.
E) Before fleed from Egypt Moses had a wealthy life. This story tells us that God is forgiving and still calls on people who have sinned. It teaches us to obey God. Moses led God's people to a new and better life. Kayla

Liberation Theology-Moses

1. Moses was very successful in his secular life. As a young baby, he was spared from being executed as the reigning Pharaoh had decreed. Instead, he was adopted by the Pharaoh’s daughter and raised as her son. Depending on which translation of Exodus that you read, Moses is referred to as a “prince” and was very much favored by his adopted grandfather, and could have become the next Pharaoh himself.

2. The first injustice that Moses encountered forced him to flee from Egypt. He saw an Egyptian taskmaster beating a Hebrew slave. Moses murdered the Egyptian and his body. Moses’ second injustice affected him personally; two Hebrew men mocked Moses for defending the Hebrew slave, and Moses was forced to flee Egypt.
Moses fled and took shelter by a well in Midian, near Mount Sinai. He saw several women attempt to water their sheep, but they were accosted by other shepherds, who chased them away from the wMoses intervened, attacked and defeated the abusive shepherds, and even watered the young women’s sheep.
The greatest injustice that Moses ever faced was the enslavement of his native people. Moses knew he was a Hebrew, and eventually couldn’t stand to see his people abused. After many years, Moses led his people out of Egypt.
My question is this: why did Moses wait so long to aid the suffering Hebrews? As a prince of Egypt, he certainly could have helped the Hebrews without resorting to violence. This story tells us that God is willing to use a flawed and even cowardly person to do His will.

3. Moses was converted dramatically-he met God. God appeared to Moses as a burning bush and performed miracles before Moses. Moses was very afraid and in awe of God’s power. He submitted, albeit stubbornly, to the power of God.

4. Moses tried to avoid doing God’s will. He desperately tried to explain to God why he couldn’t serve Him. Moses doubted God; he didn’t think the people would believe that he had seen God, Moses tried to use his speech impediment as an excuse, and finally asked God why he had to go. After all, Moses was old and comfortable, prosperous and married. God refuted all of Moses’ excuses, and grew angry before Moses submitted.

5. Moses started out as a man who had it all: fame, wealth, and power. He lost that part of his life when he murdered that Egyptian taskmaster. He fled to Midian, and lived there until he was old. Although prosperous, his present surrounding could have in no way rivaled the splendor of the Pharaoh’s palace.
My question is this: why did Moses wait so long to aid the suffering Hebrews? As a prince of Egypt, he certainly could have helped the Hebrews without resorting to violence. This story tells us that God uses flawed people who have made mistakes in their past to do His will. Moses, empowered by God, virtually destroyed Egypt, and led his people to a new life. God doesn’t look at a person’s past defeats and mistakes, but at man’s future victories.