The prince of Egypt was a great movie. Much better than The Ten Commandments. But I don’t recall this scene from either movie. I don’t even remember Moses’ wife and kids coming with him to Egypt. It’s funny how a lot of old testament stories omit things from the retelling. That’s because they sound crazy. If you don’t believe me go read this passage. It sounds crazy.
Now what seems to be going on is this. Moses failed to live up to the covenant God set up with Abraham, which includes circumcising your kids. So, he’s going to kill Moses as punishment. It will impede with God’s plans, and it seems harsh, but hey, it’s God, who are we to question. Moses’ wife does the circumcision right there, thus deflecting God’s wrath. (Or whatever.)
Maybe there are other ways to look at it. I’m not going to get too deep into it. I will say this. Some people claim they have great faith in God because of the Bible, I often seem to maintain faith despite the bible. When I say the Bible, I mean the whole thing. The New Testament mostly makes sense. This could be because I’m a relatively new christian struggling with answers. Or because the Old Testament is weird and no one admits it. I’m not saying throw it out mind, it is very interesting and reveals some of God’s character. It’s just the easiest thing in the whole world to take out of context or misunderstand. It requires a lot of thinking.
I took some creative liberties with how I drew God. God takes on different forms all throughout the Bible. So I figured it was ok to give him a deathy look, given the circumstances.
Thanks for reading.
Jared
lol. This is so disturbing. And yet hilarious. But more disturbing. Ew.
ew indeed.
To have a woman mentioned at all in the Bible was rare, and to have credit given where credt was due (that is to a woman!) well…
There does seem to be a number of woman that have big roles in these stories, which is certainly impressive. Although the woman seemingly have to work within their male dominated confines. But still, not many ancient cultures have that. So says my non-existant ancient history degree. heh….
I remember learning about The Old Testament in university when I took a Greek mythology course and many of the stories there were compared to similar tales in The Old Testament. Crazy in both.
Well the Old T was firstly an oral history, and although I’ve heard oral histories were pretty accurate back in the day, who’s to say the style of telling them didn’t change. I wouldn’t be surprised if different cultures and traditions influenced the style or tellings, or if these stories influenced other cultures too. But hey, maybe it’s totally literall. Who knows. XD