Moses, A Chosen Leader

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Noah had to undergo many trials and tribulations. He had to experience embarrassment and ridicule because of the nature of God’s requests. His neighbors and friends thought he was nuts because it is not everyday that a man constructs a huge boat made of gopher wood and claims that a flood will come to rid the world of evil. After Noah obeyed all Gods commands, he was rewarded.
Noah became like Adam, in that he would be responsible for starting life on earth over. Noah was rewarded because of his faith in God and his ability to obey. God’s covenant with Noah laid the groundwork for his promise to Abraham many generations down the road. Here God’s bidding was not exactly the same, but, in essence, it demanded the same degree of commitment and dedication from Abraham.
Abraham was old and his wife Sarah was barren. God promised Abraham that he would be the father of a great nation. Given Sarah’s condition, Abraham had many inquiries and doubts about the feasibility of this, yet ...

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Hebrews of the Egyptians. This is why he can be harsh and use force to make the people understand what God wants. He has the guts to order his own people to their death for freedom. Moses was willing to risk his life for his people and one day Moses saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew in the work-yard, and hastily killed the Egyptian with his bare hands. He then fled from Egypt to Midian, and found a wife with whom he had a son. Yet, Moses knew he would not settle down until he returned to Egypt to fulfill God’s prophecy.
Important to Moses’ development into a great leader was the time he was tending his father-in-law’s flock up on the mountain of Horeb. Here, at the mountain of God, he ...

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