The readings of Exodus one through eighteen narrate multiple events in which both Moses and Aaron have ‘direct’ interactions with God and through which the reader obtains a more close-up understanding and vision of God. These extracts of Exodus follow Moses from the moment of his birth and rescue in the Nile, to his unexpected encounter with God and later behavior as the elect. The Israelites are unfairly suffering in Egypt and Moses’ objective will be to free them from Pharaoh’s reign.
However, Exodus is not only another Bible story on elects and God’s selections, Exodus is a deeper chance for the reader to try to answer the question of who God is. Because of this, I think it is completely understandable when Moses claims that no one will believe him when he says he has seen and talked to God, who would? Not only they would not believe him but how is he supposed to give an answer to that question? Even though God answers this question, when Moses asks Him what he has to answer when the Israelites ask “What is His name?” in Exodus 3, we don’t get much closer to finding the answer to the question.
‘Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh‘ is the answer Moses obtains, meaning I AM WHAT I AM, and even though at first it may seem like it doesn’t really clarify things for Moses, I do think it draws the reader a bit closer. If God is what He is this means He is his people, He is the plagues and He is their protector. God is like us, God is with us and God is supernatural. The story of Moses leading and saving the Israelites highlights God as the merciful, all-knowing and all-powerful divine being that he has proved to be throughout all of Genesis.
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Hi Carlota! I would have to disagree with you when you say that “God is like us,…God is supernatural”. Instead i think that we are like God. The two may sound the same, but in my opinion, saying that God is like us almost makes it seem like we come first and then God is second. Does that make sense? Also, is we are like God or if God is like us, are we also supernatural individuals?
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Hi Carlota,
You briefly discuss God’s naming in your post. In view of what we have said about naming in Genesis, in that naming establishes dominance and a relationship with something, what does God’s self-naming indicate about his power and relationship with humanity?
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Hi Carlota,
What do you mean by God is the plagues? If He is full of goodness, does this counter this image people have of him? I do like your point on how YAHWEH does not draw Moses closer, but it draws us closer. This highlights the literary aspect of the Bible instead of the religious one.
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Hey Carlota, I really like your stance that God represents everything, from the problems to the solutions. Do you think that in Exodus God also represents the Egyptians and the Pharaoh?
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