of the desert that the Holy Spirit spoke to him. At an age when most men are long retired, Moses received the call of God for a life’s work. God would make Aaron Moses’ mouth, “thou shalt be to him instead of God” (Ex. 4:16). This is interest ing in the light of the Egyptian be lief that Pharaoh was a god. This elevated Moses to the unique posi tion of equality with the so-called divine Pharaoh. All the deities of Egypt were challenged and absolute^ ly defeated by Jehovah. Moses heard the word of the Lord. Repeatedly we hear the phrase, "as God command ed Moses.” In Acts 7 :37 and 38, Luke recounts for us the fact that Moses became the transmitter of the Word of God to man. There are critics who cast doubts on the patriarch’s ability to write the Pentateuch. They overlook that Moses was brought up in Pharaoh’s court. The Egyptians had a high type of society and supe rior system of laws. Moses didn’t copy from some earlier code but wrote down what God directly gave Him. His inspiration certainly wasn’t from the code of Hammurabi, as some erroneously teach. There are many basic differences between Moses’ laws and those from the Babylonian king. What Moses pre sents is spiritual while the others are civil. The leader of Israel takes no credit or authority himself but presents what God has said. Not so with the others. There is nothing comparable to “Thou shalt not covet” in the laws of the Babylonians, As syrians, Egyptians or others. The Mosaic law of the Old Testament is clear and concise about Jehovah (Deut. 6:4). In the other systems there is gross polytheism, encour aging the people to worship many gods. There is another difference in that the other systems were not in terested in regulating ethics and morals. The God of Moses claims vengeance as His own prerogative (Deut. 32:25). All who scorn moral 22
and ethical qualities are standing in defiance of God. The wronged are commanded to love (Lev. 19:18). Then there is also a different appli cation. These other ancient codes only applied to those under the rul er’s temporal control. The Old Tes tament laws, based upon God’s divine rule, have a universal application. It is for all people, as well as for Is rael. There is nothing in these other systems to compare with the univers ality of God’s law such as Exodus 20. What fallacies there are in such un believing arguments raised against the plain statements of the Word of God! It was important to the Lord to accept the Mosaic authorship (John 5:46-47). Christ told His hearers, “If ye believe not his writ ings [of Moses] how shall ye believe my words?” (v. 47). Egypt had one of the most advanced civilizations of the ancient world. Nowhere could a young man at the time get a better education than Moses received in the palace of Pharaoh. Likely Moses could read and write not one, but four, different languages. Who could have been better prepared than God’s faithful servant? This gives further evidence of the inspiration of God’s Word. C hapter S even T here are many biblical evidences concerning the reality of the Bi ble and its total inspiration by the Holy Spirit. There is complete unity in the Scriptures. In relating the ac count of various personalities, the Word of God reveals that these men were weak as well as strong. This Book gives us plain and unvarnished truths of what transpires. We have considered the arguments some have put forth concerning Moses and the fact that, under the inspiration of the word of God, he wrote the first five books of the Bible. There are many evidences, as put forth in our
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