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Saint Moses<\/span>
\nProphet of the Old Testament<\/span>
\nMoses and Abraham are the two most famous figures in the Old Testament. The two greatest friends of God in ancient times.<\/span>
\nMoses was the liberator of the people of Israel.<\/span>
\nThe story of Moses is found in the second book of the Holy Bible, the Book of Exodus, one of the most beautiful and moving books in all of world literature. No good Christian should miss reading Exodus not just once but many times. Reading it will do great good for their soul.<\/span>
\nThe Book of Exodus tells of a pharaoh who disliked the Israelites who began to rule Egypt and issued a law ordering that every male child born must be killed. And one day, a beautiful boy was born from the tribe of Levi. His parents hid him so that the Pharaoh’s soldiers wouldn’t kill him, but since the child was crying and they could hear him from the street, his mother decided to put him in a basket, which she had lined with tar on the outside, and let it float on the waters of the Nile River.<\/span>
\nAnd it happened that the Pharaoh’s daughter went to bathe in the Nile River, and when she saw the basket above the water, she sent a swimmer to pull him out. And there she found the beautiful crying child. She took pity on him, and at that moment the child’s little sister, who was hiding in the bushes on the bank, watching, arrived and suggested that she find a woman to raise the child. The king’s daughter agreed, and the mother was called the child, whom the princess paid to raise the little one, whom she named Moses, which means \u00absaved from the waters.\u00bb Pharaoh’s daughter adopted Moses as a prince and had him educated in the king’s palace, where those who would become rulers of the nation were educated. This careful education served him well later in governing the people of Israel.<\/span>
\nWhen Moses grew up, one day he saw an Egyptian tormenting an Israelite, and in defending the Israelite, he seriously wounded the Egyptian. The king found out and was about to have him killed, so Moses fled into the desert.<\/span>
\nIn the desert, he found some shepherdesses who couldn’t water their flocks because some ruthless shepherds were preventing them. Since he was a good fighter, he defended them and allowed them to water their sheep. The girls told their father about this, and the good man summoned Moses and put him in charge of tending his flocks in the desert. He stayed there for seven years, dedicated to meditation and prayer, and that time was very useful to him because he was able to get to know the desert very well through which he would later lead the people of Israel.<\/span>
\nMoses married Zipporah, the daughter of the owner of the sheep, and by her he had two sons: Eliezer and Gerson.<\/span>
\nOne day while tending the sheep in the desert, Moses saw a pile of thorns burning in flames but not burning. Filled with curiosity, he approached to see what was happening, and a voice said to him: \u00abMoses, Moses, take off your sandals, for the place you are standing on is sacred.\u00bb<\/span>
\nMoses asked him: \u00abWho are you, Lord?\u00bb<\/span>
\nhe voice answered him, \u00abI am the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I have heard the lamentations of my people Israel and have decided to come down to help them. I have decided to free them from slavery in Egypt and bring them to a land flowing with milk and honey. I will send you to Pharaoh to set them free.\u00bb<\/span>
\nMoses asked, \u00abLord, if they ask me what your name is, what shall I say?\u00bb<\/span>
\nThe Lord answered, \u00abI am Yahweh. I am who I am. You will go to the Israelites and say, ‘Yahweh, who is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has sent me to you.’ Then you will gather the elders of Israel together and go with them to Pharaoh to ask him to let the people go free.\u00bb Pharaoh will refuse, but I will perform all kinds of miracles to get them to leave.\u00bb<\/span>
\nMoses said to the Lord, \u00abAnd what demonstration shall I give them so they will know that I am indeed from God?\u00bb<\/span>
\nThe Lord replied, \u00abThrow your shepherd’s staff to the ground.\u00bb Moses threw his staff to the ground, and it turned into a snake.<\/span>
\nGod said to him, \u00abTake the snake by the tail.\u00bb<\/span>
\nHe grabbed it, and it turned back into a staff.<\/span>
\nGod said to him, \u00abThis will be one of the signs with which I will support you so that they will believe you.\u00bb<\/span>
\nMoses said to Our Lord, \u00abI have difficulty speaking. Why don’t you send someone else?\u00bb The Lord said to him, \u00abYour brother Aaron, who is a good speaker, will help you.\u00bb<\/span>
\nMoses returned to Egypt and, together with his brother Aaron, gathered the elders of Israel and told them what the Lord God had commanded him. He turned the staff into a serpent to show them that it had indeed come from God.<\/span>
\nThey went to Pharaoh to ask him to let the people of Israel go free, but Pharaoh refused. Instead, he further enslaved the Israelites and gave them heavier work, such as making bricks. The people cried out to God, and God listened and sent the terrible ten plagues of Egypt.<\/span>
\nThe first plague consisted of the waters of the Nile turning to blood when touched by Moses’ staff. The second plague was a terrifying invasion of frogs in every house. Pharaoh was frightened, but as soon as Moses got the plague over, he didn’t let the people go. The third plague was a huge cloud of Mosquitoes that bothered everyone. The fourth, horseflies or bumblebees that bit very hard. The fifth plague, a pestilence that killed livestock. The sixth, ulcers all over people’s bodies. The seventh plague, a terrible hailstorm that destroyed crops. The eighth, locusts that arrived by the millions and devastated everything. The ninth, three days of darkness. And the tenth and most terrible, the death of all the eldest or firstborn sons of the families of Egypt. Faced with this calamity, Pharaoh became frightened and allowed the people of Israel to leave.<\/span>
\nWhen the frightened Pharaoh gave the order that the Israelites could leave Egypt, where they were held as slaves, they all hurried to abandon the country with their animals and everything they owned, led by Moses. But when they reached the Red Sea, they saw the Egyptian army coming to pursue them. Frightened, they cried out to God, and then the Lord commanded Moses to touch the sea with his staff. Immediately, the waters parted in two great walls, and the people crossed on foot across dry ground to the other side. Pharaoh’s army also tried to cross, but at God’s command, Moses touched the waters again with his staff, and they closed in and drowned the entire pursuing army. On that day, the people grew in faith in God and believed in Moses, their prophet.<\/span>
\nIn the desert, water failed, and the people were dying of thirst. Moses, at the Lord’s command, struck a rock with his staff, and a spring of water gushed out, from which all the people drank, and their livestock drank.<\/span>
\nThe people began to suffer hunger and complain. Then God rained down white, pleasant bread from the sky. When the people saw it, they said, \u00abManna?\u00bb (which in their language means, \u00abWhat is this?\u00bb). God said to Moses, \u00abThis is the bread with which I will feed you while you are in the desert.\u00bb And so for 40 years, manna was the miraculous food that kept them from dying of hunger.<\/span>
\nMoses climbed Mount Sinai, and there God gave him the Ten Commandments, written on two stone tablets. And he promised that whoever keeps them will always have his blessings and help.<\/span>
\nMoses had to suffer greatly because the people were rebellious and very inclined to evil, but God appeared to him and spoke to him like a trusted friend. Inspired by Our Lord, Moses gave the people extremely wise laws that were later very useful in keeping them in good morals and preserving them in the faith.<\/span>
\nWhen the people sinned and God intended to punish them, Moses prayed for the sinful people and God forgave them. When enemies came to attack them, Moses went to the mountain to pray. While he prayed with his hands raised, the army of Israel triumphed. But when Moses stopped praying, the people of God were defeated. That is why two men held his arms raised to protect him.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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