Freedom and Slavery in the Book of Exodus
Freedom and Slavery in the Book of Exodus
The book of Exodus is mainly about a liberator named Moses. Moses became one of the first liberators in the history of man. He was able to eventually free the slaves that were being used as slaves to build monumental building in the land of Egypt. I think that it is part of the human condition for people to want to be free. They want to have free will, as well as basic freedom and rights. This has always been the case throughout history. There has been slavery throughout history, and there have been people who thought that there should not be slavery. In the case of Moses it was his people, the Israelites who were being enslaved. It is part of the human condition to naturally assume that you are a free individual to be able to make your own choices, and that you have the right to live and do what you please.
Moses grew up in the Egyptian court with pharaoh, but his own mother was paid to nurse him, so he knew of the condition of the Israelites pain and suffering. When Moses had grown up, he saw an Egyptian beating an Israelite one day, and he killed the Egyptian. The pharaoh found out about this, and tried to kill Moses, but Moses then fled to the land of Midian. When he reached the new land, he settled down and married, and even had a son. One day while Moses was tending one of the flocks of his father-in-law, God came to Moses in the form of a burning bush, and told him that he had observed the suffering of the Israelites. He said that Moses was to go to the pharaoh in Egypt, and to set them free. God did not want to see the Israelites enslaved in Egypt, and chose Moses to free them. He knew that they were not happy, and he heard them crying out for someone to help them in their time of need. Although Moses was reluctant to do this, he conceded, and chose to trust in God.
Like Moses with the Israelites, there are several examples of people in history who wanted to have their own freedom, and their own identity. Some in American included Washington...