Exploring the Life of Moses: An In-Depth Interview and Analysis

This assignment presents a comprehensive interview with Moses, a central figure in the Old Testament. The interview covers Moses' early life, including his Egyptian upbringing and his eventual identification with the Israelites. It explores key events such as the burning bush experience, his interactions with God, and his role in leading the Israelites out of Egypt. The discussion touches upon significant themes, including the ten commandments, divine intervention, miracles, and the challenges faced by Moses in leading his people. The interview highlights Moses' leadership, his faith, and his role as a bridge between God and his people. The rationale provides a reflection on Moses' legacy, comparing his characteristics with those of Jesus Christ, and discussing the concept of seclusion and the importance of faith and leadership.

Running head: INTERVIEW WITH MOSES
INTERVIEW WITH MOSES
Name of the student:
Name of University:
Author Note:

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Interview:
Interviewer: Hello Moses! Welcome and thank you for your precious presence for this
interview.
Moses: It is all my pleasure. Through this interview I will be able to convey message of God
to you people.
Interviewer: Moses what does your name signify?
Moses: As you all know I am not an Egyptian by birth, rather an Israelite. I was brought up
by the princess of Egypt who found me from the water. Moses in Egyptian means drawn
from water.
Interviewer: Okay, can you tell me the incident of your birth?
Moses: actually my parents were Israelites living in the territory of the Pharaoh of Egypt.
Before I was born, he was warned by the God that a child would be the reason of his death.
Interviewer: Did you kill him?
Moses: No I did not, rather he killed all the new born Hebrew babies in his state to save
himself. My mother kept me hidden for three months then put me into a bucket and floated it
in the river Nile. The princess of Egypt drew me from the water and took care of me.
Interviewer: in that case you might become the future king of Egyptian why did not you grab
the opportunity?
Moses: no, after I found out my actual identity, I started to sympathise with the Israelites
because they were dominated and exploited by the Pharaoh. Moreover, they were indulged in
communal conflicts among themselves thus were easy to be exploited by the king. I on the
other hand used to feel bad for these people and prayed for them to the Almighty.

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Interviewer: Was it the reason, that you left the king’s palace?
Moses: yes. I did not like the luxurious life of the palace rather wanted to find peace of mind.
This was the reason I left the king’s palace and started to live in the mountains. This helped
to realise the love of God to his creation.
Interviewer: I have heard that you saw a bush burning miraculously and heard the voice of
God there.
Moses: absolutely right. At first I was amazed with the sight because despite of set in fire the
bushes but it did not catch fire at all. With this incident, I have heard the voice of God and his
order to choose people from Egypt and lead them to the safer place.
Interviewer: I have heard that God even tried to kill you in your way to save people but you
were saved by your wife Zipporah.
Moses: Yes, indeed. God was examining my passion for my people as well as my inner
strength and boldness whether I will be able to carry out this tough job. God wanted to rescue
His people from Egypt so He wanted to use me to do it.
Interviewer: why do you think he wanted to rescue Israelites from the Egyptians? Why did he
wanted to differentiate among people, whereas all the people on the earth are his creation?
Moses: even I was surprised with the situation and found the explanation. It was 430 years
back when God promised Abraham that he would have numerous descendants on earth whom
He himself would rescue. This is why he asked the Egyptian Pharaoh to free the Israelites
from slavery but the Pharaoh did not believe in god. Therefore, he did not agree.
Interviewer: but Mr. Moses, what do you think? Why did God choose you instead of anyone
else?

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Moses: even I asked him the same question. I asked him how can I Convince people that God
wants them to be pure in mind and lead them to the promised land. In response to this, God
told me that I was the chosen one from the very beginning and I can do miracles. Moreover,
He would always be with us and purify our soul to enter the God’s own land.
Interviewer: was it the reason why many of your followers were hurt by the snakes in the
way?
Moses: yes, you are right. I could convince most of them but some people were nagging
about the difficulties faced in the way to the new land. This is why they were punished by the
snakes send by God. He wanted them to be pure mentally. Therefore, they were hurt and
came to me to repent for their guilt. Our lord wants us to repent so that we become a purest of
the pure soul.
Interviewer: can you tell me your experience in the Mount Sinai?
Moses: God ordered me to visit him in the mountain which was covered with clouds for six
days. In the seventh day I went to the mountain and remained there for forty days and forty
nights. As Exodus 34:29-30 says, God delivered me two tablets of stones written ten
commandments written in his own hands (Berchie 2016).
Interviewer: Did not you feel confused how will you convince the exploited people to leave
their home? Did not you feel afraid of the Pharaoh’s anger?
Moses: if you ask me this, I would say yes. I was afraid of the Anger of the Pharaoh. I knew
his anger but I was not worried about myself, but the safety of my people was my chief
concern. Pharaoh was too harsh for the Israelites and did not hesitate to kill the new born
babies (Berchie 2016). I was afraid that if he come to know about the plan and kill all the
people.

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Interviewer: how did you know that God was always with you and with us?
Moses: God is omnipresent my child. He is omnipotent. He ordered me to flee with 60000
people in the dead of night though the desert. We were led toward the Red Sea in order to
reach the promised land. He leads us with pillar of clouds in the day time and pillar of fire
during night. We were flabbergasted with such sights but believed that our father will always
save us from our enemies.
Interviewer: How did you know that there will be no problem in escaping in the night? The
Egyptian Pharaoh had sent an army behind you.
Moses: yes. You are right. But I am a hard believer of God and believe in his supreme power.
I knew he would be doing something miraculous to save us. He hardened the Pharaoh’s heart
to attack us and showed the miracle.
Interviewer: At one point of time, you with your people were trapped from all the sides. To
your east there was sea and from both south and west, there was mountains. You had no place
to escape and the chariots sent by the Egyptian Pharaoh were fast approaching.
Moses: yes, I can remember that impossible situation as we were completely trapped from all
the sides. In this situation, I started praying but Lord told me to keep on moving as the
Egyptian army was chasing us. Gradually we gathered near the sea (Berchie 2016).
Interviewer: it must be very scary as well as exciting that Lord parted the ocean for you and
all your people.
Moses: It was a true miracle. There was no way to move so God opened up the dry path for
us through the sea. The water was parted and my people of Israel with all their family and
animals, went through the sea on dry ground. All night long the east wind kept the waters

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parted but when the Egyptian army gather near the sea, Lord wanted to punish them. He
made their chariots difficult to drive.
Interviewer: I have heard you drowned all the Egyptian army into the sea. Was it commanded
by God also.
Moses: yes, all this was of the Lord’s desire. He told me to reach my hand out over the sea.
As I did so, the water flowed back and covered the chariots and the entire army. Thus, I
reached to the promised land safely.
Interviewer: alright Mr. Moses, it was a great experience for me to interview you.
Moses: it was for me also. Keep believing in God and listen to him. He will be always there
to save you from all harm.

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Rationale:
By exchanging thoughts with Moses, it became clear to me that Moses was the
greatest leader of his time who with his faith on God, love for his people and leadership style
overcame all the difficulties to free his people and led them to the promised land safely. The
prophetic features in him certainly foreshadow those of Jesus Christ. This connection
however is many folded. First of all, both these leaders were Israelites in born. Secondly, at
the time Moses was born, the Egyptian Pharaoh was indulged in pedicide. Similarly, when
Jesus was born, he was also under threat (Anderson 2015). Thirdly, as Jesus sacrificed his
divinity, became a human being and suffered all human suffering to impure us from all our
culpability, Moses left the luxury of his life as a prince. He was raised in the palace of the
most powerful world empire at that time but lived a life a common man (Wallace 2015).
Both of these leaders lowered themselves as they wanted to convey the Lord’s message to the
people and bring them to the right path, the path of God. Unlike Jesus, Moses also performed
miracles and all of these miracles were for the sake of goodness (Freud 2016). The concept of
Seclusion is similar to both of these leaders. Before they entered upon their real mission, both
of them spent many time in obscurity. Both Moses and Jesus was first opposed by their own
community as they did not believe that Bothe Moses and Jesus had miraculous power and
Moses said that they were ready to stone him.
As mentioned before, Moses wanted to liberate his people from the bondage of the
Egyptian King hence introduced the ten commandments of God to the people of Israel. This
is granted to be the complete Law of God that he wanted the Israelites to follow (Kogman-
Appel 2017). He spent almost forty years for the call of God but God did not call him before
he grew and matured as well as learnt to be humble and meek before God. From this we learn
God’s utilisation of time. However, Moses did not only wait idly for the Almighty’s call but

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learnt to lead a life of a good shepherd unlike Jesus. After he got God’s call, he felt himself to
be infirm due to age but his belief in God’s power was unfathomable.

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Anderson, B.A., 2015. Old Testament Theology, Revisited: RWL Moberly and Reading the
Hebrew Bible as Christian Scripture. Cithara, 55(1), p.35.
Berchie, D. (2016). Bible. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Freud, S., 2016. Moses and monotheism. Leonardo Paolo Lovari.
Kogman-Appel, K., 2017. Illuminated Bibles and the Re-written Bible: The Place of Moses
dal Castellazzo in Early Modern Book History.
Wallace, D.B., 2015. Why I Do Not Think the King James Bible Is the Best Translation
Available Today. Bible. org. Accessed February, 25.