Moses : Ritchie Character Study Series

This is the fifth book in the Ritchie Character Study Series.

Tom Wilson hasprovided this very helpful study on the life of Moses, one of the greatest leadersin the Bible, renowned lawgiver, prophet and deliverer of his people.

There are few men and women in the record of Scripture whoselives we are able to follow in great detail from cradle to grave.

However,for one of these, Moses, we know the unusual circumstances even ofthe early months of his long life.

We know nothing about David’s earlyyears or of Isaiah’s childhood, but we do know of Moses’ birth, followedthree months later by his remarkable deliverance from the flags ofEgypt’s River Nile.

Then, at the end of a long life, he was carefullyburied, a task that God did not entrust to any man or woman.

The firstfive books of our Bible are from his pen, four of which trace the variedexperiences and the wide-ranging abilities of Moses himself. Modern researchers have questioned why there are no referencesin Egypt to Moses and the Exodus, particularly when ten devastatingplagues struck that nation.

However, no Pharaoh would willinglyadvertise a series of disasters commonly ascribed to an enslavedunderclass and their God, a God that Egypt did not recognize. However, Moses features largely in both Old and New Testaments. Surgenor notes that in the Bible:• Moses’ name occurs 848 times across 187 chapters of the Bible• The words “and the Lord spake unto Moses” are recorded 99times• The words “and the Lord said unto Moses” are recorded 51times. In the New Testament, his name occurs around 80 times, morethan half of these occurrences are in the Gospels, as the Lord Jesusaddressed the nation that should have been observing the Law ofMoses. The words of the Saviour provide additional evidence, if any isneeded, that the story of Moses as given in the Old Testament is areliable historical record.

In this short character study, the natureof the man who, under God, was the Maker of the Nation will beconsidered.

His life is rich in teaching for the people of God in everygeneration.