i also need to know what is the present day significance and the projection of this person's significnace in the future.
Sorry don;t know much about religion.
2007-04-26 11:22:26 · 12 answers · asked by jenny c 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The significance of Moses..
God used Moses to bring the Jews out of slavery and take them into the promised land.. He was a type of what Jesus did..
Jesus saves us from the slavery of sin and takes us to heaven to be with him..
2007-04-26 11:26:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moses was a a reluctant leader. He did not believe he could perform the task, nor did he feel he should have to perform it.
I'm not sure of the significance of his life in the present day - we have no reluctant leaders in the world today - Moses made mistakes and God was displeased with him at times.
Most of the World leaders today should look to Moses as an example - maybe we wouldn't have so much killing.
2007-04-26 11:33:17 · answer #2 · answered by Kaybee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moses is the central human figure in the foundation of the Jewish faith. As their scriptures have it, Moses was chosen by G-d as an instrument to free and remove Hebrew slaves from their masters in Egypt, lead them to a promised land of their own, and provide them with divine laws for living a holy life. Without Moses there would have been no Judaism (or Christianity, or Islam).
2007-04-26 11:30:47 · answer #3 · answered by skepsis 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Prophet Moses was most significant in being the impetus in taking his people out of bondage in Egypt and taking from God the Ten Commandments that are still viable today.
2007-04-26 11:28:35 · answer #4 · answered by Guitarpicker 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He stripped polytheism from the Hebrews, streamlining their faith so they could survive in the desert. Maximum social confomity was needed, in that instance, since the Hebrews had been slaves. They didn't know how to survive in the bloody desert! They were used to being fed, sheltered, and having the law enforeced by the Eqyptians. Moses worked some social engineering to give them some kind of chance in a hostile, resource poor environment that almost none of them had any skills to survive.
2007-04-26 11:27:26 · answer #5 · answered by St. Toad 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, I am a devoute Catholic. Moses led his people out of slavery from Egypt and performed miracles through God. He was one of the prophets and gave out the ten commandments. For today, these ten commandments make up a good chunck of the catholic faith. We have to follow these commandments that were given out by Moses through God. Hope this helps.
WeeMan
2007-04-26 11:29:08 · answer #6 · answered by boychuka 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
some of his actions foreshadow those of christ. here are two websites that will give you more detail
www.newadvent.org click on the m adn scroll down to moses
www.salvationhistory.com go to the free study section and look at the first course. it explains the covenant that god made with moses and states similiarities between moses and jesus.
2007-04-26 11:32:59 · answer #7 · answered by fenian1916 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the following: http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/
2007-04-26 11:38:37 · answer #8 · answered by Darrol P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He led his people out of Egypt, supposedly did magic. Wrote the 10 Commandments.
2007-04-26 11:25:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Hahahaha, the wonders of the Space Age!
Ditto.............
2007-04-26 11:27:44 · answer #10 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋