Moses

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I mentioned a few episodes back
that I wanted to tell more of

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the great stories that are in
the Urantia book, because some

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of the things that we have some
basic idea about are really

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expanded upon, especially if you
grew up in a Christian or

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judeo-christian household.
And so on this excursion, we're

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going to focus in on one of the
most influential and important

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religious figures in the history
of humanity, Moses.

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And you're going to love it.
What a great story.

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There's so many layers to this
man and I can't wait to share it

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with you.
Want to remind you that the

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Rancho Radio Podcast is
independently produced.

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I've been doing this now for
several years and I enjoy doing

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it because I'm such a believer
in the book and it's revelatory

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importance.
And all I want to do is share

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this real good news with you.
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I appreciate you listening.
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So in a minute, we'll get under
way with our latest About Moses

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on the Arrange Radio podcast.
The light of God shines from

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you, Moses.
Do not kneel to me, Joshua.

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These tablets of stone.
The writing of God, His 10

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Commandments.
There is a noise of war in the

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camp.
It is not the noise of war.

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It is the noise of song and
revelry.

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Moses, you are not worthy to
receive these 10 commandments.

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We will not live by your
commandments.

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We're free.
There is no freedom without the

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law.
One of the most remarkable

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people in human history is
Moses.

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Most people today know Moses
funny enough, through the

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Charlton Heston character and
Cecil B De Mille's movie classic

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The 10 Commandments.
Probably the best thing that ABC

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ever did for American culture
was to air this movie every

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Christmas or holiday season,
back when we only had TV for

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entertainment and three
channels.

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But one thing we all did was we
all watched Moses and the 10

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Commandments with Charlton
Heston as a family during the

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holiday season.
So it gave me great pleasure

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when the Arrancha Book included
great writings about this

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ancient leader.
I've grown to appreciate his

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role in caring perhaps the
oldest teachings known to man to

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his Bedouin followers after
their emancipation from Egypt

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around 1200 BC Ignaten.
It was also a key figure who

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predated Moses by a couple of
100 years.

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He believed in the God of Aten
only a few 100 years before

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Moses, and had tried to
introduce the Egyptians to

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monotheism.
But they weren't ready.

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They weren't quite ready.
But Moses, from the teachings of

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his mother who had been
influenced by the Kenites, was

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able to provide the Hebrews with
the revelation.

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And it was this revelation, the
teachings of Moses, that had a

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profound effect on human life.
Whenever I hear about some

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communities and they want to
remove the 10 Commandments from

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a state or federal building, my
heart sinks.

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The people only knew about these
commandments and where they come

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from.
They would really appreciate the

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revelatory doctrine.
So thank goodness for the

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Urantia Book because it tells us
who Moses was and what he

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accomplished.
Now you might recall that the

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Kenite family who carried many
of the teachings of what ended

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up being part of Moses teachings
carried forward They were the

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family.
You might recall if you read the

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Urantia Book about Macho Venta
Melchizedek, the sage of Salem

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and Melchizedek lived with these
these families, the Kenites for

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30 years and it was during his
time when he was on earth

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setting up the schools, the
Salem missionaries and and the

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covenant that he made with
Abraham 700 years before Moses

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was born.
So these Kenite traditions

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survived that whole period.
Now, the original 7 commandments

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have a history stretching back a
half a million years, going all

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the way back to the times of
Calagastia and the 100.

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And we know this from the
Urantia Book.

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Those were the giants as they're
referred to in Genesis in

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Scripture, men of renown.
So in brief, here's some

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anecdotes about Moses that I
really enjoy and want to share

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with you.
And if you haven't read the

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chapter in the Urantia Book
about Moses, or if you haven't

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read it in a long time, I hope
that you'll check it out.

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He's mentioned 123 times in The
Urantia Book, and he has not

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only an illustrious past but a
profound purpose, as described

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in one of the most important and
influential people in human

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history, The Urantia Book.
Here's a taste from Paper 96,

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Section 5.
The matchless Moses, his mother

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was of the royal family of
Egypt.

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His father was a Semitic liaison
officer between the government

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and the Bedouin captives.
Moses thus possessed qualities

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derived from superior racial
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His ancestry was so highly
blended that it is impossible to

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classify him in anyone racial
group.

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Had he not been of this mixed
type, he never would have

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displayed that unusual
versatility and adaptability

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which enabled him to manage the
diversified horde which

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eventually became associated
with those Bedouin Semites who

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fled from Egypt to the Arabian
desert.

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Under his leadership, despite
the enticements of the culture

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of the Nile Kingdom, Moses
elected to cast his lot with the

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people of his father.
At the time, this great

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organizer was formulating his
plans for the eventual freeing

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of his father's people.
The Bedouin captives hardly had

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a religion worthy of the name.
They were virtually without a

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true concept of God and without
hope in the world.

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No leader ever undertook to
reform and uplift a more

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forlorn, downcast, dejected, and
ignorant group of human beings.

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But these slaves carried latent
possibilities of development in

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their hereditary strains, and
there were a sufficient number

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of educated leaders who had been
coached by Moses in preparation

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for the day of revolt and the
strike for liberty to constitute

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a core of efficient organizers.
These superior men had been

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employed as native overseers of
their people.

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They had received some education
because of Moses's influence

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with the Egyptian rulers.
Moses endeavored to negotiate

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diplomatically for the freedom
of his fellow semites.

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He and his brother entered into
a compact with the king of

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Egypt, whereby they were granted
permission peaceably to leave

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the valley of the Nile of the
Arabian Desert.

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They were to receive a modest
payment of money and goods and

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token for their long service to
Egypt.

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The Hebrews, for their part,
entered into an agreement to

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maintain friendly relations with
the Pharaohs and not to join in

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any alliance against Egypt.
But the king later saw fit to

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repudiate this treaty, giving as
his reason the excuse that his

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spies had discovered disloyalty
among the Bedouin slaves.

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He claimed they sought freedom
for the purpose of going into

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the desert to organize the
nomads against Egypt.

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But Moses was not discouraged.
He bided his time and in less

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than a year when the Egyptian
military forces were fully

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occupied in resisting the
simultaneous onslaughts of a

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strong Libyan thrust from the
South and a Greek naval invasion

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from the north, this intrepid
organizer led his compatriots

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out of Egypt in a spectacular
night flight.

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This dash for liberty was
carefully planned and skillfully

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executed, and they were
successful, notwithstanding that

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they were hotly pursued by
Pharaoh and a small body of

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Egyptians who fell before the
fugitives, defense yielding much

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booty, all of which was
augmented by the loot of the

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advancing host of the escaping
slaves as they marched on toward

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their ancestral desert home.
The evolution and elevation of

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the Mosaic teachings has
influenced almost 1/2 of all the

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world, and still does even in
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Moses had heard of the teachings
of Machiaventa Melchizedek from

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both his father and his mother,
their commonness of religious

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belief having been the
explanation for this unusual

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union between a woman of royal
blood and a man from a captive

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race.
Moses's father-in-law was a keen

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eyed worshipper of El Elion, but
the emancipator's parents were

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believers in El Shaddai.
Moses thus was educated and El

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Shaddaiist through the influence
of his father-in-law.

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But he became an El Elianist,
and by the time of the Hebrew

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encampment from Mount Sinai,
after the flight from Egypt, he

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had formulated a new and
enlarged concept of deity

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derived from his former beliefs,
which he wisely decided to

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proclaim to his people as an
expanded concept of their old

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and tribal God, Yahweh.
Moses had endeavored to teach

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these Bedouins the idea of El
Elion, but before leaving Egypt

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he'd become convinced that they
would never fully comprehend

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this doctrine.
Therefore, he deliberately

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determined upon the compromise
adoption of their tribal God of

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the desert as the one and only
God of his followers.

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Moses did not specifically teach
that other peoples and nations

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might not have other gods, but
he did resolutely maintain that

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Yahweh was over and above all,
especially to the Hebrews.

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But always he was plagued by the
awkward predicament of trying to

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present this new and higher idea
of deity to these ignorant

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slaves under the guise of the
ancient term Yahweh, which had

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always been symbolized by the
golden calf of the Bedouin

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tribes.
The fact that Yahweh was the God

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of the fleeing Hebrews explains
why they tarried so long before

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the holy mountain of Sinai, and
why they there received the 10

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commandments which Moses
promulgated in the name of

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Yahweh, the God of Horeb.
It does not appear that Moses

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would ever have succeeded in the
establishment of his somewhat

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advanced ceremonial worship, and
in keeping his followers intact

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for 1/4 of a century, had it not
been for the violent eruptions

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of Horeb during the third week
of their Worshipful sojourn.

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At its base, the mountain of
Yahweh was consumed in fire, and

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the smoke ascended like the
smoke of a furnace, and the

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whole mountain quake greatly.
In view of this cataclysm, it is

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not surprising that Moses would
impress upon his brethren the

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teachings that their God was
mighty, terrible, a devouring

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fire, fearful, and all powerful.
Moses proclaimed that Yahweh was

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the Lord God of Israel, who had
singled out the Hebrews as his

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chosen people.
He was building a new nation and

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he wisely nationalized his
religious teachings, telling his

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followers that Yahweh was a hard
task maker, a quote jealous God.

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But nonetheless he sought to
enlarge their concept of

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divinity when he taught them
that Yahweh was the God of the

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spirits of all flesh.
And when he said, the eternal

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God is your refuge, and
underneath are the everlasting

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arms, Moses taught that Yahweh
was a covenant keeping God that

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he will quote not forsake you,
neither destroy you, nor forget

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the covenant of your Father's.
Because the Lord loves you and

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will not forget the oath by
which he swore to your Father's.

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Moses made a heroic effort to
uplift Yahweh to the dignity of

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a supreme deity when he
presented him as the God of

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truth and without inequity, just
and right in all his ways.

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And yet, despite this exalted
teaching, the limited

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understanding with followers
made it necessary to speak of

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God as being in man's image.
Under the teachings of Moses,

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this tribal nature, God Yahweh
became the Lord God of Israel.

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Moses was an extraordinary
combination of military leader,

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social organizer, and religious
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He was the most important
individual world teacher and

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leader between the times of
match, eventa and Jesus.

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Moses attempted to introduce
many reforms in Israel of which

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there is no record.
In the space of one man's life.

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He led the polyglot horde of
so-called Hebrews out of slavery

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and uncivilized roaming, while
he had laid the foundation for

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the subsequent birth of a nation
and the perpetuation of a race.

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There is so little on record of
the great work of Moses because

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the Hebrews had no written
language at the time of the

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Exodus.
The record of the times and

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doings of Moses was derived from
the traditions extent more than

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1000 years after the death of
this great leader.

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Many of the advances which Moses
made over and above the religion

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of the Egyptians and the
surrounding Levantine tribes

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were due to the Kenai traditions
of the times of Melchizedek.

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Without the teachings of Machi
Venta to Abraham and his

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contemporaries, the Hebrews
would have come out of Egypt in

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hopeless darkness.
Moses was an organizer.

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He selected the best in the
religion and the mores of Egypt

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and Palestine, and associated
these practices with the

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traditions of the Melchizedek
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Moses was a believer in
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He had a great vision of God,
but he was thoroughly sincere

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when he taught the Hebrews that
if they would obey God, he will

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love you, bless you, and
multiply you.

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Moses made a brave and partly
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fetishes and idolatry.
Moses taught these tribes that

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they would become the chosen
people of God, and only on

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condition that they kept all of
His commandments and obeyed all

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of his statutes.
Upon the death of Moses, his

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lofty concept of Yahweh rapidly
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Joshua and the leaders of Israel
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traditions of the All Wise,
Beneficent, and Almighty God,

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but the common people rapidly
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idea of Yahweh.
The spell of the extraordinary

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personality of Moses has kept
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followers the inspiration of an
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God.
The Hebrews almost lost sight of

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Moses's lofty teachings.
They came near losing all

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concept of monotheism.
They nearly lost their

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opportunity of becoming the
people who would serve as a

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vital link in the spiritual
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And there is the the portrayal
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human history.
Now it gets really interesting

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in the paper 45 of the Rancho
book where they list those who

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sit at the table of the 24
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Moses is listed among them aside
Adam and Eve, Enoch, Elijah and

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John the Baptist, among other
notable people from human

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history.
And we know of the four and 20

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elders from Revelations 4/4.
Surrounding the throne were 24

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other Thrones and seated on them
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They were dressed in white and
had crowns of gold in their

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heads.
Also in front of the throne

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there was what looked like a sea
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Now from the Urantia Book it
reads about the 24 elders in

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paper 45 where it says at the
center of the seven angelic

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residential circles on Jerusalem
is located the headquarters of

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the Urantia Advisory Council.
The four and 20 councillors,

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John the Revelator called them
the four and 20 elders quote and

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round about the throne were 24
seats, and upon the seats I saw

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four and 20 elders sitting
clothed in white raiment.

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These 24 councillors have been
recruited from the 8 Urantia

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races and the last of this group
was assembled at the time of the

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Resurrection Roll Call of
Michael 1900 years ago when

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Christ was resurrected.
So as you can see, not only was

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Moses such an influential human
being from the pages of our

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history, according to the
Urantia paper, he still serves

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an even greater purpose, being a
representative of Christ and

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Gabriel on our world.
The message is clear.

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What you do matters in this
life.

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What Moses was able to do in his
life, in his very short life,

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shows just how important a
person can be in the annals of

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history.
I find that pretty fascinating.

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How about you?
Hey, if you got a story idea or

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a particular story you'd like
for me to discuss or talk about,

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you can always reach out your
Ranchobook radio@gmail.com.

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And I really hope that you've
enjoyed this edition, this

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episode where we took a good
look at Moses.

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What an incredible human being.
Until next time, thank you so

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much and God bless, Thank you
for stopping by the Arrancha

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Radio Podcast.
We've come far.

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From Egypt.
Across the desert, on foot, he

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who has no name surely guided
you steps.

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No name.
You, Bedouins know the God of

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Abraham.
Abraham is the father of many

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nations.
We are the obedient of God.

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My people look to him for
deliverance, but they are still

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in bondage.
Tomorrow we leave for the high

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pastures beneath God's holy
mountain.

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My tent would be favoured if you
joined us.

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I am a stranger in a strange
land.

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I have no wealth, no skill as a
shepherd, and it is death to

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give sanctuary to a runaway
slave.

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Not among our people.
You have wisdom.

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You need nothing more.
And there are 7 here to teach

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you the tasks of a shepherd.
I will dwell in this land.