Primary 63 - Humble beginnings
Image Brothers and sisters, we feel that the story of Moses could start with the words of Thomas Paine with some minor editing. "These are the times that try men’s souls; the summer soldier [and saint] and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his [people and his God]; but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny [and slavery], like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph." (Edits in brackets with profound respect for Paine and all of his work.) The second book of Moses is called "The Names" among the Jews, instead of Exodus, as it recants the names of those involved in changing the lives of the Hebrew people, Israel's people. For four hundred years, Israel was living in Egypt and went from fellow citizens to slaves. Little by little their freedom was taken and it would take a miracle to fr