Jack Vigilante

Miss Akers

Honors English 9

19 October 2017

Some people view Moses as a hero who accomplished many great feats during his

lifetime. Others may think otherwise but Mosess ability to overcome challenges may change

their minds. Moses was able to save a whole religion and all the people in the religion while

facing hardships. For example, Moses had to defy the odds and live as a child, free hundreds of

people and follow up by saving the lives of those hundreds of people. Moses is able to withstand

all of his struggles to eventually save an entire religion.

Mosess struggles began when he was just a newborn baby. He was born in a time when

the Pharaoh or king of Egypt put in place a malevolent law that stated: Every son that is born to

the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live (110). This shows

that the pharaoh fears the growing numbers of the Hebrew people and figures out a way to

decrease the percent of a possible revolt. Instead of having their beloved son killed, Mosess

parents Disobey the Pharaohs law and hide Moses until he can no longer be hidden. The parents

send Moses down the Nile to hopefully spare the childs fate. This is another struggle of Moses

because not only is the Nile filled with deadly alligators but any Egyptian could take Moses and

kill him. Moses ends up being discovered by the pharaohs daughter, but instead of killing the

baby, the princess decided to adopt Moses and raise him as her own. Moses was extremely

fortunate to come out alive during a time where male hebrews faced almost certain death. With

luck and the power of god, Moses was able to live and eventually save his hebrew people from

the evil Egyptians.

 The second major struggle Moses had to overcome was the challenging task of

persuading the king of Egypt to free all his slaves. After Moses grew up with the Pharaohs

daughter he remembered his true descent of judaism, the religion of his family and all the slaves

in Egypt. Later on, when Moses observed an Egyptian man beating a hebrew slave, Moses

intervened and killed the Egyptian man. Moses suffered as he went from one in royalty to a man

wanted by the pharaoh. Luckily Moses escaped Egypt before getting killed by the pharaoh. A

couple years later a bush started to burn in front of Moses, it was god communicating with

Moses. God had called him to free his hebrew people who were enslaved by the malevolent king

of Egypt. Although Moses felt unworthy for such a vital and urgent task, Moses reluctantly

agreed and went back to Egypt. Moses approached the pharaoh and said: Thus says the Lord,

the God of Israel, let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness (116).

This could possibly be one of the most difficult and important challenges Moses had to

overcome. Moses was forced to walk up to the kingdom that wanted to kill him and ask for all

the slaves to be freed. Yet the Pharaoh responded by saying Who is the Lord, that I should heed

his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and moreover I will not let Israel go. (116).

This displays why the hebrews are enslaved and the struggle Moses has to overcome in order to

free his people. Rather than giving up, with the help of God, Moses casts ten plagues on Egypt.

For example, turning the Nile into blood, creating multitude amounts of frogs, gnats and flies,

bringing diseases to cattle and the worst of all, killing the firstborn of the pharaoh. The ten

plagues enraged the king to such a point where he agreed to free all the Hebrew slaves. Moses

was able to conquer the challenge of freeing the Hebrew slaves from the pharaoh. In addition,

without this suffering, the Hebrew people would have never been free from the harsh slavery in

Egypt.
 The final suffering Moses underwent was working with the hebrew people after he freed

them from slavery. As Moses and the Hebrew people meandered their way out of Egypt the

pharaoh changed his mind and demanded that his slaves return. The king sent out chariots and

soldiers to bring back his slaves. Meanwhile, Moses and his people had just come upon the

mighty Red Sea. The Hebrews began to panic when they realized that the Egyptian army was in

pursuit. Moses was now faced with the problem of not only calming down the israelites but

figuring out a way to get the people across a great sea. Fear not, stand firm and see the salvation

of the Lord, which he will work for you today; for the Egyptians whom you will see today, you

shall never see again. The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be still (121). This

shows why Moses is able to overcome so many sufferings, although all odds are against him he

continues to believe in himself and God and always finds a way out. Then with the help of God,

Moses parted the Sea and allowed his people to cross. Once at the other side, Moses closed the

water on the Egyptian Army, drowning all of its soldiers and horses. Moses was faced with the

struggle of moving a mass amount of people out of a country to safety. Moreover, Moses was

faced with many other obstacles while on the journey. If Moses was unable to overcome these

sufferings, the Hebrew people would have been either put back into harsh slavery or could have

been executed by the pharaoh.

Mosess underwent many rough sufferings and challenges for what possible could be the

greatest achievement in human history. Moses had to defy everything and survive as a baby,

persuade a king to let go of all his slaves and save the lives of hundreds. In doing so, Moses

overcame challenges that would normally kill people. With the help of God and belief in himself

Moses was able to save himself and the entire Judaism religion.