This is a old commission work done 2 years ago or so.
The exodus is maybe one of my favorite biblical tales. Why? well, not just is one of the most "feel the Godīs power!!!" tales of the whole book... Also cause is one of the most political: Freedom of will and mind of people against a state (they was just a cheap workers for the Pharaoh and the Egyptian economical system). this sound familiar? well, the economical system of the world didn't change a lot since the old times, uh?
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The Exodus (Greek word έξοδος, (Hebrew: יציאת מצרים, Modern Yetsi'at Mitzrayim Tiberian jəsʕijaθ misʕɾajim ; "the exiting of Egypt") is the story of the departure of the Israelites from ancient Egypt described in the Hebrew Bible. Narrowly defined, the term refers only to the departure from Egypt described in the Book of Exodus; more widely, it takes in the subsequent wanderings in the wilderness described in the books of Numbers and Deuteronomy.
According to the Book of Exodus, Moses was born in a time when his people, the Children of Israel, were increasing in number and the Egyptian Pharaoh was worried that they might help Egypt's enemies. Moses' Hebrew mother, Jochebed, hid him when the Pharaoh ordered all newborn Hebrew boys to be killed. He ended up being adopted into the Egyptian royal family. After killing an Egyptian slave-master, Moses fled across the Red Sea to Midian where he tended the flocks of Jethro, a priest of Midian on the slopes of Mt. Horeb. After the Ten Plagues were unleashed on Egypt, Moses led the Exodus of the Hebrew people out of Egypt and across the Red Sea, after which they based themselves at Mount Sinai and compassed the borders of Edom. It was at this time that Moses received the Ten Commandments.
The Book of Leviticus records the construction of the tabernacle and the laws of God. The book of Numbers tells the Israelites, led now by God, journey onwards from Sinai towards Canaan, but when their spies report that the land is filled with giants they refuse to go on. Yahweh then condemns them to wander in the desert until the generation that left Egypt passes away. The book of Deuteronomy tells how the Israelites arrive at the borders of Canaan, where Moses recalls their journeys and gives them new laws. His death (the last reported event of the Torah) concludes the 40 years of the exodus from Egypt.
There are many well-known incidents in the story of the Exodus, but some of the most famous include: the crossing of the Red Sea; the revelation at Sinai; the giving of the Tablets of Law; the incident of the golden calf; the gift of manna in the desert; the rock of Meribah; the treachery of the Amalekites; the incident at Baal-Peor; the story of Balaam and his talking donkey; and the story of the scouting of Canaan.
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.... OK, truly... Iīm expecting someone says:
"DAAAAMN, I KNEW IT!!! MOSES WAS THE FIRST WATER BENDER!!! TAKE THAT OZAI!!!
That is the most epic Moses I have ever seen. I line up with a lot of what you had to say on religion, what with coming from a similar background. The difference being I currently can only dream of illustrating a Bible story so fantastically.
So unbelievably amazing! Beautiful, very beautiful. And powerful! I hope someday you draw more renditions of people from the Bible. You should draw a pic of Samson pulling down the pillars that held the city up. I think that would do perfectly well with your style.
Most of the people posting on here appear to be religious but I think(and I hope)that there`s room for everyone to weigh in on such a fine piece of art.I grew up in a very conservative-religious household,and was a Christian up until I was about 18 and now,having long since left religion behind,I`m no longer a religious person(nor a conservative) at all.I`m more of an agnostic these days.But I`m still respectful of all of the different organized religions and of people`s beliefs and have nothing against religion-what I do have a problem with is when religious people try to force their beliefs on others or when there are religious people who try to tell others how to live their lives .I like atheists like Bill Maher,Sam Harris,Dr,Richard Dawkins,the late Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Denett, etc,but I didn`t and don`t always agree with some of the things that they say and have said about religion and religious people. I agree with an atheist like Ricky Gervais about it being the right of people to believe whatever it is they want,just as it`s his right to believe whatever it is he wants to and it shouldn`t be offensive to people who do believe in God that he doesn`t .I also agree with him that you don`t have to be a religious person to live a good life and a moral life,similar to what Todd McFarlane and J.K. Rowling have said,I think sometimes people can forget that religion doesn`t have a monopoly on being good.I`ve read most of The Bible and sure,I have a hard time believing in a lot of what is in it and I find some of it confusing but The Bible`s interpretive.Some people can and do interpret it literally,others say some of the events in the Bible are metaphorical,allegorical and that they`re parables. I don`t pretend to know which is it.I do question The Bible,The Torah,The Koran,The Hindu Bible,etc, but I don`t bash them or mock them,unlike some other non-religious people or some atheists.
But at any rate,I agree with !Christfan868 that this is by far one of the best pieces of artwork I have seen on deviantart.com and I`ve seen a lot of great artwork from a lot of the amazingly talented artists on here.On your other picture of Moses, someone was talking about how you gave 80-year-old Moses great abs.If I remember it correctly,The Book Of Exodus is in The Old Testament and people in The Old Testament lived extremely long.it is said that Moses lived to be about 120(and compared to some others in The Old Testament like Adam and Methusaleh,both of whom lived to be almost 1000,I guess 120 wouldn`t be considered that long of a life- span by those standards).At the time that God through Moses parted The Red Sea,Moses was supposed to be about 80- years -old and there aren`t many real-life references that I`m aware of, of very muscular 80-year-old men with great abs and great chest muscles. But who knows? Maybe, as an 80-year-old,Moses was as ripped and muscular as you have portrayed him.If one can believe in everything that happens in The Book Of Exodus(and if they can believe that everything else that happens in the rest of Holy Books like The Bible really happened),then, they shouldn`t have a problem believing that a 80-year-old man,in that context,would be built like that.Still,regardless of differences in beliefs,I can still look at this picture and admire it and the remarkable talent of the artist.This is an incrediblely epic portrayal of a very muscular and dare I say,bad-ass,Moses.
This is what makes Christianity a little more sweet.
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I line up with a lot of what you had to say on religion, what with coming from a similar background. The difference being I currently can only dream of illustrating a Bible story so fantastically.
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But at any rate,I agree with !Christfan868 that this is by far one of the best pieces of artwork I have seen on deviantart.com and I`ve seen a lot of great artwork from a lot of the amazingly talented artists on here.On your other picture of Moses, someone was talking about how you gave 80-year-old Moses great abs.If I remember it correctly,The Book Of Exodus is in The Old Testament and people in The Old Testament lived extremely long.it is said that Moses lived to be about 120(and compared to some others in The Old Testament like Adam and Methusaleh,both of whom lived to be almost 1000,I guess 120 wouldn`t be considered that long of a life-
span by those standards).At the time that God through Moses parted The Red Sea,Moses was supposed to be about 80- years -old and there aren`t many real-life references that I`m aware of, of very muscular 80-year-old men with great abs and great chest muscles. But who knows? Maybe, as an 80-year-old,Moses was as ripped and muscular as you have portrayed him.If one can believe in everything that happens in The Book Of Exodus(and if they can believe that everything else that happens in the rest of Holy Books like The Bible really happened),then, they shouldn`t have a problem believing that a 80-year-old man,in that context,would be built like that.Still,regardless of differences in beliefs,I can still look at this picture and admire it and the remarkable talent of the artist.This is an incrediblely epic portrayal of a very muscular and dare I say,bad-ass,Moses.
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