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- THE PRINCE OF EGYPT | Dreamworks #princeofegypt #tencommandments
Starring Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Patrick Stewart, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock
Hey couch surfers! We got a classic on the cinema sofa, an animated gem that I'm so excited to dig into after 20 years. This is gonna be equal parts nostalgia and in-depth commentary, because I really need to know: is it as good as I remember? Get your movie snacks and let's find out!
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*This video is for commentary and criticism only and is not a replacement for watching THE PRINCE OF EGYPT (1998)
His delivery of "WHO MADE MANS MOUTH." makes me tear up every time
Amen KF, it is indeed powerful, Moses began to realize that he stood before the master potter of the universe, and he was clay in His hands. But what wonders the Great Artist can do with that clay that yields, beautiful. Thanks for the comment!
@K F: "WHO MADE" the deaf, the seeing and the blind, did not "I"?!!? I cry like a baby. Every, time.
Its the truth how long ago Pharoah summon his servants to create the Pyramid
@@KensCinemaSofa Oooh, I’ve actually never heard the “master potter”/“clay in His hands” analogy - beautifully put!
Amen! It's actually from Jeremiah 18:2, its a popular scripture to preach from, such depth
Cool, I'm 42 as well. I totally get that it's hard to react to movies at our age, because we've seen a lot more movies.
I watched this movie on VHS all the time! I'm a mom now and the thought of anything horrible happening to my child or having to send him away to keep him safe makes me tear up. I plan on showing him this movie when he's older, but for now we will just enjoy the soundtrack together. We spin around and dance to Through Heaven's Eyes. And yes I know that sounds ridiculous.
Hey Shesh! Thanks for hangin out on the sofa a bit with your little one, dancing is totally cool and even scriptural! Thanks for the comments and stay tuned!
This movie and the lyrics for the songs are so powerful. I love this movie and used to watch it all the time when I was a kid. I'ts almost impossible for me to listen to Deliver Us without tearing up and Hans Zimmer did such an amazing job with the score, somehow capturing that holy feeling of God.
Yes indeed! I really feel that God had His hand all over this production, it had insight and nuance that many much longer, live action films lack. Thanks for the comment Julian and stay tuned!
I watched this as a kid.
for a long time I felt cold and dormant when it comes to my Belief in God and his teachings. But this, and many more movies are helping relight something deep in me.
Hey Maicon! Thanks for stopping by the sofa, and sorry for the late reply (14hrs ahead in Japan). I know just how you feel, there have been times when I have also experienced a spiritual drought. This world we live in is adept at sensory overload, and many times not in a good way. It's easy to find ourselves spiritually alone under such circumstances, when the LORD is unseen (due to His spiritual transient nature) and the world is so ready to give us immediate satisfaction but with finite depth. Yet, God speaks still, and in many different ways. I'm glad you can enjoy His growing warmth again: He is like a Rock. Stable and unmoving, so we can near Him. More to come and stay tuned!
This is the one movie I can say strongly that gathers people of all beliefs (religious and non-religious) to sit and enjoy watching, together.
Hey thanks for the input Alvin! Yeah the themes of identity, brotherhood, and sacrifice are universally appealing to the human condition. Which part sticks with you in particular by the way?
@@KensCinemaSofa there’s 2. One is where Moses and Rameses were talking, almost like they were stepping aside from everything and just have a normal talk like brothers, and Rameses’ son enters the area and made his heart hardened more. That’s like saying that he want to help Moses, but remembering his father calling him the weak link reignited his pride and drive to prove he’s not.
The 2nd one (my favorite part) is when Moses was talking to GOD because it shows the conflict within people where it’s like “ok, why was I chosen to do this, when there are others who are more qualified than I will ever be?” And to me, it shows that even though people have done wrong in their life, GOD can still use them to lead his people down the right path, and about having faith not just in him, but in yourself that you can still repent/atone for what you’ve done and still be able to do the right thing.
What a fantastic movie. I really appreciate your commentary and thoughts afterwards. You brought a lot of knowledge in that really elevated the movie for me. Thanks for making this!
Hey Pink! Thanks for the kind words and I'm glad you liked it, exactly why I make these. Yes, this film is a rare gem, may not see anything like it again (besides the followup, JOSEPH KING OF DREAMS - coming soon!). I hope you'll stick around and stay tuned for more!
I was 1 in 1998, so unfortunately I wasn't old enough to see it in the theater. I did however have it on VHS and later got it on DVD. Hands down one of my favorite movies.
Hey Trinity! 1 years old eh? Well, just imagine what it was like to see those miracles on the big screen, awesome. Glad you found your way to this amazing film, thanks for the comment and stay tuned!
22:55 An interpretation of the Egyptian gods I like is that they could've prevented stuff like the 10 plagues but chose not because they were disgusted at how the Pharaoh treated the slaves.
Hey Albedo thanks for the comment! Interesting theory, though ancient Egyptian gods and their religions did require human sacrifice of their own Egyptian people. Pharoahs would also have their servants killed to continue serving them in the afterlife: if the gods had such value for human life then I'm sure they would have intervened in the ritual killing of their own Egyptian subjects well before the actions against a foreign people. My personal belief is that we now live in a post-Christian moral society that, even though many have become atheists, still influences our morality in ways that did not exist in the ancient world. So when we look back on these civilizations, we try to view and rationalize them through a Christian lense without realizing it. In truth, slavery and mistreatment of humans was a very normal thing in those old times. Even here in Japan, a place that has a pristine rep for elegance and culture, babies were sacrificed to deities as well as humans killed to be enshrined in the foundations of temples, castles, or a new bridge to bring "luck" or appease river gods (practice called "hitobashira" in Japanese). You can read on some of my research in my book/ebook "Let There Be Light: 50 Tough Bible Questions" at the amazon link in description. Thanks for your valuable insight!
@@KensCinemaSofa Well, one could level the same claim about the 1500s slavery, for example, in parts of Christendom - about whether certain deities were disgusted, or moved to action?
Can also note the movie cuts off before Exodus 21:20, or Leviticus 25 comes into things - but oh well. There was quite 'normal' 'special treatment' of some slaves there, too.
Sometimes kept 'for life' and sometimes not.
May be tough questions, overall.
@@chrissonofpear1384 Well one could say that this particular deity, the Elohim of Elohim, God of gods, Yahweh WAS moved, chattel slavery lasted a much shorter time relative to slavery of ancient times, and it was abolished in part by the gospel that stated the worth of every human being created in the image of God. Abolitionists did their part to use God's word in spreading this anti-slavery message. No plagues were necessary. Thanks for the comment!
@@KensCinemaSofa Well, maybe, but a straight forward resolution and direct involvement, or just a straight answer, might have been a very good idea.
And many abolitionists were also secular, too.
Meanwhile, Jehovah had shown a certain fondness for plagues, and not just over slavery, too. See Numbers, 2 Samuel 24, and more. These may, I suppose, have been necessary.
And what is a 'reprobate' also, in terms of worth? Or women in Deuteronomy 21?
It helps when the message is decisively not mixed, I suppose.
I dont understand how you came to that conclusion Albedo considering a big consideration of why GOD did the plagues that he did was to show how inferior they truly are and to allow ramses and the Egyptians the chance to humble themselves before YHWH.
While working for my brother’s Chinese restaurant and expecting Prince of Egypt to come out, his family and I went on premiere day and were blown away by the production. Narrative-wise, it kept the Biblical theme among some extra-biblical materials.
Hey Mangolite thanks for the comment! Yeah, it amazes me how it took an animated feature to get so many things right. I learned that many pastors and researchers were consulted on this one, everything from theology to accurate ethnic looks they really took to another level of realism and artistic beauty, making it so much more immersive. And Hans Zimmer? Don't get me started, the man does his research and tries to give a genuine sound rather than just another cinematic orchestral piece. I turn up the sound sometimes to "Through Heaven's Eyes", and it takes me back to 2019: my night dozing off to Bedouin drums under the Milky Way in the Sahara. Thanks again and stay tuned!
@@KensCinemaSofa I apologize for going so hilariously off topic in this but I’m stuck when you talk about God and everything. What am I supposed to think and tell myself and all the other people God didn’t choose for Salvation? God himself hates all of us non-elect, he doesn’t want relationship with us and only wants us as kindling for hell?
@Andre Laboy Hey Andre! No need for apologies, this may be a film channel, but my first vocation in life is as a preacher of the Word. I appreciate your candor.
Did you grow up a Christian? I only ask because of your familiarity with theological terms like "elect". Many, myself included, have come upon confusing scriptures in our sacred journeys uphill, scriptures like:
"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.." - 1 Peter 2:9
Then again you have another scripture written by Peter in 2 Peter 3:9:
"...The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."
You're right in bringing this up because it has been one of the biggest debates in the church since the coming of the Son of God: are those who are going to heaven already chosen? If so, why even preach the gospel? This issue is very important, especially for missionaries because the answer may make our work pointless. Then again, Christ Himself could be considered the first, greatest missionary as He literally hailed from a different world with a different culture ruled by a mighty King, however this King just happened to be the Creator, LORD and sustainer of all reality, Yahweh: GOD! And being a being of the utmost BE - ing, in that He exists outside of time and space -- elements made to govern creatures -- He is therefore not dependent on those elements for His existence. Which means that a million years in the past and a million in the future are like the same day for God.
So, because of this understanding of Yahweh, the possibilities are endless as to what "elect" means. It could be that He chooses people that He knows have the personalities that will respond positively to the torture, death and resurrection of His Son to erase their sin. Or, as many other Christians believe, He allows free will but being that awesome God stated earlier, can see the end result of a billion different results and therefore knows who will and will not choose Christ, and calls them "elect". Jesus' sacrifice was no small matter, this was God incarnate stepping in the path of not only human evil but the due judgement of a righteous Creator on lawbreakers that broke the world by their mutiny against the LORD, who sustains all creation: air, water, space, time, love, joy, beauty, etc. Yet they (humans) still desire to benefit from all of His gifts. The Elohim: other spiritual beings like angels, and Satan himself, look on to see what will happen, if justice would indeed come to such creatures that mock God and complain at His rule, yet have the audacity to create laws and judge criminals themselves on this tiny sphere called Earth.
So, rather than give a straight answer, because no one knows 100% the mysteries of God, I have presented the different options as evidenced by hints in scripture. It's worth mentioning that different Christian theological camps (Calvinists vs. Armenians etc.), may disagree on this but still call themselves brothers and sisters at the end of the day. Why? Because what matters most is that Christ DID choose to come down to a dark world hostile to the light of heaven, and He did command to go out and share the gospel, to the furthest reaches of the earth:
"Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” - Matthew 28: 16-20
That means no matter what, the preaching is still necessary for salvation, which means anyone has a chance. No rituals, no self-flagellation, no holy pilgrimages are necessary. Love, pain, shame, and blood were already poured out 2000 years ago, the only thing any human is required to do for salvation is simply believe. Thanks for the comment, hope this helps! If you want to talk more, DM me on instagram at the link in the description, and bless you!
@@KensCinemaSofa Well, I read Numbers 11:1, and 2 Samuel 24, and I find the idea of 'patient and not wishing all to perish' to be strained, ah, to breaking point, at times.
See also Romans 8:30 and 9:12, for more tricky problems. And that messy 1 Corinthians 2:14 business.
As for salvation, it cannot fully be defined without categorical definition of why we got into jeopardy, at all.
Far more than Genesis 3, frankly, has ever given. For how it became a world 'hostile to the light of heaven' over one fairly predictable error (two if you count letting mad angels or snakes near Eden)
Also, why is Satan, owed, so much? And being with people, to the end of time, presumably means being there in schisms, the Thirty Years War, ah, the Inquisition, and further?
@@chrissonofpear1384 Hello Chris! Thanks for your comments, I myself have wrestled with these same things coming up in the church. However, as I researched and meditated on them later on in life, I realized that as a person from the 21st century simply reading these words was not the same as being there 3000 years ago. There are a couple of things we need to bear in mind:
1. When we read the Bible, and it says "God did this and God did that", we are usually not visualizing the creator and sustainer of the universe, in all of His "shekinah", the visual manifested glory of God, appearing before people, as expressed in Exodus chapter 19. God had just used Moses to lead the people out of Egypt, a place where they had mixed and mingled in demonic idolatry for centuries, to the foot of Mt. Sinai to teach them of the idea of kadosh: holiness. God wanted them to understand that He was indeed GOD, not a human invention, and the origin of all reality. This is why the very forces of nature bent to His will as they besieged Egypt in plagues, why the Red Sea parted for its Creator, and why the Israelites washed their clothes, and abstained from sexual activities for 3 days before approaching the mountain that God would come down and set foot on. Holiness. When the LORD did actually come down, and the rams horn blew, with the earth shaking, and Yahweh the shaper of mortals in the womb, actually welcomed Moses and other finite mortal beings to not only approach Him, but to stand on the same hallowed ground as He and even share a meal (Ex. 24:11) -- they understood the magnitude of the event a million times more than you and I ever will. SO.....when someone beholds all of that, yet chooses to defy relatively simple rules spoken by the One who saved you and your children from genocide? All the clues point to a person who is out of their mind or has a downright evil heart. Remember, we're talking about people who had seen God's might, power, his fiery pillar of cloud in the night, heard His voice speak and the earth shake, and still disobey simple commands. Such a person is out of touch with reality, and is in serious danger of the same sin as Satan Himself, who was a resident of heaven and beheld such glorious realities daily. There's a kind of point of no return in such a situation, and I personally believe that the thought of repentance would sicken that fallen angel even if it were offered to him. Why? The glory and reverential nature of God became normal.
2. Let's remember the Lord allowed the world to continue on it's rebellious path out of respect for free will for around a thousand years from Noah to Moses. To intervene or not to intervene, that is the question! Either way, created beings will find fault with their Creator, like children with a protective or over-protective parent. However, we also see that there are spiritual realities that transcend us, goings on in the heavens that we will never understand. For example, we see in Genesis 15:13-16 that God prophesies to Abraham the whole future of Exodus: slavery, salvation and all, and how eventually they will come back to the land Abraham is standing on to combat the evil of other nations:
"Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions. You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age. In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
Not complete? It looks here that God is very much patient (if you do indeed consider Him the rightful maker and ruler of all reality, and therefore entitled to respect, otherwise why are we even talking about this). He stays His hand of retribution against humans that disrespect their Father by murdering, raping, and even sacrificing babies to demonic deities (Canaanite Moloch and Chemosh). However, the "not complete" means that He is watching and will not (cannot, as the origin of the ideal called "justice") let it pass forever. Israel had seen more of the reality of God than anyone else: He told them His personal Name, done fantastic wonders to save them from slavery, made Egypt to give their great treasures as parting gifts, forgiven them for making a golden baby cow to worship and thank for their salvation just months after. When you think of the grand scope of history, and that most of it has been in disregard and denial of God as the Father of humanity (even refusing to recognize His existence! Many papas would be quite angry about that), then its quite clear, the LORD is patient. Consider these things as I and millions of believers have for millennia. Bless you!
And love Moses facial hair and also when he finds the bush
haha the facial hair rocks, yes! Ancient middle eastern culture, you weren't considered a man until you had a beard. Clean-shaven was the norm in Egypt
I wish I could have appreciated this movie when it first came out, but I was seven (1st/2nd grade) at the time (and quite a bit of this movie frightened me). Even as my dad answered my question as to why someone could be so cruel, I just couldn’t process that. I can appreciate this movie now for all that it accomplished; I feel like I should’ve been exposed to it at an older age (10ish maybe).
Hey brother I know I'm late to the party but I appreciate your reaction on this masterpiece of a film, God bless from New Zealand. From a fellow Christian and actually also Dragon Ball fan haha
Hey there Ethan! Better late than never, and always welcome! Thanks for the comment, yeah this one was jam packed with spiritual elements to explore, I could not resist. Stay tuned for more! (and maybe some Dragon Ball too lol)
24:15
I never thought about it that way. I've been asking myself for so long "why turn the river to blood?"
Thanks, man!
God bless!
My pleasure and duty brother! Bless you in Christ!
27:34 My favourite scene from the movie, we can see whales inside in the parted water but it didn't spill over until the Jews were safe. Also, it's just so pretty, such wonder!
Totally agree! I'm a missionary, but also an artist and illustrator (film my videos from my atelier/art school in Tokyo), and I show that scene to my students at least once a week (its on my RUclips playlist "creative moods" lol). Art is more than a hobby, its divine!
"Then the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills- to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts."
- God instructing Moses on building the Ark of the Covenant to hold the ten commandments | Exodus 31:1-4
Would've loved to see this scene in the film, thanks for the comment!
48:47 another big reason why God had the Nile turn to blood was to kill the fish and lose the water so that the Egyptians would run out of water and fish to eat
God was straight up using siege tactics on the Egyptians, first by cutting off their food and water supply, ensuring disease spreads, using psychological warfare, then literally bombarding them with His version of artillery!
"And they proceeded to drop 5000 cubes of sugar.. " 😂
haha true story brotha, wish you guys were with me on that adventure in the Sahara, let's make it happen!
@@KensCinemaSofa what are my chances of talking you into a safari in Kenya, South Africa or Uganda?
@@Mancer1980 Well quite high since a Pastor is already expecting me for a missions trip in Kenya, and I have friends in SA. Uganda I'm interested in as well related to issues I talk about in the Temple of Doom vid
@@KensCinemaSofa I'm going to see the mountain gorillas in Uganda before im 50 come hell or high water. Care to join?
@@Mancer1980 haha dude, "Before 50"? you're talking to a guy who lives full-time overseas, hopping over to another country or 3 in a year is hopscotch for me. You better bring the heat when you speak about travel! Let's go!
You really don't need to be religious to appreciate this movie. The music, animation, performances...it's just incredible. It could be the greatest animated movie ever made.
Hey thanks for the comment Christina! Yes so ive heard, many see it that way and it is an amazing film with all the good points you said. It may just be the greatest animated movie ever, though I feel that the spiritual tones (and the rich, complex portrayal of God and his mighty acts) elevate it to that status without some realizing it. It has a mature tone that doeesn't look away, an element of its deep biblical roots
@@KensCinemaSofa I was also impressed by how dark the film let itself get, especially in 1998 when animation wasn’t seen in as many genres. I’m personally glad they didn’t water it down because to be honest, I’d find that disrespectful to the source material. It deals with an unpleasant and violent topic and to diminish the suffering in the story just to make people feel a bit better about it ultimately hurts its impact. The story is a deeply important one to several of the world’s largest religions - it should have the gravitas that deserves. Thank you for the video reaction, it was very moving.
Loved your insights! Thanks for this!
Hey thanks Luciphell! Glad you liked it, there's more coming so stay tuned!
4:38 Attack on Titan, one of the most popular animes, has genocide of humans within the first episode, fully graphic
Hey Empty Chairs! Thanks for your insightful comment, yes I have seen a few episodes of Shingeki no Kyojin, and you're right, it is quite graphic. To be more clear, I meant more in a historical sense, as Jews and Christians believe this to be a moment in Earth's history, hence its significance for Jews today at their annual feast of Passover. There are a few anime that deal with historical moments even more intense than this (Grave of the Fireflies), but most others are fictional. Speaking of anime, stay tuned because more is coming!
I also love the when the plagues come
Glad I found your channel. Great video on this and the Jospeh movie, particularly loved your point about people creating their own reality and morality to justify horrible things even killing babies, an unfortunately modern issue. God bless brother
Hey there brother! Thanks for finding me and I'm so glad you enjoyed the reaction. Yeah that is something isn't it? Many don't realize that the eating of the fruit by Eve in the garden wasn't so much about it's supernatural abilities (which cannot be ignored either), but the choice to create one's own reality instead of trusting the Creator, who'd just made you! Lots to take away from Genesis.
Sorry for late responses btw, I've been on the mend, but slowly revving up to get active again on RUclips, so stay tuned!
Grew up watching this movie and love it and I'm an Atheist
Hey Mogwia! Thanks for your comment, yes as a film it touches on themes of faith, familial love, and sacrifice that are embedded in our human society at this point, so anyone can enjoy to a certain extent. I'm glad you did! For Jews and Messianic Jews (Jews who believe Yeshua is the Messiah), who still celebrate their salvation from extinction 3000 years later at Passover, it has sacred and emotional depths, of course. Especially when something very similar happened again in Nazi Germany 80 years ago. Thanks for your comment and stay tuned!
Cobras were viewed as guardians of the pharaohs in Egyptian mythology. So when God's snake devoured the serpents of the pharaoh, it really was a warning to the Egyptians that nothing would protect them from God's wrath.
Amen, thank you wwmandalore for that wonderful insight!! Yes it really does elevate the depth of the text when we realize Yahweh was initializing an all out attack on these deities, beyond only freeing the Israelites. Bless you!
This movie shows the darkness of that era while showing how bright Gods glory is but also why u dont piss him off
Hey thanks for the comment Jordon! Yes, the Lord is a person, the ultimate Being, and therefore has a complex personality, as we do -- contrary to the 2d image that people have of Him.
Fantastic reaction and beautiful comparison's to God's word! Great job, brother!
Was the film Tarzan The Fearless from 1933?
Yeah, I looked it up and found that its a pre-code 1933 film
Ralph Fiennes' name is pronounced "Rayf", not like you would normally pronounce "Ralph".
I AM, "THAT", I AM
I, "EXIST"
Im building a videogame, and it is God's will whether or not I complete it. He promised me that with his power through me, I can move mountains. And I believe it. I enjoyed your reaction to this movie. Especially the burning bush scene.
Hey thanks so much for the comment brethren! Wow, that is exciting to hear! What kind of video game is it? Amen I pray the Lord's hand be with you "And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him." - Colossians 3:17.
Amen, that burning bush scene is the best I've seen in film and TV, I could go on all day speaking on it.
@@KensCinemaSofa My game is a very ambitious project. Action RPG and settlement management simulator. and a biblical allegory. But I just simply wanted to mention it because it reflects to me what Moses did here. I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me after all.Through god, a mere man was transformed into a being of great change. he was a nobody. just another Rando who had no future, drifting through life without a care in the world. But god knew what Moses really was, and he marched back to a powerful empire, and with the mighty powers of god easily brought that empire to its knees. But with you I'm preaching to the choir. Glad I found your channel, and look forward to more of your content.
Hey, this choir will never turn down some good preaching man! Thank you for it! I was just teaching the fellowship group on the burning bush earlier today, we all dug deep on just the first 5 verses of Exodus chapter 5, amen. As for your game, awesome news brother, sounds very interesting. What stage of development are you in if you dont mind me asking?
I'm an atheist, but "The Prince of Egypt" made me want to read the Bible.
Hey thanks for the comment godzilla! Yes, I hear ya, the account in the Bible is even more rich and packed with historical detail.
@@KensCinemaSofa Thanks. I look at the Bible like the Odessey or the Iliad. Maybe not historically accurate but definitely a piece of history.
Well I understand, but those accounts are much older and can't compare to the mountain of evidence for Biblical scripture. Having read the Iliad and the Aeneid in high school, I can tell you that the historical accuracy of the Bible is attested through biblical artifacts like the Moabite stone in the Louvre, the Lachish Reliefs from Assyrian king Sennacherib's palace in The British Museum (which chronicle Sennacherib's conquest of the town of Lachish and Jerusalem, corroborating the Bible passage of 2 Chronicles 32:9) and the unparalleled amount of manuscripts of the gospels of Jesus, which not only vastly outnumber other historical manuscripts that we take for granted, but are much more contemporary (oldest copy of Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars, by which we know much of his exploits, is 800 years after the fact. New Testament manuscripts a few decades). In his book The Annals (119 A.D.), the non-Christian historian Tacitus, regarded as one of the fathers of the field, also chronicles the death of "Christus" under Pontius Pilate and the spread of Christianity, amid the Romans efforts to stop it, just 90 years after the crucifixion. There's a whole world of biblical archaeology that is fascinating, wrote an entry level book on it myself. Check out more of my videos for snippets if you like @@godzilla964
If I was to be scent as God’s messenger onto the home I was not born, but still raised in, I would still do his bidding. But great sorrow and grief would still grow heavy within my soul. Just to see my own home in the destruction of god’s wrath, and the innocents who suffer and die because of it would have me sobbing. But this would be the will of god, and I must stand back and let him do his work. No matter what happens, no matter how much pain is bared within me, I must put my trust in him.
Excellent reaction! My only major disagreement is with the idea that this movie “couldn’t be made today” - particularly due to “anti-Christian” sentiment. The core themes of justice and respect for all people [regardless of religion, ethnicity, social status, etc.] are perpetually relevant! Sadly, I think the only thing modern studios would want to censor or tone down is the cruelty and violence perpetuated upon the Hebrews/other “non-Egyptians.” The brutal depiction of slavery (such as grueling work conditions and whipping) -not to mention the implied threat of sexual assault against Tzipora- might be a hard sell today. But I don’t think the story, as a whole, would be disregarded just because of its “Biblical” roots. After all, the events take place well before the time of Christ. So, one would also have to claim large-scale anti-Jewish AND anti-Islamic bias in order to make a case against the film’s current viability.
*Note: This is just my personal opinion, as of this point in time. It is not set in stone and I’m very much open to alternative viewpoints. Respectfully-worded responses will be considered; rude, ignorant, or hateful comments will be ignored and evoke Miriam’s sentiment (“You shame yourself, Aaron”).
Hey thanks for the comment cometgirl! And don't worry, no shameful Aarons here lol
I was speaking more so from the standpoint of the intensity, realness and adherence to scripture, and in animated form no less, particularly regarding the killing of the first born in Egypt. That along with depicting actual blood being applied to doorposts, etc. There is a reason why the follow-up, Joseph Prince of Dreams, was more tame in comparison and why another hasn't been made since. But now with shows like The Chosen on the rise, we may very well see animated features of such maturity and biblical integrity again.
@@KensCinemaSofa Let’s hope so!! Although it’s often hard to face, I think brutality is a necessary and important element in many of these stories. To me, censoring either the cause or consequence of divine wrath is a disservice to the fundamental message - respecting the inherent worth and dignity of all people.
How's it going?
Going good, you?
Hi can you please also react to “joesph king of dreams” from dreamworks. I’ve only seen one channel react to it
Hi Kat! Thanks for stopping by the sofa, yeah that has been recommended to me even before I had this channel, so it is definitely on the list. Thanks for the comment and stay tuned!
"Exodus has those details". Almost as if it was written in that period (respectfully)
Hey thanks for the comment saimon! Yeah, that is a really important observation for people who used to claim it was written in a later period. Even the name "Moses" is ancient, and the details for the structure of the tabernacle in the wilderness and even the ark itself has some resemblance to what an ancient Pharaoh would reside in during war campaigns (since he was supposed to be a god). It seems Yahweh was trying to make a point to the Israelites who had just come out of living in Egypt and under Egyptian culture for 400 years...
how about joseph king of dreams
Hey thanks for the comment@ yeah its on the channel, check it out!
Enjoyed watching a Christian give a review. God hardened Pharaoh's heart because He gave Pharoah the desires of Pharaoh's heart.
Amen! Yeah that is so interesting the point you made: truly the One known as I AM, the only self-existing being in every sense of the word "to be", is master of the flow of time -- every action, and their subsequent reactions, that accomplish necessary events thousands of years down the road. More to come once I get healed up (had a brush with Covid), stay tuned!
What is it like being a missionary in Japan? Do you speak fluent Japanese? Are you Catholic or Protestant? I was just wondering.
Hello Angela! Thanks for the comment, sorry for the late reply, trying my best to get out of this busy schedule and make a full return to RUclips. As for your questions: I'm a non-denominational missionary of 14 years in Japan, 15 in Asia. Life as a missionary in Japan is challenging, one of the challenges being fighting the urge to just relax and enjoy the peaceful and safe atmosphere that lingers on the surface. Japan has its issues like any country, but the place is unique in that its serious problems lay under a nicely polished veneer of a polite, well-organized society. A high suicide rate, racism (not surprising for a homogenized country that's been closed to the world for much of its existence), brutal work culture (that does claim lives as well due to overwork), and a sub-culture of thousands who are too traumatized by the previous issue to even leave their homes, sometimes for decades (hikkikomori) -- all lie underneath the society in a way you won't hardly notice as just a tourist. You have to live here to see and hear the stories. That being said, there is still a lot to enjoy in the people, with some of the "racism" not being violent or hateful, but just not used to seeing a brown face in my case. Once time is spent building relationships, beautiful ones can be had, and younger generations are the most approachable...and the very old LOL ironically!
P.S. My Japanese is intermediate level, some say its higher than that but it depends on if we're talkin daily Japanese or religious level (hard)
Aw, man! I was hoping you'd talk about how much worse the plagues were in the Bible compared to The Prince of Egypt. Oh well. Lol!
Hey Antwain! Ahhh, sorry about that, yeah I could go on and on with info, overwhelming, and some points get lost by the wayside. However, believe it or not I plan to cover Heston's classic Ten Commandments, so there's much more to talk about. Stay tuned!
Who made man’s mouth? Who made the deaf the mute the seeing or the blind? Did not in the Lord?
Beautiful, chilling, true, thanks for the comment!
Ken Heromine Parahine is that the egypt God name
Hi there kakak! Thanks for the comment, do you mean in the scene where the magicians are chanting the gods names?
I kinda have a question. Obviously I am not ok with slavery, and of course I do not deny that both the Pharaohs (the one that ordered the murder of babies, and the one that ruled when Moses returned to Egypt, in the movie - Seti and Rameses) were very cruel towards the hebrews. But I could not help but love how close Rameses was with Moses in the movie, and was saddened by how their brother relationship ended up later, even though I was happy that God delivered His people to freedom. Is that ok for me as a Christian? I do not like that Rameses was ok with slavery, but…his brother relationship with Moses in the beginning of the movie was just so close, and I love stories of close siblings relationships. Talking only about the movie “Prince of Egypt”, the Bible says nothing about Moses’ personal relationship with the pharaoh.
"It's almost supernatural pride."
Well, yeah. The bible does state that it was Yahweh, Elohim, who hardened Pharaoh's heart. It wasn't exactly up to him. It wasn't HIS pride that made him do those things. It was God's.
Well, I say he did those things, but he only did them in the bible. In historic texts nothing of the like is ever mentioned.
Regardless, while I am not a religious man, this movie is beautiful.
Hello sir! Thank you for the thoughtful response. I agree with you, in that God had a hand in his pride yes, but I would actually say that the Lord merely inflated the pride that was already there. This Pharaoh, after all (and many kings of that era in the ancient near east) already had no qualms with planned genocide. The Pharaoh had already instructed the Hebrew midwives to murder any boy they found right after the mothers gave birth. When these midwives disobeyed, the Pharaoh gave the order for all the boys to be thrown into the Nile river. A similar episode played out in Jesus time when He would have been a toddler, something that the contemporary historian (non-Christian) Josephus chronicles was very much in the character of King Herod, as that monarch had his own brother murdered. As for evidence of the Exodus, no one should expect a chronicle of such a thing to be made in Egypt. The leaders of ancient Egypt (and many other kingdoms of that time) were infamous for excluded defeats from their records, and especially one of this magnitude (the Bible on the other hand often records crushing defeats and embarrassing details regarding the foundation of the faith, something that was unheard of in that time. Pharaohs and Kings of Sumeria always vanquished their enemies and lived for thousands of years, as stated on the Sumerian King's list.) No, you would have to look for more circumstantial evidence (if you're excluding the Bible), ie: the Papyrus Brooklyn manuscript 35.1446 from 1809-1743 B.C. which shows a list of slaves being sold by an Egyptian woman, some of which are Semitic and even some of those that are Hebrew names (and even more amazingly, some of those being feminine versions of the names of Jacob's sons, whose families would grow into the 12 tribes of Israel). This is important because critics state that there was no evidence of Hebrew slaves in Egypt. There are many more examples of this kind of evidence, ill include some in my videos. But regarding religion: religion is the response to the texts, which were written primarily as a record of these amazing events, not for religious purposes from the get go.
It’s amazing how a Christian reacts to this vs how an unbeliever reacts,, the Christian is in awe the unbelievers acts very insolent
Hey thanks for the comment hadina! I've been in awe of everything God has done in the world since i became aware when I was saved at 13 years old. Since then its just been a feeding of my spirit with knowledge of Him, but as with those in the secular world? Well, you are what you eat!