The Thoughts of Wesley son of Cornelius

“Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered …’” (Exodus 17:14 NIV)

“When Moses went and told the people all the LORD’s words and laws, they responded with one voice, ‘Everything the LORD has said we will do.’ Moses then wrote down everything the LORD had said.” (Exodus 24:3)

“Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.’” (Exodus 34:27)

“At the LORD’s command Moses recorded the stages in their journey.” (Numbers 33:2)

“After Moses finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end, …” (Deuteronomy 31:24)

“If you believed Moses, you would believe me [Christ], for he wrote about me. But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?” (John 5:46)

I remember hearing the argument when I was younger that Moses could not have written the first five books of the Bible because writing had not fully developed until after his time. This argument showed the ignorance of this person. Archeological evidence now shows that the Sumerians had writing around 3400 B.C. and the Egyptians had writing around 3100 B.C. Furthermore, the writing was already in an advanced form. Theories exist that simplified pictures and lists existed before these dates.

In the following posts I hope to shed some light on how advanced these writings actually were, what they have in common, and how they are different. I especially want to spend some time on the interesting Chinese characters that give some intriguing insight into the ancient world.