Movie "Exodus: Gods and Kings" vs. the Bible
The movie "Exodus: Gods and Kings" has hit theaters. Unfortunately, but director Ridley Scott, in his own words, does not believe in God, so he was very nonchalant about the credibility of the message, making the film false and portraying God in a hypocritical way, as well as the life of Moses is misrepresented. I will always be of the opinion that atheists should not make films based on Scripture, as they only do a disservice to those who believe it is a true biblical portrayal. I sincerely encourage you to read the Scriptures yourself and verify the truth. In just 14 pages, there is a period in which time runs from the birth of Moses to the passage of the Hebrews through the sea. These texts are contained in the Second Book of Moses, from chapter 1 to chapter 14. I also encourage you, before reading the text below, to read the article on Moses and his 3 stages of life >> Three stages of Moses' life, which will help you better understand the inaccuracies in the video.
The following are the main differences (inconsistencies) between the Scriptures and the film "Exodus: Gods and Kings." And here are those truths and falsehoods:
What is true and what is false
Movie: God as a child, there is no love in him.
Scripture: God was not shown under a figure, Moses heard a voice and saw a burning bush. The film's portrayal of God as a child is terrible and strikes at Christianity. It elevates the idea of a child guiding us through life. In addition, this child is somewhat hardened and I did not see God's love in him. Eavesdropping on the conversation is absurd! The God portrayed as a child may have been inspired by the Marian cult, in which Jesus is a small helpless child, not a grown man, in which the people of the cult go with their prayers to Mary and leave out Jesus Christ as the only mediator between people and God the Father.
Movie: Pharaoh is Rameses and it was he who banished Moses from the country after his father died.
Scripture: Pharaoh is not mentioned by name. We don't know exactly who reigned at that time. Moses fled the country while Pharaoh was still alive. Pharaoh died only during Moses' exile. It is irrelevant who reigned at the time, and it is only this inconsistency that does not matter.
Movie: Golden swords at the belt.
Scripture: there are none.
Movie: Moses was raised with a brother and did not know he was a Hebrew.
Scripture: There is no mention of any brother and that Moses did not know he was a Hebrew. We don't know if he was aware of this from an early age or found out later in life, the fact is that he was raised by his birth mother and was later given to Pharaoh's daughter, who had him as her son. The film shows that he was exiled because of this, which is not true.
Movie: Moses was exiled when his origins were known.
Scripture: Moses fled when he killed another Egyptian. Pharaoh found out about the murder and wanted to kill Moses, and Moses, knowing this, fled into the desert to the Midianites.
Movie: Moses, after the exile, when he went up the mountain to fetch the sheep, was hit on the head with a stone and had a vision in which he saw the god-child.
Scripture: Moses went up the mountain and to his eyes appeared an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire coming out of a bush. God then commanded him to remove his sandals, because the ground on which he stood was holy because of God's presence. Moses was conscious, there was no avalanche or blow to the head.
Movie: Zipporah ready to renounce faith, as long as Moses didn't go to Egypt.
Scripture: Jethro Zipporah's father said, Go in peace! Zipporah didn't mind wandering into Egypt.
Movie: Moses leads the partisans and trains the Hebrews.
Scripture: Complete nonsense! God spent 40 years molding Moses' character so that he would recognize that only God can deliver the chosen people. For more on this topic, see the article: The three stages of Moses' life. There was no resistance, no arches, no arson and no disagreement with God. In the third stage of his life, Moses no longer relied on his own strength, but only on the Creator, which is why he could not create the Hebrew armed forces at that time, they were created only at God's command after entering Canaan.
Movie: Moses avoided Pharaoh, sneaking around to talk to him.
Scripture: Moses, along with Aaron, openly confronted Pharaoh in the presence of his sorcerers. There was even a show of strength when Aaron's staff turned into a snake and ate the snakes of the staff of Pharaoh's sorcerers.
Movie: Pharaoh killed a Hebrew family every day to deliver Moses. The Hebrews were faithful and did not turn over their leader.
Scripture: as above, Moses did not hide, he stood before Pharaoh announcing plagues, and the Bible does not mention such repression by the ruler. Moreover, the Hebrews, after Pharaoh gave them extra work, began to murmur against Moses.
Movie: Pharaoh had Moses killed before the first plague.
Scripture: Pharaoh only told Moses before the tenth plague not to appear before him again, or he would die. Before that, he was not pursued (not counting his earlier escape from Egypt).
Movie: The first plague was caused by bloodthirsty crocodiles.
Scripture: The first plague was caused by Moses, who put his staff into the Nile River in front of Pharaoh. Egyptian wizards also turned the water into blood. Also the second plague i.e. frogs were able to bring the wizards. Only the third plague of mosquitoes (and the following ones) was not copied by them and they recognized then that there was God's finger in it.
Movie: Plagues translated as if everything was an accident.
Scripture: The plagues were recognized by the Egyptians as a force of the God of the Hebrews. No one explained it in a silly, scientific way. The plagues also represented an attack on the Egyptian deities. The Egyptians had many gods and these gods were not able to defend themselves against the God of the Hebrews, e.g. Happy (Hapi) the god of the Nile, Heket with the head of a frog, Hathor as the goddess of cows, Apis as the god of bulls, Reshep the god of lightning, Min the god of harvest, Ra the sun god, etc.
Movie: Plagues are shown to affect Israelites as well.
Scripture: The plagues were meant for the Egyptians, and the Israelites were protected from them.
Movie: Before the 10th plague, Moses argues with God, he was shown as the loving one, and God as vengeful.
Scripture: Moses did not challenge God's word, did not shout at God, there was no foolish speech: "I will not humble myself before You."
Movie: While crossing the sea, the water stopped and Moses spoke to Pharaoh, who survived.
Scripture: The Israelites walked on dry ground, and had a wall of water on either side of them. There was no conversation or skirmish while crossing the sea. Pharaoh's army and he himself perished.
Movie: stone tablets engraved by Moses.
Scripture: the tablets of stone or God's 10 commandments (Decalogue) were inscribed on stone by God Himself (Exodus 32.16). This is important because it indicates that: the commandments were given by God, so they are unchangeable, they were engraved by Him permanently as a symbol of constancy, so that no one would subtract or add anything from them.
Movie: At the end of the video, Moses sits next to the Box of Testimony, and the people pass by, touch the cart, and this cart is pulled by horses.
Scripture: The Box of Testimony was sacred and could not be touched just like that, and the cart was not pulled by horses.
The film should be considered an unbiblical recreation of events with the director/writer's atheistic vision of God. There is no sentence in the introduction in which the filmmaker informs us that the events in the film are a very loose reconstruction of the record of the Book of Moses and should not be taken as a faithful representation of the image. In "Exodus: Gods and Kings," many may mistakenly believe that the film accurately portrays the events of Scripture. Due to its huge inconsistencies, hypocrisy and putting God in a very unfavorable light, I would consider this film to be garbage not worth watching. It should only be viewed by those who have read the Scriptures or have knowledge of how horribly misrepresented history is.
