'Tis Written

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. -Genesis 1:1

To the Prophet Moses it was given to inscribe the first verse of Sacred Scripture, along with much more. By the time he inscribed these words, thousands of years of history had transpired.

Some would say this is reason to disbelieve the accuracy of Moses' writing. Wellhausen of old asserted Moses was unequipped for the task because writing was not even possible at the time. Not true. Others would like to infuse fantastic mystery into it all. Not true.

This is what Adam and Eve taught their children, and their children, being blessed from Above passed the truths of creation and salvation along from one generation to the next out of love and care for one another. It was enough in those days for the Word to be spoken and passed along all by itself without being inscribed.

As your Creator ordained from eternity, the time came for the facts of creation and salvation to be written, and Moses wrote them by inspiration of the Holy Spirit just as Adam and his faithful successors, by the grace of God in Christ Jesus, spoke them by inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Moses, like you, is a direct participant in the Passover deliverance of Christ's holy people.

It is always the aim of your Creator to present without question Who He is and what He does. He saw fit to inscribe these things at just the right time, and still speaks them to you at just the right time, just as He donned your weak flesh - the flesh of the first Adam - at just the right time, in order to die your death under the Law and raise you up as you are joined to Him through Christ Jesus.

The Church in time has set apart the date of September 4th to commemorate Moses, to whom you are joined in Christ Jesus by faith, by Holy Baptism, and by the Holy Communion Passover.
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