Of Exodus and Christmas Songs!

[Agit8r]

10. Aside from the religious significance, the Exodus story has significance for those of us who study history....American history.

The Founders were more than impressed by the Exodus chapter: they saw America as the new Israel.



"…the influence of the Exodus story on the ethos of the American Revolution. So powerful was this influence in 1776 that Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams suggested that the Great Seal of the United States should include an image of Moses leading the Israelites through the Red Sea. A different committee subsequently chose another image--a pyramid!


John Adams' 1776 description of the seal: "Pharaoh sitting in an open chariot, a crown on his head and a sword in his hand passing through the Red Sea in pursuit of the Israelites: rays from a pillar of fire in the cloud, expression of the divine presence... Moses stands on the shore and extending his hand over the sea, causes it to overwhelm Pharaoh. Motto: Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God." An image of this seal was not produced until 1856 when in appeared in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine in an article by Benson J. Lossing (1813–1891)."
The Great Seal of the United States

Remember when you asked for an example of how everything you post is historically inaccurate. This ^

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