A pharaoh decrees the death of every Hebrew son. A mother weaves a basket and trusts the river. Eighty years later, a fugitive shepherd turns aside to see a bush that burns without burning—and three angelic reporters are there to file the report.
The Moses story is the Hebrew Bible's longest formation arc: forty years of palace education, forty years of desert refinement, and one encounter with the eternal "I AM WHO I AM"—the divine name that would echo through every Old Testament prophecy and emerge again, fourteen centuries later, on the lips of Jesus in the Gospel of John: "Before Abraham was, I AM." The man who would lead a nation from slavery to the mountain of God spent his first eighty years learning that the call could not be answered until the caller chose to speak.
This is Book 1 of the Moses arc, covering his rescue from the Nile through his commissioning at the burning bush. Moses: The Great Deliverer (Book 2) continues the story from the throne room at Pi-Ramesses through the parted sea to the mountain of Sinai.
In this volume of God's Creatures Tell the Story, the angelic newsroom of the Heavenly Herald sends its Divine News Team—Penny the Squirrel, Professor Hoot the Owl, and Dominic the Donkey—to bear witness across eighty years of one man's slow preparation. From the bulrushes at the Nile's edge where Pharaoh's own daughter draws a Hebrew baby from the water, to the palace at Pi-Ramesses where a prince is educated in two worlds, to the killing of an Egyptian taskmaster that sends Moses fleeing into exile, to the wells of Midian where a shepherd is refined by forty years of ordinary faithfulness, to the holy ground at Horeb where a voice speaks his name from supernatural fire, the team observes invisibly, takes notes, and files the report that becomes this book.
Faithful to the Hebrew text and written in the literary tradition of fable and parable, Moses: God's Rescued Prince is biblical fiction with theological weight—for older middle-grade readers, family read-aloud, Christian-school classrooms, and adults who never quite stopped wondering what eighty years of silence felt like before the bush began to burn.
Includes:
• The burning bush rendered with the theological weight of what was actually said there—the revelation of I AM WHO I AM, the divine name (the Tetragrammaton) that is the foundation of every later Old Testament prophecy and that Jesus Himself would claim in the Gospel of John
• "Theophany and Divine Revelation"—an appendix on the appearances of God in Scripture, what makes the burning bush distinct from every other theophany, and why God revealed the name Yahweh at this particular moment in salvation history
• "Sacred Names and Etymology"—the Hebrew names of God across the Old Testament: El Shaddai, El Elyon, Yahweh, and how each reveals a different aspect of His character
• Bible Detective scripture-search questions, Faith in Action reflections, archaeological notes on ancient Egyptian education and royal adoption customs, geography of the ancient Near East, Professor Hoot's Quiz, and a comprehensive Glossary
• Companion coloring book available separately
From the author of more than forty books across literary fiction, biblical education, and policy nonfiction, published by Rebell Books. Glossary of key biblical terms; Historical and cultural background sections; Maps, timelines, and study helps; 12-week curriculum for Sunday School or homeschool. Part of the “God’s Creatures Tell the Story “Series —a collection of biblical adventures brought to life through lovable animal characters, strong spiritual lessons, and teacher-ready educational tools. Bring the extraordinary story of Moses to life—and help children see God’s power, protection, and promise in a whole new way.
