I may be alone in the 'reformed' camp when I say this but, I get goosebumps when I watch "The Prince of Egypt" with my kids. I think I enjoy it more than the kiddos. I have watched it alone I like it so much. The music, with the sweeping cartoon imagery and landscapes, Val Kilmer as Moses and Ralph Fiennes as Rameses...wow! Sandra Bullock as Miriam and Jeff Goldblum as Aaron? The cast is great and everything just pulls together for a fantastic retelling of the Exodus! The telling is a semi-historical drama and is an adaption of "The Book of Exodus." Of course there are some liberties taken as far as what happened each moment of the day and they seem to take a detour from the way the Scriptures indicate how Moses murdered a man. But again, overall an excellent piece of work! But did it actually happen? Many of us grew up watching Charlton Heston's "The Ten Commandments" which was released in 1956. This film also included a powerful performance by Yul Brynner as Rameses. It includes Moses pleading with his former adopted brother and God sending 10 different plagues culminating with the death of all firstborn Egyptian children, royalty not excluded. When Rameses firstborn is found dead, he releases the Hebrew slaves and allows Moses to lead them out of Exile. Of course you know the rest of the story. Not to be redundant but I think it's okay on a  small level to ask, "did this all really happen?" Did Moses really lead 2-3 MILLION people across deep parts of the Red Sea and then through miles and miles of desert and wilderness? The Scriptures indicate that it did. Obviously I'm not an archeologist or biblical history expert (if I was this blog would probably look a lot different), but in my limited research and study of others findings, there are those who would suggest that the Exodus never took place, or at least if it did it was on a much smaller scale. The various reasoning for these conclusions are things such as, no historical evidence that slaves ever existed in Egypt, no recorded evidence in Egyptian findings (and the Egyptians are known to have kept very detailed records of happenings and events during their dynasties) of various plagues ever hitting Egypt, little to no evidence of a million people traveling through the desert and wilderness of that area. Some have indicated that if the Israelites escaped Egypt and crossed the Red Sea, it had to have been at one of the more shallow points on the Sea, which still would be up to 750 deep and consist of deep ravines and cliffs and jagged rocks, virtually impossible to cross with a million people or more consisting of children, older people, and animals and belongings. Things such as this have brought some to believe that the story of Moses is not true. But why would the writers of Exodus make this all up? Was it a hoax? Is it a grand fictional story to convince us to believe in the wonders of God? Another side to all this is that in my very limited research, there is little to no evidence that the Exodus did not happen. So the theory can be reversed. Actually, I uncovered more evidence that it did happen that that it did not. This thought that I am proposing can be said for all biblical accounts, the story of Samson, the Battle for Jericho, the great flood and Noah's ark, etc. But that's what makes our faith so beautiful isn't it? It's faith. We don't have all the answers. God in his grace will allow humankind to uncover various answers and various pieces of evidence but we'll never know each detail for sure this side of heaven. But we have faith that it's true. We have faith that God designed it all with us in mind and His ultimate glorification.