Movie Review: Patterns of Evidence - Exodus

I hope you made the effort to go and watch the one night release of this amazing documentary. If you did you undoubtedly have many thoughts going on inside your mind. If you did not I highly recommend you go to and pre-order a copy of the documentary. The webs site below has the trailer for the documentary by the Director, Timothy P. Mahoney. My Review: Have you ever had your faith challenged in this world which constantly bombards us with "so-called" experts and scientists that claim no evidence exists that the Scriptures are true? Were you taught the Scriptures were true by a sweet little old lady Sunday School teacher only to enter the public educational system and academia of universities and had those Scripture stories scoffed at and heard discussions that would make out those who believed them to be "crack pots" who have a blind faith. Be honest! Remember that honesty with yourself on this matter doesn't make YHVH (Heavenly Father)agree, He already knows your heart and desires that you approach Him honestly, trusting that He understands. This is my testimony as well. I have am an environmental scientist by education and experience (27 years in my field). I was raised in a Methodist Church in MD, but left my faith behind (or rather faith of my mother) when I became "educated". The truth was that I believed God existed but because I never had anyone refute the "educated experts" my faith in the Scriptures validity was challenged to say the least. I even tried to see the Scriptures as "a story" or fable with a meaning behind it, rather than true as written, by the only One that was there through all of history. Like many, I dare say, I tried to fit the Scriptures into the truth of academia rather than first believing YHVH's written word as truth and looking at "scientific evidence" through the truths already provide us by YHVH's word. So this movie "Patterns of Evidence - Exodus" starts off looking for actual evidence of the Exodus account from Scripture, to see if there is actual evidence of not. This is the Director's story of what he found, and because it is his testimony of this quest it is really amazing. The journey takes him from scholar to scholar in his quest, providing what he found, whether from those who proclaimed no evidence existed, to others who saw evidence, but not in the timeline of history that was "traditionally" believed to have been accepted. The movie does go into much detail in this thought, but if I may simply share; it is traditionally believed that Egypt had three major periods in its history, and that the last period of Ramses was the period that believed scholars tried to match with "the Exodus story". Therefore, when evidence was not found during that period, they merely dismiss the narrative of Scripture as a fable rather that examining data from other time frames to "check" on their own believed and established timelines. The documentary then provides astounding evidence of a Semitic people that were in Goshen during the second great Egyptian period, which included cities, evidence that these ay have once had a "favored status' in Egypt, a period of slavery, and evidence of quick departure and much much more. There was even a statue of a non-Egyptian that was in 12 burial areas, where one seems to represent a figure like the Joseph of Israel. If that doesn't whet your appetite to see this I don't know what will. Anyway, as the documentary continues, we see patterns (ie the title) of evidence that support the various time periods of the arrival, living in freedom, a change to slavery, plagues, and a final exodus out of Egypt. The major problem? The time period of this evidence appears to much earlier (that is before) in history than it had been looked for. This raises the questions as to whether the established time line is correct or not. The evidence of cultures with so called "gaps" in their own timelines is then shown in a graphic with an in depth discussion of how others timelines have been "pinned" in time against this Egyptian Timeline, which in fact resulted in these other countries having "gaps" in the first place. Don't worry if you aren't following my attempt to explain this because the movie's graphics make this easy to visualize and understand. So I believe this documentary is a must see for all believers and any that seek for truth. My prayer is that as the discussion expands and more scientist see this, that it may lead to more break through evidence in support of the validity of the Scriptures. Lastly, the documentary is followed by a panel discussion which lacked only a "Hebrew Roots" believer. Dennis Prager represented Judaism; Ann Graham Lott as well as two others represented the Christian perspective, but it would have been interesting to have had a representative who both believed that Jesus (Yeshua) was the Messiah and who also had a love and desire to obey the Torah (first five books of Scripture) as was represented by Mr. Prager. Just as YHVH is revealing Himself in Scripture, we all know and believe He changes not! So we who believe in Yeshua as Messiah an who desire to obey Him, also desire to obey all His words, believing His words start in Genesis 1:1 and go through all of Scripture, not once contradicting Himself. We believe that the Torah was given to Moses by Him, therefore believe they were meant for all men, in all time periods, and will be the basis of righteous living standards forever more. We believe they never went away, as evidence that He will bring them back, just read Ezekiel chapters 40 - 48 and read it for yourself. Could it be that scientists aren't the only ones holding too tight to traditions and doctrine of men to first accept the whole of Scripture as true? Could we find that the gentiles are not the only ones to find in the last days that they have inherited the lies of their fathers, vanity, and this that do not profit? (see Jeremiah 16:18). Maybe His definition of good doctrine should be "good enough" for those that say they have faith! (see Proverbs 4:2) Did you see the movie? What are your thoughts?