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This page contains photos of a painting and of a sculpture representing Moses.

Additional information:
The word "comet" is derived from the Latin word "cometa" which in turn is derived from the Greek word "kometes" which means "long-haired". A comet is therefore often depicted as a woman with exceptionally long hair. The story of Rapunzel (in the version told by the Grimm brothers) is an example of this method of depicting a comet. A comet is also often depicted as a snake or a dragon which either has "horns" or a "beard", or both, and/or has wings (usually on or near its head); or it is depicted as a bird with either an exceptionally long comb, long head feathers or long tail feathers, or some combination of these things. An example of a comet depicted in a story as a woman, whose hair is snakes, is the story of the Medusa. Depicting a man as having "horns" and/or a "beard" is yet another traditional artistic way to indicate that the man is either a comet or is somehow associated with a comet. The beard represents the tail of the comet and the horns represent the fragments of the comet which travel near the main body which is depicted as the head of the person. Hence the "horns".  In the instance of Moses, a comet (or a part of it) apparently impacted the Earth in a manner similar to that of the "Seven Macaws" impact and with similar results, including an ocean slosh. It was presumably the slosh which allowed the twelve tribes of Israel to cross the dry bed of the Red Sea while fleeing the Egyptians and the return slosh which wiped out the pursuing Egyptians. The suggestion of a comet impact is not an attempt to suggest that the Most High God (MHG) was not responsible for the twelve tribes being enabled to cross the Red Sea and very shortly thereafter responsible for the Egyptians perishing when the Red Sea sloshed back. To the contrary, the suggestion is merely that the comet was the means by which the MHG caused the Red Sea (and all other seas and oceans) to slosh. The fact that the MHG  had told Moses when he was to lead the twelve tribes out of Egypt is proof that the MHG knew beforehand what was going to happen and when. It is our belief that the MHG did not merely know what was going to happen and when it was going to happen, the MHG was instead the cause that the comet impacted precisely where, when and how He wanted it to impact in order to achieve His goal of the twelve tribes crossing the dry seabed and His additional goal of the Egyptians perishing while attempting to also cross the seabed shortly thereafter. The suggestion that the MHG chose to control a comet to achieve His goals is nevertheless merely a suggestion because it cannot now be proven to have been the means He chose.

Definition and derivation of the word translated as "Moses" are available here.

Image acknowledgement:
The source of the photo on the left has been lost.
The photo on the right was derived from a photo at
http://gallery.euroweb.hu/html/m/michelan/1sculptu/giulio_2/ {this link was discovered to now be broken}