![]() And so often when He speaks most clearly, God speaks using our own voice. God speaks to us in the voices of all those around us, in varying ways and in different measures. This strikes me as a most beautiful theology. In the scene where Moses encounters God in the burning bush, the voice that stands out most strongly is that of Val Kilmer, the same actor who voices Moses. In the movie, God’s words are expressed by many of the actors at the same time, forming a kind of chorus, avoiding any speculation about who exactly God might sound like. I was curious about which actors had voiced some of the parts and, when I looked them up online, I was blown away by the information about how the filmmakers chose to represent the voice of God. I recently watched (not for the first time by any stretch) the movie Prince of Egypt, an animated film about the story of Moses. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture. All who came before me are thieves and bandits but the sheep did not listen to them. So again Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. They will not follow a stranger, but they will run from him because they do not know the voice of strangers.” When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. ![]() He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. Jesus said: “Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit.
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