The Prince of Egypt, 25 Years Later—Does it Hold Up?

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The Prince of Egypt is the animated musical epic about Moses leading the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt.

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This film is less a cinematic retelling of the Exodus and more a remake of the Cecil B. DeMille classic, The Ten Commandments.

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In this story, Moses and Ramesses grow up as sons of Pharaoh. Moses discovers he's actually a Hebrew who was saved by his family in the hopes that he would eventually deliver his people from slavery.

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He leaves Egypt only for God to send him back to tell Pharaoh, let my people go. And by this point, his brother

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Ramesses is now Pharaoh. Other creative liberties are taken with the story, with Moses being raised by Pharaoh's wife rather than his daughter.

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Moses was actually twice as old when he returned to Egypt, and Aaron is more of an antagonist in this movie when in the

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Bible he was Moses' mouthpiece. Prince of Egypt is a story about these animated versions of Moses and Pharaoh.

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It is not about God. When Pharaoh asks Moses why these plagues are happening, Moses says, because no kingdom should be made on the backs of slaves.

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No, that's not the reason. In Exodus 9 and Romans 9, God says to Pharaoh, for this very purpose

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I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

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Instead of exalting the sovereignty of God, the story resorts to liberation theology. The music is amazing and the film boasts stellar animation and an all -star cast, but these filmmakers did not exalt the

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God of the Bible. Exodus 15 -2 says, Yahweh is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.