In the West Asian religions Judaism, Christianity and Islam, which are dominated by linear programmed purposive good life now, so that you may go on to a perpetual blessed existence after death, possibly long after death. Jehovah made a convenient with his people and did lay down rules of conduct which forbid many of the creative graphic arts, for example. It is therefore an irony that many of the most creative have come from the tribes of the chosen people. The instructions to the followers of each of these religions contains many edicts calculated to stifle any Saivite experiences. The Old Testament painstakingly traces genealogies and chronicles events during many generations, hopefully true though highly partisan accounts.
Cosmology is laid out and the final events too are predicted.
A careful review shows the moment when Moses comes in view of the burning bush which burnt but was not consumed , he not only sees, but also hears a voice from beyond. He is told that the time and place are holy, so he removes his sandals. He ends up liberating his people from Egypt and takes them on a random walk for forty years in the Sinai. Eventually he hands over the reins to a young Joshua. In the New Testament, there is repeated effort to show that Jehovah's plans as told in ancient times have been fulfilled.