To appreciate the great Law-giver, comparison must be made with the nations of his time. Inherent in the universe is a law called by Darwin the law of the survival of the fittest. Certainly the Hebrews were more fit to survive than the nations which they conquered. Man must progress, and he who does not, by inevitable law, recedes and finally is annihilated. No power can hold us on life s highway except as we unfold from within our own consciousness.
Evolution is the continuous progressive unfoldment of power within our own consciousness.
Moses saw natural law and founded a nation and a religion upon this. Moses sends from each of the twelve tribes of Israel one of their princes, over into Canaan. The spies go forward into the land, and return with the fruits of the country and their report of it. We came unto the land that thou sentest us and surely it floweth with milk and honey, nevertheless, the people be strong, and the cities are walled and very great. Of all the spies sent out only those who felt their ability to conquer actually went over into the land of Promise, Joshua and Caleb.