Book excerpt: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all represent departures from the law of God. By traveling back through time to the moment that was Exodus, the author discusses certain truths about the mysterious Entity that we call God which can act as guideposts to personal peace and world peace. During the journey back to the Exodus moment, we discover that this Entity, however, is not the loving God and forgiving deity that we have convinced ourselves it is. It is, in fact, an Entity of power completely alien to the God we suppose. Why it even chose to interject itself into human affairs is as much a mystery as its existence. Whatever its nature, its purpose, or even if it is still alive today, it knew something about us that could provide us the key to living together in peace. This secret can be captured through the pages of time, some 3,500 years ago, when this Entity, this God, presented itself to mankind, freed what it saw as its people from Pharaoh, and left a legacy that formed the foundation of the three greatest religions in the world today.