Exo 2:22 | KingComments | STEP | What is presented as a flight in Exodus is presented as an act of faith in Hebrews 11 ( ). We can draw a parallel with the Lord Jesus. The Lord Jesus was rejected by His people on the one hand; on the other, He ascended to heaven, waiting for the time when His people will accept Him as their Savior. The same goes for the time that Moses is in Midian and he takes a heathen woman as a bride. This is comparable to the Lord Jesus Who in this time, while His people Israel have rejected Him, receives the church as His bride. In the name Moses gives to his son, it appears that he has not forgotten his people, even in the foreign land. The providence of God brought Moses to the court, faith brings him out. Moses might have reasoned that God had given him his position at court to use it for the benefit of His people. But then the people would owe their enlightenment or even deliverance to Pharaoh. This is not God’s way of delivering His people. God’s purpose with the time Moses spent at Pharaoh’s court, with all he learned there and all the riches he possessed there, is that Moses would give it all up again. What Moses gives up is more than any other member of the people will ever give up. God often uses men as leaders who have given up more than anyone else. They must have suffered more than others. Thus Moses consciously chose to “endure ill-treatment with the people of God” ( ). He did not allow himself to be blinded by the beautiful appearance of what had surrounded him at the court. He has an eye for things that are only seen by faith. When he arrives in Midian, his first act is again an act of deliverance. This time he delivers seven shepherdesses from shepherds who claim certain rights. Moses went into the school of God to learn the shepherd’s job. All the lessons he receives will soon be needed to lead God’s people like a flock ( ). The Lord Jesus is “the good shepherd” ( ), “the great Shepherd” ( ) and “the Chief Shepherd” ( ). From Him we can learn how to be a shepherd among His people. During the forty years he spent at the court of Pharaoh, he “was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians” and became “a man of power in words and deeds” ( ). In the next forty years ( ) God will make him a man who He can describe as “very humble, more than any man who was on the face of the earth” ( ). Before a work can be done by Moses, a work must first be done in Moses. Also with other servants, God has a time of preparation. Thus Joseph was slave in Egypt for thirteen years ( ), and Paul stayed in the wilderness of Arabia for three years ( ).

‏ Exodus 2:22

Moses Flees to Midian

What is presented as a flight in Exodus is presented as an act of faith in Hebrews 11 (Heb 11:27). We can draw a parallel with the Lord Jesus. The Lord Jesus was rejected by His people on the one hand; on the other, He ascended to heaven, waiting for the time when His people will accept Him as their Savior. The same goes for the time that Moses is in Midian and he takes a heathen woman as a bride. This is comparable to the Lord Jesus Who in this time, while His people Israel have rejected Him, receives the church as His bride. In the name Moses gives to his son, it appears that he has not forgotten his people, even in the foreign land.

The providence of God brought Moses to the court, faith brings him out. Moses might have reasoned that God had given him his position at court to use it for the benefit of His people. But then the people would owe their enlightenment or even deliverance to Pharaoh. This is not God’s way of delivering His people.

God’s purpose with the time Moses spent at Pharaoh’s court, with all he learned there and all the riches he possessed there, is that Moses would give it all up again. What Moses gives up is more than any other member of the people will ever give up. God often uses men as leaders who have given up more than anyone else. They must have suffered more than others. Thus Moses consciously chose to “endure ill-treatment with the people of God” (Heb 11:25). He did not allow himself to be blinded by the beautiful appearance of what had surrounded him at the court. He has an eye for things that are only seen by faith.

When he arrives in Midian, his first act is again an act of deliverance. This time he delivers seven shepherdesses from shepherds who claim certain rights. Moses went into the school of God to learn the shepherd’s job. All the lessons he receives will soon be needed to lead God’s people like a flock (Psa 77:20). The Lord Jesus is “the good shepherd” (Jn 10:11), “the great Shepherd” (Heb 13:20) and “the Chief Shepherd” (1Pet 5:4). From Him we can learn how to be a shepherd among His people.

During the forty years he spent at the court of Pharaoh, he “was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians” and became “a man of power in words and deeds” (Acts 7:22). In the next forty years (Acts 7:30) God will make him a man who He can describe as “very humble, more than any man who was on the face of the earth” (Num 12:3). Before a work can be done by Moses, a work must first be done in Moses. Also with other servants, God has a time of preparation. Thus Joseph was slave in Egypt for thirteen years (Gen 37:2 ; Gen 41:46), and Paul stayed in the wilderness of Arabia for three years (Gal 1:15-18).