Source Coverage: Exodus 2:8-10
This is what God does. He works behind the scenes and accomplishes what no one else can do. He moves in ways that surprise us-though, if we truly know Him, they shouldnβt surprise us at all. His providence is quiet, steady, and unstoppable. When Moses grew older, he was returned to Pharaohβs daughter and became part of the royal household.
Note Acts 7:21-22
Moses was raised by Pharaohβs daughter. He was educated in all the wisdom of Egypt. He was mighty in words and deeds-trained, capable, skilled, and influential. The boy who was sentenced to die in the Nile was now being prepared in the palace. The very system that sought to destroy him became the school that developed him.
Egypt, throughout Scripture, becomes a powerful picture of the world.
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Egypt is a place of bondage (Exodus 20:2) - called a βhouse of bondage.β
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Egypt is a place of worldly power and misplaced dependence (Isaiah 31:1) - God warned Judah not to trust in Egyptβs strength or wisdom.
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Egypt is a place of idolatry and worldly pleasure. Scripture warns of loving βthis present world,β as Demas did when he forsook Paul (2 Timothy 4:10).
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Crossing the Red Sea pictures salvation-leaving the worldβs system behind and walking in newness of life.
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Israelβs repeated desire to return to Egypt mirrors the heart of a backsliding believer longing for the old life (Hebrews 11:15-16).
Moses possessed the wisdom of Egypt, but there came a moment when he refused to identify with it.
Note Hebrews 11:24-25
Though trained in Egyptβs knowledge and privilege, Moses chose Godβs people over worldly prestige. He exchanged a palace for persecution. He valued eternal reward over temporary pleasure.
Regarding his name, some suggest βMosesβ was an Egyptian name meaning βsonβ or βborn,β common in Egyptian royal names. Yet it also sounds like the Hebrew MΕΕ‘eh, connected to the verb mΔΕ‘Γ’h, meaning βto draw outβ-βbecause I drew him out of the waterβ (Exodus 2:10). Even in his name, God embedded his calling. The one drawn out of the water would one day draw a nation out of bondage.
Pharaohβs plan failed. God preserved Moses. And He used Pharaohβs own daughter to accomplish it.
The king of Egypt issued a decree of death-but the King of Heaven had already written a story of deliverance.
This is what God does. He works behind the scenes and accomplishes what no one else can do. He moves in ways that surprise us-though, if we truly know Him, they shouldnβt surprise us at all. His providence is quiet, steady, and unstoppable. When Moses grew older, he was returned to Pharaohβs daughter and became part of the royal household.
Note Acts 7:21-22
Moses was raised by Pharaohβs daughter. He was educated in all the wisdom of Egypt. He was mighty in words and deeds-trained, capable, skilled, and influential. The boy who was sentenced to die in the Nile was now being prepared in the palace. The very system that sought to destroy him became the school that developed him.
Egypt, throughout Scripture, becomes a powerful picture of the world.
Egypt is a place of bondage (Exodus 20:2) - called a βhouse of bondage.β
Egypt is a place of worldly power and misplaced dependence (Isaiah 31:1) - God warned Judah not to trust in Egyptβs strength or wisdom.
Egypt is a place of idolatry and worldly pleasure. Scripture warns of loving βthis present world,β as Demas did when he forsook Paul (2 Timothy 4:10).
Crossing the Red Sea pictures salvation-leaving the worldβs system behind and walking in newness of life.
Israelβs repeated desire to return to Egypt mirrors the heart of a backsliding believer longing for the old life (Hebrews 11:15-16).
Moses possessed the wisdom of Egypt, but there came a moment when he refused to identify with it.
Note Hebrews 11:24-25
Though trained in Egyptβs knowledge and privilege, Moses chose Godβs people over worldly prestige. He exchanged a palace for persecution. He valued eternal reward over temporary pleasure.
Regarding his name, some suggest βMosesβ was an Egyptian name meaning βsonβ or βborn,β common in Egyptian royal names. Yet it also sounds like the Hebrew MΕΕ‘eh, connected to the verb mΔΕ‘Γ’h, meaning βto draw outβ-βbecause I drew him out of the waterβ (Exodus 2:10). Even in his name, God embedded his calling. The one drawn out of the water would one day draw a nation out of bondage.
Pharaohβs plan failed. God preserved Moses. And He used Pharaohβs own daughter to accomplish it.
The king of Egypt issued a decree of death-but the King of Heaven had already written a story of deliverance.