Shadowland: Redemption: Week 2

Exodus 2

• 2:2 "hid him for 3 months" - Hebrews 11:23 "By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict."
• 2:10 she named him "Moses" - "draw out". Moses would be used to draw the people of Israel out of Egypt. "He became her son" - Acts 7:22 "Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action."
  In 1:10 Pharaoh was afraid the Hebrews would leave the country, and began his program of oppression. Now Pharaoh pays to feed, house, and educate the man who will be used to lead the Hebrews out of the country.
• 2:12 "looking this way and that" - Hebrews 11:24 "By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter."
  Acts 7:25 "Moses thought that his own people would realize that God was using him to rescue them, but they did not."
  Exodus 20:25 "If you make an altar of stone for Me, you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you wield your tool on it, you will profane it."
  Moses knew that the time approached to leave Egypt, and choose affliction with Israel over the treasures of Egypt. But this "altar" was profaned by his premature action, as the "iniquity of the Amorite was not yet full". But also, it was human action driven by the flesh and not the Spirit - as a stone altar was profaned by the use of tools.
• 2:15 "went to live in Midian" - Hebrews 11:27 "By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.
  Genesis 25:2 - Midian descended from Abraham through Keturah. And yet once again, God's chosen man meets his bride by a well.
• 2:17 "came to their rescue" - Moses was trained as a warrior. His sense of injustice again spurs him to action with a happier result.
• 2:18 "Reuel" - "Friend of God". "Jethro" in Exodus 3:1 is a title meaning "His Excellency".
• 2:24 "heard their groaning" - foreshadowed by Leah in naming Simeon
• 2:25 "saw their affliction" - foreshadowed by Leah in naming Reuben