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Introduction
Live has many twists and turns.
This has been the experience for many people throughout history:
John F. Kennedy made a decision made a decision to attend a fundraiser for the Democratic Party in Dallas, Texas; the day he was shot.
In the 1950’s the drug “thalidomide” was prescribed to women as an effective medication for morning sickness.
Soon, people would realize that babies were being born without hands and feet and other severe birth defects.
Netflix saw its sales numbers slowly dropping (previously they relied on mail DVD rentals).
They made the decision to produce their own content to stream on its own service.
This has now made them a leader in the industry.
Decisions have the power to impact our lives for good or bad.
Some decisions make people enormously successful.
Other decisions are the reason why many people’s lives have been ruined.
In our journey through the Bible this week we read through .
In Exodus 1-7 we read about the life of Moses.
Moses is one of those figures in ancient history that many people know about.
He has been featured in at least two very successful films - The 10 Commandments and The Prince of Egypt.
He is known as a powerful leader for both Christians and Jews.
In our time today, we will consider what the author to the Hebrews tells us about:
His origen
His destiny
His new life
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His origen
I. Su origen
Moses had a very unusual origin:
The Jewish people were living in Egypt.
They had grown into a great people in a short period of time.
Pharaoh took advantage of the people of God by turning the Jews into their slaves.
Ex
Heb 1.
Their numerical growth was the cause for Pharaoh declaring an ungodly decree:
Ex. 1.15-16
Pharaoh was attempting to rid himself of the Jewish population by killing these undesirable baby boys who would later father more Jewish children.
However, these Hebrew midwives feared God and did no such thing.
They obeyed God rather than man.
Therefore, Pharaoh declares the following edict:
It was in these awful circumstances that Jocabed (Moses’ mother) has a baby boy.
Ex 2.1
Moses is born and his parents know they cannot keep him.
If they keep him he will surely be captured by an Egyptian and thrown into the river to drown.
Notice how the Bible tells us that he was a “beautiful” child.
This is repeated in the letter to the Hebrews.
It probably does not refer to physical appearance but rather that there was something precious/great in this child.
This child was destined to make an impact.
His mother and sister prepare a basket, covered in tar and pitch, and set him upon the river Nile.
The author to the Hebrews tells us how Moses’ parents acted in defiance of the king.
They had a baby boy and let him live knowing they were risking the baby’s life.
They hid the baby boy for three months knowing they were risking their own life.
They prepared a basket and set the baby upon the Nile river risking the baby’s life and their own lives, had they been seen by an Egyptian.
Why did they do this?
Why would they risk their life and the baby’s life?
They trusted in God.
They acted in faith.
They knew there was something special about this baby.
God would take care of their child.
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His destiny
II.
Su destino
Moses is taken out of the Nile by Pharaoh’s daughter.
He is saved by the same people that want to kill him.
In God’s providence he is now in the lion’s den.
Moses’ sister is nearby who offers Pharaoh’s daughter to find a woman to nurse and raise the infant - his own mother.
So now, Jocabed is being paid to take care and to raise her own baby!
God has been faithful.
Ex. 2.9
Ex. 9
Moses would eventually be brought to Pharaoh’s palace.
Moses destiny had forever changed.
He was destined for death but now he is destined to grow up in a life of luxury, fame, and fortune.
He is now a prince in Egypt.
He is no ordinary commoner.
He will forever be known as a prince of Egypt.
In the book of Acts, Stephen describes Moses’ upbringing:
Moses would now have a life of privilege.
He did not need to be a slave.
He was not subject to force labor.
He was not subject to the abuses of the Egyptians.
His life had forever changed.
However, Moses knew he was a Hebrew.
Although the Bible does not tell us how he knew that he was a Hebrew, we can speculate that his mother taught him about his origins, as she was raising him for Pharaoh’s daughter.
How could he ignore the fact that while he was living in luxury and comfort, his own people were slaves among those who had taken him as their child?
How could he ignore that his own mother and father experienced the abuses of the Egyptians.
How could he ignore that his own flesh and blood were treated harshly every day just so he could continue enjoying the earthly pleasures of the Egyptians?
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His new life
III.
Su nueva vida
The author to the Hebrews describes this turning point in Moses’s life as follows:
Heb 11.24
There came a moment in life were Moses was determined to not be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.
Moses makes a decision to live the kingly home.
He refuses to be known as the prince of Egypt.
He chooses rather to be amongst his people, knowing the abuses and ill-treatment that they face every day at the hands of the Egyptians.
Notice how the author to the Hebrews contrasts his new chosen life (living amongst his suffering people) to the “passing pleasures of sin”.
Moses was leaving a life of temporary pleasures.
He had all the food he could imagine.
He had access to all kinds of drink.
He had access to many women, especially as the prince of Egypt.
However, at the end of the day he realized that the many treasures of Egypt () were passing/temporary/fleeting/only for a moment.
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