Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
This is part of Stephen's address, his final testimony given under the Holy Spirit's direction while facing hostile listeners, where the occasion, time, and place matter for understanding it. It belongs to preaching Christ from the Old Testament Scriptures beginning with Moses and the prophets, in which Moses and the prophets bear witness to Christ, and Christ is the key that unlocks and explains the Old Testament and gives access to its riches. The history of Moses proves the Messiah, with the prophecies relating to the Messiah agreeing with the life and teachings of Christ, giving inspired proof in regard to His mission, suffering, death, resurrection, and ascension and clearly proving His identity with the Messiah, showing that it was the voice of Christ which spoke through the prophets and patriarchs from the days of Adam to that time. It belongs to Stephen's speech that ended with his stoning, in which Saul took an active part.
At forty years of age Moses, after killing an Egyptian who was abusing an Israelite, fled Egypt for his life from Pharaoh's anger when Pharaoh sought to kill him. His rash attempt to deliver Israel by force in his own way, after his own devising and own judgment, did not follow God's plan. The accusation that he meant to seize power had been exaggerated, but Pharaoh treated it as a threat to his kingdom. He became a fugitive and exile and a stranger in the strange land of Midian, where he found refuge. The Lord directed him to Jethro, a worshiper of God, whose flocks he tended, and he married Jethro's daughter and remained in Midian for forty years.
He lost confidence in God's call to deliver Israel, believing his sin had disqualified him, and his defeat showed he was not yet ready for his life's work and needed to learn dependence on divine power. The forty years in Midian tending sheep were preparation before God entrusted him with leading Israel, for God had other plans to place upon him the responsibility of leading His people in their wilderness journey and to make him their emancipator. God allowed the failure to teach him the gentleness, goodness, and patience needed for service. As a shepherd he learned deep and severe lessons, not left alone for the divine Teacher was with him to help and instruct, and only after he had learned those lessons could God place him where he should be and call him to lead His people.
This is part of Stephen's address, his final testimony given under the Holy Spirit's direction while facing hostile listeners, where the occasion, time, and place matter for understanding it. It belongs to preaching Christ from the Old Testament Scriptures beginning with Moses and the prophets, in which Moses and the prophets bear witness to Christ, and Christ is the key that unlocks and explains the Old Testament and gives access to its riches. The history of Moses proves the Messiah, with the prophecies relating to the Messiah agreeing with the life and teachings of Christ, giving inspired proof in regard to His mission, suffering, death, resurrection, and ascension and clearly proving His identity with the Messiah, showing that it was the voice of Christ which spoke through the prophets and patriarchs from the days of Adam to that time. It belongs to Stephen's speech that ended with his stoning, in which Saul took an active part.
At forty years of age Moses, after killing an Egyptian who was abusing an Israelite, fled Egypt for his life from Pharaoh's anger when Pharaoh sought to kill him. His rash attempt to deliver Israel by force in his own way, after his own devising and own judgment, did not follow God's plan. The accusation that he meant to seize power had been exaggerated, but Pharaoh treated it as a threat to his kingdom. He became a fugitive and exile and a stranger in the strange land of Midian, where he found refuge. The Lord directed him to Jethro, a worshiper of God, whose flocks he tended, and he married Jethro's daughter and remained in Midian for forty years.
He lost confidence in God's call to deliver Israel, believing his sin had disqualified him, and his defeat showed he was not yet ready for his life's work and needed to learn dependence on divine power. The forty years in Midian tending sheep were preparation before God entrusted him with leading Israel, for God had other plans to place upon him the responsibility of leading His people in their wilderness journey and to make him their emancipator. God allowed the failure to teach him the gentleness, goodness, and patience needed for service. As a shepherd he learned deep and severe lessons, not left alone for the divine Teacher was with him to help and instruct, and only after he had learned those lessons could God place him where he should be and call him to lead His people.