Acts 7:17-36 - Moses, A Rejected Savior
17 But as the time of the promise which God had with an oath confirmed unto Abraham drew nigh, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt, 18 until another king arose, who knew not Joseph. 19 This man, forming crafty designs against our nation, grievously treated our fathers, so as to cause them to expose their children, in order to exterminate the race. 20 At which time Moses was born, and was endued with singular beauty from God, who was brought up three months in the house of his father: 21 and when he was exposed, Pharaoh's daughter took him home, and brought him up for herself, as a son. 22 And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of Egypt, and was mighty in words and actions.
23 But when he had completed his fortieth year, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. 24 And seeing one of them treated injuriously, he defended him, and executed vengeance for him who had suffered the outrage, smiting the Egyptian. 25 For he thought that his brethren would understand that God by his hand would give them deliverance: but they understood not. 26 And the following day he shewed himself to them as they were fighting, and urged them to peace, saying, My friends, ye are brethren; wherefore do ye ill treat one another?
27 Then he who did his neighbour wrong thrust him from him, saying, Who appointed thee a ruler and a judge over us? 28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?
29 Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons. 30 And when forty years were completed, there appeared to him in the desert of mount Sinai the angel of the Lord, in a flame of fire in a bush. 31 But when Moses saw it, he marvelled at the sight: and as he was drawing nearer to observe it, a voice from the Lord came to him, 32 "I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Then Moses trembling, dared not to look farther.
33 Then the Lord said unto him, "Loose the sandal from thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. 34 Attentive I have beheld the evil treatment of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and I am come down to deliver them. And now come hither, I will send thee into Egypt."
35 This very Moses whom they had rejected, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and redeemer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36 He brought them forth, after performing miracles and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.