Acts 7:35

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.

Moses

A ruler

By

Acts 7:30

Colossians 1:15

Hebrews 2:2

General references

1 Corinthians 1:27

Bible References

Moses

"The Patriarchs were jealous of Joseph and sold him into slavery in Egypt. But God was with him

"Now his countrymen hated him, and sent a deputation after him to say, 'We are not willing that he should become our king.'

With a roar of voices they again cried out, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.

This caused a storm of outcries, "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!" "Am I to crucify your king?" Pilate asked. "We have no king, except Caesar," answered the High Priests.

A ruler

"Therefore let the whole House of Israel know beyond all doubt that God has made Him both LORD and CHRIST--this Jesus whom you crucified."

Moses declared, "'The Lord your God will raise up a Prophet for you from among your brethren as He has raised me. In all that He says to you, you must listen to Him.

God has exalted Him to His right hand as Chief Leader and as Saviour, to give Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins.

And they were singing the song of Moses, God's servant, and the song of the Lamb. Their words were, "Great and wonderful are Thy works, O Lord God, the Ruler of all. Righteous and true are Thy ways, O King of the nations.

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"But at the end of forty years there appeared to him in the Desert of Mount Sinai an angel in the middle of a flame of fire in a bush.

Christ is the visible representation of the invisible God, the Firstborn and Lord of all creation.

For if the message delivered through angels proved to be true, and every transgression and act of disobedience met with just retribution,

General references

But God has chosen the things which the world regards as foolish, in order to put its wise men to shame; and God has chosen the things which the world regards as destitute of influence, in order to put its powerful things to shame;