Acts 7:17-36 - Moses, A Rejected Savior
17 "Now as the time approached for the fulfillment of the promise that God had made to Abraham, the people's population increased a great deal in Egypt. 18 Eventually, a different king who had not known Joseph became ruler of Egypt. 19 By shrewdly scheming against our people, he oppressed our ancestors and forced them to abandon their infants to the elements, so that they wouldn't live. 20 "At this time Moses was born. He was beautiful in the sight of God, and for three months he was cared for in his father's house. 21 When he was placed outside, Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son. 22 So Moses learned all the wisdom of the Egyptians and became a great man, both in words and in deeds.
23 "When he was 40 years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the descendants of Israel. 24 When he saw one of them being mistreated, he defended him and avenged the man who was being mistreated by killing the Egyptian. 25 He supposed that his brothers would understand that God was using him to rescue them, but they didn't understand. 26 The next day, he presented himself to some of them while they were fighting and tried to reconcile them. He said, "Men, you are brothers. Why should you be hurting another?'
27 "But the man who was harming his neighbor pushed Moses away and said, "Who made you ruler and judge over us? 28 You don't want to kill me like you killed the Egyptian yesterday, do you?'
29 Because of this, Moses fled and lived as a foreigner in the land of Midian. There he had two sons. 30 "After 40 years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai. 31 When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached the bush to look at it, the voice of the Lord said, 32 "I am the God of your ancestors the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.' Moses became terrified and didn't dare to look.
33 Then the Lord told him, "Remove your sandals from your feet, because the place where you are standing is holy ground. 34 I have surely seen the oppression of my people in Egypt, I've heard their groans, and I've come down to rescue them. Now come, I'll send you to Egypt.'
35 "This same Moses whom they rejected by saying, "Who made you ruler and judge?' was the man whom God sent to be both their ruler and deliverer with the help of the angel who had appeared to him in the bush. 36 It was he who led them out, performing wonders and signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for 40 years.