Acts 7:17-36 - Moses, A Rejected Savior
17 But as the time was drawing near, of the promise which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, 18 until another king arose who did not know Joseph. 19 Dealing subtly with our race, this one oppressed our fathers, causing their infants to be exposed, so as not to be left alive. 20 In this time Moses was born, and was beautiful to God, who was brought up three months in his father's house. 21 And he being cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up and reared him for a son to her. 22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was mighty in words and in deeds.
23 And when a period of forty years was fulfilled to him, it arose in his heart to look upon his brothers, the sons of Israel. 24 And seeing one being wronged, he defended him. and avenged him who was oppressed and struck the Egyptian. 25 For he thought his brothers would understand that God would give them deliverance by his hand. But they did not understand. 26 And the next day he appeared to them while fighting. And he urged them to peace, saying, Men, you are brothers, why do you wrong one another?
27 But he who wronged his neighbor thrust him away, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? 28 Will you not kill me as you did the Egyptian yesterday?
29 And Moses fled at this word, and became a temporary resident in the land of Midian, where he fathered two sons. 30 And forty years being fulfilled to him, the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai in a flame of fire in a bush. 31 And seeing it, Moses marveled at the sight. And as he drew near to see, the voice of the Lord came to him: 32 saying, "I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." But Moses trembled and dared not look.
33 Then the Lord said to him, "Loosen the sandal on your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground." 34 "I have seen, the affliction of My people in Egypt, and I have heard their groan; and I came down to pluck them out. And now come, I will send you into Egypt."
35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? God has sent this one to be a ruler and a redeemer by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the Bush. 36 He brought them out after he had worked wonders and miracles in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the wilderness forty years.