Acts 7:17-36 - Moses, A Rejected Savior
17 "But as the time drew near for the fulfilment of the promise which God had made to Abraham, the people became many times more numerous in Egypt, 18 until there arose a foreign king over Egypt who knew nothing of Joseph. 19 He adopted a crafty policy towards our race, and oppressed our forefathers, making them cast out their infants so that they might not be permitted to live. 20 At this time Moses was born--a wonderfully beautiful child; and for three months he was cared for in his father's house. 21 At length he was cast out, but Pharaoh's daughter adopted him, and brought him up as her own son. 22 So Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians, and possessed great influence through his eloquence and his achievements.
23 "And when he was just forty years old, it occurred to him to visit his brethren the descendants of Israel. 24 Seeing one of them wrongfully treated he took his part, and secured justice for the ill-treated man by striking down the Egyptian. 25 He supposed his brethren to be aware that by him God was sending them deliverance; this, however, they did not understand. 26 The next day, also, he came and found two of them fighting, and he endeavoured to make peace between them. "'Sirs,' he said, 'you are brothers. Why are you wronging one another?'
27 "But the man who was doing the wrong resented his interference, and asked, "'Who appointed you magistrate and judge over us? 28 Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?'
29 "Alarmed at this question, Moses fled from the country and went to live in the land of Midian. There he became the father of two sons. 30 "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. 31 When Moses saw this he wondered at the sight; but on his going up to look further, the voice of the Lord was heard, saying, 32 "'I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob.' "Quaking with fear Moses did not dare gaze.
33 "'Take off your shoes,' said the Lord, 'for the spot on which you are standing is holy ground. 34 I have seen, yes, I have seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt and have heard their groans, and I have come down to deliver them. And now I will send you to Egypt.'
35 "The Moses whom they rejected, asking him, 'Who appointed you magistrate and judge?' --that same Moses we find God sending as a magistrate and a deliverer by the help of the angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36 This was he who brought them out, after performing marvels and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea, and in the Desert for forty years.