Acts 7:17-36 - Moses, A Rejected Savior
17 But, as the time of the promise which God promised to Abraham was drawing nigh, the people increased and were multiplied in Egypt, 18 until there arose another king in Egypt, who knew not Joseph. 19 The same, dealing craftily with our race, ill-treated our fathers, in causing their children to be cast out, that they might not be preserved alive. 20 In which season Moses was born, and was beautiful to God; who was nourished three months in the house of his father; 21 but, when he was cast out, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and nourished him as her own son. 22 And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in his words and works.
23 But, when his fortieth year was being completed, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel. 24 And, seeing a certain one wrongly treated, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, having smitten the Egyptian. 25 And he was supposing that his brethren understood that God, through his hand, would give them deliverance; but they understood not. 26 On the following day, also, he appeared to them while they were fighting and he was urging them to peace, saying, 'Men, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one another?'
27 But he who was wronging his neighbor thrust him away, saying, 'Who appointed you a ruler and a judge over us? 28 Do you wish to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?'
29 And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons. 30 And, forty years having been fulfilled, there appeared to him, in the wilderness of mount Sinai, an angel in a flame of fire in a bush. 31 And Moses, seeing it, wondered at the sight; and, as he drew near to observe it, there came a voice of the Lord, 32 'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob.' And Moses, becoming terrified, was not daring to examine it.
33 And the Lord said to him, 'Loose the sandals from your feet; for the place on which you have been standing is holy ground. 34 Surely, I saw the affliction of My people in Egypt, and heard their groaning; and I came down to rescue them. And now come, I will send you into Egypt.'
35 This Moses whom they denied, saying, 'Who appointed you a ruler and a judge?' him hath God sent as both ruler and redeemer, with the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush. 36 This man led them out, having wrought wonders and signs in Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.