Acts 7:17-36 - Moses, A Rejected Savior
17 But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt. 18 Till another king arose, who knew not Joseph. This king formed crafty schemes against our nation, 19 and oppressed our fathers, causing their children to be exposed, that their race might be extinguished. 20 In which time Moses was born, who was exceeding beautiful, and he was nourished up in his father's house three months: and when he was exposed, 21 Pharaoh's daughter took him up and nourished him for her own son. 22 And Moses was trained up in all the wisdom of the Egyptians: and he was mighty in words, and in deeds.
23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. 24 And seeing one of them injured he defended him, and smiting the Egyptian he avenged him that was wronged. 25 Now he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would give them deliverance by his hand: but they understood not. 26 And the next day he came to them, as they were two of them fighting, and would have persuaded them to agree, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren, why do ye injure one another?
27 But he, that injured his neighbor, thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? 28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?
29 Upon this Moses fled, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons. 30 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina, an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush. 31 Now Moses, when he saw it, was amazed at the sight; and as he came near to observe it, there was a voice of the Lord to him, 32 saying, "I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;" but Moses trembling durst not look on.
33 And the Lord said to him, "Take off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place on which thou standest is holy ground. 34 I have seen the oppression of my people that are in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. Therefore come now, and I will send thee into Egypt."
35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? did God send, by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush, to be their ruler and deliverer. 36 And he brought them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the red sea, and in the wilderness, forty years.