“The next day, Moses went out and saw two Hebrew men fighting with each other. To the one in the wrong he said, ‘Why are you hitting your companion?’  He retorted, “Who appointed you ruler and judge over us? Do you intend to kill me the way you killed the Egyptian?” Moshe became frightened. ‘Clearly,’ […]

“Moses saw an Egyptian strike a Hebrew, one of his kinsmen. He looked this way and that; and when he saw that no one was around, he killed the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.“-Exodus 2:9-10 There are many complex psychological and environmental factors that transformed Moses into a person capable of committing cold-blooded murder.  […]

“A man from the family of Levi took a woman also descended from Levi as his wife.”-Exodus 2:1 We are given the very important information that Moses was a full-blooded Levite. This means he was born into the tribe that would eventually be set apart from all the other tribes for special service to God. […]

“At this point, his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, ‘Would you like me to go and find you one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?’ Pharaoh’s daughter answered, ‘Yes, go.’ So the girl went and called the baby’s own mother.“ -Exodus 2:8-9 The ways of God are both mysterious and wondrous indeed!  […]

In my last post, I pointed out the amazing connection between Noah’s ark and the ark baby Moses was placed in. I mentioned that it is the same Hebrew word TEVA used to describe both of these arks and how they are both represented as powerful symbols of salvation. So one question that probably popped […]