Sometimes we do things that change our lives for all time and forever.
We finally decide to quit that job we’ve detested for so long.
Or we finally muster up the courage to admit we’re in a dead and lifeless relationship and initiate a breakup.
Or maybe we realize we don’t like the environment we’re living in and finally decide to pack up our bags and leave…
…possibly even boarding a plane to fly off to some foreign country.
Whatever the reason, the unbearable pressure in our psyche and soul reaches the boiling point where the pain of not taking action exceeds the pain of staying put.
Well, a similar thing happened to Moses the day he witnessed an Egyptian guard striking a Hebrew slave.
This was something Moses had probably seen many times before because guards abusing Hebrew slaves was a common and everyday occurrence.
However, this time watching the abuse of a Hebrew slave at the hand of an Egyptian triggered something uncontrollable in Moses…
…that caused him to go into a rage leading to him murdering the guard…
…and then afterwards burying him in the desert sand.
Keep in mind the soldier had neither killed nor even injured the slave.
Moses’ reaction was totally out of proportion to what had occurred.
What caused Moses to commit this act of murder?
Was Moses filled with guilt and anger at being considered some sort of freakish half-breed by both the Israelites and Egyptians alike?
Remember, from childhood Moses always knew he was a Hebrew.
Maybe he could no longer tolerate his own people being whipped like animals while he lived a life of luxury.
Whatever the reason, once Moses had killed the guard, he knew he was deserving of the death penalty.
According to Egyptian law, it didn’t matter who committed the murder, killing an Egyptian called for capital punishment without exception.
Hence, once Moses found out much to his shock that there were eyewitnesses to the crime he had committed, he had little choice but to flee Egypt.
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