Moses life was spared
He chose to stand for Hebrews
God’s plan — his exile

Only recently have I heard people talk about the “two main salvation periods of history”. I hadn’t really thought about it that way before, but the time of Moses and Israel’s exodus from Egypt, and the time of Jesus are the two main ways that God saves his people. The first one being a sort of reflection of the second.

In Exodus we read that Moses is saved from death as a baby, only to find himself driven out of Egypt. Exiled from his home and cut off from his people, similar to how Israel is separated from the promised land and cut off from God.

Jesus also escaped a king’s attempts to kill him as a baby, and upon entering his ministry he was tempted for 40 days and nights; tempted to sin like the ones he came to save.

God’s plans work. God doesn’t just use happenstance, he acts, even in the details.

Read Exodus 2:1-15 for yourself »