According
to the writer of Hebrews, “Joseph, when he died, made
mention of the departing of the children of Israel”,
and in chapter eleven and verse twenty-three of Hebrews, the
writer shares how “by
faith, Moses, when he was born, was hid three months” where we
read:
By
faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents,
because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not
afraid of the king's commandment.
The
verse begins, “By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid
three months of his parents,...”. The
writer began with the words, “By faith”
which means “the conviction of the truth of anything and belief
with the predominate idea of trust (or confidence) whether in God or
in Christ which springs from trust in the same” “Moses”
whose name means “drawing out”
and was “the legislator of the Jewish people and in a certain
sense the founder of the Jewish religion”, “when he was
born” which means “at the
time Moses was engendered, cause to arise and begotten”, “was
hid” or “concealed”
“three months” which means
“for the space of three months time period” “of his
parents” or “by his natural
mother and father”. Moses' parents “concealed” him for “three
months” when the Pharaoh
decreed that all male babies were to be killed when they were born.
The
verse goes on to say, “...because
they saw he was
a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.”.
The writer
continued with the word, “because”
or “on
account that, inasmuch and since” “they
saw” which
means “Moses' parents perceived, noticed, discerned and discovered”
“he was a proper child” which
means “Moses was elegant, comely, fair and with polished manners”;
“and they were not afraid”
which refers to “Moses' parents were not put to flight, afraid,
struck with fear or seized with alarm” “of
the king's”
which means “the leader's, prince's, commander's or lord of a
land's” “commandment”
or “injunction, mandate or edict”. When Moses' parents noticed
that Moses was “elegant and fair”, they “hid” him and were
not “afraid”
of what Pharaoh “mandated”.
When
we meditate upon these words in Hebrews, we admire the “faith”
within the parents of Moses. They knew Moses should have been killed
when he was born, and they lived with the threat of Moses being found
out for three months. Moses' parents saw something special about him,
and they “believed” that Moses being alive was worth the risk.
Believing in “everlasting life” which is offered by Jesus
Christ requires like “faith” in God. Though we cannot see
the “eternal life” offered by Jesus, we trust that it
shall indeed come to be. May we, like Moses' parents, have “faith”
and believe that God has a plan, and He will work it out.
Next
time the writer shares how “By
faith Moses”
“refused to be call the son
of Pharoah's daughter”,
so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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