HEBREWS 27


     We will begin this lesson in Hebrews 11:23 "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."

     We find in the next few Scriptures that the Pharaoh of Egypt had
ordered all the boy babies, born of the Hebrews to be killed at birth.
Exodus 1:16 "And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the
Hebrew women, and see [them] upon the stools; if it [be] a son, then
ye shall kill him: but if it [be] a daughter, then she shall live."
Exodus 1:22 "And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son
that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall
save alive." We go into great detail of this study in the study in
Exodus. I will say here that the midwives were more afraid of God than
they were of the Pharaoh and they refused to kill the children. If
they were found out or if the parents went against Pharaoh and saved
their child's life, they would be killed. This does not stop Moses'
mother and dad. they hid Moses for as long as they could, and then
they come up with a plan to have Pharaoh's daughter find the child in
the Nile river. They feel, if this is her adopted child, he will not
be killed. Exodus 2:2 "And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and
when she saw him that he [was a] goodly [child], she hid him three
months." This woman who had the child was Jochabed, the wife of
Amram. Moses was raised in the palace as a son of the Pharaoh's
daughter, after she had taken him from the Nile. The Pharaoh's
daughter actually named Moses. Moses, means drawing out of the water.

     Hebrews 11:24 "By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused
to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;"

     Acts 7:21 "And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him
up, and nourished him for her own son." Acts 7:22 "And Moses was
learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words
and in deeds." Acts 7:23 "And when he was full forty years old, it
came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel."
Acts 7:24 "And seeing one [of them] suffer wrong, he defended [him],
and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:" We find
in these Scriptures above and in the ones in Exodus that Moses, like
many adopted children in our day, try to find their natural parents.
Moses was raised as an Egyptian, but he knew his heritage. He wanted
to be one of the Hebrews of whom he was born. When Moses saw one of
the Egyptians persecuting one of his Hebrew brothers, Moses killed the
Egyptian. This is when Moses left Egypt and went to the desert where
he would later meet God.

     Hebrews 11:25 "Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the
people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;"

     You can plainly see, that when given the choice, he chose to be a
Hebrew, not an Egyptian.

     Hebrews 11:26 "Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches
than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of
the reward."

     To be an Egyptian, would be to be of this world. Actually what
Moses has done, when he turns his back on Egypt, is turn his back on
the world to accept God. The Hebrews, even though they were not living
the godly life, were still God's chosen people. Even the Egyptians
knew that the Hebrews were followers of the true God. There are no
riches in this world great enough to trade eternal life for. Jeremiah
9:23  "Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise [man] glory in his
wisdom, neither let the mighty [man] glory in his might, let not the
rich [man] glory in his riches:" Jeremiah 9:24 "But let him that
glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I
[am] the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and
righteousness, in the earth: for in these [things] I delight, saith
the LORD."

     Hebrews 11:27 "By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath
of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible."

     Moses left Egypt, I believe, in search of God. We know that the
Scriptures tell us that Moses fled for fear the Pharaoh would find
that he had killed an Egyptian and have Moses killed. Sometimes God
allows adverse things to happen, to get us into a place He would have
us to be. To fall from being the Pharaoh's grandson to a fugitive from
the law, would really humble a person. We are told in Scriptures that
Moses was the most humble man that ever lived. Moses would go into
this desert place to find refuge, but here he would meet God. Moses
would be in this desert for 40 years {time of testing}. In that 40
years, Moses would become a different man than the man who had lived
in the Pharaoh's house. He would be an humble shepherd. God appears
unto Moses in a burning bush and gives him the job of bringing his
people out of Egypt to the promise land. Moses is obedient to God,
goes back to Egypt and tells the Pharaoh to let God's people go. After
10 plagues come on Egypt, the Pharaoh will finally consent and let the
people go.

     Hebrews 11:28 "Through faith he kept the passover, and the
sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch
them."

     The tenth plague was death to all the firstborn in the land of
Egypt, who did not have the blood of the lamb over the door of the
house. Moses told the Hebrews to take the blood of the lamb and put it
over and around the entrance of their houses. When death came to each
house, the people were spared in the houses where the blood of the
lamb had been applied to the door facing. Death passed over the Hebrew
families, protected by the blood of the lamb. This passing over of
death would be remembered throughout all generations by the Hebrews as
the Passover. All the firstborn of Egypt lost their life, because they
were not covered by the blood of the lamb. Moses believed God. Moses
instructed these Hebrews exactly the way that God had told him. The
faith of Moses in God is why he did it.
     Hebrews 11:29 "By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry
[land]: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned."

     After Pharaoh had let the Hebrews go, he changed his mind and
followed after them to kill them. He trapped them at the Red sea. It
appeared that everyone would die, but God opened the Red sea and the
Hebrews crossed over on dry land. The Egyptians followed the Hebrews
into the Red sea and the sea drowned the Egyptians. Exodus 14:13  "And
Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the
salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you today: for the
Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them again no more for
ever." Exodus 14:14 "The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold
your peace." Exodus 14:16 "But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out
thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel
shall go on dry [ground] through the midst of the sea." Exodus 14:21
"And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused
the sea to go [back] by a strong east wind all that night, and made
the sea dry [land], and the waters were divided."  Exodus 14:22 "And
the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry
[ground]: and the waters [were] a wall unto them on their right hand,
and on their left." Exodus 14:23  "And the Egyptians pursued, and went
in after them to the midst of the sea, [even] all Pharaoh's horses,
his chariots, and his horsemen." Exodus 14:24 "And it came to pass,
that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the
Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled
the host of the Egyptians," Exodus 14:25 "And took off their chariot
wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let
us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them
against the Egyptians." Exodus 14:26  "And the LORD said unto Moses,
Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again
upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen."
Exodus 14:27 "And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the
sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the
Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the
midst of the sea." Exodus 14:28 "And the waters returned, and covered
the chariots, and the horsemen, [and] all the host of Pharaoh that
came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of
them." Exodus 14:29 "But the children of Israel walked upon dry [land]
in the midst of the sea; and the waters [were] a wall unto them on
their right hand, and on their left." Exodus 14:30 "Thus the LORD
saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw
the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore." This needs no further
explanation.











                             Questions 27

1.  How long did Moses' parents hide him?
2.  What had the king commanded about the boy babies?
3.  What were the midwives to do when they realized the baby was a
    boy?
4.  Did they do it?
5.  What could have happened to these parents if Pharaoh found out
    they did not kill the baby?
6.  Why did Moses' parents put him in a basket in the Nile river?
7.  Who were the parents of Moses?
8.  Who found Moses and claimed him for her own?
9.  When Moses became grown, who did he refuse to be?
10. How old was Moses when he decided to find his Hebrew people?
11. What did Moses do when he saw an Egyptian being cruel to a Hebrew?
12. When Moses came to the age of choice, what did he decide to do?
13. What is Egypt symbolic of?
14. What was Moses actually doing when he fled Egypt?
15. What happened to Moses that was a great humbling experience?
16. Moses would go into this desert place for refuge, but here he
    would meet___.
17. How many years would Moses be in this desert?
18. What is this time symbolic of?
19. How many plagues did God send on Egypt?
20. How did Moses keep the first Passover?
21. What was the Passover to remember?
22. Why were the Hebrews saved when death came to their door?
23. What happened to the first born of Egypt?
24. By _____ they passed through the Red sea.
25. What happened to the Egyptians when they followed the Hebrews into
    the Red sea?