The Faith of Moses.

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After hearing the faith of Moses' parents demonstrated by their response to his birth, we now see the first evidence of Moses' faith in the story of his visiting his countrymen. In the next passage, we will consider his fleeing, but here it is about how he associated himself with the people of God even when it caused him to be rejected in the circles where he was raised. In Chapter 10 of Hebrews, the writer had already made that point with his audience. They had suffered the reproaches of the Jews because of Christ and were to persevere to the end by keeping their eyes focused on the promised reward. In describing Moses in the terms used in these verses, he is making the point that Moses also had to join with Christ and suffered because of it. In his exhortation at the beginning of Chapter 12, the same exhortation is given to us. We also should have an expectation that we will be rejected by men, many of whom will call themselves the people of God, but like Moses we need to persevere through it by keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus and by having faith in the reward to come.