Prince in Egypt -> Hired tender of Sheep -> Shepherd of God's people
I AM WHO I AM ( Exodus 3: 14 )
I AM THE LORD ( Exodus 6:2 )
Exodus 2, Acts 7
"When she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile." — Exodus 2:3
When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, 'I drew him out of the water.'" — Exodus 2:10
"Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action." — Acts 7:22
"One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. Looking this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand." — Exodus 2:11–12
"When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian..."— Exodus 2:15
When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his own people, the Israelites." — Acts 7:23
The Timeline Breakdown
Years 0–40 (Egypt): Moses grows up as a prince in Pharaoh's palace. He leaves Egypt at age 40 [Acts 7:23].
Years 40–80 (Midian): Moses flees to the desert, gets married, works as a shepherd for 40 years [Acts 7:30], and meets God at the burning bush at age 80 [Exodus 7:7].
Years 80–120 (The Wilderness): Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt and wanders the desert for 40 years before dying at age 120 [Deut. 34:7].
Moses, born as Hebrew, raised and educated with wisdom and powerful as Egyptian. He has care for his people (Isralities/Hebrews)
The Encounter: Moses noticed a bush blazing with fire, but it was not being consumed by the flames. As Moses approached to investigate, God called to him from the midst of the bush.
Exodus 3:2
And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed"
The Meaning: When humans work under their own strength, they burn out, tire, and crack under pressure. When you walk in a divine calling, God's supernatural presence fuels you from within.
Deu 34:7
7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone.
God has plan for us, he knows the future, manytimes it doesn't makes sense for us on why we are doing this now, but its God's plan.
Here, with moses was sheparding 40 years in Mt Sinai. It helped Moses when Isralities in Exodus journey.
Moses encountered God at Mount Sinai ( Mount Horeb).
Before the Exodus, Moses spent 40 years working for his father-in-law, Jethro. Exodus 3:1 explicitly states that Moses "led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb [Sinai], the mountain of God."
Moses exactly knows best grazing pastures were for livestock.
Moses understood the harsh desert weather patterns, wind storms, and mountain passes.
Mount Sinai is the most important spiritual stop on the entire Exodus journey. During their year at the mountain, three monumental events took place:
The Ten Commandments: God descended upon the mountain in fire, smoke, and thunder, speaking His laws directly to the people and carving the Ten Commandments onto stone tablets for Moses [Exod. 19:16-19, Exod. 20].
The Covenant Sealed: The Israelites formally agreed to a marriage-like covenant with God, swearing, "Everything the Lord has said we will do" [Exod. 24:3].
Building the Tabernacle: Following highly detailed blueprints given to Moses on the mountain, the people built a mobile tent-temple (the Tabernacle) so that God's physical presence could dwell right in the center of their camp as they walked [Exod. 25-40]
"Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb [Sinai], the mountain of God." Exodus 3:1
"And God said, 'I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain.'" Exodus 3:12
"The Lord said to Aaron, 'Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.' So he went and met him at the mountain of God [Sinai] and kissed him." Exodus 4:27
On the first day of the third month after the Israelites left Egypt—on that very day—they came to the Desert of Sinai. After they set out from Rephidim, they entered the Desert of Sinai, and Israel camped there in the desert in front of the mountain." Exodus 19:1-2 [1, 2]