What did Moses expect Israel to understand about his deliverance mission?
Moses expected the children of Israel to understand that God, by his hand, was going to deliver them out of Egyptian slavery. He supposed his brethren would recognize his role as their deliverer and that God was using him to bring about their deliverance from Egypt. Yet Scripture says they did not understand.
Les explains that when Moses was forty, he went to visit his brethren, the children of Israel, approaching them for the first time as their deliverer. Although God had not specifically instructed him at that point, Moses by faith understood that Israel had to be taken out of Egypt. He supposed his brethren would have understood that God, by His hand—that is, by using Moses—would deliver them out of Egypt. But the rest of the verse says, “They understood not.” Les sees a parallel with Christ’s first coming: He presented Himself as Messiah and King, but the nation did not comprehend who He was, except a precious few. Stephen’s whole purpose in this sermon was to bring Israel to the knowledge that the one they had killed was the King.
For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
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What did Moses think would happen when he first approached Israel as their deliverer?
Moses, as the second man in Egypt, honestly thought he would lead the children of Israel out of slavery, and he supposed they would understand that God was using his hand to deliver them, but they did not understand.
What did Moses expect Israel to understand when he first came to deliver them?
Moses supposed his Israelite brethren would understand that God was delivering them by his hand, but they did not understand.
Did Israel understand that Moses was sent to deliver them?
The children of Israel did not understand that God was delivering them through Moses.
What did Moses fail to take into consideration when he first tried to deliver Israel?
The crucial thing Moses did not take into consideration was that Israel would not buy his leadership—they would not accept him as their deliverer.
What did Moses expect the enslaved Jews to understand when he approached them?
When Moses approached the enslaved Jews from his position of power and wealth in Egypt, he expected them to recognize him as the one who could get them out of slavery, and he was ready to do it.