Moses---Guilty or Not Guilty?

     How do you view Moses' act of killing an Egyptian? Did Moses kill an innocent man? What did the Church in Egypt think? What does the Church think now?

     Do you see Moses as a murderer or as a deliverer?

     How did Moses see himself? How did God see Moses? And how did the early Church see Moses?

     What does the word of God say?

     The account of the killing is found in the book of Exodus in the Holy Bible. See KJV chapter 2, verses 11 to 15.

     In verse eleven Moses saw the burdens of his brothers. He also saw the oppressor (an Egyptian) beating a Hebrew.

     Moses took a stand for the defence of his Hebrew flesh and killed the Egyptian. He buried the dead man with sand to hide him.

     When Moses went out the next day he saw two Hebrews fighting. Moses questioned the man that was wrong. The man did not like Moses' stand as a judge. The man questioned Moses whether Moses would kill him as he killed the Egyptian. Later, Pharaoh judged Moses as guilty and sought to kill him. Moses became fearful and so he fled to Midian.

     Here you have a view of someone in the Church (wrong doing Hebrew) seeing Moses as guilty of murder. There were probably others in the Church with the same view.

     You find that Pharaoh would not have given Moses a trial. The world (Pharaoh) saw Moses as guilty. Someone might say, " Pharaoh was not wrong because Moses didn't give the Egyptian a chance or a trial. He judged him and killed him right away." Well, I don't think that Moses was unfair to the Egyptian. The Egyptians were guilty of perpetrating murders against Israel. Remember how Moses himself had to be hidden from the sword when he was a baby? The Egyptians in those days were guilty of much innocent blood.

     Another person may say, " why didn't Moses do the right thing like we are doing today? Why didn't he resort to the courts in Egypt for justice?"

Moses---Guilty or Not Guilty? cont'd.

     Are you kidding me? What justice? The Hebrews had no justice for them in the Egyptian courts. It was high time that someone see the heart of God and seek for immediate justice for the crushed and oppressed. Moses saw God's heart. You will not see God's heart unless you follow the examples of men like Moses. You will be stuck with the bad Pharaohs of the world. Now don't get me wrong. I am not advocating killing when there are courts and justice is available.

     There are those in the Church today who view Moses as a murderer. Many of them were taught this view by the Church. Is the Church right or is it taking a stand with the world?

     If you look at Acts chapter seven, from verse twenty-two to verse twenty-nine, you will see God's account as the Holy Spirit spoke through Stephen. This should be seen as the view of the early Church. It should be the view of the Church now.

     In verse twenty-four, Moses is shown as a defender and not as a murderer. He was also executing vengeance. It was eye for an eye. Remember that Moses knew the laws of the Egyptians. He was not without understanding about justice, and vengeance as part of justice.

     In verse twenty-five you get a look at how Moses saw himself. He saw himself as the chosen deliverer of the children of Israel. Some in the Church did not understand that, so Moses got a bad rap. He was acting as God's deliverer even then, but he could not make them see that. So it was then. So it still is now when Moses is shown by the Church that he was a murderer.

     Wake up Church. Know your enemies. Know your friends.

About the Author

    The author is a born again Christian. His spiritual offices are Pastor and Prophet. Abdool's ministry is to the body of Christ wheresoever the Spirit of God leads him. Two of his web sites are Nizamuddin's Blogs Central and Spiritual Slavery. This blog may be republished for the cause of Jesus Christ. It must be published without charge. The links may be removed, but the rest of the resource box must remain with the blog. Copyright 2006. Abdool Nizamuddin