The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Hebrews 11

Welcome back, janean!!!

Per your questions, here is how I would answer:

Hebrews is looking back at the whole of Moses' life. This is how it is with some of th other examples of faith as well. For example, the author, if he had more time, said he would have spoken of the faith of Samson, and yet at the end of his life, Samson, from what we know in the OT, seems like a portrait of failure rather than faith.

As for Moses' parents, here is the entire passage:

Exodus 2
1 Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi.
2 The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months.
3 But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a wicker basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.
4 His sister stood at a distance to find out what would happen to him.
5 The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, with her maidens walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid, and she brought it to her.
6 When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children."
7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women that she may nurse the child for you?"
8 Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go ahead." So the girl went and called the child's mother.
9 Then Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child away and nurse him for me and I will give you your wages." So the woman took the child and nursed him.
10 The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son. And she named him Moses, and said, "Because I drew him out of the water."

I see nothing about them being afraid of the king's edict. Like the writer of Hebrews says, Moses was hid, but just because you hide someone to protect them doesn't mean you are afraid of something. Just because you work to preserve life doesn't mean you are afraid of dying. They trusted God and feared Him (Exodus 1:21). Remember Hebrews 11 is a chapter on faith.