Exodus 2:1–25 When She saw him that he was a Goodly Child, She hid him Three Months

[Study Aired March 14, 2022]

Exo 2:1  And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. 
Exo 2:2  And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 
Exo 2:3  And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink. 
Exo 2:4  And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. 
Exo 2:5  And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. 
Exo 2:6  And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children. 
Exo 2:7  Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? 
Exo 2:8  And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother. 
Exo 2:9  And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it. 
Exo 2:10  And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water. 
Exo 2:11  And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. 
Exo 2:12  And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. 
Exo 2:13  And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? 
Exo 2:14  And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. 
Exo 2:15  Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well. 
Exo 2:16  Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock. 
Exo 2:17  And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. 
Exo 2:18  And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day? 
Exo 2:19  And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock. 
Exo 2:20  And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread. 
Exo 2:21  And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. 
Exo 2:22  And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. 
Exo 2:23  And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. 
Exo 2:24  And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 
Exo 2:25  And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.

The previous chapter deals with the Israelites undergoing hard labor in Egypt and Pharaoh charging all his people to cast the sons born to the Hebrew women into the river but sparing every daughter born. As we indicated, a son represents the elect, and a daughter signifies the church – the physical churches of this world or Jerusalem which is above, which is the mother of us all. Pharaoh here denotes the devil or the beast within, and Pharaoh’s people here are the false apostles and deceitful workers.

2Co 11:13  For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 
2Co 11:14  And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 
2Co 11:15  Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

Casting every son into the river is the same as deceiving the elect through false doctrines of man’s wisdom. The devil had accomplished this successfully at a certain point in our lives as we filled our heavens with false doctrines and in so doing blocked the glorious gospel of Christ which is able to save us.

2Co 4:3  But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
2Co 4:4  In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

Saving every daughter alive is another way of saying that the physical churches of this world were given two wings of a great eagle, to fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

Rev 12:6  And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

Rev 12:14  And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

It was during this circumstance of the Israelites that Moses was born to a Levite couple as follows:

Exo 2:1  And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. 
Exo 2:2  And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 

These verses talk about our predestination. It is significant to know that Moses’ birth was accomplished through two Levites. As we are aware, it is through the Levites that there is the priesthood and the work of the tabernacle in the wilderness. If Moses had been born outside the tribe of Levi, Moses would not have been qualified to act as an intermediary between God and the people of Israel. This is all to show us the fact that before the world began, we had been called and chosen just like Moses.

Our backgrounds and all that we have gone through to date, are all the Lord’s design to bring us to an expected end. This should give us the confidence that our Lord oversees our circumstances and will bring to pass that which is written of us according to His books. It is therefore not what we can do, but what the Lord will do for us!! All we must do is believe in Jesus whom our Father has sent!!

Eph 1:4  According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Eph 1:5  Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Eph 1:6  To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

Psa 139:13  For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb.
Psa 139:14  I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.
Psa 139:15  My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 
Psa 139:16  Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, Even the days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was none of them.
Psa 139:17  How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

Joh 6:28  They said therefore unto him, What must we do, that we may work the works of God?
Joh 6:29  Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

The fact that the parents saw Moses was a goodly child when he was born is all to confirm the called and chosen status of Moses who represents the elect. His parents hiding him for three months is to let us know that even though we are called and chosen, it is through the process of judgment that we become spiritually mature or complete. Hiding Moses for three months also means that our status as the Lord’s elect and the process we go through to become His Christ are all hidden from the world, including the churches of this world. In short, the world would never know us as we are hidden in the Lord’s quiver until that day, when the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ!!

Isa 49:2  and he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me: and he hath made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he kept me close:

Exo 2:3  And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
Exo 2:4  And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.

These verses are to show us how we should walk here on earth as the Lord’s elect. We must live above or insulate ourselves from the river of Egypt which consists of the water of this world and that of the physical churches of this world. The water of this world consists of the lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, the pride of life and rudiments of this world. That which is of the physical churches of this world is the false doctrines of man’s wisdom.

1Jn 2:15  Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1Jn 2:16  For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1Jn 2:17  And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Col 2:8  Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:

Heb 13:9  Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.

Just as the mother of Moses ensured that Moses was kept afloat on the river Nile, the role of the church is to help us all stay above the waters of this world and that of Babylon through what every joint supplies. Verse 4 shows us that Moses’ sister was at hand to give a helping hand so that Moses is not drawn in the river. This is also to emphasize the role of the church in helping us live for Christ. Moses’ sister also represents all the fleshly assistance or provision that the Lord has made available to the elect in this life.

Isa 60:5  Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.

On a positive note, this river represents the word of the Lord. When we are children in Christ or have just started our walk with Christ (represented by Moses being a child), we only float on the surface and are confined to the brink of the water which represents the letter of the word. We are not given to know the spiritual reality of the word of Christ. In that case, Moses’ sister negatively represents Babylon whose role is to confine us to the letter of the word.

2Co 3:6  Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

Exo 2:5  And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.

As indicated in the comments on the previous verses, the river of Egypt has also a positive connotation of being the word of Christ. It is in this river that the daughter of Pharaoh goes down to wash. The daughter of Pharaoh here stands for the New Jerusalem or Jerusalem which is above, which is the mother of us all, and we are cleansed or washed by the river of life. The maidens walking by the river side lets us know that we are called to the lost house of Israel or Babylon to fetch them from floating on the river surface or living at the brink of the river.

Mat 15:24  But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Exo 2:6  And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children. 

One of the qualities the Lord is inculcating in us in this life is having compassion for others. This was the quality that enabled the daughter of Pharaoh to make Moses her son. This is what the Lord has to say to us about this:

Rom 11:30  For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
Rom 11:31  Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
Rom 11:32  For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

Exo 2:7  Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? 
Exo 2:8  And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother. 

As indicated earlier, on a positive note, Moses’ sister is a symbol of all the fleshly assistance or provision that the Lord has made available to the elect in this life so that we end up in Pharaoh’s house or the New Jerusalem. The same is true of Moses’ mother.

Isa 60:5  Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.

Exo 2:9  And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.

Before we end up in the King’s house or in the New Jerusalem, we, the elect, are taken care of by the physical fleshly churches of this world symbolized by Moses’ mother.  A significant fact about this is that this caretaker role of Babylon regarding the elect is not free. The churches receive wages as indicated by Pharaoh’s daughter giving wages to Moses’ mother to take care of Moses. As we know, freely we have received and freely must we give. However, that is not what happens in the churches. Every service offered must be paid for. As the Lord said, they have received their reward already!!

Mat 10:8  Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. 

Mat 6:1  Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 
Mat 6:2  Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

Exo 2:10  And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

Moses’ life in Egypt is recounted as part of Stephen’s speech when he was brought before the council to answer the false charges brought against him. Thus, to understand these verses, there is the need to put the account by Stephen side by side to this Exodus account as they reveal certain details not found in the Exodus account. This is Stephen’s account:

Act 7:21  And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son. 
Act 7:22  And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.

On a negative note, we grow up in Egypt learning all the wisdom of this world or Egypt and become mighty in words and in deeds thinking we hold our destiny in this life in our own hands. However, we are no match to the devil or the beast within.

On a positive note, we are rescued from the river of Egypt and brought up by Pharaoh’s daughter who signifies the New Jerusalem. Also positive, the wisdom of the Egyptians that we learn is the wisdom the Lord has given us in this world, which is the fear of the Lord. Through this fear of the Lord which becomes our portion through the word of Christ, we become mighty in opposing the works of darkness in our lives.

Pro 9:10  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

Exo 2:11  And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. 
Exo 2:12  And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

Stephen’s account of these verses is as follows:

Act 7:23  And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. 
Act 7:24  And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian: 
Act 7:25  For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.

The statement in Exodus chapter 2 verse 11 that it was when Moses had grown that he went out unto his brethren lets us know that it was when Moses was forty years that he visited the Israelites knowing that God had called him to deliver them from the hands of the Egyptians. Moses being forty years was significant because forty in the negative context symbolizes the period in our lives where we manifest the works of the flesh.

1Sa 17:4  And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. 

1Sa 17:16  And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

Psa 95:10  Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

This is all to let us know that even while we were manifesting the works of the flesh, our Lord had penciled us out to be the source of salvation for many. The Egyptian smiting the Hebrew here signifies the old man or the beast’s dominance over us. Moses slaying the Egyptian is another way of saying that one of the heads of the beast within was wounded to death. Hiding the body of the Egyptian in the sand is to let us know the temporariness of the wound meted out to the beast within. This deadly wound heals, and we are back to square one. This narrative is also to make us aware that Moses was relying on his own fleshly strength (signified by forty years) to deal with the beast within and all his efforts were in vain as we shall see the story unfold. However, it is the work of the Lord to deal with the beast within permanently on our behalf. As indicated earlier, all we have to do in this battle against the flesh is to believe in Jesus whom the Father has sent!!

Rev 13:3  And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
Rev 13:4  And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? 

Exo 2:13  And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? 
Exo 2:14  And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. 

These two verses show us the fiery word of the Lord which set into motion our (Moses’) exit from Egypt. Our exit from the world to start serving the Lord is not achieved by our own decision at ease. We all rush to leave because of tribulation and persecution of the word of Christ.

Joh 15:18  If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
Joh 15:19  If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

The second day that Moses went to visit the Israelites served as a witness to confirm to Him that the Lord had indeed made him a deliverer, that is, prince and a judge over the Israelites as spoken by the Israelite who was striving with his neighbor.

Act 7:27  But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

This verse affirms to us the reward awaiting us!! Indeed, when this world becomes the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, we shall become rulers with Christ. Later in the lake of fire age, we shall sit on thrones to judge the whole world!!

Rev 2:26  And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
Rev 2:27  And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.

Rev 20:4  And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Exo 2:15  Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

As we indicated, Pharoah here represents the beast within, and Moses signifies the saints or the elect. It is when the deadly wound of the beast (the killing of the Egyptian) is healed that he makes war with the saints to overcome them.

Rev 13:3  And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. 

Rev 13:7  And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

It is significant to know that Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to the land of Midian. Midian means ‘strife’. Thus, our long, drawn-out war or strife with the beast does not stop when we leave Egypt or the world. Rather, our leaving Egypt signals the intensity of this strife. It is also insightful to know that when Moses went to the land of Midian, he sat down by a well of water. Our refuge in these times of strife is Christ or the word of Christ. That is what will ensure our victory over Pharaoh (the beast)!!

Joh 15:3  Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

Exo 2:16  Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

This is the second time that a priest is named who is not an Israelite. The first one was in Genesis where Abraham met Melchizedek, and this priest of Midian is the second one. This second priest, who became the father-in-law of Moses, is a witness to us that our Lord’s plan of salvation includes us, the gentile, right from the very onset. It is also to let us know that the Lord will save all humanity as He always starts with few people (the nation of Israel) and through these few people (Israel), extends His salvation to cover all nations.

Eph 2:11  Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 
Eph 2:12  That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: 
Eph 2:13  But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 
Eph 2:14  For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

The seven daughters represent the complete churches of this world. The verse here talks about the role of the church. That is, to draw water to quench the thirst of our father’s flock. As we are aware, the water is the word of Christ and our role is to give the flock the water of the word.

Eph 5:25  Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 
Eph 5:26  That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 
Eph 5:27  That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

Exo 2:17  And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. 

These shepherds signify pastors and leaders of the physical churches of this world called Babylon. Instead of helping quench the thirst of the flock with the word of Christ, which is able to save us, they rather prevent the flock from accessing the living water. This is what the Lord Jesus had to say about these shepherds:

Mat 23:4  For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 
Mat 23:5  But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, 

Mat 23:13  But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

Again, this is what Peter and Jude had to say about these shepherds:

2Pe 2:17  These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. 
2Pe 2:18  For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. 
2Pe 2:19  While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 

Jud 1:10  But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. 
Jud 1:11  Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. 
Jud 1:12  These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; 
Jud 1:13  Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

Moses symbolizes the elect. After escaping from Egypt or the world, we had so much zeal to help quench the thirst of the churches as we saw Moses help water the flock of the seven daughters and stood up against the shepherds. In this case, our zeal was without knowledge as we had not yet had an encounter with the Lord, just like Moses. In Babylon, we begin to see that these shepherds are not doing the right things and so we stand up against them. In the fullness of time, however, this standing up against these shepherds will facilitate our exit from Babylon.

Rom 10:2  For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. 
Rom 10:3  For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. 
Rom 10:4  For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. 

Exo 2:18  And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
Exo 2:19  And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.
Exo 2:20  And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.

Moses here is described as an Egyptian, as he was likely wearing an Egyptian cloth. This Egyptian cloth is the world’s standard of righteousness based on the law. In another perspective, what these seven daughters, who represent the churches of this world, said about Moses being an Egyptian is to let us know how the churches regard us. They think the Lord’s elect are spiritually dead as being an Egyptian means being of the world.

Rev 11:8  And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

The father of the seven daughters, Reuel, in these verses signifies Christ who is inviting us to come and eat bread, which is His words immediately after leaving Egypt. Unfortunately, because at that stage of our walk we have not had an encounter with the Lord to know His voice, we are not able to decipher between the true word of the Lord and false doctrines of man’s wisdom. In our hunger, we come into the churches of this world imbibing all the false doctrines given to us.

Exo 2:21  And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Exo 2:22  And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

On a positive note, as Christ comes to dwell in us, His gift to us is the body of Christ or the church of the first born, which is represented here by Zipporah who was given to Moses as wife. It is through the church that we can give birth to the new man in us who is after the image of Christ. It is the birth of this new man in us that we come to see that indeed, we are strangers here on earth.

Heb 11:13  These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Heb 11:14  For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
Heb 11:15  And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. 
Heb 11:16  But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

Exo 2:23  And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

If we are called and chosen, then in the fullness of time the king of Egypt, signifying one of the horns of the beast within, will be uprooted. However, we continue to be under the dominance of the beast within. This verse is to let us know, therefore, that the death of the old man is a process and during this period of being under the burden of sin, we groan. The good news is that in all of this, our Lord hears our groaning which means He is working out a great deliverance on our behalf.

2Ki 20:5  Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.

Exo 2:24  And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
Exo 2:25  And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.

The Lord hearing their groaning and remembering His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is another way of saying that because He has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, we should be holy and without blame, He hears our cry of desperation from bondage to sin.

Eph 1:4  According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 
Eph 1:5  Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 
Eph 1:6  To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

In verse 25, it is stated that the Lord looked upon the Israelites and had respect for them. A better rendition of this verse is:

Exo 2:25  and because he knew what was happening to his people, he felt sorry for them. (CEV)

Our Lord feels what we go through. To be our High Priest, He experienced all that we were to go through first except sin, so that He can be merciful to us as we strive under the burden of sin.

Heb 4:14  Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. 
Heb 4:15  For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Heb 4:16  Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.