By faith Moses when he was borne, was hid three moneths of his parents, because they sawe he was a proper childe, neither feared they the kings commandement. By faith Moses when he was come to age, refused to be called the sonne of Pharaohs daughter, And chose rather to suffer aduersitie with the people of God, then to enioy the pleasures of sinnes for a season, Esteeming the rebuke of Christ greater riches then the treasures of Egypt: for he had respect vnto the recompence of the reward. By faith he forsooke Egypt, and feared not the fiercenes of the king: for he endured, as he that sawe him which is inuisible. Through faith he ordeined the Passeouer and the effusion of blood, least he that destroyed the first borne, should touche them. By faith they passed through the red sea as by drie land, which when the Egyptians had assayed to doe, they were swallowed vp.
Moses' parents did not fear the king's commands. They did not do so because they were scofflaws. They did so because their King's commands usurped Pharaoh's preferences. The King of kings has jurisdiction over kings of geographical areas and/or particular peoples. He is the King of every square inch of earth and every single person. His Law is above every other and all lesser laws are unlawful when out of step with it.
Moses, when grown up, did not fear the fierceness of the Pharaoh for he feared the Lord of Pharaoh. He forsook Egypt for the sake of Zion. He partook in the blood of the Lamb instead of the food of the Pharaoh. He rejected the throne of the magistrate for the love of the throne of Majesty. And in the end, he saw the lesser lawgiver swallowed up by the sea of the Law of the Lord. The proud will be humbled and the humble will be exalted. This has always been the case. So, when the proud demand you appraise them, you are not proud in defying them. What looks like pride before man is humility before God. When you humble yourself before God, you stand up to the tyrannies of man.
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