And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. - Exo 1:6,7.

The time for the fulfillment of the Promise that God gave to Abraham was nearing. He had foretold Abram about how He would bring his descendants back to Canaan to possess the promised land after a gap of 400 years of oppression (plus 30 peaceful years). 320 years had flown by.
Enter Moses.

The Pharaoh Sr. in His-story

Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. – Exo 1:8.

This Pharaoh was the seed of the Serpent targeting the entire population of Israel which increased in number and might, even more than the Egyptians. He, along with his people, was afraid of the threat that this big population was to their nation. Satan was afraid as well of the threat the believing generation was to his own head.

The Pharaoh brought stricter measures to suppress the Israelites and stomp them under his feet. He appointed cruel taskmasters to afflict them with additional burdens. He instructed the Hebrew midwives to kill every male child born to the Israelites. That included the believing lot – especially the tribe of Judah. Satan set his eye on the wrong line, again. And, he didn’t know that God had His own people as midwives too. Shiphra and Puah, the two Hebrew midwives (or nursing superintendents of the day?) feared God, not men, not even the Pharaoh. The fear of man brings a snare. – Pro 29:24. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. – Ps 111:10.

Moses was born a younger son to a Levite couple (who belonged to the tribe of Levi, one of the twelve sons of Israel). Miriam was their daughter and Aaron was the elder son. The midwives let the Hebrew child live against the command of the Pharaoh to kill all boy babies as soon as they are born. Moses escaped by a hair’s breadth.

Satan was trying to plug all holes and make his strategy foolproof. When he saw that there were a couple of people in the opposite camp who were part of the lot that were digging his grave, he incited the Pharaoh to charge his people to cast every boy-child born into the river Nile. However, Moses was born to believing parents. They believed that the Lord is faithful, and He will uphold His word to their Father Abraham by taking them back to the promised land. By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper (goodly, handsome) child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment. – Heb 11:23. Eventually, they let him into the hands of the Lord by putting him in a small safe basket and floating it in the Nile. Miriam kept watching. (Was Satan watching too?) God’s plan was working out. The basket was found by the Pharaoh’s daughter. Perfect timing!

Finders, keepers. The Pharaoh’s daughter, a compassionate woman, raised the Hebrew baby in the palace, right under the nose of the Pharaoh! And amazingly, nursed by the baby’s mother, courtesy, Miriam. In fact, it was the Pharaoh’s daughter who named him Moses – one drawn out of water. And irony! Jochebed was paid for nursing her own son!

Forty years went by. And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was mighty in words and in deeds. – Acts 7:22. By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; - Heb 11:24. He was a believer in the promises of God’s deliverance. So, he launched into the mission of delivering His people – from Egypt and eventually from Satan’s kingdom of darkness too. For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not. – Acts 7:25. Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season – Heb 11:25. The treasures in Egypt were of no value to Moses when compared to the riches in Christ, the promised Seed, that awaited him and his people. So, he was ready to suffer reproach for God’s sake. He had respect unto the reward that God would recompense him with.

Being in a position of authority, he set out on his mission on his own. He chose his own time and course. Left to his own, Moses would have wanted to accomplish his mission by his own wisdom and might, and if required, by using violence too. He was probably prompted by Satan to jump the gun. For, he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not. – Acts 7:25. Thankfully so, because, God would not alter His plan and advance things. Forty years of the four hundred (and thirty) still remained. Let us remember, God has one Plan and one Purpose. He is never hasty by an hour nor late by a minute. He was in control of everything and that included Time. He had to get His man ready for the task at hand. Moses had to learn a lot more than “all the wisdom of the Egyptians”. And, Moses had to unlearn a lot of tricks and skills he had very scrupulously honed in the Palace.
Moses ended up in Median as a stranger – from the pinnacle to the pit!

What an anti-climax! For forty years Moses remained in the wilderness. Forty long years. Moses was being broken of all his might; he was being humbled from all his pride; he was taken through a long shaping process; he was taught patience and meekness. Moses didn’t realize that God was at work. He departed so far from his aspirations that he no longer remembered his God, His people, or His promises.

The Four hundredth year (plus thirty peaceful years) was almost there. The Pharaoh who left Moses slip through his fingers was dead. The Lord’s clock was ticking perfectly. On the appointed day, the Lord met Moses in a flaming fire, in a burning bush, and began speaking to Him.

The Lord said, “I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob”. – Act 7:32. Moses should have felt like he was struck by a thunderbolt. All God’s promises to his patriarchs would have flashed in his memory. He trembled at the sight of the Lord and dared not behold Him, for he endured, as seeing Him who is invisible. – Heb 11:28. The Lord said, “I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt”. – Acts 7:34.

‘I will send you”. It was the Lord sending His man with a directive – to bring out His people from Egypt’s bondage but this time, God will accomplish this.

When asked His name, the Lord answered, “I am that I AM”.

Right time. Right man. Right bearing. Right mental posture.

God breaks down a man of all his strengths before using him. This is because the man He wants is only a vessel in His hands. The purpose is His, the plan His and the strength is His. All that the Lord expects is that the man humbles himself, submits to His will, and makes himself available. Such a man will be a powerful weapon in the hands of the Lord and will do mighty exploits for Him. The man himself will still be a man but the Lord in him is the Almighty, the One who creates, sustains, and is able to destroy. He will bring to fruition what He has begun.

Satan is not someone who would back out so very easily. He will try his hand at anything that would thwart God’s purpose and derail God’s plan. He had his man at the helm of affairs of Egypt again.