Verse 27
Moses persevered in spite of the king’s wrath, and so should we in spite of the wrath we may experience from ungodly opponents. Probably Moses’ departure for Midian 40 years before the Exodus is in view here. This seems likely in view of the chronological sequence the writer followed in this passage. The reference to the king’s wrath is appropriate because Moses left Egypt then because Pharaoh sought to kill him (Exodus 2:15).
"The emphasis . . . falls not on endurance but on continually seeing, as it were, the unseen God . . . The reference is not to the awesome event at the burning bush . . ., as if to say that Moses saw one who is invisible, but to a fixed habit of spiritual perception. . . .
"From the pastoral perspective of the writer, the firmly entrenched habit of Moses in keeping God continually in view establishes a standard for imitation by the community in its experience of fear and governmental oppression." [Note: Lane, Hebrews 9-13, p. 376.]
"’The courage to abandon work on which one’s heart is set, and accept inaction cheerfully as the will of God, is of the rarest and highest kind, and can be created and sustained only by the clearest spiritual vision’ (Peake)." [Note: Moffatt, p. 181.]
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