bill4066

Moses of Exodus 2 was simply a man that had been put in a position that required immediate action, and he took action without much thought. Being an adopted son, he would not have been a ruler of Egypt; he would have at best been a general in the army or more likely been a taskmaster over the Israelites. Many people refer to natural born leaders; it has been my experience (20 years in the USMC) that there is no such thing. Leaders are taught from an early age, some from birth, be it King Leonidas at the battle of Thermopylae, Alexander the Great, George Patton, or Ronald Reagan all were taught leadership form the time they were young children. This is the case with Moses, had he not been raised as the grandchild of Pharaoh he would not have been trained to be a leader. His character was such that he could not standby and watch as his fellow Jews were being beaten. As for what positive things I see in his character, is that he saw a problem and did what he thought would fix it, and as to the negative he tried the quick fix instead of standing up to Pharaoh. Bill