Moses and Jesus Parallels 2

Exodus 1:15-17 (NIV)
¹⁵ The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
¹⁶ "When you help the Hebrew women in childbirth and observe them on the delivery stool, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live."
¹⁷ The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.

Matthew 2:16 (NIV)
¹⁶ When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.

Parallels between Jesus and Moses:
Both faced a decree of death as infants by the rulers at the time. Fear was the motivating factor. The king of Egypt feared the increasing number of Israelites in his kingdom might pose a threat to stability of the nation. Herod feared the loss of his power with the prospect of a new king being born.

As it came to pass, the two kings had reason to fear. Moses eventually led the Israel out of Egypt. Jesus brought a different kind of kingdom to this earth that does overcome the world and removes the power of death. He will come again to take us out of this fallen world and bring us to new land just as Moses did for the Israelites long ago. All this is done by the power and plan of God.