<p>11:26- see on 10:35; Phil. 3:8.</p><p><i>Considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt. For he looked to the greater reward</i>-&nbsp; Even within Hebrews, the description of Moses' rejection of Egypt for the sake of Christ is shown to be our example: &quot;Esteeming the <i>reproach of Christ</i> greater riches than the treasures (i.e. Pharaoh's treasures, which he could have had if he succeeded as Pharaoh) in Egypt... let us go forth therefore unto (Jesus) without the camp, <i>bearing his reproach</i>&quot; (Heb. 11:26; 13:13). We should be even eager to bear 'reproach for the name of Christ' as Moses did (1 Pet. 4:14), knowing it is a surety of our sharing his resurrection. For Moses, &quot;the reproach of Christ&quot; was his&nbsp; having &quot;respect unto the recompense of the reward&quot;. He therefore must have understood in some detail that there would be a future Saviour, who would enable the eternal Kingdom promised to Abraham through his bearing the reproach of this world. Such was Moses' appreciation of this that it motivated him to reject Egypt. His motivation, therefore, was based upon a fine reflection upon the promises to Abraham and other oblique prophecies of the suffering Messiah contained in the book of Genesis. Moses knew he could have a share in the sufferings of the future saviour and thereby share his reward, because he saw the implication that Messiah would be our representative. Yet those promises are the very things which Christians now say they are bored of hearing every few weeks on a Sunday evening. No wonder we lack Moses' desire to share Christ's reproach, and thereby reject the attractions of this world. The way Moses had &quot;respect unto the recompense of the reward&quot; is our example; for again, even within Hebrews, we are exhorted: &quot;Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great <i>recompense of reward</i>&quot; (Heb. 11:26; 10:35). The Greek for &quot;respect&quot; means to look away from all else; indicating how single-mindedly and intensely did Moses look ahead to the Kingdom; the knowledge of which was, in terms of number of words, scant indeed. All he had was the covenants of promise.</p><p>Moses fought with the temptation to just observe from a distance, but then he came out into the open, declaring that he was a Hebrew, rejecting his kind Egyptian foster mother, openly declaring that he was not really her son, as both she and he had claimed for 40 years. He would have borne the shame of all this, &quot;the reproach of Christ&quot; (Heb. 11:26). But he was not ashamed to call Israel his brethren, as Christ is not ashamed of us (Heb. 2:11- one of many allusions to Moses in Hebrews). All this suggests that like Moses, our Lord came to a point where he &quot;came down&quot; from obscurity to begin his work of deliverance. The references to 'coming down' in John's Gospel allude to this.</p><p>It is possible that Moses appreciated that he was a type of Christ the future Messiah; he considered &quot;the reproach of Christ&quot; enough to motivate him to reject the attractions of Egypt (Heb. 11:26); he knew he was sharing the sufferings of the future, ultimate saviour, and the wonder of that alone was enough to motivate him to leave the attractions of this world- even the possibility of being the next Pharaoh, the most powerful man on earth. The similarities between Jesus and Moses are too many to sensibly tabulate. There is ample opportunity to enter deeply into the attitude of Moses towards Israel, and it is this which perhaps most valuably deepens our appreciation of the love of Christ for us, and of our own liability to failure after the pattern of Israel.&nbsp;</p><p>Moses was willing to give both his physical and <i>eternal</i> life for the salvation of Israel (Ex. 32:29-32), that God's Name might be upheld. He so loved and respected God's character, His personality (all bound up in His Name) that he was willing to forego all personal blessings, even life itself, just because of the wonder of God. A less spiritually mature Moses had been motivated 40 years earlier by his respect of the recompense of the reward (Heb. 11:26). But now his motive is the glory of God's Name. Personal possession of the Kingdom <i>is</i> held up as a motivator in our lives; but surely, like Moses, we ought to progress towards a desire to see the achievement of God's glory, rather than being obsessed with&nbsp;personally finding our place in the political Kingdom.</p>