Resistance to God’s prophets comes from God’s people themselves (see also Exodus 2:14). This culminated in the resistance against Jesus, and after his ascension, against those who bring the good news about Jesus (see Stephen’s speech in Acts 7:1–60). It is clear that division does not come only from the outside, but it can also originate within the church. Paul warns against this in Romans 16:17. Division is a means of the devil to break down God’s work and bring down his children.
20 They met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them, as they came out from Pharaoh;