Saturday, April 3, 2021

Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live

 Exodus 1:15-22

The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, When you are helping the Hebrew women during childbirth on the delivery stool, if you see that the baby is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.” The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live. Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”

The midwives answered Pharaoh, “Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.”

So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous. And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.

Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.”

But despite increasing oppression the population explosion continues. Pharaoh decides on direct action. But the Hebrew midwives stand between the king and his intention to kill every male child. His power is no match for their faith and courage.

Why?

Even Pharaoh made the decision to kill the boy baby of Hebrew, but the two midwives feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them.

Finally, Pharaoh made a more severe decision to kill all boys that are born. 

No one can stop God's way and blessing, even the Pharaoh was so skew and worse.

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兩名收生婆是敬畏神的,名字被記下來,她們的地位超過地上抵擋神的。抵擋神的人即使有地位也不被記念。

接生婆本來沒有什麼地位,敬畏神,她們的專業被神使用。我們的專業是否被神使用,只要我們是敬畏神的人,破解了法老的巧計。

她們違反法老的旨意,本來會被殺頭。但是神特別保守收生婆,不被法老殺害。法老的失敗了。以色列人多起來。愈迫害,以色列人反而愈多。人的迫害不能阻擋神的保守,顯出神的大能與人的愚蠢。

為什麼不讓埃及人去給以色列人接生,因為埃及人看不起猶太人,所以埃及人不願意給以色列人接生,因此法老王的巧計無法施展。因為埃及人岐視人。

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How?

Do not worry about the trouble and burden, what we concern about is follow the Lord closer or not?




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