Going Out - Exodus 1

 

Exodus 1 – Going Out                                                         

 

God promised that the descendants of Abraham would multiply greatly, and they did.  God keeps His word and accomplishes His purposes in His time.  Over the centuries, nations have tried to destroy Israel but have not succeeded. God gave Israel a special promise in Genesis 12:3, and He is keeping it.  God’s children today should pray for Israel.

God told Abraham that his people would experience suffering.

Now they have a new Pharaoh, and he is more interested in national security than he is about human decency.  When people become a means to an end instead of an end in themselves, we are not treating them as God wants us to.  Enslaving the men and killing the baby boys were Egypt’s solution to the “Jewish problem”. The midwives believed in obeying God rather than men. Acts5:29. Thank God for concerning people who will courageously defend the little ones!  God rewarded the women, not by making them sterile (which would have been safer), but by giving them families!  This shows how valuable children are in the sight of God.  Psalms 127:3-5.  Ponder the words of our Lord in Matthew 18:1-6.

 

Moses parents and the Jewish midwives are not the only ones in Bible History who had the courage to put God’s will ahead of man’s law.  Daniel and his friends (Dan.1). The three Hebrew men (Dan 3). And the Apostles (Acts 4:19-20; 5:29) are other examples.  Their aim was not to oppose a bad law but to uphold the glory and truth of God.

 

 

Nelson’s Quick Bible Reference Commentary by Warren Wiersbe