Moses was born.
The God who created heaven and earth has always been with Israel. What will he do at this time?
According to their ancestor Jacob's blessing to his sons before he died, it is easy to think that God will save them through Yue Se's two sons, or raise a national hero from the tribe of Judah.
Before he died, Jacob publicly blamed Levi and Simeon for killing all the men in Shechem at will. God revealed to Jacob that they would leave Jacob's house in the future and be scattered in Israel, which seemed to be the two tribes least blessed by God. ...
As a result, I didn't expect that God would exalt the tribe of Levi. The Bible drew our attention and focused on the Levi family.
There was a man named Amram in Levi's family who married Jochebed, his father's sister. This is recorded in exodus 6: 20.
Amelin, meaning noble person; His wife Jochebed means that God is glory.
When Egypt slaughtered the Hebrew baby boy, the woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Seeing that he was handsome, she hid him for three months.
We can't understand it as: "If the child is not very beautiful, his parents won't take great risks to hide him for three months."
The "handsome" here means not only that the child looks good, but also that God is with him, giving people an irresistible and unique feeling.
Even ordinary people, when they see this child, will feel that he is very unusual.
Of course, everyone should pay attention to the fact that learning the second chapter of Exodus does not mean that we will all become "masters" with a clue.
Specific things should be treated in a specific way: not everyone who is used by God is "handsome and extraordinary".
A person's good looks and unique feelings are not the reasons why God should value him. God's choice and use of someone is the reason why people are different.
The Egyptian people always think of magnificent buildings (this is what the Pharaoh meant). They believe that all people can live and work in peace and contentment only under the protection of Pharaoh, but they will abide by Pharaoh's orders and orders.
After the Pharaoh ordered the slaughter of baby boys, the Egyptians refused to let any Hebrew boy grow up, and even often went down to Israel to look for him.
The child's parents couldn't hide, so they took a cattail box, painted it with stone paint and oil, put the child in, and put the box among the reeds by the river.
God-fearing people must know that their children are the inheritance given by the Lord, and they must want to protect their lives and prevent them from dying at the hands of evil people. But they lived in Egypt and became slaves, which could not change Pharaoh's orders at all, and those possessed Egyptians would not tell Israel anything.
That's all they can do.
This is not a long-term solution, but at least it can avoid Egyptian searches at home. You can also breast-feed your baby when people are not looking.
They let the child's sister stand far away and know what he looks like.
There are many advantages to arranging her here.
If the Egyptian walks nearby, she can attract the attention of others, so as to avoid the child being found by the bad guys; Secondly, did God give children a good chance? Maybe he can be rescued in other ways, and my sister can tell her family the good news.
The child's sister, probably Miriam. Miriam's name first appeared in Exodus 15, verse 20.
Miriam, this means resistance.
Once, Pharaoh's daughter was bathing by the river, and many of her maids were walking by the river. They patrolled everywhere, as if they had set up a cordon to keep others away. As a result, Pharaoh's daughter saw the box among the reeds and sent a maid to get it. She opened the box and saw the child. She felt sorry for the child when he cried.
Said, "This is the Hebrew child."
How did she know it was a Hebrew child at once?
First, the clothes are different, second, the skin color is different, and third, the environment gives her intuition.
The patterns on the clothes and fabrics of the Egyptians are very different from those of the Hebrews. Israelis are white and Egyptians are bronzed; Pharaoh's daughter knew that the Hebrews were helpless and miserable after her father ordered the slaughter of baby boys. When she saw the child, she had an intuition in her heart and told her: this is a Hebrew.
When she saw the child and felt pity, the child's sister said to Pharaoh's daughter:
"Shall I call a wet nurse from among the Hebrew women to nurse you?"
Even if she doesn't know this is Pharaoh's daughter, just look at the way she came to the river to take a bath and know that this is not an ordinary person. How dare she ask for it! So simple and direct, will there be any good results?
Unexpectedly, Pharaoh's daughter agreed.
When she called the child's mother, Pharaoh's daughter said to her:
"Take this child away and feed him for me, and I will pay you."
Pharaoh's daughter is a royal family, and what she says is also an order, and all people must abide by it.
This Israeli woman, who is often oppressed by Pharaoh, is probably the most willing to obey Egypt's orders in her life!
"From then on, this child is the son of Pharaoh's daughter, and I am his wet nurse. No one dares to hurt him again. I have a responsibility to feed my children, and now I can get the salary of being a wet nurse ... "
Thank God, she must be filled with joy!
Although we don't know how God chose this levi child to use him at present, we are proud that his life survived in such a bizarre way in turbulent times.
Many people will say that this is all because of the kindness of his parents, the bravery of his sister and the pity of Pharaoh's daughter. Admittedly, these are very important, but their actions and mentality are only auxiliary roles in God's will.
The child survived, not because everyone joined hands to help him; It is God's unchangeable will that the child can survive. He must grow up and do something.
His parents, his sister, Pharaoh's daughter, they just cherish the opportunity to cooperate with God's will.
Don't exalt people's works too much, but exalt the sovereignty of God indefinitely.
When the child grew up, the woman took him to Pharaoh's daughter and became her son.
He should be three years old by this time. Usually, Israelis wean their children at the age of three.
Pharaoh's daughter named the child Moses.
The child was named like this because she wanted to commemorate pulling him out of the water. However, the meaning of the name Moses does not have so much content and description.
Moses, it means pull it out.
In Egyptian culture, "Moses" also refers to the son of God, the son given by God.
In this way, Moses learned all the knowledge of the Egyptians and was able to speak and act. By this time, he was almost 40 years old (these details are recorded in Acts 7:22).
The growth of Moses in the Egyptian palace represents that Israel has spent another 40 years under the oppression of the Egyptians.
What can Moses do for Israel at this time? How will God use Moses to help Israel in trouble?