Exodus 1-2
Dear RTB’ers,
A very late post… Today was “ministry” for my brother, Ron. It’s a long story to recount the “swamp” that he has built for himself. For now, he had a late surgery and was still in postop late, so we haven’t yet seen him. So, tomorrow morning…
Today we begin Exodus; we’ll go about halfway through the book before we return to Acts, then back to Exodus, then back to Acts again. It’ll be a good journey!
I see a few key verses today. First, Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. (Ex. 1:8) We all recall from Genesis the king who DID know Joseph, the “king”, Pharaoh, whose dreams Joseph interpreted and who made Joseph “Prime Minister” over all of Egypt. Pharaoh allowed Joseph’s entire family to be brought to Egypt and he settled them in the “Land of Goshen”. This older Pharaoh had the highest regard for Joseph, but some 400 years have passed and dozens of Pharaohs are come and gone; these new “kings” don’t have the same memories. All these Israeli descendants have now become a problem and have been subjected to slave labor. Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph…
Then, But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live. … So God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied and grew very strong. And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families. … When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket … and … put the child in it and placed it … by the river bank. And his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him. (Ex. 1:17, 20-21; 2:3-4) I’m struck at what God had to do with the Israelites for their “savior” Moses to be born and to rise to his high position as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. And I often wonder at the many twists and turns in the many roads that I have traveled to bring me to where I am today.
And you? Twists and turns in a few roads in your life? Think back. Thank you, LORD!!
Blessings!
See also: January 17 (2023) / Exodus 1-4:17