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Exodus 1:15&16
"15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live."

We are in Advent. This is a period of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ and also the Second Coming of Christ. We should think of Advent as the meat and potatoes of our FAITH to the dessert that is Christmas. We are studying the CHILDREN of GOD. This week our focus is BABY MOSES; The First Deliverer!

We are in the book of Exodus where the Israelites find their one time sanctuary of Egypt has turned into a nightmare prison. The Egyptian king brutally oppressed the Israelites. Slavery is an inhumane practice. The slaves were abused and tortured mentally and physically. Euphemistically touched on in yesterday's verses as "...WITH RIGOUR." The Israelites grew in number, frightening the King, worried about his hold onto power. He planned to stop their growth.

Today's verses reveal the horror of his monstrous plan; "...if it be a SON, then ye shall KILL him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live." This is a disgusting plan. People have always chosen to do evil to achieve their goals. Here we witness it as Moses is being born. When Jesus becomes incarnate, we witness King Harrod repeated this horrible plan with what we know as the Slaying of the Innocents. It's a terrible evil. Something we don't like thinking about. Or, talk about. But, it happened. Before we feel too good about our day and age, consider the toll that the abortion industry has had on our society. Instead of a power-hungry king ordering evil, individuals choose the same action to achieve their own goals. We need to remember and morn the loss of so many lives.
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