I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Exodus 1-3.

    Pharaoh ordered the midwives to perform sex-selective abortions, well, technically, he told them to kill the male babies as soon as they were born to make it look like they were still-born. When that failed, he ordered outright infanticide against the male children of the Jews. The logic behind these actions is telling. Pharaoh was afraid that, if Egypt was invaded, the Israelites would join with the enemy and use the opportunity to escape Egypt. The purpose of the policy was to weaken the Israelites and keep them dependent on Pharaoh.

    Moses was raised as part of the Egyptian royal family, but knew his Hebrew roots. When he became an adult, he went to see hat life was like for the other Hebrews. he saw how they were mistreated and wanted to make a change. When he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew and thought no one was around he killed the Egyptian. However, he was mistaken and was forced to flee Egypt. Years later when God called him to return to Egypt and lead his people out, Moses remembered his failure as a young man. When he was young and confident, Moses wanted to fix the problems he saw, but he was not ready for the mission God had for him. It was only after he had matured further that God could use him. God did not want Moses to free the Israelites by his force of personality. God wanted Moses to free the Israelites by His power.