Deliver us!

        I know that it’s not the Passover season; for it’s the beginning of winter and the end of fall. It’s almost time for Thanksgiving, and Christmas—who’s thinking about Passover and the days of unleavened bread this early? Well, I am for a reason. You see, the children of Israel were in Egypt since Joseph and Jacob’s family went down there to stay for a while. 70 people from Israel’s family went down, and they stayed in Goshen because the Pharaoh was a good king and loved Joseph, and wanted his family to stay in the best of the land, so they did. The story of Joseph is an interesting bible study: how he was sold into slavery and went into prison and became the second in command of Egypt. It’s a cool story to tell any youth about always having hope and belief in God, and most importantly, how to forgive. Joseph was treated like crap by so many people, and he still had the strength to forgive—how amazing a character. The Egyptians and their king took notice of this man, and Israel grew and multiplied.

        Well, Joseph and his brothers died, and eventually a king of the land was raised up by God to not know the good character and the lessons of Joseph. This pharaoh saw that the children of Israel—who were about 3 million strong at the time—were mightier than the Egyptians, so to make sure that they never escaped or fought against the Egyptians in battle, the king ordered the Israelites to be slaves and set taskmasters over them. The bible doesn’t go into very much detail about how hard the treatment of the Israelites were at the time—except when Moses and Aaron tried to convince the pharaoh to let them go and he wouldn’t. The king made the work more difficult for Israel by not giving them straw for bricks, and they couldn’t downgrade from their daily quota. Israel was scattered throughout the land to find materials for bricks. That’s the only incident recorded of how bad their slavery was. If you want to know the harshness of slavery, America has a good history of it before the civil war. I would recommend reading Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

        One of the things that happened during Israel’s slavery was the fact that no matter how hard they were being treated, they always had families to come home too, and they got comfort and love from their wives. Israel was getting more and more children even with the bondage; this was a problem for the Egyptians. So, Pharaoh commanded the midwives to kill the male children and leave the girls alive, but they didn’t obey and made an excuse about why they didn’t do it. God gave them a reward for obeying Him. But, this didn’t stop pharaoh, he told all the Egyptians to kill the Israelite male children by throwing them in the river to die. This was a cruel time for Israel: hard bondage, children being murdered, and an evil king fighting against them to oppress them—all this before Israel even knew about the Passover. They needed a deliverer, and they got one. Moses was born at this time, and was hidden by his mother for three months. When she couldn’t hide him anymore, she made something to make sure he floated n the river. She did what the king wanted to do.

        If you know the story of Moses, he was found by the daughter of Pharaoh and was adopted by her. He became great in the king’s court, yet knew about his Israelite heritage. He rescued a Hebrew man from an Egyptian by killing the Egyptian, but it was known by the king and he ran away to Median in Arabia today. God chose Moses to save Israel from their bondage, and bring them to the promise land. The movie “The Prince of Egypt” showed an animated version of this classic story. God acknowledged Israel, and saw their worth even though they never could see it themselves. God did the same acknowledgement to the Black men and women in bondage before the civil war. God brought about the war between the states because of that cruel bondage that was destroying America. God raised up a deliverer in Abraham Lincoln to save the Union and get rid of Slavery—which he did through the 13^th amendment to the constitution. That war killed about 600,000 to 800,000 men—which was the most of any American war.

        Why am I telling you all this? Well, a cry for deliverance is being heard by God once again. It’s not the bondage of slavery in America, but the blood of the unborn. The cry of the unborn since Roe vs. Wade has come to Heaven, and like the Egyptians in the past, we’ll have to pay a price for this—if we don’t stop it. God gave blood to the Egyptians to drink because of the blood of the Hebrew male children in the river that died, and it was just—how much more to us in America for our decision to murder the unborn since 1973. The biggest issue with Brent Kavanaugh’s nomination was the fact that he was the swing vote in the Supreme Court to overturn Roe Vs Wade, and that angered the democrats and the left who wanted to continue murdering babies in the name of women’s right to prochoice. This abomination can’t go on forever, and God hears the cries of the unborn like He heard the cries of Hebrew boys in the Nile. Will a Moses of today’s generation rise up to face the Pharaoh’s of our modern day? We need one now.