May 16, 2018
- Larry Sundin
- The Story of God
- Exodus
- Isaiah
- James
- Psalms
- civil disobedience
- Israel
- oppression
- Persecution
- Purpose of Suffering
- Suffering
- Exodus One
Because they feared God more than Pharaoh, they did a beautiful and splendid thing. In fact, that’s what their names mean: Shiphrah means “beautiful one” and Puah means “splendid one.” Here then, is the first act of civil disobedience. Pharaoh gave them a direct order, and they disobeyed it. Pharaoh was the most powerful man in the world. He could have them executed with the wave of a hand. But Shiphrah and Puah dared risk their lives for the babies, all because they feared God.