This is part of a video series covering the entire Bible in 4 years, one chapter at a time. Start at the beginning with Genesis 1 (Youtube link: https://youtu.be/wC2qD4RGOdo) and work through the playlist. Or go to https://www.peace.org.au/bible.html for more information.

In this video listen to Exodus 2 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

In Exodus 2 the birth of Moses is described. Moses is no ordinary child, there is obviously something special about him which prompts his mother to risk her life to save him. He goes into the water in a basket and is drawn out of the water, in a very early picture of baptism.

Bithiah is most likely the Egyptian princess here who rescues Moses, a name given to her later when she married Mered from the tribe of Judah and left Egypt in the Exodus. Her Egyptian name was probably Meri, according to Maclaren’s Expositions.

Bithiah was God’s enemy, an Egyptian. It’s incredible how God uses his enemies for his purposes, and in this case, the enemy became a friend. In Christ at the cross, God attempts to turn all of his enemies into his friends, and you and I are those.

Finally and remarkably, at the end of Exodus 2 the Israelites cry out to God for deliverance, but God has been preparing Moses for 40 years at least already for this. God hears our prayers before we pray them, and even though there is a timetable to it all, and it can take longer than we want, God is at work even when we don’t see it.

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