Faith Episode 60: The Birth Of Moses (Exodus 2: 1-9)

You Gotta Have Faith

In this Faith episode, Craig and I talk on Exodus 2: 1-9, the story of baby Moses, which parallels baby Jesus (also to give some love to the jewish folks). Themes: a rich woman and a poor woman share compassion for a child. Also, the disobedience of a bad law (Exodus 1:16 - to kill all Hebrew boys) - the lesson is that, no matter our social status, we recognize what is good and bad and we can work together to do good for each other. We also use an Aggadah (a Hebrew Mishnah or story) about how baby Moses grabbed the crown of the Pharaoh and how an angel saved him from death by having him grab a hot coal instead of the crown. You can learn more about Mishnah and the Aggadah here (https://www.gotquestions.org/mishnah-midrash.html) We also talk about the horrible story of the 7 year old who died in a US Customs detainment center - all part of Trump's Zero Tolerance policy on illegal immigrants (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/seven-old-guatemalan-girl-dies-us-custody-report-074739392.html). All we have are each other - just as it was with the Queen of Egypt and the Hebrew slave women, it's the same now. The only way we can protect each other is by being there for each other.