Throughout the Old
Testament the word salvation can be used interchangeably with deliverance.
The Lord delivers us from sin, hell and judgment through a saving faith in our
Lord Jesus Christ.
Moses was born at a time
when Egypt had become a house of bondage for the Jews. Be careful that the
place where you think you are happiest may soon become a place of affliction.
Realize that our only truly safe place will be found in heaven. David wrote,
“In your presence is fullness of joy and in your right hand are pleasures for
evermore.” (Psalm 16:11)
The wicked king set out
to repress the people of Israel. God’s people had task-masters set over them,
not only to burden them, but to afflict them with their burdens. They not only
made them serve for Pharaoh’s profit, but their lives became bitter.
Christianity often
spreads most when it was persecuted. The blood of the martyrs has been called
the seed of the church.
The Egyptians tried to
destroy Israel by the murder of their male people. Just in time God sent a deliverer
in the person of Moses. The enemies of God are always trying to destroy
the people of God because they feel threatened by a power greater than their
own. When people may try to ruin the church we can be assured that God prepares
a way for its deliverance.
