He is our Saviour

Scripture - Exd 12:29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that [was] in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. Exd 12:30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for [there was] not a house where [there was] not one dead.

Observation - How could a loving, good, God kill babies? This is a tough question, but there is a good answer. God is a loving father, a Saviour to his people. There were over 1 million of his people in Egypt, all children of Jacob and his twelve sons. In four hundred years, they had multiplied from 70 people into over a million. However, there was an evil regime oppressing them. They had become slaves, and they were abused daily by cruel task masters and their children were killed at birth to prevent further population growth. If those were your children, wouldn't you be angry? Wouldn't you save them, even if it meant having to take a weapon to those who were killing your family? God tried t10 times to get Pharaoh to let his family go free, but Pharaoh would not. In the end, God had to allow the destroyer (Satan) to do something horrible. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. The Egyptians had killed the babies of his family, and so God allowed the Egyptians children to be killed.

Application: Sometimes the right thing to do is to get angry and protect those who need protection, even when that means violence or death.

Prayer: Thank you Jesus that you took God's Anger upon yourself, so that we don't have to face it. Thank you that you took all the things that we did, or will ever do upon yourself and you took the punishment for us so that we can live righteously even though we don't deserve it. We love you Jesus, and we trust your with our lives. Protect us, and those we love.