Talking Scripture Ep 364 | Exodus 1-6, Come Follow Me 2026 (March 23-29)
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Mar 19, 2026 They trace Israel’s slide into bondage and the brave acts of midwives, Jochebed, Miriam, and Pharaoh’s daughter. Moses’ flight, life in Midian, and the burning bush theophany get close attention. Themes of suffering, deliverance as a process, divine names like “I Am,” signs given to Moses and Aaron, and why Pharaoh’s heart is made heavy are explored.
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Egypt As A Universal Story Of Bondage
- Egypt represents the universal experience of bondage when heavy burdens make us ask where God is.
- Mike Day frames Exodus as a pattern: suffering, wondering where God is, and seeing how God reacts through Israel's story.
Midwives Used A Good Lie To Save Moses
- The midwives Shiphrah and Puah secretly defied Pharaoh by preserving Hebrew male infants.
- Mike Day calls their deceit a "good lie" and links it to ketman/tekiah dissimulation in the ancient Near East.
Women Preserved Moses In A Teba Ark
- Jochebed and Miriam ensured Moses survived by placing him in a bulrush ark and arranging Pharaoh's daughter's adoption.
- Mike Day connects the Hebrew teba word to Noah's ark and highlights the women as heroic preservers of Israel's future.