1/ There are three common ways that such a government deals with a male threat:
1. pacify
2. reeducate
3. kill
We find the first and the third in Exodus 1. Pharaoh attempts to pacify through hard labor (8-14). When that fails he has the male babies killed (22).
1. pacify
2. reeducate
3. kill
We find the first and the third in Exodus 1. Pharaoh attempts to pacify through hard labor (8-14). When that fails he has the male babies killed (22).
2/ We find reeducation in the Exodus by way of Stephen in Acts 7: “Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians” (22). We also can detect the strong cultural influence of the Egyptians in the idolatry in the Exodus generation. It’s a less direct form of reeducation.
3/ All of these methods reoccur throughout the biblical history:
-Philistines sought pacify Samson thru Delilah (Judg 16:5)
-Babylonians reeducated the Israelite noblemen to serve the king (Dan 1).
-Herod attempted to kill Christ by slaughtering the innocent (Matt 2)
-Philistines sought pacify Samson thru Delilah (Judg 16:5)
-Babylonians reeducated the Israelite noblemen to serve the king (Dan 1).
-Herod attempted to kill Christ by slaughtering the innocent (Matt 2)