Hands of Defiance: Fear God, Not Kings (Part Five)

[Timl1980]

Part Five – The Legacy of Courage

 

Research: Exodus 1:22 records Pharaoh’s final decree: “Every son that is born you must throw into the Nile.” Yet the midwives’ faith had already lit a fire of resistance. Their story became part of Israel’s survival, a legacy of courage passed down through generations. In Egyptian culture, the Nile was worshiped as a god, its waters seen as the source of life. Pharaoh twisted that symbol into an instrument of death. But Jehovah’s people remembered two women who stood against the river, against the throne, against fear itself.

Sometimes the greatest revolutions are born not in battlefields...but in birthing rooms.

 

The Nile shimmered under the sun, wide and glittering, but now it carried a new terror. Mothers clutched their infants tighter, fathers stood helpless, and the river itself seemed to wait, dark and hungry.

 

In the slave quarters, whispers spread like wildfire. “What will we do? How can we survive?” And always, two names rose above the fear. Shiphrah...Puah. Women who had stood before Pharaoh and lived. Women who had chosen Jehovah over Egypt.

 

Their homes were simple...their meals meager...their clothing plain. Yet their courage had become a fortress for an entire nation. Every child born in secret, every boy hidden in a basket, every mother who dared to hope...all of it was lit by the quiet fire of two women who feared God more than men.

 

And Jehovah saw. He blessed them, not with palaces or gold, but with households that grew strong..with families that thrived..with a legacy that would echo through the ages.

 

Generations later, when Israel marched out of Egypt with heads high and hearts free, the story of Shiphrah and Puah was still told.

 

Two women against an empire...and they won.

 

Their courage still whispers across the centuries...YOUR faith can shake empires. YOIR fear of God can silence kings. And YOUR quiet strength can change the future.

[Dolce vita]

25 minutes ago, Timl1980 said:

Part Five – The Legacy of Courage

 

Research: Exodus 1:22 records Pharaoh’s final decree: “Every son that is born you must throw into the Nile.” Yet the midwives’ faith had already lit a fire of resistance. Their story became part of Israel’s survival, a legacy of courage passed down through generations. In Egyptian culture, the Nile was worshiped as a god, its waters seen as the source of life. Pharaoh twisted that symbol into an instrument of death. But Jehovah’s people remembered two women who stood against the river, against the throne, against fear itself.

Sometimes the greatest revolutions are born not in battlefields...but in birthing rooms.

 

The Nile shimmered under the sun, wide and glittering, but now it carried a new terror. Mothers clutched their infants tighter, fathers stood helpless, and the river itself seemed to wait, dark and hungry.

 

In the slave quarters, whispers spread like wildfire. “What will we do? How can we survive?” And always, two names rose above the fear. Shiphrah...Puah. Women who had stood before Pharaoh and lived. Women who had chosen Jehovah over Egypt.

 

Their homes were simple...their meals meager...their clothing plain. Yet their courage had become a fortress for an entire nation. Every child born in secret, every boy hidden in a basket, every mother who dared to hope...all of it was lit by the quiet fire of two women who feared God more than men.

 

And Jehovah saw. He blessed them, not with palaces or gold, but with households that grew strong..with families that thrived..with a legacy that would echo through the ages.

 

Generations later, when Israel marched out of Egypt with heads high and hearts free, the story of Shiphrah and Puah was still told.

 

Two women against an empire...and they won.

 

Their courage still whispers across the centuries...YOUR faith can shake empires. YOIR fear of God can silence kings. And YOUR quiet strength can change the future.

Thank you Tim, thank you. It's a period of genocidal terror that's difficult to comprehend, but your story goes a long way toward helping us understand it.
The light you shed on the courage of two women (who undoubtedly inspired others) certainly makes us think about the impact our behavior can have on all our brothers and sisters. Are we among those who encourage or weaken?

[Timl1980]

Thank you to anyone who has read this story. We are always told to put ourselves in the shoes of these biblical characters, our brothers and sisters. 

 

I'm trying to bring them to life in my own way...there's so many things that I CAN'T do for Jehovah, but this is one way in which I feel I have something small to contribute. 

 

So thank you for taking the time and effort to read it, and if it even encourages one person, I feel like I've done something useful.

 

Edited Friday at 10:27 AM by Timl1980

[Dolce vita]

On 10/3/2025 at 12:24 PM, Timl1980 said:

Thank you to anyone who has read this story. We are always told to put ourselves in the shoes of these biblical characters, our brothers and sisters. 

 

I'm trying to bring them to life in my own way...there's so many things that I CAN'T do for Jehovah, but this is one way in which I feel I have something small to contribute. 

 

So thank you for taking the time and effort to read it, and if it even encourages one person, I feel like I've done something useful.

 

Dear Tim @Timl1980, I thought of you with lesson 9 of the new book. Thank you for shining a spotlight on these two women who emerged from the darkness of anonymity to enter Jehovah's light. The goal is the same as the GB is currently pursuing, we saw it yesterday: to help us to face the coming storm. You don't write in vain, that's for sure.🤍