When Moses was born, Pharaoh had the Hebrew children slaughtered. “Then the king of Egypt told the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, “When you help the Hebrew women in childbirth, look at the child when you deliver it. If it’s a boy, kill it, but if it’s a girl, let it live.”However, the midwives feared God and didn’t obey the king of Egypt’s orders. They let the boys live. So the king of Egypt called for the midwives. He asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
The midwives answered Pharaoh, “Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women. They are so healthy that they have their babies before a midwife arrives.”
God was good to the midwives. So the people increased in number and became very strong. Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own. Then Pharaoh commanded all his people to throw into the Nile every ⌞Hebrew⌟ boy that was born, but to let every girl live.” (Exodus 1:15-22). This was a sign that The Deliverer had come. The Deliverer was God, Moses his messenger.
The Second time was when Jesus Christ our Lord was born, King Herod Antipas has the children of Bethlehem slaughtered, “Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men. Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying:
“A voice was heard in Ramah,
Lamentation, weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, Refusing to be comforted, Because they are no more.” (Matthew 2:16-18).
Now in Israel, children and babies have been beheaded. I believe this could be the third sign, the hailing that Jesus is returning, that just as when Moses came children were slain, then when Jesus came children were slain, that now the death of children who have been beheaded marks that Jesus’ return will be soon, that the end of days is here at last. I am not saying God willed the death of innocents to proclaim the three deliverances, “Deliver people from Egyptian slavery,” “deliver people from the slavery of sin,” and the final deliverance to come, “so also Christ was offered once for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people. He will come again, not to deal with our sins, but to bring salvation to all who are eagerly waiting for him..” (Hebrews 9:28). Rather Satan, the adversary of God stirs up the bloodshed of innocents every time God’s deliverance is coming. In this case it would differ from the attempts to kill Moses and Jesus as babies, this time I believe it is a sign of restrainer is gone, “For the mystery of lawlessness [rebellion against divine authority and the coming reign of lawlessness] is already at work; [but it is restrained] only until he who now restrains it is taken out of the way.” (2 Thessalonians 2:7). For restraint has ever kept people from killing babies, but now it is gone. When people show such rancor towards precious babies, you know the evil one is at work and he knows his hour is short (Revelation 12:12).
I say pray and prepare O Church (all Christians)! What is happening is significant! Get ready so that you are not caught naked, “Behold, I am coming like a thief [in the night, suddenly arriving]. Blessed is he who stays awake and who keeps his clothes [that is, stays spiritually ready for the Lord’s return], so that he will not be naked—spiritually unprepared—and men will not see his shame.” (Revelation 16:15). Amen.
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