Daily text, Monday, November 7. 2016

[Queen Esther]

                           Do You See “the One Who Is Invisible” ?

Finally he struck down all the firstborn of Egypt.—Ps. 78:51.

http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/dt/r1/lp-e/2016/11/7

In the month of Nisan 1513 B.C.E., Jehovah told Moses and Aaron to convey these unusual instructions to the Israelites: Select a healthy male sheep or goat, slaughter it, and splash its blood on your doorways. (Ex. 12:3-7) How did Moses respond? The apostle Paul later wrote of him: “By faith he observed the Passover and the splashing of the blood, so that the destroyer might not harm their firstborn.” (Heb. 11:28) Moses knew that Jehovah is trustworthy, and he exercised faith in Jehovah’s promise to execute the firstborn sons in Egypt. Moses’ own sons were apparently in Midian, far away from “the destroyer.” (Ex. 18:1-6) Yet, he obediently instructed other Israelite families whose firstborn sons were in danger. Lives were at stake, and Moses loved his fellow man. “Promptly,” the Bible states, Moses “called all the elders of Israel and said to them: . . . ‘Slaughter the Passover sacrifice.’”—Ex. 12:21. w14 4/15 2:10, 11