DEAD END SLOUGH
When something is pressed down it naturally moves toward the boundaries of societal life, looking for relief. The wilderness provides this relief. Power is concentrated in the civilizations humans create, therefore it is natural for the oppressed to seek the periphery of society. When healthy physical things are withheld people begin to seek spiritual things. This is why oppressors go mad and become self destructive. Oppression is like a dead end slough. You exit the main stream of the river of life, thinking it will be an attractive diversion, only to find it abruptly ends against a dry bank without the necessities needed to sustain life.
The Hebrew responded to oppression by becoming better human beings. When deprived of physical luxuries, they explored spiritual luxuries, becoming more sensitive to the foundation of relationships. When Pharaoh realized they became stronger under his oppression he decided to undermine their relationships by killing their new born sons. Selective murder and rape are weapons oppressors use to destabilize the focus of their fear. They believe that by undermining the family unit, they can throw others into chaos. This is the first sign of their journey into insanity. For when you attack family you put into danger what is most dear to all humans, even those of privilege.
Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah; and he said, “When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.” But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive. So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and saved the male children alive. And the midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are lively and give birth before the midwives come to them.” Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very mighty. And so it was, because the midwives feared God, that He provided households for them. Exodus 1: 15-21
The Hebrew responded to oppression by becoming better human beings. When deprived of physical luxuries, they explored spiritual luxuries, becoming more sensitive to the foundation of relationships. When Pharaoh realized they became stronger under his oppression he decided to undermine their relationships by killing their new born sons. Selective murder and rape are weapons oppressors use to destabilize the focus of their fear. They believe that by undermining the family unit, they can throw others into chaos. This is the first sign of their journey into insanity. For when you attack family you put into danger what is most dear to all humans, even those of privilege.
Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah; and he said, “When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.” But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive. So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and saved the male children alive. And the midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are lively and give birth before the midwives come to them.” Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very mighty. And so it was, because the midwives feared God, that He provided households for them. Exodus 1: 15-21
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