Exodus 1:1-22 Now There Arose up a New King Over Egypt, Who did not Know Joseph

[Study Aired March 7, 2022]

Exo 1:1  Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. 
Exo 1:2  Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 
Exo 1:3  Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 
Exo 1:4  Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 
Exo 1:5  And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
Exo 1:6  And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. 
Exo 1:7  And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. 
Exo 1:8  Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. 
Exo 1:9  And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: 
Exo 1:10  Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. 
Exo 1:11  Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. 
Exo 1:12  But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. 
Exo 1:13  And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: 
Exo 1:14  And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour. 
Exo 1:15  And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: 
Exo 1:16  And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. 
Exo 1:17  But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. 
Exo 1:18  And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive? 
Exo 1:19  And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. 
Exo 1:20  Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. 
Exo 1:21  And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses. 
Exo 1:22  And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. 

The Book of Exodus traces the history of the Israelites while in Egypt and their exit from Egypt into the wilderness where they stayed at Mount Sinai where Moses received the ten commandments of the Lord and instruction about the building of the tabernacle. Spiritually, Exodus focuses on the elect’s journey in the world, our deliverance from the world and our encounter with the Lord in the worldly churches of this world called Babylon.  During Apostle John’s encounter with our Lord Jesus Christ on the island of Patmos, he heard a voice behind him, and as he turned in the direction of the voice, it was unveiled to him who Christ is, was and will be. In the same vein, as we turn to look at our journey from Egypt and our sojourn in the wilderness, our heavens will be opened to understand our Lord’s superintending love and provision, His ways and acts, to guide us in our present walk with Him. We must also bear in mind that all that happened to the Israelites were written for our admonition of whom the ends of the world are come.

Rev 1:9  I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Rev 1:10  I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
Rev 1:11  Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Rev 1:12  And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;

1Co 10:11  Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

Exo 1:1  Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
Exo 1:2  Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Exo 1:3  Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
Exo 1:4  Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Egypt represents the world and all that is of the world. The Israelites mentioned here represent the elect of every generation. We all start our walk with Christ in this life being dominated by the flesh and living our lives according to the rudiments of the world. In other words, we start our lives being sinful and being alienated from the commonwealth of the elect and strangers from the covenant of promise. This is what David alluded to as follows:

Psa 51:5  Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Col 2:8  Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

Col 2:20  Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,

Eph 2:12  That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

Before the Israelites came to Egypt, the Lord had already told Abraham that the children of Israel will come into Egypt for a period of four hundred years, and after that He will deliver them from Egypt. The number four hundred is the product of 4 and 100 (400 = 4x10x10). So, four hundred years means the whole of our fleshly lives in this world before we hear the Lord’s call to come and serve Him.

Gen 15:13  And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
Gen 15:14  And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Gen 15:15  And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Gen 15:16  But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

These verses are to let us know of our predestination. Before we came into this world, our lives had been written or ordered in our Lord’s Book and our presence here on earth is to fulfill that which is written. As we know, as our Lord is, so are we. His life here on earth was also written accordingly.

Psa 139:15  My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Psa 139:16  Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

Heb 10:6  In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
Heb 10:7  Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

This must encourage us that in whatever situation we find ourselves, our Lord is with us, which means He will surely deliver us, and that which He starts, He is able to bring to completion!! Let us therefore come boldly before Him, to find grace in times of our needs for He is able to do exceedingly beyond what we can even think or ask!!

Heb 4:16  Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

According to Genesis chapter 15:3 mentioned above, we are strangers in this world. This means that although we are in this world, we are not of this world.

Heb 11:13  These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Heb 11:14  For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
Heb 11:15  And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
Heb 11:16  But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

The scriptures describe our time in the world as the time of ignorance where we were under the oppressive rule of the flesh or old man or the beast.

Act 17:30  And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

Exo 1:5  And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

This verse is to let us know that it is all the sons of Jacob and their descendants that ended up in Egypt as signified by the number 70 (7×10) which means the complete number of the Lord’s elect of every generation who are called and chosen before the world began, all started their walk here on earth dominated by the flesh, represented by Egypt. The statement “for Joseph was in Egypt already” is to let us know that our Lord, represented by Joseph, was sent ahead of us to this world by the Father to save us by a great deliverance.

Eph 1:4  According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

Gen 45:5  Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

Gen 45:7  And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

Jesus went ahead of us into this world to save our lives by a great deliverance through His death on the cross. In His life here on earth, our Jesus Christ went through every temptation yet without sin which makes Him a High Priest who is able to sympathize with our weaknesses while we are in this world, and as a result, we are able to obtain mercy and grace in time of need.

Heb 4:15  For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Heb 4:16  Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Exo 1:6  And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
Exo 1:7  And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

The death of our Lord Jesus Christ, symbolized by the death of Joseph and the death of the old man of the elect, the Lord’s brethren, is what makes the elect (children of Israel) fruitful and mighty. This death of the old man in the elect of every generation results in the birth of a new man who is fruitful, mighty and fills the whole temple of the Lord within us.

Heb 2:11  For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
Heb 2:12  Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
Heb 2:13  And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
Heb 2:14  Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

Eph 4:22  That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Eph 4:23  And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
Eph 4:24  And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

Exo 1:8  Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. 

This new king who arose over Egypt represents the old man or the beast within who opposes or ignores Christ, who is signified by Joseph. During our time in the world, this beast dominates us and sits in the throne of our hearts claiming he is God.

2Th 2:3  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2Th 2:4  Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
2Th 2:5  Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
2Th 2:6  And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
2Th 2:7  For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

Exo 1:9  And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
Exo 1:10  Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.

The old man or the beast within powered by the devil knows that he will eventually be overthrown by the new man in the elect of every generation. Spiritually, the new king in Egypt, or the devil and his cohorts, are afraid the elect (Israelites) will join with Christ and His words to fight against them. It is when Christ comes into our lives with His brightness which is His words that our worldliness symbolized by the Egyptians are driven from the land which is our bodies.

This saying by the new king of Egypt is a prophecy of the defeat of the beast or the old man by the elect, represented here by Israel. It is to assure us of the imminent defeat of the flesh. Let us therefore not give up thinking that God is not able to finish what He’s started. In the fullness of time, we shall see the total destruction of the old man in our lives. There are times in our lives that we doubt whether our old man will be destroyed. However, those ahead of us also had their doubts, but they overcame. This was what happened to Gideon, who represents the elect, when he doubted whether he and his army would be able to defeat the Midianites. The Lord assured him through a dream of the enemies he was going to fight that victory would surely be his. The Egyptians’ confession that the children of Israel are more and mightier than they is to give us the confidence that we shall surely overcome!! These things were written for our admonition!!

Jdg 7:10  But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:
Jdg 7:11  And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.
Jdg 7:12  And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
Jdg 7:13  And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
Jdg 7:14  And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.
Jdg 7:15  And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

Exo 1:11  Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

This verse shows us our lives without Christ while in the world. We labor in vain during this period of our lives. Solomon said it this way:

Ecc 2:18  Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
Ecc 2:19  And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. 
Ecc 2:20  Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
Ecc 2:21  For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. 
Ecc 2:22  For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
Ecc 2:23  For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

Our labor when we are dominated by the old man is like the Israelites building Pharaoh’s treasure cities. We labor for nothing!! In summary, this is what happened to us:

Ecc 2:26  For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Exo 1:12  But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

In the negative context, the more we are afflicted under the burden of sin, the more we grow worse. Paul mentioned this when he said:

2Ti 3:13  But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

Isa 1:4  Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. 
Isa 1:5  Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. 
Isa 1:6  From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, but bruises and sores and raw wounds; they are not pressed out or bound up or softened with oil. (ESV)

On a positive note, the more we are afflicted as a result of the Lord’s judgment, the more we grow stronger and stronger in the strength of the Lord to be obedient. The affliction the children of Israel were going through was all for the purpose of bringing them to Christ.

Psa 119:67  Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

Psa 119:71  It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

Exo 1:13  And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: 
Exo 1:14  And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

Under the burden of the beast within, our energies are directed toward the love of this world which are spelled out as the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life.

1Jn 2:15  Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 
1Jn 2:16  For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 
1Jn 2:17  And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Our lives without Christ in this world (Egypt) makes us serve with rigor the cares of the world with no end in sight making our lives bitter with hard bondage. However, as Jesus told the woman at the well in Samaria, these cares of the world never satisfy. It is only the water of the word that is able to quench our thirst.

Joh 4:13  Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: 
Joh 4:14  But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

Exo 1:15  And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: 
Exo 1:16  And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

These Hebrew midwives represent the church of the firstborn or the elect. As midwives, our role as a church is to assist in the birth of Christ in each of us through what every joint supplies. There is always this temptation by the devil (king of Egypt) through the beast within to subtly cause us to abort this role of assisting in the birth of Christ in the body of Christ, in a bid to destroy us. For example, the devil comes to us telling us that what we are doing for the body is insignificant and that nobody even appreciates it. Why then trouble yourself being so committed to the church? However, as Paul said, we are not unaware of his devices.

2Co 2:11  Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

The devil also came to our Lord Jesus Christ and told Him to bow down to him so that the kingdoms of this world would become His. If Jesus had heeded to the devil and decided not to go to the cross, He would have aborted the birth of the church just as the Hebrew women would have aborted the birth of sons who represent the elect.

Mat 4:8  Again, the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
Mat 4:9  and he said unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Mat 4:10  Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 
Mat 4:11  Then the devil leaveth him; and behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

The name Shiphrah means ‘beautiful’, and Puah means ‘to glitter’. All these adjectives relate to the New Jerusalem or the church of the elect.

Psa 50:2  Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth. (ASV)

The Hebrew midwives were told to kill the sons born and to leave the daughters alive. The sons represent the elect, and the daughters signify the physical churches of this world called Babylon. The devil’s (king of Egypt) motive here on earth is to destroy the sons as he continues to firm his grip over Babylon. This is affirmed in Revelation chapter 12 where the devil wanted to kill the son to be born by the woman. As we can see, the devil was not interested in killing the woman but the son to be born. When he saw that it was impossible to do so, then he turned his attention to the woman to strengthen his dominance over her.

Rev 12:1  And a great sign was seen in heaven: a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars;
Rev 12:2  and she was with child; and she crieth out, travailing in birth, and in pain to be delivered.
Rev 12:3  And there was seen another sign in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his heads seven diadems.
Rev 12:4  And his tail draweth the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon standeth before the woman that is about to be delivered, that when she is delivered he may devour her child.
Rev 12:5  And she was delivered of a son, a man child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and unto his throne.
Rev 12:6  And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that there they may nourish her a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

Exo 1:17  But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. 
Exo 1:18  And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive? 
Exo 1:19  And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. 

As indicated, the Hebrew midwives represent the new Jerusalem or the elect who fear the Lord and will only listen to the true shepherd who is our Lord Jesus Christ. They will not heed other voices of the devil (king of Egypt) because they are not familiar with such voices.

Joh 10:4  When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
Joh 10:5  And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

Here in verse 19, a distinction is being made between the Hebrew women and the Egyptian women. The Hebrew women represent the elect, and the Egyptian women signify the religions of this world. The distinction between these two women is that the Hebrew women are more vigorous and are able to give birth before midwives come to them while the Egyptian women need midwives. This is to let us know of the dependence on the Lord alone by the elect to birth Christ in us while the religions of this world, including Christianity, depend on their self-will or effort (midwives) to reach out to God.  In other words, for us as the elect, our help only comes from the Lord who made Heaven and earth. We do not contribute anything to the birth of Christ in us!!

Psa 121:1  A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? 
Psa 121:2  My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

We therefore glory in our weaknesses as His grace is sufficient for us!! It is not our effort or anything that we do!!

2Co 12:9  But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 
2Co 12:10  For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Exo 1:20  Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

As we continue to be faithful to our Lord, He will deal well with us here on earth and in the world to come.

Psa 115:11  Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. 
Psa 115:12  The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. 
Psa 115:13  He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great. 
Psa 115:14  The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
Psa 115:15  Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth. 

Mar 10:29  And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s,
Mar 10:30  But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

Exo 1:21  And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

A better rendition of this verse is as follows:

Exo 1:21  And because the women who took care of the Hebrew mothers had the fear of God, he gave them families. (BBE)

Presently, the Lord has given us the church as our family. We are united together with one purpose – that is, knowing Christ. As we are aware, there is a friend (the elect) that sticks closer than a brother (a physical family).

Pro 18:24  A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. 

In the fullness of time, like the Hebrew midwives, we shall be given the families of the whole of humanity. In our present situation, we are barren, but let us shout for joy because the barren shall have more children than she who has a husband!!

Gal 4:27  For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

Exo 1:22  And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. 

As indicated earlier, a son represents the elect and a daughter signifies the church – the physical churches of this world or Jerusalem which is above, which is the mother of us all. Pharaoh here denotes the devil or the beast within, and Pharaoh’s people here are the false apostles and deceitful workers.

2Co 11:13  For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 
2Co 11:14  And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
2Co 11:15  Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

Casting every son into the river is the same as deceiving the elect through false doctrines of man’s wisdom. This, the devil had accomplished successfully at a certain point in our lives as we filled our heavens with false doctrines and in so doing blocked the glorious gospel of Christ which is able to save us.

2Co 4:3  But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
2Co 4:4  In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

Saving every daughter alive is another way of saying that the physical churches of this world were given two wings of a great eagle, to fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time from the face of the serpent.

Rev 12:6  And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

Rev 12:14  And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

May the Lord help us to depend on Him entirely as He works out our salvation for us. He is indeed able!! That reminds me of a song by Maranatha Singers that we sang a lot while in Babylon but did not understand the spiritual reality of that song!!

He is Able By Maranatha Singers

He is able more than able

To accomplish what concerns me today

He is able more than able

To handle anything that comes my way

He is able more than able

To do much more than I could ever dream

He is able more than able

To make me what He wants me to be