Women of God
Zipprah- Standing in the Gap
Zipporah was the wife of Moses, the shepherd daughter of a Midianite priest who appeared to know and worship the God of Jacob, Isaac and Jacob. She bore Moses two sons Gershom and Eliezer. She may have also been a Cushite (depending on how you interpret Numbers 12:1). Zipporah was yet another woman saving Moses from certain death. After Moses was called by God to speak to Pharaoh and deliver God’s people from Egypt, he headed to Egypt with his family. However Moses was met by the Lord and about to be killed. He had neglected the covenant of the Lord and Abraham because his son Gershom was not circumcised. Zipporah intervenes, both as his “ezer kenegdo” helper/rescuer and, surprisingly, as a priest would between God and man. She stood between God and man to restore righteousness. She knew of the covenant of circumcision between God and Abraham (perhaps from either her priest father or Moses). Where Moses was reluctant (both in regard to circumcision and in rescuing Israel), Zipporah was quick and decisive and circumcised her son on the spot. She stood in the gap on behalf of Moses so he would not be destroyed.
Lord God, where Zipporah stood in the gap to restore righteousness to Moses, my Lord Jesus Christ does this for me today so I am not destroyed. Teach your church to be as Christ too. Help us lay down our lives daily so that many might be saved.
At a lodging place on the way, the Lord met Moses and was about to kill him. But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet with it. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said. So the Lord let him alone. (At that time she said “bridegroom of blood,” referring to circumcision.)
Exodus 4:24-26 NIV
Zipprah- Standing in the Gap
Zipporah was the wife of Moses, the shepherd daughter of a Midianite priest who appeared to know and worship the God of Jacob, Isaac and Jacob. She bore Moses two sons Gershom and Eliezer. She may have also been a Cushite (depending on how you interpret Numbers 12:1). Zipporah was yet another woman saving Moses from certain death. After Moses was called by God to speak to Pharaoh and deliver God’s people from Egypt, he headed to Egypt with his family. However Moses was met by the Lord and about to be killed. He had neglected the covenant of the Lord and Abraham because his son Gershom was not circumcised. Zipporah intervenes, both as his “ezer kenegdo” helper/rescuer and, surprisingly, as a priest would between God and man. She stood between God and man to restore righteousness. She knew of the covenant of circumcision between God and Abraham (perhaps from either her priest father or Moses). Where Moses was reluctant (both in regard to circumcision and in rescuing Israel), Zipporah was quick and decisive and circumcised her son on the spot. She stood in the gap on behalf of Moses so he would not be destroyed.
Lord God, where Zipporah stood in the gap to restore righteousness to Moses, my Lord Jesus Christ does this for me today so I am not destroyed. Teach your church to be as Christ too. Help us lay down our lives daily so that many might be saved.
At a lodging place on the way, the Lord met Moses and was about to kill him. But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet with it. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said. So the Lord let him alone. (At that time she said “bridegroom of blood,” referring to circumcision.)
Exodus 4:24-26 NIV
Women of God
Zipprah- Standing in the Gap
Zipporah was the wife of Moses, the shepherd daughter of a Midianite priest who appeared to know and worship the God of Jacob, Isaac and Jacob. She bore Moses two sons Gershom and Eliezer. She may have also been a Cushite (depending on how you interpret Numbers 12:1). Zipporah was yet another woman saving Moses from certain death. After Moses was called by God to speak to Pharaoh and deliver God’s people from Egypt, he headed to Egypt with his family. However Moses was met by the Lord and about to be killed. He had neglected the covenant of the Lord and Abraham because his son Gershom was not circumcised. Zipporah intervenes, both as his “ezer kenegdo” helper/rescuer and, surprisingly, as a priest would between God and man. She stood between God and man to restore righteousness. She knew of the covenant of circumcision between God and Abraham (perhaps from either her priest father or Moses). Where Moses was reluctant (both in regard to circumcision and in rescuing Israel), Zipporah was quick and decisive and circumcised her son on the spot. She stood in the gap on behalf of Moses so he would not be destroyed.
Lord God, where Zipporah stood in the gap to restore righteousness to Moses, my Lord Jesus Christ does this for me today so I am not destroyed. Teach your church to be as Christ too. Help us lay down our lives daily so that many might be saved.
At a lodging place on the way, the Lord met Moses and was about to kill him. But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet with it. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said. So the Lord let him alone. (At that time she said “bridegroom of blood,” referring to circumcision.)
Exodus 4:24-26 NIV
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