Ultimate Sacrifice

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"Michelle, have you seen the news?" Japheth said, his voice horrified as he stepped into the room, looking agitated.

It had been only a few months since they took refuge in the Egyptian Monastery of Angels.
Immanuel was growing fast. This cute, beautiful boy who could melt the coldest heart with one gaze of his eye.

A few days after Michelle settled in Egypt, Japheth arranged a court marriage between them both. But they had agreed that until after Immanuel was weaned and hopefully they had returned to home base where they could get family blessings, they would not consummate their marriage.

"What news?" she asked, brows furrowed.

He gave Michelle his smart screen. What she saw as the news headlines made her heart shatter.

BETHLEHEM MOURNS AS THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN BELOW AGE TWO ARE BRUTALLY MURDERED.

"I'm sure Keren lost her child too. I can sense it. Oh, Adonai! Noah was such a lovely nephew," Japheth said.

Michelle's face snaps up in pain and her heart breaks even more. Having passed through the pains of childbirth, she couldn't imagine what would have been her reaction if her baby had been killed so cruelly.
All Adonai had done from the start had been carefully planned. The timing, the provision, everything. But why did those children have to die?

"I- I'm so sorry, Japheth."

Immanuel began to wail and Michelle stood to rock him. She made up her mind to pray every day for the mothers of every child who sacrificed their lives in exchange for Immanuel's. The world might never know their names, but they were the first true martyrs.