Miriam, the First Female Prophetess in the History of Christianity
Miriam is the first woman in the history of Christianity to be a prophetess. She is acknowledged both in the Talmud, which is the source from which the code of Jewish law is derived, and the Torah, which means “instructions” and is made up of the first five books of the Old Testament.
Her bravery shaped the course of history. She was instrumental in saving her brother Moses’ life. Moses went on to become the most important Jewish prophet, writing the first five books of the Old Testament and giving the Ten Commandments handwritten by God to the Israelites. Moses was born during a time when the current pharaoh had ordered the death of all newborn Hebrew boys in order to reduce the population of the Israelites.
Miriam helped her mother Jochebed hide Moses for three months [Hebrews 11:23]. When they could no longer hide him, Jochebed put Moses in a basket and placed it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile. When the pharaoh’s daughter discovered Moses, Miriam asked her if she could fetch a Hebrew woman to nurse the child.
She went and fetched Jochebed. Miriam orchestrated for Moses to be nursed and raised by his own mother until it was time to be handed over to the pharaoh’s daughter. Moses became Israel’s deliverer, foreshadowing Jesus Christ’s deliverance.
Her status as a prophetess was first mentioned in Exodus 15:20:
“Then Miriam the prophetess; Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with their tambourines and danced.“
She undoubtedly was a force to reckon with. She went down in history as someone who led all the women in Israel into acknowledging the unlimited power of the God of Israel.
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