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JOCHEBED, THE REAL BRAVEHEART

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Exodus 2:1-10


Title: "Jochebed, The Real Braveheart"
Theme: "The mother that became a willful warrior for her son"
Text: "Exodus 2: 1 - 10"

Mother's Day Sermon

I - The Mother's Baby (1 - 2a)

II - The Mother's Bravery (2b)

III - The Mother's Basket (3)

IV - The Mother's Breakthrough (4 - 6)

V - The Mother's Blessing (7 - 10)

The Plot of Braveheart (Mel Gibson)

In 1280, King Edward "Longshanks" invades and conquers Scotland following the death of Alexander III of Scotland, who left no heir to the throne. Young William Wallace witnesses Longshanks' execution of several Scottish nobles, suffers the deaths of his father and brother fighting against the English, and is taken abroad on a pilgrimage throughout Europe by his paternal uncle Argyle, who has Wallace educated.

Years later, Longshanks grants his noblemen land and privileges in Scotland, including jus primae noctis. Meanwhile, a grown Wallace returns to Scotland and falls in love with his childhood friend Murron MacClannough, and the two marry in secret. Wallace rescues Murron from being raped by English soldiers, but as Wallace fights off the soldiers, Murron is captured and publicly executed. In retribution, Wallace leads his clan to fight the English garrison in his hometown and sends the surviving garrison back to England with a message of rebellion for Longshanks.

Longshanks orders his son Prince Edward to stop Wallace by any means necessary while he visits the French King to secure England's alliance with France. Alongside his friend Hamish, Wallace rebels against the English, and as his legend spreads, hundreds of Scots from the surrounding clans join him.

Wallace leads his army to victory at the Battle of Stirling Bridge where he decapitates the English commander Cheltham, and sacks York after Prince Edward fails to send reinforcements there, killing Longshanks' nephew whose severed head is sent to the king. Wallace seeks the assistance of Robert the Bruce, the son of nobleman R ...

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