chapter three continued......
In Isaiah 49: 1,5 we see again a passage that relates to our Savior and also to us: " Yahweh called me before I was born, from my mothers womb He pronounced my name... He who formed me in the womb to be His servant" (Jerusalem Bible) How similar to the word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah! "Before I fashioned you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I dedicated you; I designated you for a prophet to the nations".(Jeremiah 1:5, Berkely)
Nor did this apply only to Jeremiah. God is not partial, He is no respector of persons(see Acts 10:34; Romans 2:11)
God formed and fashioned each of us in our mothers womb. Before we were born He knew us and our lifes work. He saw us as a person when we "breathed" through our mothers umbilical cord (as we discussed in the previous chapter). True, if a man accidently struck a pregnant woman while fighting with her husband and she miscarried, he was not put to death, but he was fined according to whatever her husband determined (see Exodus 21:22-24).This was not because a life had not been lost, but because two men had been involved and the miscarriage was an unintentional result. The womans husband may have provoked the fight himself and been the greater offender of the two men.
A person has feelings, a person has emotions. And the unborn infant of Elizabeth showed his when he got a few feet from the unborn infant of Mary! "... the babe(BREPHOS) leaped in my womb for joy." (Luke 1:44)
Nor can we find scriptural evidence of animals being filled with the Holy Spirit. Yet John was filled with the Holy Ghost(Luke 1:41) right on the spot. This refutes the theory that unborn humans are much like fish eggs! God only fills PEOPLE with His Holy Spirit, and He filled John when he was six months from his conception. Praise God!
In our main text from Psalms 139 we see some interesting points looking more closely into the original wording. The word "frame" in verse 15 (substance in the King James version) refers to the frame of bones; the skeleton with its external covering of ligaments, tendons, muscles, arteries,nerves , and skin!
This word can be translated, simply by another word: BODY!!
the end of chapter three is next..... |
