A wise Lady

Genesis 25:21-23

And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren.  And the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.  The children struggled together within her and she said, “If it is thus, why is this happening to me?  (Could it be said that a better translation is, “I did not sign up for this”?)  So she went to inquire of the Lord.  And the Lord said, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the older shall serve the younger.”

What a wise lady, she did not run to her best friend, or her doctor for counsel, no, she went before her Creator God, and the Lord told her what was taking place inside her, and also what would happen with the boys. It seems Rebekah was feeling more than what were normal fetal movements; she was having somewhat of a small war going on inside her womb.  On page 412 of the “Genesis Record” Morris states; “There is much we do not yet understand concerning the growth of the embryo.  Present-day abortionists seem to feel that an embryo is not really a person until its birth, even though live births can take place any time over a period of several months before and after the normal gestation period.  It is true we cannot remember anything connected with our life before birth, but neither do we remember anything for several years after birth. A new-born babe does have feelings, however, and can exhibit anger, as well as contentment, so why should this not also be true for the period prior to birth?”

Mr. Morris goes on to explore the following references in the Bible that discuss embryonic development: Psalm 139:14-16, “I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.  Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.  My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.  Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there were none of them.”   Ecclesiastes 11:5 gives this account; “As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God.”  And what about Mary’s visit to Elizabeth; “For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.”

Morris closes his argument with the following: “Babies can surely fight with each other, if they are given opportunity, very soon after they are born.  What is to prevent their doing so before they are born?  Thus, there is no reason not to take this passage quite literally.”  I often wonder why some, so easily believe, a so-called expert who refute the Bible as a book of fables, when it has the wisdom of God hidden in it?  It is understandable that the non-believer who does not have the Spirit of the Living God would buy into the so-called expert, but what about us Christians, why do we fall prey to these enemies of the Scriptures?

The apostle Peter states this truth to all who have the Spirit of truth living in them; “His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.”  If I am interrupting that verse correctly, it is saying brother and sister in Christ, we been given everything we need to live a victorious life on planet earth.  It is time to become as wise as the young woman Rebekah, and turn your hearts to the Father.

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice