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- When applied literally to women giving birth, the language of pregnancy and childbirth in the Hebrew Bible is unspecific. It becomes more imaginative only when used as a metaphor to describe God or men in personal, historical, or universal crisis.
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Oct 28, 2022 · Pregnancy is God’s way of bringing new human beings into the world. Each person carries God’s image (Genesis 1:27). Because God is the Author of life and because a woman’s pregnancy represents a sacred partnership with God, a woman does not have a “right” to end what God has started.
- Psalm 127:3 ESV / 122 helpful votes. Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.
- Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 111 helpful votes. “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
- John 16:21 ESV / 107 helpful votes. When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.
- Psalm 139:13 ESV / 103 helpful votes. For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
The Bible teaches that pregnancy is a blessing of God's hand at work to create a new, unique life for which we should extend praise to God and gentle care toward the childbearing woman.
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There are many ways that childbirth points us to the gospel. I’ll pick one way: the painful one. Even the ordinary, globally experienced phenomenon of birth pain points us to the gospel. I think it’s just beautiful how God, in the mind of the eternal triune God, planned—from before time, before he even created Adam and Eve, before they sinned, befo...
We’ve been given a reminder of God’s mercy and provision for us sinners when we think about how it is that a mother undergoes birth pains. Whether or not that pain is alleviated by medicine or not is not the point. We see a picture of the gospel story where our Savior bore our judgment and satisfied the wrath of God—giving his life so we could be b...
Moms, spiritual moms, biological moms, foster moms, adoptive moms: as you mother your children and disciples, consider the birth pain metaphor in Scripture as you nourish yourself and those whom you’re raising up with God’s Word. Realize that your motherhood is a challenge that proves God’s strength and sufficiency. Your suffering to make disciples...
1. ( n.) The condition of being pregnant; the state of being with young. 2. ( n.) Figuratively: The quality of being heavy with important contents, issue, significance, etc.; unusual consequence or capacity; fertility. Greek. 616. apokueo -- to give birth to. ... o) Short Definition: I bring forth, give birth to Definition: I bring forth, give.
Jan 1, 2024 · In order to understand what the Bible says about pregnancy, it is important to understand how the process works and what it entails. As humans, we are equipped with both the physical and psychological foundation to bring forth a pregnancy and give birth.
Feb 23, 2021 · You, your spouse, and your baby will benefit as you spend time reading and meditating on these bible verses for pregnancy. God always has a purpose in the wait and pregnancy is the perfect time to grow spiritually as you grow a baby physically!
