The following article is a Side Note taken from THE RIVERS, Part 7, CLICK HERE to read the full article.
Side Note: Emotions within the Womb: We have been indoctrinated with the fallacy that mankind is a sinner ONLY when he acts in sin or when he commits a sin. However, Scripture discloses that all are BORN UNDER SIN and IN SIN and lives IN SIN. There is a scripture example of SIN in the unborn within the womb. Scripture reveals much about the unborn while in the womb.
And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. (Genesis 25:21)
And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD. (Genesis 25:22)
And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger. (Genesis 25:23)
This conflict BEFORE birth discloses that a child BEFORE birth has emotions, it can feel, it can smile. A baby’s smile in the womb is NOT prenatal muscle development as some so-called scientists erroneously state. A baby in the womb displays facial reactions. They smile, they frown, they yawn, they not only know joy, but they also react to pain and to discomfort. An unborn baby can hear. A child in the womb has personality (Esau and Jacob’s personalities are already established as two different characteristics in opposition to each other). While in the nest of a womb, a child has the ability to react to outside influences and forces of sound and energy. All of this is proven by Scripture. Bear with me here at this point . . . consider the following Scriptures.
● And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. (Luke 1:36)
For with God nothing shall be impossible. (Luke 1:37)
And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. (Luke 1:38)
And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; (Luke 1:39)
And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. (Luke 1:40)
And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: (Luke 1:41)
● For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. (Luke 1:44)
At six months, John IN the womb leaped for joy. Was that not emotion? At six months of muscle, nerve, and mind development, JOY was not merely muscle development. THAT WAS EMOTION. From the womb John was filled with the Holy Ghost. For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb. (Luke 1:15) This is beyond our understanding, but we do know and we do understand that God’s foreknowledge of His creatures reveals the UNSEEN and the SEEN elements moving together in the impossibilities of the Sovereign God.
● Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1)
● Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. (Hebrews 11:3)
While Esau and Jacob shared the same space and environment in the womb of Rebecca they fought and kicked against each other for dominance. THAT WAS EMOTION. In the womb the two children yet to be born fought against each other. TWO peoples came forth from one source: the nation of Israel and the kingdom of Edom. The battle between Esau and Jacob began BEFORE their births. Jacob and Esau came from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. (Genesis 2:17)
The Holy Spirit of God discloses through the book of Jeremiah 1:5 that BEFORE Jeremiah was formed by God that GOD KNEW Jeremiah, and while IN the womb, GOD SANCTIFIED and ORDAINED him a prophet to the nations. Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, [and] I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Do you think that it was only Jeremiah that God KNEW before He formed him? Do you think that it was ONLY this man Jeremiah who was sanctified and ordained to serve God as a prophet to the nations while still in the womb? There are many notable individuals in both the Old and New Testament who God witnessed of His foreknowledge BEFORE their births. There was Samson, For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. (Judges 13:5) From the womb Samson had been determined by God to be a deliverer, a man of action, and a person set aside to serve God. Although, Samson had many failings, Samson in dying accomplished what God had prophesied.
Do not forget Hannah and Samuel. This once barren women willingly gave her son, Samuel, to serve God. Read the prayer of Hannah in 1st Samuel Chapter 2, it discloses her deep FAITH in her Savior. It was by FAITH that Hannah gave Samuel to God, and in turn God gave Hannah three more sons and two daughters. FAITH is never barren, whether in barrenness or fruitfulness wherever God has placed you, FAITH is never without purpose, FAITH is never fruitless, FAITH produces UNSEEN offspring as it produces both UNSEEN and SEEN indescribable blessings. ◆ End of Side Note: Emotions within the Womb.
This article is a Side Note taken from THE RIVERS, Part 7, CLICK HERE to read the full article.