April 28th, 2024 - Womb Theology

Scripture Passage: Isaiah 44:1-5

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Isaiah Series
Womb Theology

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Isaiah 44:2
  This is what the Lord says—
    he who made you, who formed you in the womb,
    and who will help you:

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Last Week: Isaiah 49:5
 And now the Lord says—
    he who formed me in the womb to be his servant

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7x in Psalms; 63 in Bible
 139:13 For you created my inmost being;
    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

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Creation as womb
Pregnant with life
Things separated then bring forth plants, animals, life

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Cool connection
       Gen 1:2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

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Cool connection
       Luke 1: 34 “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” 35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you..."

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Mind blowing connection
Exodus 34:6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God ...
19 “The first offspring of every womb belongs to me,

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Womb and Tomb
    Hosea 13:13 ... he doesn’t have the sense to come out of the womb.
14 I will deliver this people from the power of the grave;

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Tomb as Womb
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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Enter the Tomb
4 “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”

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Born of water and the Spirit
   Isaiah 44:3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land ...
I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring ...

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Come eat and drink
Come receive prayer
Come and listen

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