Bible Discussion Thread

It would be an error for anyone to imagine that this scripture was a defense for abortion. It is rather a comparison of the supposed bliss in the safety of a loving womb to the woes of living in the grown-up world. It was preferred to having seen and experienced suffering, sadness, grief and the evils of any time period. This verse was written before the dispensation of Christ, wherein is to be found "joy unspeakable and full of glory." Then again there is a cost attached to being a child of God in Christ Jesus and suffering is a particular cost. ". . . If any man suffer as a Christian let him not be ashamed but let him glorify God on this behalf." ( 1Peter 4:16) Maturity in Christ is something Solomon never had the pleasure of experiencing; We, on the other hand, can and by the grace of God will experience. The unborn are sacred but how much more so those persons who have come of age and been reborn in Christ Jesus to reside forever in Him.