Part 1
The MYSTERY Revealed Explaining the Difference
Between Natural Human Conception and IVF Replicated Conception
Contents
INTRODUCTION
The Christian Church Nor Apparently Much of Anyone Else Is Aware of Nor Much Interested In The Spiritual Incompleteness of An IVF Replicated Human Offspring Which Makes It A Counterfeit Human Being.
James 2:26 For as the human body apart from {without} the spirit is lifeless {spiritually dead}, so faith {which is our spiritual connection to God} apart from [its] works of obedience is also {spiritually} dead {Man at his/her conception MUST receive a spirit formed by God to ever be able to communicate with Him, to ever have spiritual faith in Him and His foreordained Kingdom ministry for them, and for them/you/I to desire and live a redeemed relationship with Jesus Christ!}. AMP
Job 34:14-16 If [God] should set His heart upon him [man] and withdraw His [life-giving] spirit and His breath [from man] to Himself, 15 All flesh would {permanently} perish {die} together, and man would turn again {permanently} to dust. [Ps 104:29; Eccl 12:7.] 16 If now you have understanding, hear this; listen to my words {Please note that naturally begotten physical man has BOTH a spirit and breath. IVF offspring do NOT have a God formed eternal spirit, BUT they do possess the ability to breathe thus giving them the breath of life for physical life much like animals.}AMP
Before I start this booklet/study, I must clarify some things:
1) My purpose for this booklet is to help married couples who are having fertility problems to better know and understand God’s ministry, role, and plans in human reproduction from before creation, time, and history began. God’s plans for each naturally conceived human offspring are written in His Book of Life and are very unique for each individual and must not be allowed to be less than that! Rather than choose IVF, I encourage you to seek God, and His direction in your fertility problems and to also consider adoption of a naturally conceived baby/child to be part of your family.
2) I believe that to scripturally prove God’s ministry/role in each naturally conceived {by a husband and wife having sexual intercourse} human physical/spiritual offspring is relatively easy, BUT to prove that an IVF replicated physical offspring does NOT have a God formed spirit is NOT easy or maybe even close to impossible because the spiritual nature is not easily discernable in humans. I personally do NOT know any IVF adults to talk to them about their “spiritual nature” – “Do you think you have a spiritual nature?, Do you believe in the true living God?, Have you ever read the Bible?, Are you a sinner?, Do you need a Savior?,” Etc. It is interesting that I also cannot find testimonies from IVF adults sharing their faith in the living God. I can find testimonies from IVF mothers for God but none from IVF replicated offspring.
3) I must add there is mention of a “Lamb’s Book of Life” which I believe is the Lamb’s {Jesus Christ’s} edited Book containing the names of those redeemed over time from all the names of those foreknown and predestined to be humanly born who are listed in God’s the Father’s Book of Life. There is much interesting discussion on each book, but as for me, I will use the Father’s Book of Life and its implications which I believe He wrote before the beginning of time for my book.
Revelation 21:27 But nothing that defiles or profanes or is unwashed shall ever enter it {Kingdom of God}, nor anyone who commits abominations (unclean, detestable, morally repugnant things) or practices falsehood, but only those whose {redeemed} names are recorded in the Lamb’s Book of Life. AMP
4) I also need to insert the possibility of giants who impregnated human women {Genesis 6:4 – Nephilim, Neanderthals?} as producing replica human offspring that were not foreknown nor predestined by God i.e. they are in the same category as IVF replicated human offspring. Is this where we get the term “half breed?” Because there is much thought about these “creatures” that CANNOT be substantiated and the chaos of that time, I am NOT going down that rabbit trail!
Genesis 6:4-7 There were giants on the earth in those days — and also afterward — when the sons of God lived with the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown. 5 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination and intention of all human thinking was only evil continually. 6 And the Lord regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved at heart. 7 So the Lord said, I will destroy, blot out, and wipe away mankind, whom I have created from the face of the ground — not only man, [but] the beasts and the creeping things and the birds of the air — for it grieves Me and makes Me regretful that I have made them. AMP
Those things being said, it is my prayer that this book will reach out to the numerous couples who are having fertility problems to seek other alternatives such as adoption of a naturally conceived offspring to have a family. At least if the adopted child came through natural means {a father/male and a mother/woman producing a naturally conceived offspring through sexual intercourse}, it has a body, soul, and spirit and is a complete person.
As this study progresses, I will introduce numerous scriptures revealing God’s role in the natural human fertilization process so that you can easily understand the role/ministry of God in over 108 billion natural human conceptions from the beginning of man versus the blasphemy of God the Holy Spirit that is taking place in replicated IVF human reproduction since 1978. I will illustrate these processes using “templates” which I define as a “pattern or guide” for reproducing many identical copies of the same item. Wood working businesses and metal fabricating shops have used templates that reproduce multiple identical copies of the same item for a long time. The template for the naturally conceived human offspring is actually diametrically opposed to the template used for the replicated conception obtained by the IVF clinics as the illustrations of PART 1 and PART 2 will show.
If man would know, understand, and allow God’s foreknown and predestined plans which the Bible reveals about humans and our reproduction i.e., how we were foreknown, preplanned, and predestined billions of years ago, and how God brings each of us into being at our designated time and place in history, I believe there would be much less confusion, but no one is bringing this to light.
The Bible shares with us that God creates each person at their conception with three distinct parts – a physical body containing our bones/frame, organs, and skin which allows us to function/be mobile/to be physically alive, a soul which I believe contains one’s mind/spiritual heart and their personality, and a spirit that can connect all naturally conceived humans to the spiritual realm and to God and contains ALL of each person’s history, and then it returns to Him at one’s death to be used by God as a reference for their/our judgment:
1 Thessalonians 5:23 And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through [separate you from profane things, make you pure and wholly consecrated to God]; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved sound and complete [and found] blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah). AMP
Ecclesiastes 12:7 {When a person dies} Then shall the dust [out of which God made man’s {physical soul and} body] return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God Who gave it. AMP
I believe the body and soul are two easily discernable parts of our being. The soul and our spirit are also two separate but not easily discernible entities of man’s being:
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. NKJV
I pray this study will reveal the complete work and involvement of God in human reproduction versus the incompleteness of every IVF offspring i.e. their lack of having a God formed spirit at their conception prohibits their ever having and developing a spiritual relationship with God the Holy Spirit! Man’s IVF replicated human offspring cannot have a spirit because man cannot allocate/give or create in an IVF offspring what man does NOT possess – a “human spirit” at their conception, and God the Holy Spirit is NOT present at an IVF replicated conception as the illustrations will show. Later on in that IVF person’s life and their lack of a human spirit, God the Holy Spirit cannot convict them of sin, righteousness, and judgment i.e. their need of Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and then developing that relationship into His becoming their Lord God and Master.
John 16:8 And when He {God the Holy Spirit} comes, He will convict and convince the {sinners in the} world and bring demonstration to it about sin and about righteousness (uprightness of heart and right standing with God) and about judgment: AMP
I wonder how Satan is viewing his success in the blinding of the eyes of the Christian Church and the whole world in his counterfeit deception? He and his cohorts in their fertility clinics have certainly put one over on the Church and the world!!!
2 Corinthians 11:13-15 For such men {and women} are false apostles [spurious, counterfeits], deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles (special messengers) of Christ (the Messiah). 14 And it is no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light; 15 So it is not surprising if his servants also masquerade as ministers of righteousness. [But] their end {God’s judgement of them} will correspond with their deeds. AMP
There are also TWO scriptures in the Book of Revelation showing and proving IVF replicated offspring were NOT foreknown nor predestined nor written in God’s Book of Life as His offspring and adopted children – they are NOT His nor will they ever become His! This is a difficult statement to grasp and comprehend, and the Christian community is NOT ready to take this truth to task, BUT it MUST be dealt with!!!
So, let’s get started to marvel at how God works/ministers in EACH foreknown and predestined naturally conceived human offspring’s life.
CHAPTER 1
God and His Planning of His Creation In the Era/Age BEFORE Creation, Time, and History Began i.e. BEFORE the Book of Genesis:
God’s role in every natural human conception started during an era that occurred BEFORE creation, time, and history began {BEFORE the Book of Genesis which is known as “The Beginning”} when there was ONLY the triune God in His Kingdom of God and or heaven – which I believe BOTH simultaneously represent the same place:
John 1:1-2 IN THE beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God {the Father and God the Holy Spirit}, and the Word was God {the Son} Himself. [Isa 9:6.] 2 He {God the Son/Son of Man} was present originally with God {the Father and God the Holy Spirit making up the Trinity. Please note the presence of Jesus Christ/Son of Man with God the Son and the Trinity in the beginning/before all time.}. AMP
Matthew 19:23-24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Assuredly, I say to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” NKJV
ADDENDUM – 8/18/20
After I finished writing this book, God revealed to me some thoughts to clear up some misgivings about just Who God is! We have been taught about the spiritual Trinity – God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, but what we have NOT been taught is that God the Son has TWO ETERNAL natures – one as God the Son and the other as the Son of Man – Jesus Christ! There are numerous appearances of the Son of Man {called Christophanies} in the Old Testament:
Daniel 3:23-25 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the burning fiery furnace. 24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king [saw and] was astounded, and he jumped up and said to his counselors, Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered, True, O king. 25 He answered, Behold, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt! And the form of the fourth is like a son of the gods! [Phil 2:5-8.] AMP
Revelation 13:8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. NKJV
We MUST remember that Christ is unchanging. Study the following different translations of John 1:1-2 to see Who is the Eternal Word i.e. Jesus Christ. The New King James starts John 1:1 with a title for Jesus:
John 1:1-2 The Eternal Word (Gen 1:1-2:3) {Who is the Word – John 1:14 below?} 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. NKJV
John 1:14 And the Word (Christ) became {Because Christ appeared in human form in the Old Testament [Christophanies] a better translation would be Christ “was born as”} flesh (human, incarnate) and tabernacled (fixed His tent of flesh, lived awhile) among us; and we [actually] saw His glory (His honor, His majesty), such glory as an only begotten son receives from his father, full of grace (favor, loving-kindness) and truth. [Isa 40:5.] AMP
The AMP translation even helps John 1:1-2 to have more clarity:
John 1:1-2 IN THE beginning [{in the era} before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God {the Father and God the Holy Spirit}, and the Word was God {the Son/Son of Man} Himself. [Isa 9:6.] 2 He {God the Son/Son of Man} was present originally with God {the Father and God the Holy Spirit making up the Trinity. Please note the presence of Jesus Christ/ Son of Man with God the Son and the Trinity in the beginning era/ before all time.}. AMP
This helps us to better understand the eternality of Christ:
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ (the Messiah) is [always] the same, yesterday, today, [yes] and forever (to the ages). AMP
To me, this makes Genesis 1:27 easier to understand as we have God the Son creating man in His {spiritual} image AND {physical} likeness. Think about this! This is where created man obtains his TWO natures of being spiritual AND physical:
Genesis 1:27 So God {the Son} created man in His own image, in the {spiritual} image and {physical} likeness of God {the Son} He {spiritually and physically} created him; male and female He created them. [Col 3:9, 10; James 3:8, 9.] AMP
END ADDENDUM
Along with the Trinity in the Third Heaven during this foreknown era BEFORE creation was “Eden the Garden of God,” with at least TWO Thrones for God the Father and God the Son/Son of Man, and most importantly includes God the Father’s “Book of Life” which I believe contained all of God’s concepts – His thoughts and plans for His ENTIRE creation including His concept and plans for ALL of man from his beginning to either his redeemed end or his future in Hell!
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you {that I conceived for you BEFORE time and history began}, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome {What is YOUR HOPE beyond your physical death?}. AMP
Titus 1:2 [Resting] in the hope of eternal life, [life] which the ever truthful God Who cannot deceive {lie} promised before the world or the ages of time began. AMP
Ephesians 1:3-4 May blessing (praise, laudation, and eulogy) be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) Who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual (given by the Holy Spirit) blessing in the heavenly realm! 4 Even as [in His love] He chose us [actually picked us out for Himself as His own] in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) and blameless in His sight, even above reproach, before Him in love {I believe God predestined each naturally conceived human to be “saved/Born Again” BEFORE time began!}. AMP
Matthew 10:28 And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; but rather be afraid of Him {God} who can destroy both soul and body in hell (Gehenna). AMP
I would like to add some thoughts about “Eden the Garden of God” BEFORE creation began and “The Garden of Eden” in the Old Testament and how it is one and the same serving God but in significantly different eras/times. We know in Isaiah 55 that God said His thoughts and ways were higher than ours. Let’s use the sound mind of Christ to help us level the mind field.
2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. NKJV
1 Corinthians 2:16 For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ. NKJV
For more scriptures and details on the sound mind of Christ, please click on the following link {click on open hyperlink}:
https://pastorharrysimons.com/chapter-i/
We know that God is Spirit so the need of God as spirit for a literal and physical “garden” per say is to me somewhat questionable. To me, God as an all encompassing/ever present Spirit really has no need for a Throne. Maybe the thought that God needs a Throne in the Third Heaven is best understood if we call it a “base” for His ministry/operations. I am not sure a spirit has need for the physical sustenance either that one would find in a literal garden that has soil, flowering plants, growing vegetables, fruit trees, etc. We can assume God would like the beauty and aroma that is found in that garden but not the need for physical sustenance UNLESS the preincarnate Son of Man {Christ’s numerous physical manifestations/Christophanies as God BEFORE His physical birth 2000 years ago} was also in the Third Heaven BEFORE creation began and used it for His nourishment.
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ (the Messiah) is [always] the same, yesterday, today, [yes] and forever (to the ages). AMP
John 1:1-2 IN THE beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. [Isa 9:6.] 2 He {God the Son/Son of Man}was present originally with God {the Father and God the Holy Spirit in the Third Heaven}. AMP
We MUST know and understand that whatever Jesus was 2000 years ago, He has always been and will always be! He has always been God the Son AND the Son of Man together – God/Man! We know that He went to the cross 2000 years ago for our sins, but no one talks about the Lamb that was slain in sacrifice from the foundation of the world i.e. from the beginning of creation for the sins of the angels.
Revelation 13:8 And all the inhabitants of the earth will fall down in adoration and pay him homage, everyone whose name has not been recorded in the Book of Life of the Lamb that was slain [in sacrifice] from the foundation of the world. AMP
Ezekiel 28:15-16 You {Lucifer} were blameless in your ways from the day you were created until iniquity and guilt were found in you. 16 Through the abundance of your commerce you were filled with lawlessness and violence, and you sinned; therefore I cast you out as a profane thing from the mountain of God and the guardian cherub drove you out from the midst of the stones of fire. AMP
We know that Jesus ate food with His disciples and many others some 20 different times while on earth, and we also know that because Jesus is the “same yesterday, today, and forever,” if He ate food some 2000 years ago, did He eat physical food from the Eden the Garden of God in the era BEFORE creation began? It appears to me as though He did. We also know that He was in the Garden of Eden in Genesis with Adam and Eve and the serpent. Did He eat from that Garden which was with Him? I believe so! We also know there will be a feast/breaking of bread by the resurrected Saints, us with our spiritual bodies in the Kingdom of God in the future. Will we as resurrected spiritual Saints eat and need physical sustenance? Appears that way!!!
Luke 14:15 When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the man who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.” NIV
Lots of things we do NOT know! Please pray asking God to give you/us as much of the complete picture as He will!
CHAPTER 2
Let’s Start With the Book of Genesis and God Creating Man With A Physical Nature and A Spiritual Image:
We can now start at the Book of Genesis to share God’s role in His creation and in particular His creation of man, who has BOTH a spiritual and physical nature. The first couple of chapters of Genesis includes God creating ALL of the different parts of His creation BEFORE He created man. He did this so that man would not originally have to fend for his survival. God originally created man as a vegetarian:
Genesis 1:11 And God said, Let the earth put forth [tender] vegetation: plants yielding seed and fruit trees yielding fruit whose seed is in itself, each according to its kind, upon the earth. And it was so. AMP
After God completed His physical creation, we have two different but necessary versions of His creating man in His spiritual image/likeness/nature, and of man having a physical nature having the “breath of life,” and his being commanded by God to physically reproduce other humans. Please remember that God the Son Who is also the Son of Man (Jesus Christ) – God/Man – is the creator of all things.
Genesis 1:26-28 God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our {spiritual} image, after Our likeness {the Son of Man’s physical likeness}, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth. [Ps 104:30; Heb 1:2; 11:3.] 27 So God created man in His own {spiritual} image, in the image and {physical} likeness of God {the Son/Son of Man} He created him; male and female He created them. [Col 3:9, 10; James 3:8 ,9.] 28 And God blessed them and said to them, {physically} Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it [using all its vast resources in the service of God and man]; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth. AMP
Solomon 2:23 For God created man to be immortal, and made him to be an image of his own eternity. KJV
Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. NKJV
Colossians 1:16 For it was in Him {Jesus Christ} that all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him [by His service, intervention] and in and for Him. AMP
This is God’s template for His created physical and spiritual man – male and female.
CHAPTER 3
Do You Understand the Extremes of God’s LOVE and God’s WRATH Towards Mankind? His Love Can Eternally REDEEM Mankind to Be With Him Forever, Or His Wrath and His Hatred of Sin Will Eternally Separate Unrepentant Sinners From Him.
Hebrews 2:6 It has been solemnly and earnestly said in a certain place, What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You graciously and helpfully care for and visit and look after him? AMP
John 3:16 For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the {physical} world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. AMP
Genesis 6:5-6 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination and intention of all human thinking was only evil continually. 6 And the Lord regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved at heart {This may be the ONLY place in the Bible that God ALMOST said “OOPS, I regret I did that” about any part of His creation! I know that God foreknew that the angels would sin, but I wonder how He felt when they did sin?}. AMP
Let’s do a short study on God’s foreknown precepts about man. I am NOT God so I do NOT truly know the struggles of a holy and righteous God with the utter abomination of SIN i.e. someone’s {angels and/or man’s} deliberately disobeying His commands. The only thing that I can try to piece together are the scriptures which share with us God’s thoughts and feelings about His created creatures {angels and man} who were created without sin and then became sinners by not obeying His commands.
How much did God’s foreknown concepts and plans know about man/you/me/us from BEFORE creation, time, and history began? I am going to say, “I believe He foreknew everything about us that was/is necessary.” I believe in each naturally conceived human’s foreknown and predestined plans there are no places for “OOPS” in His plans. The Bible shares with us that His thoughts/concepts and plans for us are from BEFORE creation, time, and history began and continues through our birth into present day time and history to our death and beyond in time and history.
Psalms 139:16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance, and in Your book all the days [of my life] were written before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none of them {BEFORE time, place, and history}. AMP
Please read and digest the following scriptures carefully to get some perspective of His grace and mercy that is necessary to redeem sinful man.
Ephesians 2:8-9 For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God; 9 Not because of works [not the fulfillment of the Law’s demands], lest any man should boast. [It is not the result of what anyone can possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take glory to himself.] AMP
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome {of your physical death}. AMP
Titus 1:2 [Resting] in the hope of eternal life, [life] which the ever truthful God Who cannot deceive {lie} promised before the world or the ages of time began. AMP
Romans 8:28-30 We are assured and know that [God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose {His foreknown plans}. 29 For those whom He foreknew [of whom He was aware and loved beforehand], He also {pre}destined from the beginning [foreordaining them] to be molded into the image of His Son [and share inwardly His spiritual likeness], that He might become the firstborn among many brethren. 30 And those whom He thus foreordained, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified (acquitted, made righteous, putting them into right standing with Himself). And those whom He justified, He also glorified [raising them to a heavenly dignity and condition or state of being {by being “Born Again”}]. AMP
Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed you in the womb I knew [and] approved of you {this applies to ALL naturally conceived humans – God does NOT show favoritism} [as My chosen instrument], and before you were born I separated and set you apart, consecrating you; [and] I appointed you as a prophet to the nations. [Ex 33:12; Isa 49:1,5; Rom 8:29.] AMP
Exodus 33:17 And the Lord said to Moses, I will do this thing also that you have asked, for you have found favor, loving-kindness, and mercy in My sight and I know you personally and by name {Again this applies to ALL naturally conceived humans whose name is written in God’s Book of Life – God does NOT show favoritism!}. [Rev 2:17.] AMP
Luke 12:7 But [even] the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be struck with fear or seized with alarm; you are of greater worth than many [flocks] of sparrows. AMP
Job 14:5-7 Since a man’s days are already determined, and the number of his months is wholly in Your control, and he cannot pass the bounds of his allotted time — 6 [O God] turn from him [and cease to watch him so pitilessly]; let him rest until he has accomplished as does a hireling the appointed time for his day. 7 For there is hope for a tree if it is cut down, that it will sprout again and that the tender shoots of it will not cease. [But there is no such hope for man.] AMP
CHAPTER 4
Somehow God Foreknew that Man Would Sin, BUT He Still Loved/Loves Us.
What was God’s foreknown and predestined concepts, thoughts, and plans for man/you/us from BEFORE creation, time, and history began? I want to share enough scriptures for you to absolutely KNOW of God’s AGAPE/undying/ unconditional love for ALL naturally conceived human offspring:
John 3:16 For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the {created physical} world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. AMP
We MUST also know that God’s WRATH is as righteous in judgement as His LOVE is in salvation. Modern man in particular does NOT seek to know the true, living, loving God and His ministry/role in and for man. A simple Biblical truth of a person’s destiny is stated in:
John 3:18 He who believes in Him [who clings to, trusts in, relies on Him] is not judged [he who trusts in Him never comes up for judgment; for him there is no rejection, no condemnation — he incurs no damnation]; but he who does not believe (cleave to, rely on, trust in Him) is judged already [he has already been convicted and has already received his sentence] because he has not believed in and trusted in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [He is condemned for refusing to let his trust rest in Christ’s name.] AMP
John 3:36 And he who believes in (has faith in, clings to, relies on) the Son has (now possesses) eternal life. But whoever disobeys (is unbelieving toward, refuses to trust in, disregards, is not subject to) the Son will never see (experience) life, but [instead] the wrath of God abides on him. [God’s displeasure remains on him; His indignation hangs over him continually.] [Hab 2:4.] AMP
Revelation 21:8 But as for the cowards and the ignoble {reprehensible} and the contemptible and the cravenly lacking in courage and the cowardly submissive, and as for the unbelieving and faithless, and as for the depraved and defiled with abominations, and as for murderers and the lewd and adulterous and the practicers of magic arts and the idolaters (those who give supreme devotion to anyone or anything other than God) and all liars (those who knowingly convey untruth by word or deed) — [all of these shall have] their part in the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone. This is the second death. [Isa 30:33.] AMP
But there is a problem with modern man who desires to make God according to whatever image they want Him to be or not be. They will find God’s WRATH for those who are unsaved being on him/her for all eternity! This is NOT a joke!!!
Romans 1:18 For God’s [holy] wrath and indignation are revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who in their wickedness repress and hinder the truth and make it inoperative. AMP
Romans 1:21-23 Because when they knew and recognized Him as God, they did not honor and glorify Him as God or give Him thanks. But instead they became futile and godless in their thinking [with vain imaginings, foolish reasoning, and stupid speculations] and their senseless minds were darkened.
22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools [professing to be smart, they made simpletons of themselves]. 23 And by them the glory and majesty and excellence of the immortal God were exchanged for and represented by images, resembling mortal man and birds and beasts and reptiles. AMP
Ephesians 5:6 Let no one delude and deceive you with empty excuses and groundless arguments [for these sins], for through these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of rebellion and disobedience. AMP
Revelation 14:10-11 He {they} too shall [have to] drink of the wine of God’s indignation and wrath, poured undiluted into the cup of His anger; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. [Gen 19:24.] 11 And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no respite (no pause, no intermission, no rest, no peace) day or night — these who pay homage to the beast and to his image and whoever receives the stamp of his name upon him. [Isa 34:10.] AMP
God foreknew that man would sin, and I believe that scripture always indicates that ALL those naturally conceived offspring that God foreknew and predestined from BEFORE the beginning of creation who are written in His Book of Life, it was His desire for them to be “saved!” Again, I am going to say, “I believe He had complete foreknowledge about you that was/is necessary.” Scripture states that God foreknows everything about each naturally conceived person BEFORE it happens or they can even utter it or recognize it in their life. You MUST understand how firmly entrenched God wants to be in our lives through our/your/ my faith in our Savior, Lord God, and Master Jesus Christ!
Psalms 139:1-11 O LORD, you have searched me [thoroughly] and have known me. 2 You know my down sitting and my uprising; You understand my thought afar off. [Matt 9:4; John 2:24, 25.] 3 You sift and search out my path and my lying down, and You are acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word in my tongue [still unuttered], but, behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. [Heb 4:13.] 5 You have beset me and shut me in — behind and before, and You have laid Your hand upon me. 6 Your [infinite] knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high above me, I cannot reach it {Isaiah 55:11-12}. 7 Where could I go from Your Spirit? Or where could I flee from Your presence? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol (the place of the dead), behold, You are there. [Rom 11:33.] 9 If I take the wings of the morning or dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, 10 Even there shall Your hand lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me. 11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me and the night shall be [the only] light about me, 12 Even the darkness hides nothing from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You. [Dan 2:22.] AMP
Ephesians 1:11 In Him {Jesus Christ} we also were made [God’s] heritage (portion) and we obtained an inheritance; for we had been foreordained (chosen and appointed beforehand) in accordance with His purpose, Who works out everything in agreement with the counsel and design of His [own] will, AMP
CHAPTER 5
What Are God’s Foreknown and Predestined Thoughts and Plans For Man/You/Me?
Acts 17:24-31 The God Who produced and formed the world and all things in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in handmade shrines. 25 Neither is He served by human hands, as though He lacked anything, for it is He Himself Who gives {physical and spiritual} life and breath and all things to all [people]. [Isa 42:5.] 26 And He made from one [common origin, one source, one blood] all nations of men to settle on the face of the earth, having definitely determined [their] allotted periods of time and the fixed boundaries of their habitation (their settlements, lands, and abodes), 27 So that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after Him and find Him, although He is not far from each one of us.
28 For in Him we live and move and have our being; as even some of your [own] poets have said, For we are also His offspring. 29 Since then we are God’s offspring, we ought not to suppose that Deity (the Godhead) is like gold or silver or stone, [of the nature of] a representation by human art and imagination, or anything constructed or invented. 30 Such [former] ages of ignorance God, it is true, ignored and allowed to pass unnoticed; but now He charges all people everywhere to repent (to change their minds for the better and heartily to amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins), 31 Because He has fixed a day when He will judge the world righteously (justly) by a Man {Jesus Christ} Whom He has destined and appointed for that task, and He has made this credible and given conviction and assurance and evidence to everyone by raising Him from the dead. [Ps 9:8; 96:13; 98:9.] AMP
Scripture shares with us that even with all of the sins and faults of man that God greatly loves and cares for man. His plans for man’s future into eternity includes redeemed man’s permanently abiding with Him!
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome {of your physical death}. AMP
Titus 1:2 [Resting] in the hope of eternal life, [life] which the ever truthful God Who cannot deceive {lie} promised before the world or the ages of time began. AMP
Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed you in the womb I knew [and] approved of you {this applies to ALL naturally conceived humans – God does NOT show favoritism}[as My chosen instrument], and before you were born I separated and set you apart, consecrating you; [and] I appointed you as a prophet to the nations. [Ex 33:12; Isa 49:1,5; Rom 8:29.] AMP
Exodus 33:17 And the Lord said to Moses, I will do this thing also that you have asked, for you have found favor, loving-kindness, and mercy in My sight and I know you personally and by name {Again this applies to ALL naturally conceived humans – God does NOT show favoritism!}. [Rev 2:17.] AMP
Luke 12:7 But [even] the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be struck with fear or seized with alarm; you are of greater worth than many [flocks] of sparrows. AMP
Job 14:5-7 Since a man’s days are already determined, and the number of his months is wholly in Your control, and he cannot pass the bounds of his allotted time – 6 [O God] turn from him [and cease to watch him so pitilessly]; let him rest until he has accomplished as does a hireling the appointed time for his day. 7 For there is hope for a tree if it is cut down, that it will sprout again and that the tender shoots of it will not cease. [But there is no such hope for man.] AMP
In closing this chapter, one of my favorite texts about man’s perplexion of his relationship with God is found in the Book of Job:
Job 7:17-19 What is mere man that you should spend your time persecuting him? 18 Must you be his inquisitor{/examiner} every morning and test him every moment of the day? 19 Why won’t you let me alone-even long enough to spit? TLB
Job 34:14-15 If [God] should set His heart upon him [man] and withdraw His [life-giving] spirit {James 2:26} and His breath {of life} [from man] {Genesis 2:7} to Himself, 15 All flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust {permanently}. [Ps 104:29; Eccl 12:7.] {An IVF replicated offspring does NOT have a God formed spirit, BUT they are alive and have His breath of life.} AMP
Psalms 8:4 What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him? AMP
Psalms 144:3 Lord, what is man that You take notice of him? Or [the] son of man that You take account of him? [Job 7:17; Ps 8:4; Heb 2:6.] AMP
Hebrews 2:6 It has been solemnly and earnestly said in a certain place, What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You graciously and helpfully care for and visit and look after him? AMP
These things being said, I believe I can safely say that God loves all of His creation, BUT from man’s beginning, He has had reservations for His People and adopted offspring ONLY:
Hebrews 13:5 Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!] [Josh 1:5.] AMP
Genesis 28:15 And behold, I {God} am with you {Jacob} and will keep (watch over you with care, take notice of) you wherever you may go, and I will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done all of which I have told you. AMP
Deuteronomy 31:6 {Moses speaking to the Israelites} be strong, courageous, and firm; fear not nor be in terror before them, for it is the Lord your God Who goes with you; He will not fail you or forsake you. AMP
Joshua 1:5 {The Lord speaking to Joshua} No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you. AMP
1 Samuel 12:22 The Lord will not forsake His people for His great name’s sake, for it has pleased Him to make you a people for Himself. AMP
1 Chronicles 28:20 {Samuel speaking} Also David told Solomon his son, Be strong and courageous, and do it. Fear not, be not dismayed, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail or forsake you until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord. AMP
Psalms 37:28 {A Psalm of David} For the Lord delights in justice and forsakes not His saints; they are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked [in time] shall be cut off. AMP
Isaiah 41:10 {God speaking to the Israelites} Fear not [there is nothing to fear], for I am with you; do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen and harden you to difficulties, yes, I will help you; yes, I will hold you up and retain you with My [victorious] right hand of rightness and justice. [Acts 18:10.] AMP
Isaiah 41:17 {God speaking to the Israelites} The poor and needy are seeking water when there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I the Lord will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. AMP
I want you to understand that regardless of what you think or want to believe about God, the above scriptures in this chapter should reveal what and how God feels about YOU His conceived/created/people/redeemed man.
Do you think that God would give up this intimate relationship that He can have with redeemed man and let His created creatures usurp Him by creating an imitation counterfeit replica of a human offspring? I believe NOT!!! This is a huge unpardonable sin against God – blasphemy of God the Holy Spirit!
Mark 3:28-29 Truly and solemnly I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever abusive and blasphemous things they utter; 29 But whoever speaks abusively against or maliciously misrepresents the Holy Spirit {blasphemes the Holy Spirit} can never get forgiveness, but is guilty of and is in the grasp of an everlasting trespass {eternal sin}. AMP
CHAPTER 6
Determining God the Holy Spirit’s Role In Natural Human Reproduction:
Genesis 4:1 AND ADAM knew {had sexual relations with} Eve as his wife, and she became pregnant and bore Cain; and she said, I have gotten and gained a man with the help of the Lord. AMP
Genesis 4:25 And Adam’s wife again became pregnant, and she bore a son and called his name Seth. For God, she said, has appointed for me {from His Book of Life} another child instead of Abel, for Cain slew him. AMP
We are now going to get down to the nitty-gritty of God’s involvement in each and every foreknown and predestined natural act of human procreation. Who Is Eve? Why Is She Important in Human Lineage? God CREATED Adam and then formed Eve from Adam’s side – God considered them as husband and wife.
Genesis 2:23-25 Then Adam said, This [creature] is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of a man. 24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall become united and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh {in marriage}. [Matt 19:5; 1 Cor 6:16; Eph 5:31-33.] 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not embarrassed or ashamed in each other’s presence. AMP
We must know and understand that God created Adam with his sperm to combine with Eve’s eggs to form human offspring, and I believe Eve’s eggs contained DNA for all future generations of mankind. What does God tell us He started?
Isaiah 41:4 Who has prepared and done this, calling forth and guiding the destinies of the generations [of {ALL the peoples of the} nations] from the beginning? I, the Lord — the first [existing before history began] and with the last [an ever-present, unchanging God] — I am He. AMP
Exodus 3:14 And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM and WHAT I AM, and I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE; and He said, You shall say this to the Israelites: I AM {ONE of God’s many Names} has sent me to you! AMP
Adam and the Bible declared Eve to be the “mother of ALL living humans.” In PART 1 INTRODUCTION, I shared that God has a “template” for natural human reproduction. Let’s start putting His natural human reproduction template together to see God the Holy Spirit’s work in human reproduction. How did Adam and Eve know what they knew?
Genesis 3:20 The man called his wife’s name Eve [life spring], because she was the mother of all the living. AMP
At the beginning of this chapter in Genesis 4:1 and 4:25, Eve makes bold statements about God helping her to produce children. How could she have known this? Even in our modern times, we do NOT understand nor do we want to accept this! I believe when God was walking in the “garden of Eden” with Adam and Eve, He talked to them about many things including His exclusive and inclusive role/ ministry throughout the future generations in the human reproduction process. We know that natural human reproduction involves sexual intercourse preferably between a husband and wife, but we also know that pregnancies occur between unmarried couples. I believe God created the sperm in Adam for human procreation and created the DNA in Eve’s eggs for ALL human procreation passed down through the generations of man.
I believe God created women to normally produce one egg on a monthly schedule for some 30-40 years and for men to continuously produce trillions of sperm throughout many of their adult years. The resulting sexual union between a husband and wife can produce a foreknown and predestined offspring according to God the Father’s foreknown plans as found in His Book of Life written in an era BEFORE creation, time, and history began and used by God the Holy Spirit to bring the Father’s concepts/plans to fruition! The Holy Spirit ministers in the forming of each naturally conceived human offspring’s inward parts and then separately in forming each naturally conceived human offspring’s spirit. I will use King David’s testimony as our example:
Psalms 139:16 {King David speaking to God} Your eyes saw my unformed substance {Your concept of me}, and in Your book {of Life} all the days [of my life] were written {planned} before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none of them {in the era BEFORE time and history began}. AMP
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you {the concepts that I conceived for you BEFORE time and history began}, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome {What kind of HOPE beyond your physical death can we expect?}. AMP
Titus 1:2 [Resting] in the hope of eternal life, [life] which the ever truthful God Who cannot deceive {lie} promised before the world or the ages of time began. AMP
Psalms 139:13-15 For You {God} did form my inward parts; You did knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I will confess and praise You for You are fearful and wonderful and for the awful wonder of my birth! Wonderful are Your works, and that my inner self knows right well. 15 My frame was not hidden from You when I was being formed in secret [and] intricately and curiously wrought [as if embroidered with various colors] in the depths of the earth [a region of darkness and mystery]. AMP
Zechariah 12:1 THE BURDEN or oracle (the thing to be lifted up) of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus says the Lord, Who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth and forms the spirit of man within him. AMP
God has shared with me that at each person’s natural conception TWO different, distinct, and yet simultaneous works of God the Holy Spirit takes place. His first work is to form a person’s physical innards {Psalms 139:13-15} while at the SAME time but as a separate act forming that person’s spiritual nature {Zechariah 12:1} thus making that embryo a complete human being with BOTH a physical nature and a spiritual nature. PLEASE NOTE that God the Holy Spirit’s forming of a person’s spirit is a monumental event – it is on the SAME scale as God’s forming the heavens and earth.
We have God creating man as a physical being with a spirit in the “hope” this person will come to know Jesus Christ as their personal Savior:
Genesis 1:27-28 So God created man in His own {spiritual} image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them. [Col 3:9,10; James 3:8,9.] 28 And God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it [using all its vast resources in the service of God and man]; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth. AMP
John 4:24 God is a Spirit (a spiritual Being){Who cannot be seen} and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth (reality). AMP
Genesis 2:7 Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath or spirit of life, and man became a living {physical} being. [1 Cor 15:45-49.] AMP
Isaiah 41:4 Who has prepared and done this, calling forth and guiding the destinies of the generations [of the {peoples of the} nations] from the beginning? I, the Lord — the first [existing before history began] and with the last [an ever-present, unchanging God] — I am He {cf Exodus 3:14}. AMP
Ephesians 1:3-4 May blessing (praise, laudation, and eulogy) be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) Who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual (given by the Holy Spirit) blessing in the heavenly realm! 4 Even as [in His love] He chose us [actually picked us out for Himself as His own] in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) and blameless in His sight, even above reproach, before Him in love {God predestined us to be “saved/Born Again”}. AMP
Titus 1:1-2 PAUL, A bond servant of God and an apostle (a special messenger) of Jesus Christ (the Messiah) to stimulate and promote the faith of God’s chosen ones and to lead them on to accurate discernment and recognition of and acquaintance with the Truth which belongs to and harmonizes with and tends to godliness, 2 [Resting] in the hope of eternal life, [life] which the ever truthful God Who cannot deceive {lie} promised before the world or the ages of time began. AMP
CHAPTER 7
The Image of A Female Egg and the Holy Spirit’s Role in Fertilizing It According to God the Father’s Foreknown and Predestined Plans:
In Genesis Chapter 3, we have God walking and talking with Adam and Eve {and the serpent} in the Garden of Eden and explaining their sin and its consequence, but because Eve knew many things about life, I believe He also discussed with them their having a family and His role in their family. Again, we must know and understand that God created Adam with his sperm and Eve with all of future man’s DNA in her eggs.
Genesis 3:8-9 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day {I believe this to be the preincarnate Christ! Remember Jesus is “the same yesterday, today and forever” {Hebrews 13:8}. Spirits do NOT make noise when walking.}, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden {How can you hide from a spirit?}. 9 But the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you? 10 He said, I heard the sound of You [walking] in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself. AMP
Genesis 3:20 The man called his wife’s name Eve [life spring], because she was the mother of all the living. AMP
Genesis 4:1 AND ADAM knew {had sexual relations with} Eve as his wife, and she became pregnant and bore Cain; and she said, I have gotten and gained a man with the help of the Lord {How could she have known this? Even in our modern times, we do NOT understand this!}. AMP
Genesis 4:25 And Adam’s wife again became pregnant, and she bore a son and called his name Seth. For God, she said, has appointed for me another child instead of Abel, for Cain slew him. AMP
So just how does this happen? I believe the single average male ejaculate contains approximately 250 million sperm for the one egg. Just how does the right sperm impregnate the right egg to reproduce the correct offspring whose name was foreknown and prewritten in God the Father’s Book of Life from BEFORE creation, time, and history began? The following illustration is of a human egg being fertilized by sperm guided by God the Holy Spirit through the natural process of human fertilization:
I believe God the Holy Spirit is present at this sexual union and has with Him God’s Book of Life which contains God the Father’s foreknown and predestined plans/concept for each and every naturally produce human offspring from before creation, time, and history began. It is interesting if you Google “human eggs brush off sperm” that it is now considered by some scientists that eggs “select” the sperm to fertilize them. To me this is NOT true, but it makes great sense because this action is NOT from the egg itself but indicates that God the Holy Spirit is selectively preparing the right sperm from the millions ejaculated by the father to fertilize the mother’s one egg.
CHAPTER 8
Man’s Thoughts on Human Reproduction:
I want to share with you an online article that gives us man’s varying thoughts on human reproduction, but it does NOT include any mention of God’s past, present, or future participation in the conception process and the resulting embryo:
“In the winner-takes-all game of fertilization, millions of sperm race toward the egg that’s waiting at the finish line. Plenty of sperm don’t even make it off the starting line, thanks to missing or deformed tails and other defects. Still others lack the energy to finish the long journey through the female reproductive tract, or they get snared in sticky fluid meant to impede all but the strongest swimmers. For the subset of a subset of spermatozoa that reach their trophy, the final winner would be determined by one last sprint to the end. The exact identity of the sperm was random, and the egg waited passively until the Michael Phelps of gametes finally arrived. Or so scientists have thought.
“Joe Nadeau, principal scientist at the Pacific Northwest Research Institute, is challenging this dogma. Random fertilization should lead to specific ratios of gene combinations in offspring, but Nadeau has found two examples just from his own lab that indicate fertilization can be far from random: Certain pairings of gamete genes are much more likely than others. After ruling out obvious alternative explanations, he could only conclude that fertilization wasn’t random at all {Is this where God comes into the picture?}.
“It’s the gamete equivalent of choosing a partner,” Nadeau said.
“His hypothesis – that the egg could woo sperm with specific genes and vice versa – is part of a growing realization in biology that the egg is not the submissive, docile cell that scientists long thought it was. Instead, researchers now see the egg as an equal and active player in reproduction, adding layers of evolutionary control and selection to one of the most important processes in life.
“Female reproductive anatomy is more cryptic and difficult to study, but there’s a growing recognition of the female role in fertilization,” said Mollie Manier, an evolutionary biologist at George Washington University.”
If man would take and accept what the Bible reveals about God’s role/ministry in humans lives, I believe there would be much more truth known and less confusion. The Bible shares with us that God creates each person at their conception with three distinct parts – a physical body containing our bones/frame, organs, and skin which allows us to function/be mobile/to be alive, a soul which I believe contains one’s mind/spiritual heart/personality, and a spirit that connects us spiritually to God during one’s lifetime and returns to Him at one’s death as part of our history for judgment:
1 Thessalonians 5:23 And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through [separate you from profane things, make you pure and wholly consecrated to God]; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved sound and complete [and found] blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah). AMP
Ecclesiastes 12:7 {When a person dies} Then shall the dust [out of which God made man’s {physical} body] return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God Who gave it. AMP
What does all of God the Holy Spirit’s assisted reproductive work culminate in? – in the generations of man which brings you and me here at this present time and place in history. To me, there is no more boring reading in the Bible than the chapters sharing about so and so begat so and so, but it is these chapters that allow God to go from point A to point B to point C, etc. to bring His foreknown and predestined offspring into being at their appointed times and place in history. This includes you and I!
Isaiah 41:4 Who has prepared and done this, calling forth and guiding the destinies of the generations [of {ALL the peoples of ALL the} nations] from the beginning? I, the Lord — the first [existing before history began] and with the last [an ever-present, unchanging God] — I am He. AMP
Exodus 3:14 And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM and WHAT I AM, and I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE; and He said, You shall say this to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you! AMP
SUMMARY
God’s Concept, Plans, and Role in Human Reproduction:
The Christian Church does not teach about the era BEFORE creation, time, and history began {a “time” BEFORE the Book of Genesis} – an era when there was just the Triune God – God the Father, God the Son/the Son of Man/Jesus Christ, and God the Holy Spirit, dwelling in eternity, the Third Heaven, Eden the Garden of God, two thrones, and God the Father’s Book of Life – which I believe contained ALL of God’s foreknown concepts/thoughts/plans for His creation. This era was BEFORE 13+ billion years ago which to me is an unimaginable and an incalculable time ago. Because of the lapse of time between this era and creation is why God can claim to be unchangeable – His concepts/plans for His creation are so entrenched in creation, time, and history they cannot be changed thus the old saying, “They are embedded in concrete” i.e. which literally makes God immovable/unchangeable!
Malachi 3:6 For I am the Lord, I do not change; that is why you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed. AMP
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ (the Messiah) is [always] the same, yesterday, today, [yes] and forever (to the ages). AMP
God the Holy Spirit does many things in natural human reproduction. I will give you a chronological order for God’s involvement in all naturally conceived humans. I will give the confirming scripture for the event but not the verse text itself. Most of these texts have been included in the study.
The chronological order for God’s involvement in your and all naturally conceived human lives from BEFORE creation began through time and history and to the end of the age:
1. An era when only the triune God existed. {John 1:1-2 AMP}.
2. God is an uncontainable Spirit {John 4:24}, but His base of operations was in the Third Heaven where He inhabits eternity {Isaiah 57:15 NKJV}, it contained Eden the Garden of God/paradise, two thrones, and God the Father’s Book of Life – which I believe contained ALL of God’s foreknown concepts/plans for His creation {Ezekiel 28:13, Psalms 139:16}.
3. God wrote His Book of Life during this era which not only contained His concepts and plans for ALL of His creation BUT especially His plans for man including the number of each person’s days {Psalms 139:16, Jeremiah 29:11, Job 14:9}.
4. Now starting at the Book of Genesis, we have God the Holy Spirit was/is present at EACH human’s natural conception using God the Father’s Book of Life plans for each person’s natural conception i.e. capturing the right sperm from the human father to put with the right egg from the human mother to produce the couple’s foreknown and predestined human baby {Psalms 139:16}.
5. The Holy Spirit knits together the above baby’s inward parts {Psalms 139:13-15}.
6. The Holy Spirit in a separate act but at the same time forms this baby’s human spirit within him/her making that embryo a complete human being {Zechariah 12:1}.
7. I believe God’s plans contain each person’s redemption {Ephesians 1:3-4}
8. Each naturally produced person must either know and accept Jesus Christ as their personal Savior or if they do not accept Him they will face God’s judgement {John 3:18}.
9. The Holy Spirit uses the Father’s plans to form man’s generations from the beginning {Isaiah 41:4}.
10. Upon each person’s physical death, their spirit which contains their individual history returns to God for His use/judgement {Ecclesiastes 12:7}.
I ask you to think about a very important question, “Do you think that God would intentionally give up on His role/ministry of creating man and allow a created being to reproduce their own kind?” I truly think not!!! This leads me to introduce you to the very essence of sin in the IVF fertility clinics of, “blasphemy of God the Holy Spirit” which I define as “man’s open denial and/or thwarting of the Holy Spirit’s role/work/ministry in any part of God’s creation.” It is not that IVF clinics do not replicate human offspring – THEY DO! But their replicas are incomplete and counterfeit! I believe there are TWO major sins in man replicated IVF human reproduction. The first sin is man’s infringing on and attempting to thwart the role/work/ministry of God the Holy Spirit in reproducing each and every naturally conceived human offspring. It must be exposed for what it is! I also believe God is revealing a greater sin in that all IVF replicated offspring lack a Holy Spirit formed human spirit! While these IVF generated offspring may appear to be physically like their naturally conceived human counterparts, they spiritually do NOT have a Holy Spirit formed spirit making them incomplete and a counterfeit human being! God the Holy Spirit WAS NOT/IS NOT present in their lives thus He cannot spiritually work/minister to convict them of their need of a Savior. Again, these unforgiveable spiritual sins against God are called, “blasphemy of God the Holy Spirit:”
Mark 3:28-29 Truly and solemnly I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever abusive and blasphemous things they utter; 29 But whoever speaks abusively against or maliciously misrepresents the Holy Spirit {blasphemes the Holy Spirit} can never get forgiveness, but is guilty of and is in the grasp of an everlasting trespass {eternal sin}. AMP
This is the best that I understand God and His role in human fertilization. This leads me to try to present as careful and complete study on In Vitro Fertilization {IVF} as I can in PART II. Much of the technology and medicine, drugs, and injections {and there are a lot of them that are used} in IFV are NOT readily available for prying minds. I also cannot find spiritual testimonies from IVF adults about God, their experiences with God etc. I can find testimonies from the mothers of IVF pregnancies but none from IVF replicated offspring – lots of missing links!
THE END of PART I!