The Bible
does not tell us exactly how the incarnation worked, it does not tell us at
what moment the flesh of Jesus united with the divine or how the Spirit did
this. Jesus was just always human and divine. It does not tell us exactly how
this works. All it tells us is that the child in Mary's womb was conceived of
the Holy Spirit and is the Lord of Israel, God with us, Immanuel. The whole
experience from beginning to end is encapsulated as Mary holding the Holy One
in her womb.
This should
inform how we view conception and abortion. Hypothesising about what precise
moment in time the child receives their soul or their human identity is inane
speculation. The whole process from beginning to end includes a child in the
womb. The woman, just as Mary was, is 'with child'. There is at no point, then,
that it is moral to interfere with its life.
Jesus
redeemed humanity with his life, and he sanctified child rearing in the way he
came into the world. Showing the whole process includes a remarkable, and
unique life, that should be treasured and respected, and protected.
At no point
is it moral to take a child's life. At no point can it be said that there is
not a unique and treasured life in the mother's womb. Mary’s example defends
the innocent, her pregnancy was not necessary to show that abortion was evil,
we already could establish that from other passage, such as “thou shalt not
kill.” But it cements the case beyond all dispute.
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