Life? Limited!
Days of our lives… Known by God before we have even lived one!
Psalm 139:16, which states that God saw our unformed bodies and recorded or ordained all our days in a book before a single one of them came to be.
Biblical Context and Meaning
- Omniscience and Foreknowledge: The verse is widely understood as an expression of God’s intimate, personal knowledge and care from before birth.
Omniscience and Foreknowledge: The verse is widely understood as an expression of God’s intimate, personal knowledge and care from before birth.
Jeremiah 1:5 (“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you”)
Ephesians 2:10, emphasizing purpose and design.
Psalm 139:16 (KJV) Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
My understanding of this verse: God has written down the process of how our bodies will be formed. Thus, referring to embryology.
Psalm 139:16 (NIV) Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
My understanding of this verse: God has written down how many days I should live on this earth. Thus referring to predestination.
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