You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. [Psalm 139.13-16]
Contrary to what many have been led to believe, the Bible clearly attests that human life begins when identity is established at conception. Psalm 139.13-16 addresses this as fact.
Even in the womb, the soul formed at conception speaks of "my body," "me," and "I." These personal identity references are acknowledged before the body is physically "made," "knit together," "woven together," or "formed" and even more tellingly so, "before I was born."
And then, something only God could do is recorded: Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. On Day One, an entire life is planned out by God's miraculous handiwork - not after some developmental milestone and certainly not after birth - but on the very day of conception.
Regardless of the circumstance that brings a male and a female human into the realm of "knowing one another" (in the Biblical sense), and, understanding that the circumstance may be beautiful or it may be tragic, the life formed at the moment of conception is no longer just a biological combination of egg and sperm, but a new individual - a miracle - a soul with an identity and a future - a living being with a destiny and the will to live. The potential of this new life is without limit.
How incredibly special is this wonderfully complex conceived life if God is the first to see and acknowledge it (You saw me before I was born)?
This is what the Bible says...
Father, Your Word is clear on the topic of life at conception. Amazingly, Your Word does not mention it as merely a passing biological fact, but as the beginning of a new identity with personal awareness (the will to live) from the moment of conception. May this information not be used to condemn the actions of the parents, but to conserve the future and the destiny of the life miraculously formed. So be it.
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