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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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worth of individual life when he called for the consecration, not thesacrifice, of that life. After sanctifying the firstborn son, the peoplewere to redeem their child at a price fixed by the law. 73 Instead ofbeing sacrificed, the children were to be redeemed! In a v<strong>is</strong>ceralway, th<strong>is</strong> ritual observance underscored the importance of life andimparted to the people an understanding of God as the author andredeemer of life. It revealed that children belong to God. The Lawof the Firstborn reminded the people of their deliverance fromEgypt and the death of Egypt’s firstborn at the hand of God,another representation of God’s sovereignty over life. Children, allchildren, belong to God. But are unborn babies children in the eyesof God?God Hates AbortionI have been asked, “Where in the Bible does it explicitlysay that embryos are people and that killing them <strong>is</strong> murder?”73See Num. 18:16.119

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