MYSTICAL_EXPERIENCES
The Two Births
Humanity experiences two essential births: the physical birth into the world from a woman's womb, and the spiritual birth "from above" (from the skull/tomb)…
Related Bible passages
- John 3:3
- John 3:14
- Galatians 4:22
- Galatians 4:23
- 1 John 1:1-3
- John 3:7
Related ideas
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A Prophecy
There are two births: The first is from the womb of woman and the second from the tomb above, and each birth is essential.
Humanity experiences two essential births: the physical birth into the world from a woman's womb, and the spiritual birth "from above" (from the skull/tomb) into a higher state of being as God.
Divine Signs
Here Paul is telling you that by your physical birth you are that one born according to the flesh. But Abraham's second son is born of a free woman, born according to the promise.
Humanity experiences a physical birth (of the flesh), but there is also a spiritual birth (of the promise) that liberates one from the limitations of the physical world.
Grace Vs Law
These are the two births that take place in every individual in the world. No one brings about his own physical birth. He is born by the action of powers not his own. And so, no one brings about his own spiritual birth. He is born by the action of powers beyond his own. The first - we admit we are here, clothed in this garment of flesh. We find ourselves here but we know we had not a thing to do about it. We simply found ourselves. You will find yourself born spiritually in the same miraculous manner. You will be born from above, just as you were born here from below. Then there will be God’s mightiest act, and you will be begotten and born from above, by the action of powers not your own.
There are two births: the physical birth (from below), which is not self-initiated, and the spiritual birth (from above), which is God's mightiest act and also not self-initiated, but a miraculous gift.