Breaking The Jewish Code Perry Stone

whose mothers were barren. The first three male patriarchs were Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Abraham’s wife, Sarah, was ninety years of age and childless (Gen. 11:30). Abraham’s son Isaac was married at age forty (Gen. 25:20), yet his wife Rebekah was barren (v. 21). Isaac’s son Jacob was married for many years, and his favorite wife, Rachel, could not conceive (Gen. 29:31). Eventually, a miracle of conception occurred in the wombs of Sarah, Rebekah, and Rachel, and all three matriarchs gave birth to sons of destiny. Sarah gave birth to Isaac, Rebekah to Jacob, and Rachel’s first son was Joseph. These three men—Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph—were the cornerstones for building a new spiritual house called Israel. The matriarchal mothers were not the only three women in the Bible whose wombs were closed and who required a special miracle in childbirth. Supernatural Childbirth During the time of the judges, an angel visited a childless woman from the tribe of Dan and promised her a son who would be set apart as a Nazirite (Judg. 13:2–5). Thus Samson, Israel’s mighty judge and deliverer, was born. Years later, another barren woman named Hannah prayed earnestly for a son, and the Lord opened her womb and gave her Samuel (1 Sam. 1:20). Prior to Christ’s birth, Elizabeth, a very aged woman and wife of a temple priest named Zacharias, had prayed years for a child. The angel Gabriel visited the father at the golden altar in the temple, announcing that he and his wife would have a son named John, who was a cousin to Christ and a forerunner