Dictionary of Bible Themes: 5721 mothers, as a symbol

5721 mothers, as a symbol

Dictionary of Bible Themes

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Motherhood is used in Scripture to illustrate the relationship between God and his people, to describe certain aspects of Israel and also to explain the difference between the two covenants.

God's tender care for his children is like a mother's

God's care like that of a mother bird

Deuteronomy 32:11; Matthew 23:37 pp Luke 13:34

God never forgets his children

Isaiah 49:15

Becoming a Christian is like birth

John 3:5-6

The believer trusts God as a weaned child trusts his or her mother

See also Psalm 131:1-2; Isaiah 66:13

Israel pictured as a mother

Ezekiel 16:44-45 See also Isaiah 50:1; Isaiah 54:1; Isaiah 66:7-13; Ezekiel 16:3; Ezekiel 19:2,10; Hosea 2:2-13

Mothers as symbols of the old and new covenants

Galatians 4:21-28