[Forest Keeper]

Even in the 'sour grapes' proverb of Ezekiel 18:4 Behold, all souls are Mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine: the soul that sinneth it shall die. This sure does not sound like a soul factory being described if the Heavenly Father is stating that all souls are His.

Why not? I don't follow. All souls are His because He created them and installed them.

So yes each soul has the *free will* to be born of woman and pass through this flesh age.

I'm sorry but I just don't see how what you're saying supports that idea. People just do not choose to be born. The implications are also disturbing. For example, can it be said that miscarriages are babies who chose not to be born?

[Just mythoughts]

Even in the 'sour grapes' proverb of Ezekiel 18:4 Behold, all souls are Mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine: the soul that sinneth it shall die. This sure does not sound like a soul factory being described if the Heavenly Father is stating that all souls are His.

Why not? I don't follow. All souls are His because He created them and installed them.

The point is that the word used is soul not flesh bodies, and if alllll belong to the Heavenly Father then that means all is a specific number known already to the Heavenly Father.

So yes each soul has the *free will* to be born of woman and pass through this flesh age.

I'm sorry but I just don't see how what you're saying supports that idea. People just do not choose to be born. The implications are also disturbing. For example, can it be said that miscarriages are babies who chose not to be born?

The action of coming at conception is the choice. I have the exact opposite response to know that a miscarried child or even through the horrible act of abortion that soul made that choice which Christ said was required to have opportunity to see the Kingdom of God. It gives me comfort to know that the soul is NOT lost or gone forever even if the flesh dies before the birth.