ABORTION: PART 3. ABORTION IS CHILD SACRIFICE

ABORTION IS LEGALIZED CHILD SACRIFICE

“Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees.” Isaiah 10:1

CHILD SACRIFICE

It is very strange that lawmakers were laughing and celebrating a law that allows them to kill babies even at birth. Abortion is a tragedy at any stage, but this new law exposes the real heart of the abortion industry and those who support it. They obviously don’t care when life begins. Everyone knows a child being born in the ninth month is OBVIOUSLY alive and is a person. This amounts to child sacrifice and is a blatant disregard for God and His word.

The Lord spoke through Ezekiel the prophet saying, “You have slain My children.” He is not indifferent to these deaths.

Almighty God, Creator of the heavens and the earth, and the righteous Judge of all mankind calls it an abomination. He places the practice alongside witchcraft and the occult. The land is polluted by the shedding of innocent blood. God sets His face against those who practice it and gives a stern warning to those who close their eyes and ignore it. The nation is accountable for the abomination, and the church is accountable for its apathy, silence, and for not speaking up. The blood is also on the hands of ministers and pastors who have endorsed it, or who in the fear of man have remained silent in the pulpit.

“For after they had slain their children for the idols, on the same day they came into My sanctuary to profane it; and indeed thus they have done in the midst of My house.” Ezekiel 23:36-39
“And if the people of the land should in any way hide their eyes from the man when he gives some of his descendants to Molech (offer his children in the fire)…I will set my face against that man and his family.” Leviticus 20:1-5.
We must remember that surely God will judge an unrepentant nation for the death of innocent children. But we must also remember that judgment begins at the house of God, and it starts with the leaders.

SECULAR RULERS WILL ANSWER TO GOD.

The blood of innocent babies cries out to God against government officials who enact laws permitting and supporting abortion. People generally expect spiritual leaders to be accountable to God. But secular rulers and legislators are not excluded. They will ultimately answer to God for the laws on which they place their name and stamp of approval. Individuals in legislative bodies mistakenly think they are hidden in the anonymity of the group, and they fall into the snare of thinking they are not personally accountable to God for the laws they make. But there is no such thing as anonymity. God not only sees “all,” but also sees “each”...and takes notes. He watches the halls of government, whether church or state. Leaders are commanded to rule in the fear of God, knowing He has placed them in their positions, and that He will come to judge the judges.

LEADERS WHO DESPISE GOD’S WORD

“Because they had not executed My judgments, but had despised my statues…therefore, I gave them up to statutes that were not good, and judgments by which they could not live…For when you make your sons pass through the fire (child sacrifice), you defile yourself with your idols.” Ezekiel 20: 24-26, 31.

Leaders who do not fear God will be given up to laws that are not good, laws that are perverse and based on the imaginations of their own heart. Such men will be controlled by selfish ambition and evil motives, creating a government that is corrupt, rife with lies, and given over to error, abuse, and hypocrisy (Isaiah 19:13-14).

When God is despised the nation and its rulers become not only corrupt, but also foolish. One minister said, “Man without God is insane.” We see this in the schizophrenic nature of our own legal system. One law based on divine order and respect for parental authority does not allow a school teacher to give an aspirin to a child without parental consent and permission, while another law completely disregards moral law and allows doctors to give abortions to minor children without notifying the parents.

TOPHET

The bodies of children sacrificed in the fire were buried in a place called Tophet. Jeremiah proclaimed that because they had filled this place with the blood of the innocents, God was going to send judgment and cause them to fall before the sword of their enemies. The burial place would not have room for all the bodies, and its name would be changed from Tophet to the Valley of Slaughter.

“And they caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and soothsaying, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the lord, to provoke Him to anger. Therefore, the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them from His sight; there was none left but the tribe of Judah alone.” 2 Kings 17:15-18

Righteousness exalts a nation. Sin brings judgment, decline, and downfall. God will bring every work into judgment. The slaughter of over 65 million infants will not go unpunished, unless there is repentance on a national scale. Those who sigh and cry because of the abominations should be fasting and praying and calling on God.

“Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and the books were opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. Revelation 20: 12-13.