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“Any man from the sons of Israel or from the aliens sojourning in Israel who gives any of his offspring to Molech, shall surely be put to death….”
Leviticus 20:2 NASB; cf. Lev. 18:21
Today’s abortions of convenience, dominating the over 60 million done since 1973, are performed for similar reasons that the sacrificial offerings of infant children were presented to the pagan deity Molech millennia ago.
The only difference is the age of the child being sacrificed.
Pagans offered their children to Molech and other Ba’als for their convenience for centuries, sacrificing their own children on the altar of prosperity, financial success, either for oneself or one’s community.
To the pagans, all transactions with the deity have a quid pro quo built into the relationship. The relationships are purely transactional. A farmer in need a good harvest of wheat, barley, etc., would give the best of his crop to the deity in the hopes the deity will bless him with a bountiful harvest the following season.
If the farmer didn’t receive their hoped-for bounty, the culture presumed that the deity didn’t accept the offering so the farmer would be pressed to give more to the deity, even though he have less to give in the hopes that the deity will see his suffering and bless him with a financial bounty. This cycle continued until the farmer becomes so desperate that he willing gives up his own child to the deity so the deity will finally pay mind to him and bless him financially in return.
The pagans believed that the anguished screams of their suffering child on the altar and the tears of the parents would touch the heart of the deity enough that the gods would finally bless their land with food and prosperity.
The fundamental principle underlying abortion “rights” is no different. The excuses women (and men) make for abortion are identical:
- “Going through with a pregnancy at this time in my life is a burden on me.”
- “I will be more educated, more financially stable, if I abort the child, then if I let nature take its course and allow it to live.”
It’s the same principle now that it was then. Nothing has changed.
On the one hand, many condone and even celebrate the execution innocent unborn children who have committed no crime whatsoever, without benefit of a trial by jury. But these same people refuse to execute criminals who have committed heinous crimes against their fellow man, such as murder, rape, child molestation, etc.
The children of Israel were instructed not to tolerate such criminals either in their own community or in the land they were called by God to possess.
To make things even worse, not only do we tolerate these abhorrent practices, those who promote them, even though they themselves do not engage in them, are also exalted and applauded.
There are a few examples in the Bible of parents offering their children in service to the Temple:
- Hannah’s offering of Samuel
- Manoah’s wife’s offering of Samson
- Jepthah’s offering of his only daughter
They were not slaughtered on an altar or burned. Their lives were given in humble service to God.
There are also examples of people who were willing to die in service to God, such as Isaac, who cooperated fully with Abraham’s offering of him on the altar. There’s also the example of David, when he confronted Goliath, he was willing to die in service to God.
Esther was willing to die to confront the king about the death sentence against her people. Judah Maccabee and his brothers also were willing to die in service to God.
We would never call any of these holy people suicidal in the least because being willing to die is not the same thing as wanting to die.
It’s worthy of merit to sacrifice oneself for others, but it is evil and cowardly to sacrifice the innocent for the sake of the guilty.
Summary: Tammy