Child Sacrifice/Abortion In Light Of The New Covenant

Child Sacrifice/Abortion In Light Of The New Covenant

1. Under the Old Covenant if someone knew child sacrifice was occurring and they “hide their eyes” from it, Leviticus 20:4,5 says the LORD, “will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off…”

b. Proverbs 24:11, 12 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn to death, and those that are ready to be slain; If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not, doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? And he that keepeth the soul, doth not he know it? And shall he not render to every man according to his works?

2. Under the Old Covenant there were crimes punishable by death. For instance, in Leviticus 20:11 we read, “…the man that lieth with his father’s wife…both of them shall surely be put to death.”

a. It is the same in Deuteronomy 17:2-5 where the crime is idolatry. “If there be found among you…man or woman, that hath,…gone and served other gods…Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman…and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.”

b. Yet under the New Covenant that individual is not stoned but is dis-fellowshipped and delivered unto Satan. In 1 Corinthians 5:1-5 where fornication with a father’s wife is mentioned and in 1 Corinthians 5:11 where idolatry is mentioned, the judgment listed is “taken away” in 1 Corinthians 5:2 and “put away” in 1 Corinthians 5:13, instead of the death penalty. The phrases “taken away” and “put away” are the same Greek word, “exairo”, and it means “to expel or excommunicate”. Included in this church discipline according to 1 Corinthians 5:5, the church was to “deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh…”

1). The desired effect was that the individual would repent and come back to the Lord. There is one example in the New Testament where the individuals are named.

a). First Timothy 1:19, 20   Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck: Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.”

3. Jesus himself discussed discipline during his earthly ministry.

a. Matthew 18:15-20 “Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witness every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered to gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”

b. What Jesus is saying here is that God in heaven will back up what is decided on earth when it comes to Church discipline, including removing the offending person from the fellowship. When dealing with “excommunication” as a tool in Church discipline both of these instructional sources of Jesus and Paul should be combined in the process. I cannot stress enough that ideally this is a temporary process to be merged with much prayer and love, intended to bring the offender to repentance and inclusion within the local assembly, though until the offender repents this is not possible.

c. In light of that, can we apply that same wisdom to the abortion debate within the Church? I think we can and must. Leviticus 20:2 clearly says those who engage in child sacrifice, “…shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.” Likewise in the same spirit they should be dealt with as fornicators and idolaters. Under the New Covenant, those who engage in promoting the philosophy of abortion as a choice or a constitutional right should be excommunicated from the Body of Christ.

d. Let’s look at a couple of Old Testament passages that I believe can be applied to this argument.

1). Isaiah 57:3-5 “But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore. Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? Are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood, Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?”

a). The prophet says those who slay children are “sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore…children of transgression, a seed of falsehood.”

b). Compare the phrase “children of transgression” with the phrase, “children of disobedience” used in Ephesians 2:2.

c). Ephesians 2:2 describes those who live their lives, “according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh” in them. The people in Ephesians 2:2 are not Christians. That is why those within the “church” who support abortion rights need to be expelled from the Church, they are not right with God and the system they are associated with is a religious whore. They are her “seed”.

d). This in effect links them with “the great whore” of Revelation 17. There are hundreds of thousands of believers who attend churches within denominations where the official position of that work is pro-abortion.

e). Revelation 18:4 speaking of the whore  says, “…Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.” This helps answer the question of, ‘Has the church placed herself under a curse by advocating abortion?’ Yes!, and the church will be judged as a result! If we are attending a church that supports abortion rights and we are giving tithe and offerings to that work, we are partakers of her sins. It is an abomination for someone to claim to be a follower of Christ and be pro-abortion.

2). Ezekiel 16:35-36, Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD: Thus saith the LORD GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;

a). This passage confirms the so called covenant people who engage in child sacrifice are nothing more than a harlot. Both of these passages put those who engage in child sacrifice exactly where God has said they are, in a group of people out of covenant with God. In a whore or harlot church, and therefore they need to be excommunicated out of the Body of Christ, until they repent.

3). Zephaniah 1:4, 5 I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;

a).This passage I believe can be applied to ministers of the gospel who support abortion rights.

 

b).The Hebrew word used for “cut off” means not only “to destroy and consume”, it also means “to covenant with”. There is no question in my mind that this is a covenant keeping element charged to the LORD’S side of keeping covenant. In other words, God is going to destroy these Chemarims in his part of being faithful to his side of the Covenant.

c). Chemarims were idolatrous priests who worshipped the host of heaven. They also included those who worshipped the one true God and also worshipped Malcham. Malcham is a variant spelling of Molech, the god of child sacrifice.

d).This is supported by Unger’s Bible Dictionary; Easton’s Bible Dictionary; American Tract Society Bible Dictionary and Holman Bible Dictionary. So what they had was priests who worshipped Jehovah but also worshipped Molech.

e). We have in our day a contemporary application of this in so called ministers of the Gospel who support abortion rights. The group is called the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, [RCRC]. Their official mission statement listed on their website says,

(1) “The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice brings the moral power of religious communities to ensure reproductive choice through education and advocacy. The Coalition seeks to give clear voice to the reproductive issues of people of color, those living in poverty, and other underserved populations. RCRC was founded in 1973 to safe guard the newly won constitutional right to abortion. The Coalition founders were clergy and lay leaders from mainstream religions, many of whom had provided women with referrals to safe abortion services before the Supreme Court legalized abortion in Roe v. Wade. The founders believed that there would be at most a ten year struggle to secure to secure the right to choose. In fact the struggle is far from over. It has changed and intensified, and the stakes are growing.”

(2) The so called clergy in this group are nothing more than modern day Chemarims, upholding modern day child sacrifice in the form of abortion on demand/a woman’s right to choose.  These Jews that Zephaniah wrote of worshipped the one true God and the false god Malcham or Molech, which involved child sacrifice. This is no different than modern day individuals, churches and denominations who profess Christ but at the same time defend abortion rights.

(3) It is clear from Ezekiel 20:31 how God feels about it. “For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be inquired by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.

f). God does not hear the prayers of those who participate and support child sacrifice. They have polluted or defiled themselves. In Ezekiel 23:36-39 the LORD adds more to His indictment. “The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah [symbolic name for Samaria]and Aholibah [symbolic name for Jerusalem]? Yea, declare unto them their abominations; That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire to devour them. Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my Sabbaths. For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house.”

g). Those who participate in child sacrifice commit murder, spiritual adultery and they defile God’s sanctuary when they enter it. Does that mean that those who uphold the constitutional right of abortion are upholding the right to murder of the unborn? Are they guilty of spiritual adultery and of defiling God’s sanctuary? Yes! Yes! and Yes! When all the Scriptural evidence is studied, the links between child sacrifice and abortion on demand are undeniable. The least the church can do is use the disciplinary tools God has given them to purge this evil from its ranks.

4. Abortion and Politics: Who Will You Vote For?

a. Christians should be involved in the political process, either by running for office or at least by casting their vote. The Biblical qualifications for rulers listed in Exodus 18:21 are, “…able men, [or women], such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness…”

b. Some of the last words that David wrote in 2 Samuel 23:2,3 were qualifications for rulers that were given by the Spirit of God:“The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.”

c. It was King Solomon who gave us a definition of what it means to fear God. Ecclesiastes 12:13“Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.”

d. Whatever candidate trumpets positions that are consistently closest to the Biblical standard gets my vote. The candidate that trumpets positions that are consistently contrary to the Biblical standard does not.

e. Aside from the rejection of Jesus Christ, the worst sin of America is abortion. It was the shedding of innocent blood that brought judgment on Israel and Judah and I believe it will be the shedding of innocent blood that will eventually bring judgment on America.

f. Abortion is child sacrifice. It is a murderous idolatry that sacrifices the innocent blood of children to demon spirits. It is a practice that breaks the 1st commandment in Exodus 20:3-6 that forbids idolatry and the 6th commandment in Exodus 20:13. “Thou shalt not kill.”

g. There is an important principle that the LORD establishes in these commandments that is to be applied in all of God’s commandments. In Exodus 20:4, 5, He says that those who break his commandments “hate him.” While those who “love me…keep my commandments.”

1). This principle has a definite illustration in 2 Chronicles 18 and 19:1, 2. Jehoshaphat, the King of Judah is one of the few kings listed in Scripture as being a good king. But the Bible does list a couple of times where he blew it. In this passage, we see him making an alliance with Ahab, the very wicked King of Israel, to go to war against Syria. During that battle Ahab loses his life and Jehoshaphat barely escapes being killed. After the battle while Jehoshaphat was returning to Jerusalem, the prophet Jehu went out to meet him. Jehu prophesied the wrath of God on him for his alliance with the ungodly Ahab, and asked him the following two questions. “Shouldest thou help the ungodly and love them that hate the LORD?” The lesson from Scripture is clear and can be applied to contemporary politics. If I knowingly vote for those who promote abortion, even though I personally am opposed to abortion I am helping the ungodly and those who hate the LORD to get into a position of power to implement their ungodly policies and therefore I am sinning against God because I am a  partaker of their sins.

2). In 1996 there were 26.8 million self described born again Christians in America. According to WallBuilders, post-election demographics showed that of that number, 10,184,000 self described born again Christians voted for the re-election of President Clinton.