I don't follow the news as much as I should. I just can't stomach all the senseless violence. Instead of one anti-christ, it seems as if there are 30 of them out there, terrorizing innocent men, women, and children around the world. Then they have the gall to say that these killings are in the name of their god. Exactly who would follow such a god?
Because I don't stay on top of current events, I can't comment much more than that about what I see going on around me. All I know is that it is getting pretty bad, and according to the Bible, is going to become even worse before it is through. But these mindless killings occurred even during Biblical times.
Day 27
Herod, when he realized that the scholars had tricked him, flew into a
rage. He commanded the murder of every little boy two years old and under who
lived in Bethlehem and its surrounding hills. (He determined that age from
information he’d gotten from the scholars.) (Matthew 2:16)
Several times in the Bible, a king
ordered the extermination of all young boys. Back in the Old Testament book of
Exodus, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, commanded that all baby boys be drowned. He
wasn’t afraid of any one boy in particular growing up and threatening his power.
Instead, Pharaoh saw all Jews as a menace. Because they were such a strong
people, he feared they would one day arise and conquer Egypt. To prevent this
from happening, he ordered that the baby boys be killed, but he left the baby
girls alone because he didn’t see them as a threat.
Wouldn’t it
be horrifying to live in a time when such things happened? Are you thankful
that you do not live in a society where that could occur? Surely you have heard
on the news where countries around the world are currently killing babies and
children. Is abortion in this country any different?
(From "The Early Life of Jesus in 40 Days", available through Life Sentence Publishing, Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble and of course me.)
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| A very sick baby from my first trip to Kenya. All babies should have the same chance at life. |
2 comments:
My view is either human life is sacred or it's not. I believe it is, therefore abortion and the death penalty are both wrong.
I agree, Liz. No one has the right to play God.
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