THE
MANASSEH JUDGEMENT:
GOD'S
WRATH IS KINDLED AGAINST ABORTION ... FROM CONCEPTION
Inevitable but a reprieve is possible
A Bible study
using Strong's NASB Exhaustive Concordance for reference points.
"Worthy is
the Lamb that was slain to receive
power and riches and wisdom and might and
honor and glory and blessing."
Three times in
the Bible, the phrase "will not forgive" is used. Jesus told us that
if we do not forgive others, then God will not forgive us, in two New Testament
books. The only other time is in the Old Testament - found by my desire to know
what God thinks about abortion. For twelve years before, I listened to the radio
and kept informed of the fight against abortion, but do not remember hearing
His side of the argument. This study is the result of that search. Before you
start, pray that God will reveal the truth, and in so doing, reveal Himself.
"However,
the LORD did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath with which His
anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh
had provoked Him. And the LORD said, "I will remove Judah also from My
sight, as I have removed Israel. And I will cast off Jerusalem, this city which
I have chosen, and the temple (house) of which I said, ‘My name shall be
there.'" 2 Kings 23:26 - 27
"Surely at
the command (mouth) of the LORD it came upon Judah, to remove them from His
sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, and
also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with
innocent blood; AND THE LORD WOULD NOT FORGIVE." [All caps mine]
Why is God
angry and what were the provocations?
Psalms 106:35-43
This word study
uses "passing through the fire," "shedding innocent blood,"
and "God's wrath" found in Strong's Exhaustive NASB (New American Standard Version) Concordance. I ask two questions. First, as the Father is the same
yesterday, today and tomorrow, why don't we expect judgment as a nation?
Secondly, what judgment or consequence is coming because of the sin of legal
abortion?
Psalm 9:7-12
The Messiah as
known when Jesus was on earth.
The Lord Jesus'
time of servanthood was over 2000 years ago. He is now at the right hand of the
Father waiting for His time to rule the whole world. Please note how John the
Baptist describes the coming Messiah in Matthew 3:12 "And His winnowing
fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He
will gather His wheat into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff with
unquenchable fire." Sounds to me like He is very angry and doing something
about it. No wonder John had to ask Jesus later if He was the promised Messiah.
Jesus was not doing then, what John knew the Messiah is going to do.
So what are we
doing that makes Him extremely angry? He is angry because of the sacrifice of
the unborn to the false god of self, and the false god of money. He is angry at
those responsible for the legalization of abortion, the false teachers who
promote it, and those who threaten or coerce others into committing it. He is
angry at those who know it is wrong and say nothing against it. The silent
cries of the dead call for justice and total reform. Too many are quiet because
they do not believe a loving God can also be an angry God. God the Father and
God the Son must be portrayed in total truth. When we offend the Holy Spirit He
withdraws, when we offend the Father, He gets in our face, like any loving
father. The Lord Jesus is not returning as a baby in a manger, but His eyes are
a flame of fire. The church needs to learn what kind of ruler He will be! What
form of government will His be? One thing it will be is just!
God warned the
Israelites not to practice child sacrifice before they entered the promised
land
In the Old
Testament, at the time Moses was in Egypt with Pharaoh, there was an abhorrent
pagan practice of sacrificing your firstborn to a false god called Molech by
burning him or her alive. The One True God never ever considered such an
abominable act. He hated it with a passion. We don't talk about it because it
is so terribly awful and there are also our children sitting beside us in
church. I vaguely remembered reading about it in passing during my daily Bible
study (I simply read my Bible cover to cover a little or a lot per day) that's
where "passing through the fire" came from.
The word of the
Lord God Almighty is a love letter. Not knowing the original language in which
He spoke I read and study the New American Standard Bible. When quoting this
version I have inserted within parentheses the additional meaning of a word as
noted by the translators. Their goal was to translate the original language as
closely as possible while making sense. If you notice some passages are written
in verse, think of when Paul said to communicate in song…we also use all of our
brains when processing music and God sang a lot when He was communicating.
God gave His
people the law so they would have health and peace. The Law (including the 10
commandments) was given to Israel before they entered the promised land so all
the neighboring countries could learn about God by how the Jews lived. I love
the Old Testament law. Reading it now, as a parent, I see the love of God the
Father, especially in Leviticus and Deuteronomy.
The law of God
is a law of love. Educators and psychiatrists know children need fun, intrigue,
and play along with routine, structure, and security. This routine, structure,
and security are provided by rules or laws. Rules first prevent us from hurting
ourselves and then from hurting others, thus providing the means for peace and
happiness. It is good for the individual, the family, and society. Obeying the
Ten Commandments teaches us true love, joy, and peace by teaching us how to
love our neighbors as much as we love ourselves, and we all know how selfish we
can be.
God's people
were to go into a land already occupied. They were not given this land because
they were better than the natives but because the natives were doing what God
hates, and when you do this there are consequences.
Deuteronomy 9: 5
"It is not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart
that you are going to possess their land, but it is because of the wickedness
of these nations that the Lord your God is driving them out before you, in
order to confirm the oath (word) which the Lord swore to your fathers, to
Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob."
Deuteronomy 12:29-32..."when the Lord
your God cuts off before you the nations which you are going in to dispossess,
and you dispossess them and dwell in their land, beware that you are not
ensnared to follow them (after them), after they are destroyed before you, and
that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, ‘How do these nations serve
their gods, that I also may do likewise?' You shall not behave thus toward the
Lord your God, for every abominable act which the Lord hates they have done for
their gods; for they even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their
gods. Whatever I command you, you shall be careful to do, you shall not add to
nor take away from it."
Deuteronomy 18:9
-12...When you enter the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not
learn to imitate (do according to) the detestable things of those nations.
There shall not be formed among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter
pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft,
one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who casts a spell, or a medium,
or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For whoever does these things is
detestable to the Lord; and because of these detestable things the Lord your
God will drive them out before you.
God was judging
the natives for sacrificing their children to the demons and their handmade
idols. He warned His people that if they followed the same practices, they too
would be judged. God does not say one thing He doesn't mean. This is the One
True God speaking. Truth and Justice are the foundations of His being. Do you
know what truth is? Search for the truth.
The Law of God
states "...do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not
acquit the guilty," in Exodus 23:7 and in Leviticus 20:1-5 God says, ‘Then
the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, "You shall also say to the sons of
Israel, ‘Any man from the sons of Israel or from the aliens sojourning in
Israel, who gives any of his offspring (seed) to Molech, shall surely be put to
death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones. ‘I will also set my
face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he
has given some of his offspring (seed) to Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary
and to profane My holy name. ‘If the people of the land, however, should ever
disregard (hiding they hide their eyes from) that man when he gives any of his
offspring (seed) to Molech, so as not to put him to death, then I Myself will
set My face against that man and against his family; and I will cut off from
among their people both him and all those who play the harlot after him, by
playing the harlot after Molech.'"
Leviticus
18:21... "Neither shall you give any of your offspring, to offer (cause to
Passover) them to Molech." God's people were not to do what the natives
were doing after they moved in because God hates what they were doing. God was
judging the natives because of the detestable things they were doing,
sacrificing their children for one. I did not study the witchcraft or other
things. Today abortion is available in all states united. And God hates child
sacrifice. Amazing how we developed the technology to see inside the womb and
now know it's not "just a blob of tissue" at the same time we
"scientifically" accept abortion.
Sacrifice
defined
Now, what is a
sacrifice? Giving up one thing for another. God's people would eventually
disobey (like all kids) and do exactly what God said not to do.
Psalm 9:7-12
What happens
when God's laws are broken? There are consequences set up by God to instruct
us, in addition to God's righteous punishment. More than "time outs"
here! I must warn those who break God's law of the consequences and punishment.
Consequences may not be immediate, nor is God's punishment, because He wants us
to see what we are doing wrong and repent. Sometimes we see and talk ourselves
into doing what we know is wrong. God calls this hardening our hearts. God
gives us time to soften back up. He is fair - no excuses.
King Manasseh deceives the people of Judah
There was a King
of Judah called Manasseh whose story is told in 2 Kings 21.
Then he set the
carved image of Asherah that he had made, in the house of which the Lord said
to David and to his son Solomon, "In this house and in Jerusalem, which I
have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put MY name forever.
"And I will not make the feet of Israel wander anymore from the land which
I gave their fathers, if only they will observe to do according to all that I
have commanded them, and according to all the law that My servant Moses
commanded them." But they did not listen, and Manasseh seduced them to do
evil, more than the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the sons of Israel.
Now the Lord
spoke through His servants the prophets, saying, "Because Manasseh king of
Judah has done these abominations, having done wickedly more than all the
Ammorites did who were before him, and has also made Judah sin with his idols;
therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I am bringing such
calamity on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears shall
tingle. ‘And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the plummet
of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it
and turning it upside down. ‘And I will abandon the remnant of My inheritance
and deliver them into the hand of their enemies, and they shall become as
plunder and spoil to all their enemies; because they have done evil in My
sight, and have been provoking Me to anger, since the day their fathers came
from Egypt, even to this day.'"
Moreover,
Manasseh shed very much innocent blood until he had filled Jerusalem from one
end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in
the sight of the Lord. Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh and all that he did
and his sin which he committed (sinned), are they not written in the Book of
the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And Manasseh slept with his father and
was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza, and Amon his
son became king in his place.
Also in II
Chronicles 33:1-19 (read all of it)
"And he
made his sons pass through the fire in the valley of Benhinnom; and he
practiced witchcraft, used divination, practiced sorcery, and dealt with
mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking
Him to anger.
"Thus
Manasseh misled Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to more evil than the
nations whom the Lord destroyed before the sons of Israel. And the Lord spoke
to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention.
The Lord raises
an army of gentiles to invade
"Therefore
the Lord brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against
them, and they captured Manasseh with hooks (things put through the nose),
bound him with bronze chains, and took him. And when he was in distress, he
entreated the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his
fathers.
"When he
prayed to Him, He was moved by his entreaty and heard his supplication, and
brought him again to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord
was God.
"Now after
this he built the outer wall of the city of David on the west side of Gihon, in
the valley, even to the entrance of the Fish Gate; and he encircled the Ophel
with it and made it very high. Then he put army commanders in all the fortified
cities of Judah.
"He also
removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the Lord as well as all
the altars which he had built on the mountain of the house of the Lord and in
Jerusalem, and he threw them outside the city. And he set up the altar of the Lord and
sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it; and he ordered Judah to
serve the Lord God of Israel.
"Nevertheless
the people still sacrificed in the high places, although only to the Lord their
God.
Manasseh's
abominable practice of sacrificing his son and filling the land with the blood
of the innocent kindled the wrath of God or provoked the LORD God to anger.
This King would be judged, but the "Manasseh judgment" refers to the
vengeance against the innocent that would be fulfilled, His anger will not be
quenched. The king Manasseh was overtaken and sent in chains to another
country. Only when he acknowledged the LORD is the one true God did God
reinstate him. He then tore down all the places the children were sacrificed.
He realized what he did was wrong and stopped the practice, but God would still
avenge the death of the innocents as you will see.
Keep in
mind...God said, "Do not shed innocent blood." Manasseh said it was
okay. Manasseh was the leader of the people and as the leader, he is more
responsible than the general population who follows him. Beware Supreme Court,
the LORD holds you in contempt! Pastors, priests, ministers, judges, rulers,
leaders, governors, senators, representatives listen! Hear the word of God in
Jeremiah 23:1 & 2... "Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and
scattering the sheep of My pasture!...behold, I am about to attend to you for
the evil or your deeds," declares the Lord. God holds those in power
responsible.
The story
continues
After the death
of Manasseh, his son Amon worshiped the same false gods as his father but
"he did not humble himself before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done
(humbled himself), but Amon multiplied guilt" (2 Chronicles 33:23), so his
servants killed him. The people then punished the servants and made Amon's son
Josiah king at the age of eight! I don't know how old he was when he ordered an
inventory and repair of the Temple, but a priest found the copies of the Law.
"And when it came about when the king heard the words of the book of the
law, that he tore his clothes. The king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam
the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah
the king's servant saying, "Go, inquire of the Lord for me and the people
and all Judah concerning the words of this book that has been found, for great
is the wrath of the Lord that burns against us, because our fathers have not
listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written
concerning us."
2 Kings 22:11-13
In obedience to
Josiah, the priests went to the prophetess Huldah, and God spoke through her
saying, "Behold, I bring evil on this place and on its inhabitants, even
all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read. Because they have
forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods that they might provoke Me to
anger with all the work of their hands, therefore My wrath burns against this
place, and it shall not be quenched. But to the king of Judah who sent you to
inquire of the Lord this shall you say to him, 'Thus says the Lord God of
Israel, "Regarding the words which you have heard, because your heart was
tender what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants that they
should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept
before Me, I truly have heard you," declares the Lord. "Therefore,
behold I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your
grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil I will bring on this
place." ' " So they brought back word to the king. 2 Kings 22:16-20
True repentance
When Josiah
heard the LORD he gathered all the men of Judah and all the people of his
country, "both small and great", and they went to the house of the
LORD and read the words of the book of the covenant (the law) and they all
chose to enter into a relationship of obedience with the LORD God to receive
His blessings instead of His righteous judgment. Josiah then cleaned up his
country and did away with all the false priests and destroyed all the places
they worshiped the false gods and removed the abominations that were seen in
the land of Judah and in Jerusalem "that he might confirm (perform) the
words of the law which were written in the book." 2 Kings 23:24. I believe
today's generation is smart enough to choose the right way and hear the truth.
No other king of
Judah would obey the LORD as wholeheartedly and completely as Josiah.
"However, the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath
with which His anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with
which Manasseh had provoked Him." 2 Kings 23:26. The LORD God still heard
the cries of the innocent and prophesied judgments would be carried out.
Josiah's son chose to do evil, did not repent and then the judgments came.
God speaks
before anything happens
I searched into
which prophet was sent to Judah because God always speaks to us and
surprisingly Isaiah was first sent before Manasseh's reign of death to tell of
what was coming. Reading his book we find not only warnings of severe judgment
but also the promises of a Savior after His righteous judgment has been carried
out. What love! We all want and need to be accepted by our parents after being
punished.
Along with
Isaiah, the prophet Micah was sent. The omniscient God knows what will be going
down even before we mess up and cause the problem. Micah 1 foretells God's
judgment before the evil started. Parents teach their children the stove is hot
before they can reach it. God is just in that He warns the kings and leaders
that they are wrong. I find chapter 3 most intriguing. God is talking to the
leaders.
Micah 3-And I
said, "Hear now, heads of Jacob
Thus says the
Lord concerning the prophets
Yet they lean on
the Lord saying, "Is not the Lord in our midst? Calamity will not come
upon us. Therefore, on account of you, Zion will be plowed as a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, And the mountain of the temple (house)
will become high places of a forest." The prophet Jeremiah was sent to
speak the word of God just before and during the punishment. Listen to what the
LORD said the punishment would be.
Jeremiah 15:1-4
The Consequences
of Child Sacrifice
"And I
shall appoint over them four kinds of doom" declares the LORD; "the
sword to slay, the dogs to drag off, and the birds of the sky and the beasts of
the earth to devour and destroy."And I shall make them an object of horror
among all the kingdoms of the earth because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah,
the king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem." Jeremiah 15:3
And Jeremiah
19:3-9
The book of
Ezekiel was written during the promised judgment.
Search for the
Truth about abortion
Read the
testimony of the abortionists given in the court of New York and tremble with
fear. The fear of the LORD is not only respect but also true fear. Anyone
having the privilege of being raised by an honorable father knows what it is
like to face the music for just punishment. Abortion should not be allowed in
your town. Drive it out. Outlaw it in your town, your county, your state and
your nation. It is not an option for God is angry and we have to stop it. It
doesn't matter why it is done. Be afraid. Our swords and chariots will not
protect us from the hand of the Almighty. Listen America! God's law says we are
not to kill our children - born or unborn because if we do there will be
consequences. Do not listen to the false teachers who have duped our leaders
into allowing this abomination in the first place. Search for the truth that
was revealed after Roe v Wade. The original arguments were false. They are
still false. Do not be misled yourself. You do not have to believe everything
you are told, search for the whole truth. Roe is now pro-life. Her lawyer
turned pro-life. Find out about it. Search for pro-life info. Hear the other
side.
God abhors the
death of innocent children and it makes Him angry. They are not only His
creation, they are a gift and a blessing. What would you do if you gave a gift
to a loved one and without even unwrapping it, they smashed it and threw it
away in front of you? What of the unborn? What about conception? If you think a
child in the womb is not important, I was reading this morning in Isaiah and
read in chapter 46 verses 3 & 4...
"Listen to
Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, You have been
borne by Me from birth (the belly), And have been carried from the womb; Even
to your old age, I (I am He) shall be the same, And even to your graying years
(gray hairs) I shall bear you!..."
In Psalms 22: 9
& 10 David prophecies Jesus' death but speaks of His Immaculate
Conception..."Yet thou art He who didst bring me forth from the womb; Thou
didst make me trust when upon my mother's breasts. Upon Thee I was cast from
birth (a womb); Thou hast been my God from my mother's womb."
In Jeremiah 1:5
God talks to Jeremiah..."Before I formed you in the womb (KJV belly) I
knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a
prophet to the nations."
What profit is
there in abortion?
Why do the evil
ones want legal abortion? Jeremiah 22:17. Power and money. "But your eyes
and your heart are intent only upon your own dishonest gain, and on shedding
innocent blood and on practicing oppression and extortion." Who is
oppressed and extorted by abortion? The woman! I am a woman. Do not keep me
from being all I was meant to be. I was created to give birth and raise my
children and use my talents to the glory of God! "For the wicked boasts of
his heart's desire, And the greedy man (or blesses the greedy man) curses and
spurns the Lord. The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not
seek Him. All his thoughts (plots) are, "There is no God." Psalm 10:3&4
God hates
shedding innocent blood.
Solomon said in
Proverbs 6:16-19 that
The word of the
LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,
And again from
Jeremiah 22:3, "Thus says the Lord, "Do justice and righteousness,
and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also
do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and
do not shed innocent blood in this place."
God the Avenger.
There is an
all-knowing, all-powerful God and He hears the silent cries of the unborn,
seeing into hearts and minds. He hears the cries of all the afflicted. And He
does not forget. Psalms 9:12 states "For He who requires blood (avenges
bloodshed) remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted."
Again in Ezekiel
16:20-23 the Lord God said to those being punished
Are we making
policy according to the laws of our neighbors and "allies" and
disregarding the true Law? Hear this...Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because
your lewdness was poured out and your nakedness uncovered through your
harlotries with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of
the blood of your sons which you gave to idols (them), therefore, behold, I
shall gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, even all those whom
you loved and all those whom you hated. So I shall gather them against you from
every direction and expose your nakedness to them that they may see all your
nakedness. Thus I shall judge you, like women who commit adultery or shed blood
are judged; and I shall bring on you the blood of wrath and jealousy."
Ezekiel 16:36-38
Every society
practicing child (whether born or unborn) sacrifice is going to be punished if
there is no repentance. God doesn't just punish and wipe out everyone. He
always promises rebuilding and blessing if we walk in the right way. He cannot
allow the world to kill the innocent unborn or born without just vengeance.
They will be avenged. It is our choice to stop this abomination of abortion and
to cry for mercy. Will we be judged and punished or will we choose, in
humility, repentance, and forgiveness as did King Josiah? What will we choose
in America where we have the freedom to choose, the Manasseh judgment or to be
today's Josiah generation?
In Ezekiel
20:25-28 we actually hear sarcasm..."And I also gave them statutes that
were not good and ordinances by which they could not live; and I pronounced
them unclean because of their gifts, in that they caused all their first-born
(that which opens the womb) to pass through the fire so that I might make them
desolate, in order that they might know that I am the LORD."
In Ezekiel 22:
1-6 we again hear why judgment comes.
Then the word of
the Lord came to me saying, "And you, son of man, will you judge, will you
judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations."And
you shall say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, "A city shedding blood in her
midst, so that her time will come, and that makes idols, contrary to her
interest, for defilement!
Repent America!
It is America's
choice to follow Josiah in repentance and mourning or not. This is what the
LORD God wants us all to do, listen to Jeremiah 23:16-22...
Jeremiah 22:3-5
This is very important...
‘Thus says the
Lord, "Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been
robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to
the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this
place.
Listen to the
LORD God who spoke to us through His prophets and is the same yesterday, today,
and tomorrow.
Break the law
and the fair consequences and punishment will be given. You can study history
for yourself and see how the moral decline of a nation brings its demise. Where
are we headed? Are we willing to continue sacrificing our children to appease
our false god, whatever it is? And what should the church do? Pray and fast,
weep and wail in mourning. Pray that God will remove the iniquity of the land.
Beg forgiveness, cry for mercy. Protest the lawlessness of this land filled
with the blood of the innocent and WARN OF THE COMING JUDGMENT.
It is coming, it's
just a matter of when, and I believe it will be at the time of the fullness of
the Gentiles. So besides just outlawing abortion, let's do a total about-face.
Instead of supporting the abortion industry, let's support the adoption
industry. Let's adopt life. Interesting to me (I love irony and satire), is the
fact that approximately 53 million abortions have been performed in the United
States alone. Feel like doing something good? Thanks to Oprah we know there are
at least 45 million orphans in Southern Africa. God loves for us to take care
of orphans. We are spiritual orphans and He has taken care of us. I pray for
you to see the truth, to hear the truth. Therefore, hear the word of the Only
True God and ask Him to show you the truth. He is a loving Father and will
teach any who ask.
The Judgment of
Manasseh is coming to the world of abortion.
The reason I
write this is because I must warn of the coming judgment because in Ezekiel
3:18-21. God says, "When I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die'; and
you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he
may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will
require at your hand.
Some of you may
think the Old Testament and God's relationship to Israel are irrelevant to us
today but because God has not changed, we can know God by studying His reaction
to Israel's choices in the past. As a Christian, I can study Israel's history
and growth and learn what it is like to live with God. As God the Father lived
in the heart of Israel in the temple, God the Holy Spirit lives in the heart of
those who believe in the Savior and are living a life of commitment to Him.
(After reading
the above, it is important to remember God first judged those who originally
lived in the land. Anyone who believes it cannot happen to America, think
again. The people who settled here 400 years ago displaced a previous people
and the Aztecs may have sacrificed humans, and even turned to cannibalism.
There is evidence of human sacrifice in Ohio.) To appease this false god Molech
(and another god Baal) it was the practice to pass the children through fire,
burning them alive. Not unlike a saline abortion but probably bringing a faster
death. The people could hear their baby's screams. God hears the deepest base
tones of the Giraffe, the elephant and the whale, the tree that falls in the
forest, that we cannot. Believe me, He hears the silent screams of the unborn
being aborted. I am sure with today's technology we could, too. I am sorry to
say I have recently heard the screams of the dying on the radio at the hands of
terrorists. Also, 80% of communication is body language. Surely the abortionist
could see the scream.
America's
heritage.
You should also
know that the people who first settled America came because they wanted to
worship the God of the Bible. Our country was founded on the principles of life
found in its pages. When the foundation deteriorates the building falls.
"Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Because you have forgotten Me and
cast Me behind your back, bear now the punishment of your lewdness and your
harlotries.'" Ezekiel 23:35 RESTORE THE FOUNDATION! Teach the faith of our
forefathers, the founders of our republic. Do not surrender to the anti-Christ.
Do not bend your knee to Baal. Do not accept these abominations for there will
be just requital for the sake of His name and all will know that He is the Lord
GOD.
The word of the
Lord also came to the prophet Zephaniah during Josiah's reign. After reading
this book I figured this was what Josiah heard when he decided to find out why
God was mad. It was the FEAR of the Lord that motivated Josiah to search for
the truth of the Law, not just respect. Listen to this and maybe you'll agree!
Zephaniah
1:14-2:3
So Josiah
listens to Zephaniah and searches for the Law. He hears it all. He heard what
they were doing wrong and heard the consequences and blessings promised in
Deuteronomy 28-30. Obey God and receive His blessing. Disobey and receive
believably disgusting punishments.
Take note
America-
Deuteronomy
29:22-28
Do we have
diseases, plague, earthquakes, floods, and drought? Lots of diseases, not
enough meds. Listen to God. Deuteronomy 30:19 & 20 "I call heaven and
earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death,
the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and
your descendants (seed), by loving the Lord your God, by obeying His voice, and
by holding fast to Him; for this (that) is your life and the length of your
days, that you may live in (dwell in) the land which the Lord swore to your
fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them." So choose life to be
blessed, choose death to be cursed.
How does God
bless us? Zephaniah 8:4&5
Declare a day of
mourning.
America beware.
God knows where our molecules are before we are conceived and God knows where
the bodies of the innocent are after disposal. Psalms 139:15 & 16
I welcome your
response but would rather you get the Word out. Can we not protect the life of
the innocent by etching pro-life laws forever in the stone of our nation's
foundation? I really don't want to see sinners in the hands of an angry God in
my lifetime, or my son's lifetime, or my son's son's lifetime. How many people
have died in judgment from God? How many people are going to hell because no
one told them the truth about its existence? How many sexually immoral people
know what they are doing is making God angry? You now know that abortion is
abhorrent to the One True God. You are without excuse. "If I had not come
and spoken to them, they would not have sin (guilt) but now they have no excuse
for their sin. He who hates Me hates My Father also." John 15:22. This is
what Jesus said regarding those in charge of the people of God at that time.
Those women and children going to clinics are not being told the truth,
therefore they have an excuse - but not you.
During the week
after 9/11, no one in America felt like laughing at anything. That lack of
laughter was a glimpse of the mourning of hell where this is only weeping and
gnashing of teeth, not even evil laughing. Hear the prayer of the pagans on the
ship with Jonah ..." Then they called on the Lord and said, ‘We earnestly
pray, O Lord, do not let us perish on account of this man's life and do not put
innocent blood on us; for Thou, O Lord, hast done as Thou hast pleased.'‘
Lamentations was written during the first Manasseh Judgment. Read it.
Revelation 5:12
"Worthy is the Lamb
that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and
honor and glory and blessing."
THE
MANASSEH JUDGEMENT:
GOD'S WRATH IS KINDLED AGAINST ABORTION ... FROM CONCEPTION
Inevitable but a reprieve is possible
"Worthy is
the Lamb that was slain to receive
power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing."
power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing."
Revelation 5:12
Three times in
the Bible, the phrase "will not forgive" is used. Jesus told us that
if we do not forgive others, then God will not forgive us, in two New Testament
books. The only other time is in the Old Testament - found by my desire to know
what God thinks about abortion. For twelve years before, I listened to the radio
and kept informed of the fight against abortion, but do not remember hearing
His side of the argument. This study is the result of that search. Before you
start, pray that God will reveal the truth, and in so doing, reveal Himself.
"However,
the LORD did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath with which His
anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh
had provoked Him. And the LORD said, "I will remove Judah also from My
sight, as I have removed Israel. And I will cast off Jerusalem, this city which
I have chosen, and the temple (house) of which I said, ‘My name shall be
there.'" 2 Kings 23:26 - 27
"Surely at
the command (mouth) of the LORD it came upon Judah, to remove them from His
sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, and
also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with
innocent blood; AND THE LORD WOULD NOT FORGIVE." [All caps mine]
2 Kings 24: 3 - 4.
Why is God angry and what were the provocations?
Psalms 106:35-43
"But they
mingled with the nations,
And learned
their practices (works),
And served their
idols,
Which became a
snare to them.
They even
sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons,
And shed
innocent blood,
The blood of
their sons and their daughters,
Whom they
sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And the land was
polluted with the blood.
Thus they became
unclean in their practices (works),
And played the
harlot in their deeds.
Therefore the
anger of the Lord was kindled against His people,
And He abhorred
His inheritance (people).
Then He gave
them into the hand of the nations (gentiles);
And those who
hated them ruled over them.
Their enemies
also oppressed them,
And they were
subdued under their power (hand).
Many times He
would deliver them;
They, however,
were rebellious in their counsel,
And so sank down
in their iniquity."
This word study
uses "passing through the fire," "shedding innocent blood,"
and "God's wrath" found in Strong's Exhaustive NASB (New American Standard Version) Concordance. I ask two questions. First, as the Father is the same
yesterday, today and tomorrow, why don't we expect judgment as a nation?
Secondly, what judgment or consequence is coming because of the sin of legal
abortion?
Psalm 9:7-12
"But the
Lord abides (sits as king) forever;
He has
established His throne for judgment,
And He will
judge the world in righteousness;
He will execute
judgment for the peoples with equity.
The Lord also
will be (Let the Lord also be) a stronghold for the oppressed,
A stronghold in
times of trouble,
And those who
know Thy name (let those who know Thy name) put their trust in Thee;
For Thou, O
Lord, hast not forsaken those who seek Thee.
Sing praises to
the Lord, who dwells in Zion;
Declare among
the peoples His deeds.
For He who
requires blood (avenges bloodshed) remembers them;
He does not
forget the cry of the afflicted."
The Messiah as
known when Jesus was on earth.
The Lord Jesus'
time of servanthood was over 2000 years ago. He is now at the right hand of the
Father waiting for His time to rule the whole world. Please note how John the
Baptist describes the coming Messiah in Matthew 3:12 "And His winnowing
fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He
will gather His wheat into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff with
unquenchable fire." Sounds to me like He is very angry and doing something
about it. No wonder John had to ask Jesus later if He was the promised Messiah.
Jesus was not doing then, what John knew the Messiah is going to do.
So what are we
doing that makes Him extremely angry? He is angry because of the sacrifice of
the unborn to the false god of self, and the false god of money. He is angry at
those responsible for the legalization of abortion, the false teachers who
promote it, and those who threaten or coerce others into committing it. He is
angry at those who know it is wrong and say nothing against it. The silent
cries of the dead call for justice and total reform. Too many are quiet because
they do not believe a loving God can also be an angry God. God the Father and
God the Son must be portrayed in total truth. When we offend the Holy Spirit He
withdraws, when we offend the Father, He gets in our face, like any loving
father. The Lord Jesus is not returning as a baby in a manger, but His eyes are
a flame of fire. The church needs to learn what kind of ruler He will be! What
form of government will His be? One thing it will be is just!
God warned the
Israelites not to practice child sacrifice before they entered the promised
land
In the Old
Testament, at the time Moses was in Egypt with Pharaoh, there was an abhorrent
pagan practice of sacrificing your firstborn to a false god called Molech by
burning him or her alive. The One True God never ever considered such an
abominable act. He hated it with a passion. We don't talk about it because it
is so terribly awful and there are also our children sitting beside us in
church. I vaguely remembered reading about it in passing during my daily Bible
study (I simply read my Bible cover to cover a little or a lot per day) that's
where "passing through the fire" came from.
The word of the
Lord God Almighty is a love letter. Not knowing the original language in which
He spoke I read and study the New American Standard Bible. When quoting this
version I have inserted within parentheses the additional meaning of a word as
noted by the translators. Their goal was to translate the original language as
closely as possible while making sense. If you notice some passages are written
in verse, think of when Paul said to communicate in song…we also use all of our
brains when processing music and God sang a lot when He was communicating.
God gave His
people the law so they would have health and peace. The Law (including the 10
commandments) was given to Israel before they entered the promised land so all
the neighboring countries could learn about God by how the Jews lived. I love
the Old Testament law. Reading it now, as a parent, I see the love of God the
Father, especially in Leviticus and Deuteronomy.
The law of God
is a law of love. Educators and psychiatrists know children need fun, intrigue,
and play along with routine, structure, and security. This routine, structure,
and security are provided by rules or laws. Rules first prevent us from hurting
ourselves and then from hurting others, thus providing the means for peace and
happiness. It is good for the individual, the family, and society. Obeying the
Ten Commandments teaches us true love, joy, and peace by teaching us how to
love our neighbors as much as we love ourselves, and we all know how selfish we
can be.
God's people
were to go into a land already occupied. They were not given this land because
they were better than the natives but because the natives were doing what God
hates, and when you do this there are consequences.
Deuteronomy 9: 5
"It is not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart
that you are going to possess their land, but it is because of the wickedness
of these nations that the Lord your God is driving them out before you, in
order to confirm the oath (word) which the Lord swore to your fathers, to
Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob."
Deuteronomy 12:29-32..."when the Lord
your God cuts off before you the nations which you are going in to dispossess,
and you dispossess them and dwell in their land, beware that you are not
ensnared to follow them (after them), after they are destroyed before you, and
that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, ‘How do these nations serve
their gods, that I also may do likewise?' You shall not behave thus toward the
Lord your God, for every abominable act which the Lord hates they have done for
their gods; for they even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their
gods. Whatever I command you, you shall be careful to do, you shall not add to
nor take away from it."
Deuteronomy 18:9
-12...When you enter the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not
learn to imitate (do according to) the detestable things of those nations.
There shall not be formed among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter
pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft,
one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who casts a spell, or a medium,
or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For whoever does these things is
detestable to the Lord; and because of these detestable things the Lord your
God will drive them out before you.
God was judging
the natives for sacrificing their children to the demons and their handmade
idols. He warned His people that if they followed the same practices, they too
would be judged. God does not say one thing He doesn't mean. This is the One
True God speaking. Truth and Justice are the foundations of His being. Do you
know what truth is? Search for the truth.
The Law of God
states "...do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not
acquit the guilty," in Exodus 23:7 and in Leviticus 20:1-5 God says, ‘Then
the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, "You shall also say to the sons of
Israel, ‘Any man from the sons of Israel or from the aliens sojourning in
Israel, who gives any of his offspring (seed) to Molech, shall surely be put to
death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones. ‘I will also set my
face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he
has given some of his offspring (seed) to Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary
and to profane My holy name. ‘If the people of the land, however, should ever
disregard (hiding they hide their eyes from) that man when he gives any of his
offspring (seed) to Molech, so as not to put him to death, then I Myself will
set My face against that man and against his family; and I will cut off from
among their people both him and all those who play the harlot after him, by
playing the harlot after Molech.'"
Leviticus
18:21... "Neither shall you give any of your offspring, to offer (cause to
Passover) them to Molech." God's people were not to do what the natives
were doing after they moved in because God hates what they were doing. God was
judging the natives because of the detestable things they were doing,
sacrificing their children for one. I did not study the witchcraft or other
things. Today abortion is available in all states united. And God hates child
sacrifice. Amazing how we developed the technology to see inside the womb and
now know it's not "just a blob of tissue" at the same time we
"scientifically" accept abortion.
Sacrifice
defined
Now, what is a
sacrifice? Giving up one thing for another. God's people would eventually
disobey (like all kids) and do exactly what God said not to do.
Psalms 106:35-43
"But they
mingled with the nations,
And learned
their practices (works),
And served their
idols,
Which became a
snare to them.
They even
sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons,
And shed
innocent blood,
The blood of
their sons and their daughters,
Whom they
sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And the land was
polluted with the blood.
Thus they became
unclean in their practices (works),
And played the
harlot in their deeds.
Therefore the
anger of the Lord was kindled against His people,
And He abhorred
His inheritance (people).
Then He gave
them into the hand of the nations (gentiles);
And those who
hated them ruled over them.
Their enemies
also oppressed them,
And they were subdued
under their power (hand).
Many times He
would deliver them;
They, however,
were rebellious in their counsel,
And so sank down
in their iniquity."
Psalm 9:7-12
"...For He
who requires blood (avenges bloodshed) remembers them;
He does not
forget the cry of the afflicted."
What happens
when God's laws are broken? There are consequences set up by God to instruct
us, in addition to God's righteous punishment. More than "time outs"
here! I must warn those who break God's law of the consequences and punishment.
Consequences may not be immediate, nor is God's punishment, because He wants us
to see what we are doing wrong and repent. Sometimes we see and talk ourselves
into doing what we know is wrong. God calls this hardening our hearts. God
gives us time to soften back up. He is fair - no excuses.
King Manasseh deceives the people of Judah
There was a King
of Judah called Manasseh whose story is told in 2 Kings 21.
"Manasseh
was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in
Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hephzibah. And he did evil in the sight of
the Lord, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord
dispossessed before the sons of Israel. For he rebuilt the high places which
Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he erected altars for Baal and made an
Asherah (a wooden symbol of a female deity), as Ahab king of Israel had done,
and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.
And he built
altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, "In Jerusalem
I will put My name." For he built altars for all the host of heaven in the
two courts of the house of the Lord. And he made his son pass through the fire,
practiced witchcraft and used divination, and dealt with mediums and spiritists.
He did much evil in the sight of the Lord provoking Him to anger.
Then he set the
carved image of Asherah that he had made, in the house of which the Lord said
to David and to his son Solomon, "In this house and in Jerusalem, which I
have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put MY name forever.
"And I will not make the feet of Israel wander anymore from the land which
I gave their fathers, if only they will observe to do according to all that I
have commanded them, and according to all the law that My servant Moses
commanded them." But they did not listen, and Manasseh seduced them to do
evil, more than the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the sons of Israel.
Now the Lord
spoke through His servants the prophets, saying, "Because Manasseh king of
Judah has done these abominations, having done wickedly more than all the
Ammorites did who were before him, and has also made Judah sin with his idols;
therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I am bringing such
calamity on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears shall
tingle. ‘And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the plummet
of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it
and turning it upside down. ‘And I will abandon the remnant of My inheritance
and deliver them into the hand of their enemies, and they shall become as
plunder and spoil to all their enemies; because they have done evil in My
sight, and have been provoking Me to anger, since the day their fathers came
from Egypt, even to this day.'"
Moreover,
Manasseh shed very much innocent blood until he had filled Jerusalem from one
end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in
the sight of the Lord. Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh and all that he did
and his sin which he committed (sinned), are they not written in the Book of
the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And Manasseh slept with his father and
was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza, and Amon his
son became king in his place.
Also in II
Chronicles 33:1-19 (read all of it)
"And he
made his sons pass through the fire in the valley of Benhinnom; and he
practiced witchcraft, used divination, practiced sorcery, and dealt with
mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking
Him to anger.
"Thus
Manasseh misled Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to more evil than the
nations whom the Lord destroyed before the sons of Israel. And the Lord spoke
to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention.
The Lord raises
an army of gentiles to invade
"Therefore
the Lord brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against
them, and they captured Manasseh with hooks (things put through the nose),
bound him with bronze chains, and took him. And when he was in distress, he
entreated the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his
fathers.
"When he
prayed to Him, He was moved by his entreaty and heard his supplication, and
brought him again to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord
was God.
"Now after
this he built the outer wall of the city of David on the west side of Gihon, in
the valley, even to the entrance of the Fish Gate; and he encircled the Ophel
with it and made it very high. Then he put army commanders in all the fortified
cities of Judah.
"He also
removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the Lord as well as all
the altars which he had built on the mountain of the house of the Lord and in
Jerusalem, and he threw them outside the city. And he set up the altar of the Lord and
sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it; and he ordered Judah to
serve the Lord God of Israel.
"Nevertheless
the people still sacrificed in the high places, although only to the Lord their
God.
Now the rest of
the acts of Manasseh even his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who
spoke to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, behold, they are among the
records of the kings of Israel. His prayer also and how God was entreated by
him, and all his sin, his unfaithfulness, and the sites on which he built high
places and erected the Asherim and the carved images, before he humbled
himself, behold, they are written in the records of the Hozai (seers)."
Manasseh's
abominable practice of sacrificing his son and filling the land with the blood
of the innocent kindled the wrath of God or provoked the LORD God to anger.
This King would be judged, but the "Manasseh judgment" refers to the
vengeance against the innocent that would be fulfilled, His anger will not be
quenched. The king Manasseh was overtaken and sent in chains to another
country. Only when he acknowledged the LORD is the one true God did God
reinstate him. He then tore down all the places the children were sacrificed.
He realized what he did was wrong and stopped the practice, but God would still
avenge the death of the innocents as you will see.
Keep in
mind...God said, "Do not shed innocent blood." Manasseh said it was
okay. Manasseh was the leader of the people and as the leader, he is more
responsible than the general population who follows him. Beware Supreme Court,
the LORD holds you in contempt! Pastors, priests, ministers, judges, rulers,
leaders, governors, senators, representatives listen! Hear the word of God in
Jeremiah 23:1 & 2... "Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and
scattering the sheep of My pasture!...behold, I am about to attend to you for
the evil or your deeds," declares the Lord. God holds those in power
responsible.
The story
continues
After the death
of Manasseh, his son Amon worshiped the same false gods as his father but
"he did not humble himself before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done
(humbled himself), but Amon multiplied guilt" (2 Chronicles 33:23), so his
servants killed him. The people then punished the servants and made Amon's son
Josiah king at the age of eight! I don't know how old he was when he ordered an
inventory and repair of the Temple, but a priest found the copies of the Law.
"And when it came about when the king heard the words of the book of the
law, that he tore his clothes. The king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam
the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah
the king's servant saying, "Go, inquire of the Lord for me and the people
and all Judah concerning the words of this book that has been found, for great
is the wrath of the Lord that burns against us, because our fathers have not
listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written
concerning us."
2 Kings 22:11-13
In obedience to
Josiah, the priests went to the prophetess Huldah, and God spoke through her
saying, "Behold, I bring evil on this place and on its inhabitants, even
all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read. Because they have
forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods that they might provoke Me to
anger with all the work of their hands, therefore My wrath burns against this
place, and it shall not be quenched. But to the king of Judah who sent you to
inquire of the Lord this shall you say to him, 'Thus says the Lord God of
Israel, "Regarding the words which you have heard, because your heart was
tender what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants that they
should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept
before Me, I truly have heard you," declares the Lord. "Therefore,
behold I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your
grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil I will bring on this
place." ' " So they brought back word to the king. 2 Kings 22:16-20
True repentance
When Josiah
heard the LORD he gathered all the men of Judah and all the people of his
country, "both small and great", and they went to the house of the
LORD and read the words of the book of the covenant (the law) and they all
chose to enter into a relationship of obedience with the LORD God to receive
His blessings instead of His righteous judgment. Josiah then cleaned up his
country and did away with all the false priests and destroyed all the places
they worshiped the false gods and removed the abominations that were seen in
the land of Judah and in Jerusalem "that he might confirm (perform) the
words of the law which were written in the book." 2 Kings 23:24. I believe
today's generation is smart enough to choose the right way and hear the truth.
No other king of
Judah would obey the LORD as wholeheartedly and completely as Josiah.
"However, the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath
with which His anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with
which Manasseh had provoked Him." 2 Kings 23:26. The LORD God still heard
the cries of the innocent and prophesied judgments would be carried out.
Josiah's son chose to do evil, did not repent and then the judgments came.
God speaks
before anything happens
I searched into
which prophet was sent to Judah because God always speaks to us and
surprisingly Isaiah was first sent before Manasseh's reign of death to tell of
what was coming. Reading his book we find not only warnings of severe judgment
but also the promises of a Savior after His righteous judgment has been carried
out. What love! We all want and need to be accepted by our parents after being
punished.
Along with
Isaiah, the prophet Micah was sent. The omniscient God knows what will be going
down even before we mess up and cause the problem. Micah 1 foretells God's
judgment before the evil started. Parents teach their children the stove is hot
before they can reach it. God is just in that He warns the kings and leaders
that they are wrong. I find chapter 3 most intriguing. God is talking to the
leaders.
Micah 3-And I
said, "Hear now, heads of Jacob
And rulers of
the house of Israel.
"Is it not
for you to know justice?
You who hate
good and love evil,
Who tear off
their skin from them
And their flesh
from their bones,
And who eat the
flesh of my people,
Strip off their
skin from them,
Break their
bones,
And chop them up
as for the pot
And as meat in a
kettle."
Then they will
cry out to the Lord,
But He will not
answer them.
Instead, He will
hide His face from them at that time,
Because they
have practiced evil deeds.
Thus says the
Lord concerning the prophets
Who lead my
people astray:
When they have
something to bite with their teeth,
They cry,
"Peace,"
But against him
who puts nothing in their mouths,
They declare
holy war.
Therefore it
will be night for you-without vision,
And darkness for
you-without divination.
The sun will go
down on the prophets,
And the day will
become dark over them.
The seers will
be ashamed
And the diviners
will be embarrassed.
Indeed, they
will all cover their mouths (mustaches)
Because there is no answer from God
On the other
hand I am filled with power-
With the Spirit
of the Lord-
And with justice
and courage
To make known to
Jacob his rebellious act,
Even to Israel
his sin.
Now hear this,
heads of the house of Jacob
And rulers of
the house of Israel,
Who abhor
justice
And twist
everything that is straight,
Who build Zion
with bloodshed and Jerusalem with violent injustice.
Her leaders
pronounce judgment for a bribe,
Her priests
instruct for a price,
And her prophets
divine for money.
Yet they lean on
the Lord saying, "Is not the Lord in our midst? Calamity will not come
upon us. Therefore, on account of you, Zion will be plowed as a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, And the mountain of the temple (house)
will become high places of a forest." The prophet Jeremiah was sent to
speak the word of God just before and during the punishment. Listen to what the
LORD said the punishment would be.
Jeremiah 15:1-4
Then the Lord
said to me, "Even though Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, My
heart (soul) would not be with (toward) this people, send them away from My
presence and let them go! "And it shall be that when they say to you,
‘Where would we go?' then you are to tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord:
"Those destined for death, to death; And those destined for the sword, to
the sword; And those destined for famine, to famine; And those destined for
captivity; to captivity."'
The Consequences
of Child Sacrifice
"And I
shall appoint over them four kinds of doom" declares the LORD; "the
sword to slay, the dogs to drag off, and the birds of the sky and the beasts of
the earth to devour and destroy."And I shall make them an object of horror
among all the kingdoms of the earth because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah,
the king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem." Jeremiah 15:3
And Jeremiah
19:3-9
"...and
say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem:
thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, "Behold I am about to
bring a calamity upon this place, at which the ears of everyone that hears of
it will tingle. "Because they have forsaken Me and have made this an alien
place and have burned sacrifices (incense) in it to other gods that neither
they nor their forefathers nor the kings of Judah had ever known, and because
they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. And have built the
high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal,
a thing which I never commanded or spoke of, nor did it ever enter My mind
(heart); Therefore, behold, days are coming," declares the Lord,
"when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of
Benhinnom, but rather the valley of Slaughter."And I shall make void the
counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and I shall cause them to fall by
the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their life;
and I shall give over their carcasses as food for the birds of the sky and the
beasts of the earth."I shall also make this city a desolation and an
object of hissing; everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss
because of all its disasters (blows). And I shall make them eat the flesh of
their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they will eat one another's
flesh in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies and those who
seek their life will distress them." ‘
The book of
Ezekiel was written during the promised judgment.
Ezekiel 7:1 – 10
Moreover, the
word of the Lord came to me saying, "And you, son of man, thus says the
Lord GOD (YHWH) to the land of Israel, ‘An end! The end is coming on the four
corners of the land. Now the end is upon you, and I shall send My anger against
you; I shall judge you according to your ways, and I shall bring all your
abominations upon you. For My eye will have no pity on you, nor shall I spare
you, but I shall bring your ways upon you, and your abominations will be among
you; then you will know that I am the Lord! "Thus says the Lord GOD
(YHWH), ‘A disaster, unique disaster, behold it is coming! An end is coming;
the end has come! It has awakened against you; behold, it has come! Your doom
has come to you, O inhabitant of the land. The time has come, the day is
near-tumult rather than joyful shouting on the mountains. Now I will shortly
pour out My wrath on you, and spend My anger against you, judge you according
to your ways, and bring on you all your abominations. And My eye will show no
pity, nor will I spare. I will repay (give) you according to your ways, and
bring on you all your abominations. And My eye will show no pity, nor will I
spare. I will repay you according to your ways, while your abominations are in
your midst; then you will know that I, the LORD, do the smiting. Behold, the
day! Behold, it is coming! Your doom has gone forth; the rod has budded, arrogance
has blossomed." The LORD gives judgment according to the sin. Abortion is
a true abomination.
Search for the
Truth about abortion
Read the
testimony of the abortionists given in the court of New York and tremble with
fear. The fear of the LORD is not only respect but also true fear. Anyone
having the privilege of being raised by an honorable father knows what it is
like to face the music for just punishment. Abortion should not be allowed in
your town. Drive it out. Outlaw it in your town, your county, your state and
your nation. It is not an option for God is angry and we have to stop it. It
doesn't matter why it is done. Be afraid. Our swords and chariots will not
protect us from the hand of the Almighty. Listen America! God's law says we are
not to kill our children - born or unborn because if we do there will be
consequences. Do not listen to the false teachers who have duped our leaders
into allowing this abomination in the first place. Search for the truth that
was revealed after Roe v Wade. The original arguments were false. They are
still false. Do not be misled yourself. You do not have to believe everything
you are told, search for the whole truth. Roe is now pro-life. Her lawyer
turned pro-life. Find out about it. Search for pro-life info. Hear the other
side.
God abhors the
death of innocent children and it makes Him angry. They are not only His
creation, they are a gift and a blessing. What would you do if you gave a gift
to a loved one and without even unwrapping it, they smashed it and threw it
away in front of you? What of the unborn? What about conception? If you think a
child in the womb is not important, I was reading this morning in Isaiah and
read in chapter 46 verses 3 & 4...
"Listen to
Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, You have been
borne by Me from birth (the belly), And have been carried from the womb; Even
to your old age, I (I am He) shall be the same, And even to your graying years
(gray hairs) I shall bear you!..."
In Psalms 22: 9
& 10 David prophecies Jesus' death but speaks of His Immaculate
Conception..."Yet thou art He who didst bring me forth from the womb; Thou
didst make me trust when upon my mother's breasts. Upon Thee I was cast from
birth (a womb); Thou hast been my God from my mother's womb."
In Jeremiah 1:5
God talks to Jeremiah..."Before I formed you in the womb (KJV belly) I
knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a
prophet to the nations."
What profit is
there in abortion?
Why do the evil
ones want legal abortion? Jeremiah 22:17. Power and money. "But your eyes
and your heart are intent only upon your own dishonest gain, and on shedding
innocent blood and on practicing oppression and extortion." Who is
oppressed and extorted by abortion? The woman! I am a woman. Do not keep me
from being all I was meant to be. I was created to give birth and raise my
children and use my talents to the glory of God! "For the wicked boasts of
his heart's desire, And the greedy man (or blesses the greedy man) curses and
spurns the Lord. The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not
seek Him. All his thoughts (plots) are, "There is no God." Psalm 10:3&4
God hates
shedding innocent blood.
Solomon said in
Proverbs 6:16-19 that
"There are
six things which the Lord hates,
Yes, seven which
are an abomination to Him (of His soul):
Haughty eyes, a
lying tongue,
And hands that
shed innocent blood,
A heart that
devises wicked plans,
Feet that run
rapidly to evil,
A false witness
who utters lies,
And one who
spreads (sends out) strife among brothers.
The word of the
LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,
"...if you
truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a
man and his neighbor, if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan (fatherless),
or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after the
other gods to your own ruin, then I will let you dwell in this place, in the
land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever. Behold, you are trusting in
deceptive words to no avail." Jeremiah 7:5-8
And again from
Jeremiah 22:3, "Thus says the Lord, "Do justice and righteousness,
and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also
do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and
do not shed innocent blood in this place."
God the Avenger.
There is an
all-knowing, all-powerful God and He hears the silent cries of the unborn,
seeing into hearts and minds. He hears the cries of all the afflicted. And He
does not forget. Psalms 9:12 states "For He who requires blood (avenges
bloodshed) remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted."
Again in Ezekiel
16:20-23 the Lord God said to those being punished
"Moreover,
you took your sons and daughters whom you had borne to Me, and you sacrificed
them to idols (them) to be devoured. Were your harlotries so small a matter?
You slaughtered My children, and offered them up to idols (them) by causing
them to pass through the fire. And besides all your abominations and harlotries
you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare and
squirming in your blood. Then it came about after all your wickedness (‘Woe,
woe to you! Declares the Lord GOD), that you built yourself a shrine and made
yourself a high place in every square." Is abortion available in every
square? Are the conceived killed with birth control pills available at the
corner pharmacy?
Are we making
policy according to the laws of our neighbors and "allies" and
disregarding the true Law? Hear this...Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because
your lewdness was poured out and your nakedness uncovered through your
harlotries with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of
the blood of your sons which you gave to idols (them), therefore, behold, I
shall gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, even all those whom
you loved and all those whom you hated. So I shall gather them against you from
every direction and expose your nakedness to them that they may see all your
nakedness. Thus I shall judge you, like women who commit adultery or shed blood
are judged; and I shall bring on you the blood of wrath and jealousy."
Ezekiel 16:36-38
Every society
practicing child (whether born or unborn) sacrifice is going to be punished if
there is no repentance. God doesn't just punish and wipe out everyone. He
always promises rebuilding and blessing if we walk in the right way. He cannot
allow the world to kill the innocent unborn or born without just vengeance.
They will be avenged. It is our choice to stop this abomination of abortion and
to cry for mercy. Will we be judged and punished or will we choose, in
humility, repentance, and forgiveness as did King Josiah? What will we choose
in America where we have the freedom to choose, the Manasseh judgment or to be
today's Josiah generation?
In Ezekiel
20:25-28 we actually hear sarcasm..."And I also gave them statutes that
were not good and ordinances by which they could not live; and I pronounced
them unclean because of their gifts, in that they caused all their first-born
(that which opens the womb) to pass through the fire so that I might make them
desolate, in order that they might know that I am the LORD."
In Ezekiel 22:
1-6 we again hear why judgment comes.
Then the word of
the Lord came to me saying, "And you, son of man, will you judge, will you
judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations."And
you shall say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, "A city shedding blood in her
midst, so that her time will come, and that makes idols, contrary to her
interest, for defilement!
"You have
become guilty by the (your) blood which you have shed, and defiled by hour
idols which you have made. Thus you have brought your day(s) near and have come
to your years; therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a
mocking to all the lands.
"Those who
are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you of ill repute, full
of turmoil.
"Behold,
the rulers of Israel, each according to his power (arm), have been in you for
the purpose of shedding blood.
"They have treated father and mother
lightly within you. The alien they have oppressed in your midst; the fatherless
and the widow they have wronged in you.
"You have
despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths.
"Slanderous
men have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood, and in you they have
eaten at the mountain shrines. In your midst they have committed acts of
lewdness.
"In you
they have (he has) uncovered their fathers' nakedness; in you they have humbled
her who was unclean in her menstrual impurity.
"And one
has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife, and another has lewdly
defiled his daughter-in-law. And another in you has humbled his sister, his
father's daughter.
"In you
they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and profits, and
you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression and you have forgotten
Me," declares the Lord God.'
Repent America!
It is America's
choice to follow Josiah in repentance and mourning or not. This is what the
LORD God wants us all to do, listen to Jeremiah 23:16-22...
‘Thus says the
Lord of hosts, "Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are
prophesying to you. They are leading you into futility; They speak a vision of
their own imagination (heart), Not from the mouth of the Lord,
"They keep
saying to those who despise Me, ‘The Lord has said, "You will have
peace"'; And as for everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own
heart, They say, ‘Calamity will not come upon you.'
"But who
has stood in the council of the Lord, that he should see and hear His word? Who
has given heed to His (My) word and listened?
"Behold,
the storm of the Lord has gone forth in wrath, Even a whirling tempest; It will
swirl down on the head of the wicked. The anger of the Lord will not turn back
Until He has performed and carried out the purposes of His heart; In the last
days you will clearly understand it.
"I did not
send these prophets, But they ran. I did not speak to them, But they
prophesied. But if they had stood in My council, Then they would have announced
My words to My people, And would have turned them back from their evil way And
from the evil of their deeds."
Jeremiah 22:3-5
This is very important...
‘Thus says the
Lord, "Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been
robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to
the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this
place.
"For if you
men will indeed perform this thing, then kings will enter the gates of this
house, sitting in David's place (for David) on his throne, riding in chariots
and on horses, even the king himself and his servants and his people.
"But if you
will not obey these words, I swear by Myself," declares the Lord,
"that this house will become a desolation"
Listen to the
LORD God who spoke to us through His prophets and is the same yesterday, today,
and tomorrow.
Break the law
and the fair consequences and punishment will be given. You can study history
for yourself and see how the moral decline of a nation brings its demise. Where
are we headed? Are we willing to continue sacrificing our children to appease
our false god, whatever it is? And what should the church do? Pray and fast,
weep and wail in mourning. Pray that God will remove the iniquity of the land.
Beg forgiveness, cry for mercy. Protest the lawlessness of this land filled
with the blood of the innocent and WARN OF THE COMING JUDGMENT.
It is coming, it's
just a matter of when, and I believe it will be at the time of the fullness of
the Gentiles. So besides just outlawing abortion, let's do a total about-face.
Instead of supporting the abortion industry, let's support the adoption
industry. Let's adopt life. Interesting to me (I love irony and satire), is the
fact that approximately 53 million abortions have been performed in the United
States alone. Feel like doing something good? Thanks to Oprah we know there are
at least 45 million orphans in Southern Africa. God loves for us to take care
of orphans. We are spiritual orphans and He has taken care of us. I pray for
you to see the truth, to hear the truth. Therefore, hear the word of the Only
True God and ask Him to show you the truth. He is a loving Father and will
teach any who ask.
The Judgment of
Manasseh is coming to the world of abortion.
The reason I
write this is because I must warn of the coming judgment because in Ezekiel
3:18-21. God says, "When I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die'; and
you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he
may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will
require at your hand.
"Yet if you
have warned the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his
wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered yourself.
"Again,
when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity,
and I place an obstacle before him, he shall die; since you have not warned
him, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall
not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.
"However,
if you have warned (him) the righteous man that the righteous should not sin,
and he does not sin, he shall surely live because he took warning; and you have
delivered yourself."
Some of you may
think the Old Testament and God's relationship to Israel are irrelevant to us
today but because God has not changed, we can know God by studying His reaction
to Israel's choices in the past. As a Christian, I can study Israel's history
and growth and learn what it is like to live with God. As God the Father lived
in the heart of Israel in the temple, God the Holy Spirit lives in the heart of
those who believe in the Savior and are living a life of commitment to Him.
(After reading
the above, it is important to remember God first judged those who originally
lived in the land. Anyone who believes it cannot happen to America, think
again. The people who settled here 400 years ago displaced a previous people
and the Aztecs may have sacrificed humans, and even turned to cannibalism.
There is evidence of human sacrifice in Ohio.) To appease this false god Molech
(and another god Baal) it was the practice to pass the children through fire,
burning them alive. Not unlike a saline abortion but probably bringing a faster
death. The people could hear their baby's screams. God hears the deepest base
tones of the Giraffe, the elephant and the whale, the tree that falls in the
forest, that we cannot. Believe me, He hears the silent screams of the unborn
being aborted. I am sure with today's technology we could, too. I am sorry to
say I have recently heard the screams of the dying on the radio at the hands of
terrorists. Also, 80% of communication is body language. Surely the abortionist
could see the scream.
America's
heritage.
You should also
know that the people who first settled America came because they wanted to
worship the God of the Bible. Our country was founded on the principles of life
found in its pages. When the foundation deteriorates the building falls.
"Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Because you have forgotten Me and
cast Me behind your back, bear now the punishment of your lewdness and your
harlotries.'" Ezekiel 23:35 RESTORE THE FOUNDATION! Teach the faith of our
forefathers, the founders of our republic. Do not surrender to the anti-Christ.
Do not bend your knee to Baal. Do not accept these abominations for there will
be just requital for the sake of His name and all will know that He is the Lord
GOD.
The word of the
Lord also came to the prophet Zephaniah during Josiah's reign. After reading
this book I figured this was what Josiah heard when he decided to find out why
God was mad. It was the FEAR of the Lord that motivated Josiah to search for
the truth of the Law, not just respect. Listen to this and maybe you'll agree!
Zephaniah
1:14-2:3
"Near is
the great day of the Lord,
Near and coming
very quickly;
Listen, the day
of the Lord!
In it (there)
the warrior cries out bitterly.
A day of wrath
is that day,
A day of trouble
and distress,
A day of
destruction and desolation,
A day of
darkness and gloom,
A day of clouds and thick darkness,
A day of trumpet
and battle cry,
Against the fortified cities
And the high
corner towers.
And I will bring
distress on men,
So that they
will walk like the blind,
Because they
have sinned against the Lord;
And their blood
will be poured out like dust,
And their flesh
like dung.
Neither their
silver nor their gold
Will be able to
deliver them
On the day of
the Lord's wrath;
And all the
earth will be devoured
In the fire of
His jealousy,
For He will make
a complete end,
Indeed a
terrifying one,
Of all the
inhabitants of the earth.
Gather
yourselves together, yes, gather,
O nation without
shame (longing),
Before the
decree takes effect (is born)-
The day passes
like the chaff-
Before the
burning anger of the Lord comes upon you,
Before the day
of the Lord's anger comes upon you.
Seek the Lord,
All you humble
of the earth (land)
Who have carried
out His ordinances (justice);
Seek
righteousness, seek humility.
Perhaps you will
be hidden
In the day of
the Lord's anger."
So Josiah
listens to Zephaniah and searches for the Law. He hears it all. He heard what
they were doing wrong and heard the consequences and blessings promised in
Deuteronomy 28-30. Obey God and receive His blessing. Disobey and receive
believably disgusting punishments.
Take note
America-
Deuteronomy
29:22-28
"Now the
generation to come, your sons who rise up after you and the foreigner who comes
from a distant land, when they see the plagues of the land and the diseases
with which the Lord has afflicted it (made it sick), will say, ‘All its land is
brimstone and salt, a burning waste, unsown and unproductive (it is not sown
and does not cause to sprout), and no grass grows in it, like the overthrow of
Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger
and in His wrath." And all the nations shall say, ‘Why has the Lord done
thus to this land? Why this great outburst (heat) of anger?'"Then men
shall say, ‘Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord, the God of their
fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.
‘And they went
and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they have not known and
whom He had not allotted (portioned) to them. ‘Therefore, the anger of the Lord
burned against that land, to bring upon it every curse which is written in this
book; and the Lord uprooted them from their land in anger and in fury and in
great wrath, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.'"
Do we have
diseases, plague, earthquakes, floods, and drought? Lots of diseases, not
enough meds. Listen to God. Deuteronomy 30:19 & 20 "I call heaven and
earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death,
the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and
your descendants (seed), by loving the Lord your God, by obeying His voice, and
by holding fast to Him; for this (that) is your life and the length of your
days, that you may live in (dwell in) the land which the Lord swore to your
fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them." So choose life to be
blessed, choose death to be cursed.
How does God
bless us? Zephaniah 8:4&5
"Thus says
the Lord of hosts, ‘Old men and old women will again sit in the streets
(squares) of Jerusalem, each man with his staff in his hand because of age (the
multitude of days).
‘And the streets
(squares) of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in its streets
(squares).' Our populations are no longer growing. We are destroying our
blessings. The blessing that comes from taking care of others, younger and
older.
Declare a day of
mourning.
The day abortion
was legalized should be declared a national day of mourning. Mourning for the
little ones aborted but born alive and moving, disposed of in bio-hazard bags
to be sent out in the trash for burning. Bodies burned? Who is rising out of
America's smokestacks?
America beware.
God knows where our molecules are before we are conceived and God knows where
the bodies of the innocent are after disposal. Psalms 139:15 & 16
"My frame
was (bones were) not hidden from Thee, When I was made in secret, And
skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth. Thine eyes have seen my unformed
substance;..."
I just finished
a course in biology. Learned all about cells and molecular structure. In the
depths of the earth were all the little molecules and ions that made up my
body. God brought them together inside my mother. Is it ironic that the
terrorist has been raised up to shed innocent blood? We fight those who kill
the innocent - we call them cowards and they disgust us, infuriate us, but we
allow it under certain conditions- for the health of the mother, rape, and
incest. DO NOT SHED INNOCENT BLOOD. Put the abortion industry out of business
and put families back in business.
I welcome your
response but would rather you get the Word out. Can we not protect the life of
the innocent by etching pro-life laws forever in the stone of our nation's
foundation? I really don't want to see sinners in the hands of an angry God in
my lifetime, or my son's lifetime, or my son's son's lifetime. How many people
have died in judgment from God? How many people are going to hell because no
one told them the truth about its existence? How many sexually immoral people
know what they are doing is making God angry? You now know that abortion is
abhorrent to the One True God. You are without excuse. "If I had not come
and spoken to them, they would not have sin (guilt) but now they have no excuse
for their sin. He who hates Me hates My Father also." John 15:22. This is
what Jesus said regarding those in charge of the people of God at that time.
Those women and children going to clinics are not being told the truth,
therefore they have an excuse - but not you.
During the week
after 9/11, no one in America felt like laughing at anything. That lack of
laughter was a glimpse of the mourning of hell where this is only weeping and
gnashing of teeth, not even evil laughing. Hear the prayer of the pagans on the
ship with Jonah ..." Then they called on the Lord and said, ‘We earnestly
pray, O Lord, do not let us perish on account of this man's life and do not put
innocent blood on us; for Thou, O Lord, hast done as Thou hast pleased.'‘
Lamentations was written during the first Manasseh Judgment. Read it.
Revelation 5:12
"Worthy is the Lamb
that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and
honor and glory and blessing."
Revelation
20:4-6
4 Then I saw
thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them And I saw the
souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and
because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his
image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and
they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
5 The rest of the dead did not come to life
until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy is the one who has a part
in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they
will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand
years.
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