“Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils.” (Psalm 106:37) This is very telling of the state of God’s people who cheapened life. They devalued their children and used them as a means to an end. Machiavellian thought prevailed then as it does now, the ends justify the means, whatever it takes to accomplish the goal of getting what is desired from their deity they worship. Is this not what is done even today? Are not the unborn in the womb, sacrificed through abortion on the altar of convenience? Abortion is the killer of many, all for the sake of rights so that man could be their own God and choose life or death for others. Should we not be about life not only outside but in the womb as well?

So, people sacrifice their children unto devils, other gods, and ideas that are against God. Rights trump life. Now what is meant by rights is perceived rights. There are no rights individuals have that make it right to kill people whether born or unborn. The “right” to choose abortion is not a right for it is murder. A friend put it this way, “It isn’t a right to kill a baby through abortion no matter how much they repeat it.” Travis McNeely. He further said, “fighting for the state-sanctioned murder of their child which God abhors.” “And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.” The blood of the innocent, the blood of their sons and their daughters was shed. Real life children were snuffed out to idols. The land is tainted due to this travesty of injustice. Though there are no Canaanite idols there are some similarities that need to be addressed.

Canaanites would sacrifice their children to Molech. The Jews were never supposed to be involved in the same practices of the people of Canaan, yet they were. “And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.” (Jeremiah 7:31) They turned to sacrificing their wee ones to other gods and this culture of death does the same. God did not command nor allowed that thought to enter his heart. Idols abound in the USA.

Idols of rights, timing, and success. The true idol is sin without consequences. “Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.” (Psalm 106:38) This is the tragic outworking of a disobedient people, whoring and prostituting themselves with their own inventions and worldwide they sacrifice children on altars. In the U.S. alone 64 million have perished for the sake of rights since 1973. Worldwide there have been 1.72 billion slain for the sake of rights. This is seen as a form of reproductive health, but it really means death to the reproduced.

Why is abortion such an important matter that needs to be address and ended? Life is precious. “I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.” (Psalm 139:14) God made each person, knit them together in the womb. Fearfully and wonderfully woven together. Who is man that he can decide who shall live and who shall die? Jeremiah was told by God, “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.” Jeremiah was set apart for God by God from the womb. He was handcrafted by the creator and so are those who live today. All men were created with purpose and that purpose is to glorify God. Known from the womb are all that were created in Imago Dei, the image of God. Elizabeth proclaimed, “For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.” (Luke 1:44) Life begins in the womb and when Elizabeth heard the voice of Mary, the babe leapt in her womb, John was alive in the womb.

Life begins at conception, from the womb to the tomb, from before the cradle to the grave. With the hopeful final defeat of Roe vs. Wade, it is high time His church gets ready to be a tool to care for mothers and their children. May lawmakers make adoption less expensive to those adopting, it should not cost a mint. May His church see that life is precious enough to fight for “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Preamble to the Declaration of Independence. Should not those in the womb be covered by this statement?