Valley of Slaughter

 “And they have filled this place with the blood of innocent children. They have built pagan shrines to Baal, and there they burn their sons as sacrifices to Baal. I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed my mind to command such a thing! So beware, for the time coming, says the LORD, when this garbage dump will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-Hinnin, but the Vallet of Slaughter.”

- Jeremiah 19:4-6 (NLT)

What can we learn from this passage? Child sacrifices were being performed to the pagan god Baal in Israel. God was absolutely against this from the very start!

Today, we still perform child sacrifices, right here in the great USA. It’s not underground necessarily. It’s in shrines labeled “Planned Parenthood Women’s Centers” disguised as healthcare that actually cares about planning for families. Children are sacrificed to the god named Convenience. It’s not convenient to have kids right? We have the freaking American dream to fulfill first! We have our want to be irresponsible first with zero consequences! Why should we have consequences for our reckless behaviors? As soon as you take the pants off willingly you are saying at that moment “I’m ready if the time comes to be a parent!” But no, you’d rather sacrifice to the god of convenience - sacrificing not only your child, but your very soul! These “Christians” who say “God isn’t against abortion” speak blasphemy and are false teachers and unless they repent of this will burn in the lake of fire along with other false teachers and false prophets for teaching disgusting doctrine! If the US doesn’t repent of this horrible slaughtering we’ve done to innocent children we will pay dearly for it. No doubt about that. God is gracious yes, but He is also just and we can’t use ignorance as an excuse! There is no excuse and no saving us - a Valley of Slaughter unless we repent of this!

Now if you have had an abortion or taught this disgusting doctrine and are repentant of it, then do not fear, we serve a God who is gracious and forgiving! Turn from your sin and sin no more! That is what Jesus said to the woman caught in adultery. If you repent Christ Himself will wrap His arms around you and one day those children you sent to be slaughtered like lambs will hold you in paradise.  You will never have to feel the painful shame every time you hear a child’s laugh or a baby’s cry.  If we continue to sacrifice our children and teach false doctrine though, then God have mercy on us all!