Response to a comment from Anonymous

On January 2, 2007, "Anonymous" commented on my post, "Laboring in the field of souls" with the following:

Your bible endorses killing children and aborting fetuses:

Numbers 31:17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones.

Deuteronomy 2:34 utterly destroyed the men and the women and the little ones.

Deuteronomy 28:53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters.

I Samuel 15:3 slay both man and woman, infant and suckling.

2 Kings 8:12 dash their children, and rip up their women with child.

2 Kings 15:16 all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.

Isaiah 13:16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled and their wives ravished.

Isaiah 13:18 They shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children.

Lamentations 2:20 Shall the women eat their fruit, and children.

Ezekiel 9:6 Slay utterly old and young, both maids and little children.

Hosea 9:14 give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

Hosea 13:16 their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

Psalms 137:9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

A simple examinations of the scriptures, in their proper context, shows that Anonymous is clearly mistaken about the message of the Holy Scriptures. I will examine each one individually.

• Numbers 31:17~To see the reasoning behind this command, all one has to do is examine the previous verse which says, "Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD." The point of the command in verse 17 is that the infants being killed was a judgment of God on the wickedness of the Midianites. God commanded the armies of the nation of Israel to do that. That is not the same as a woman paying someone to slaughter her own child.
• Deuteronomy 2:34~This passage, if you look at it in context is describing a war against another nation. Again, obeying the command of God for the nation of Israel to wipe out a wicked nation is not the same as condoning a mother, or anyone else, murdering her own child.
  
• Deuteronomy 28:53~This is not a command of God. This is simply a description of what was going to happen...the consequences of the nation's disobedience to the LORD. God said that they would eat the fruit of their bodies (their children), not because He desires it, but because they were in rebellion and would, in their wickedness, decide to do that. It's a prediction.
• 1 Samuel 15:3~again, a command of God to wipe out a wicked nation.
• 2 Kings 8:12~This is a prediction of what one Judah was going to do to the nation of Israel, not a command of God to do it. Scripture is not condoning abortion...it simply records that Judah did this to the children of Israel, because it did.
• 2 Kings 15:16~Again, a record of something that happened, not an approval of abortion
• Isaiah 13:16~this is a prophecy of the fall of Babylon
• Isaiah 13:18~this is again part of the prophecy of the fall of Babylon
• Lamentations 2:20~This is Jeremiah's *lamentation* of what was happening, certainly not an approval. You misquoted the verse by putting a period where you put it, instead of the question mark that is actually there.
• Ezekiel 9:6~This is God ridding His people of wickedness, using His angels...certainly not condoning a woman slaughtering her own baby.
• Hosea 9:14~This is a plea for God's judgment, in closing the womb, which means they are unable to bear children. It does NOT in any way show approval of abortion.
• Hosea 13:16~This is again a prophecy of what was to happen to a particular nation, Samaria, because they were rebelling against God.
• Psalm 137:9~This is a prophecy...not a condoning of abortion.

As is obvious after a rather quick look at each of the verses you gave, scripture does not condone abortion. Rather it forbids it. The Bible even says that God hates the hands that shed innocent blood. Anonymous, your mistreatment of the Word of Almighty God is shameful. I plead with you, in the name of Jesus Christ the Savior, to repent of your sins and flee from the wrath to come (God's just judgment of sin is an eternal, literal, burning hell) by trusting in Christ, who died for your sins and the sins of the whole world, that those who trust Him and turn from their sin might inherit eternal life with Him.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me again.