Stop Shedding Innocent Blood

“The Lord sent Babylonian, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against him (King Jehoiakim) to destroy Judah, in accordance with the Word of the Lord proclaimed by His servants the prophets. Surely these things happened to Judah according to the Lord’s command, in order to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all he had done, including the shedding of innocent blood. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood and the Lord was not willing to forgive.” [1]

King Manasseh filled Jerusalem with innocent blood. He led the people to sacrifice their babies to idols. Even though a good king after him (Josiah) stopped this evil practice, this sin was so grievous to God that the Lord was not willing to forgive it. There had to be a consequence.

“Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people.” [2]

The majority of people in a nation can believe and give their support to the belief that sin does not matter, but that does not change the truth. God says that sin condemns any people. If we do not repent of murdering the unborn and ask God to forgive us and change us, it will condemn us.

“The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.” [3]

Who was it that prompted Judas to betray Jesus? Who prompts people today to betray Jesus? Who prompts us to betray the unborn child in the womb? The answer is the devil.

Let us pray that the nations which are shedding innocent blood will repent, and seek God's forgiveness, and start aligning themselves with God's laws of love for one another.

[1] 2 Kings 24:2-4
[2] Proverbs 14:34
[3] John 13:2