I am certain virtually
everyone has heard of the murder of Dr Tiller here in Wichita. This one
strikes close to home for us. Our new congregation meets right around
the corner from his infamous abortion clinic.
What a thing for a community to be known for! We are the abortion capital of the world. People literally come here from all over because you can get away with things here that you just cannot do elsewhere. Dr. Tiller would do things that no man of conscience could do.
Here is a link to an undercover video made of him bragging about his procedures and complaining about the born alive protection act. You’ll have to sign in and confirm you are over 18 if you wish to watch it because of a couple of his photos he shows at the beginning of the video. Dr. Tiller was giving a speech while being honored by the National Education Association as a hero. After said speech he was interviewed by some that he perceived as friends and appears not to realize he is on tape. He speaks rather freely of his monstrous trade. There are a couple of rather important quotes in that video:
What a thing for a community to be known for! We are the abortion capital of the world. People literally come here from all over because you can get away with things here that you just cannot do elsewhere. Dr. Tiller would do things that no man of conscience could do.
Here is a link to an undercover video made of him bragging about his procedures and complaining about the born alive protection act. You’ll have to sign in and confirm you are over 18 if you wish to watch it because of a couple of his photos he shows at the beginning of the video. Dr. Tiller was giving a speech while being honored by the National Education Association as a hero. After said speech he was interviewed by some that he perceived as friends and appears not to realize he is on tape. He speaks rather freely of his monstrous trade. There are a couple of rather important quotes in that video:
“Let’s say you have 15 or 16 and you had one slip out with a heartbeat, that is not a viable fetus, but that is born alive or has a heart beat. Then you have to take that non-viable fetus and rush it to the hospital against the woman’s wishes.”
“If the baby is born alive it is sloppy medicine and it shouldn’t be done.”
““I have done (them) up to the day before delivery.”
The Word of God addresses this callous behavior directly: “They have healed the brokenness of My people superficially, Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ But there is no peace. Were they ashamed because of the abomination they have done? They were not even ashamed at all; They did not even know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; At the time that I punish them, They shall be cast down,” says the LORD.” (Jeremiah 6:14-15)
The
news media is making a mass murderer (with 60,000 murders) into a kind,
compassionate man. He became a millionaire by killing babies,
personally. Adolph Hitler ordered the killing of millions. Dr. Tiller
rolled up his sleeves and did his killing up close and personal, up to
one day before the baby was born… and Dr. Tiller was proud that he was
not sloppy in doing it.
Dr Paul McHugh reviewed Dr Tiller’s files at the request of then attorney general Phil Kline and found these late term abortions were actually done for social reasons… “couldn’t go to the prom.” Etc. Here is a link to that interview. He says that he did not find one case that could be substantiated even under the guidelines of Kansas law…. As lax as said law is.
This argument has been going on since ancient times. For example, Ancient Egypt had it’s version of the “morning after” pill. It was called Penny Royal oil. Sometimes they used a concoction of Colocynth powder. They found abortionist’s tools in Pompey… they think. They were found with no point of reference.
The behavior has always been here but it was a dirty little secret. From ancient times this practice has been beneath the dignity of the medical profession. It is relatively new to hold this in high regard. For example, the original Hippocratic Oath (5th century BC) includes, “I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion. With purity and with holiness I will pass my life and practice my Art.”
So much for the Greeks, but what about the Jewish understanding? The oath of Asaph (6th century AD) is the oldest known Jewish standard of medical ethics. “[2] Do not attempt to kill any soul by means of a potion of herbs, [3] Do not make a woman [who is] pregnant [as a result of] of whoring take a drink with a view to causing abortion,” Note that it is the second and third item out of 57. It was virtually the worst of the things forbidden to a doctor.
Dr Paul McHugh reviewed Dr Tiller’s files at the request of then attorney general Phil Kline and found these late term abortions were actually done for social reasons… “couldn’t go to the prom.” Etc. Here is a link to that interview. He says that he did not find one case that could be substantiated even under the guidelines of Kansas law…. As lax as said law is.
This argument has been going on since ancient times. For example, Ancient Egypt had it’s version of the “morning after” pill. It was called Penny Royal oil. Sometimes they used a concoction of Colocynth powder. They found abortionist’s tools in Pompey… they think. They were found with no point of reference.
The behavior has always been here but it was a dirty little secret. From ancient times this practice has been beneath the dignity of the medical profession. It is relatively new to hold this in high regard. For example, the original Hippocratic Oath (5th century BC) includes, “I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion. With purity and with holiness I will pass my life and practice my Art.”
So much for the Greeks, but what about the Jewish understanding? The oath of Asaph (6th century AD) is the oldest known Jewish standard of medical ethics. “[2] Do not attempt to kill any soul by means of a potion of herbs, [3] Do not make a woman [who is] pregnant [as a result of] of whoring take a drink with a view to causing abortion,” Note that it is the second and third item out of 57. It was virtually the worst of the things forbidden to a doctor.
But I am a Christian… So, what does the Bible say?
What is that “thing” in the womb? "But the children struggled together within her; and she said, "If it is so, why then am I {this way?}" So she went to inquire of the LORD. The LORD said to her, "Two nations are in your womb; And two peoples will be separated from your body; And one people shall be stronger than the other; And the older shall serve the younger." (Genesis 25:22-23)
Today
we can actually see what they described and asked God to explain to
them. God described it accurately. Here is a sonogram of my
granddaughter punching my grandson in the nose as he peacefully sucked
his thumb. It is a picture of the very thing described in Genesis 25.
True science enhances rather than contradicts. Today we can witness what
once only God could explain.
Notice that whether in the womb or out… God’s designation is the same. They are children. There is more to be gleaned from this Bible passage however… Note that God is also seeing the potential of those two young men and has their destiny planned. The loss of that human’s potential is one of the incredible areas of damage done by this barbaric practice.
What might the 60,000 human beings Dr Tiller allegedly slaughtered (some the day before they were born) have become? These are enough in one generation to establish a pretty fair sized city! I live in a town of only 13,000…
I have obviously made this connection… but the more important question is, “Does God make this connection?” Actually yes, He does.
Notice that whether in the womb or out… God’s designation is the same. They are children. There is more to be gleaned from this Bible passage however… Note that God is also seeing the potential of those two young men and has their destiny planned. The loss of that human’s potential is one of the incredible areas of damage done by this barbaric practice.
What might the 60,000 human beings Dr Tiller allegedly slaughtered (some the day before they were born) have become? These are enough in one generation to establish a pretty fair sized city! I live in a town of only 13,000…
I have obviously made this connection… but the more important question is, “Does God make this connection?” Actually yes, He does.
“Now the word of the LORD came to me saying, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations." Then I said, "Alas, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, Because I am a youth…." (Jeremiah 1:4-6)
So, God forms a baby… and He knows you, before you were ever born. Is this a fluke?
Consider also Psalms 139:12-17:
12. "Even the darkness is not dark to You, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike {to You.}
13. For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother's womb.
14. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.
15. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, {And} skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
16. Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained {for me,} When as yet there was not one of them.
17. How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them!"
Have you noticed that while men stumble and stammer . . .
the Bible is very consistent on this subject?
It’s a Baby… God oversees the matter…
It’s a Baby… God oversees the matter…
These Babies are precious and have incredible potential.
Ok, so… It is a baby in the third trimester, but is it simply a fetus or something else in the first and second trimester?
The Bible gives you an example to clear that question up. Consider if you will, the aborting of the baby Jesus. In our country such is legal… but is it right? Literally the most dangerous place in the US for a child to be is in his mother’s womb. Let’s use the most obvious and most important example of all: the Lord Jesus… as a baby.
Read the encounter between Mary and Elizabeth in Luke 1:24-56.
Because of the length of this passage… I’ll only use parts of it here. (In case you are reading this article in an office, and don’t have access to a Bible… you can read the entire passage here.)
- Note verse 26: “Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent” i.e. the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy (John the Baptist’s mother).
- And again in verse 36 "And behold, even your relative Elizabeth has also conceived a son in her old age; and she who was called barren is now in her sixth month.”
- Note second verse 39. Now at this time Mary arose and went in a hurry
- Note third verse 56. And Mary stayed with her about three months
So the story involving visions and angels and the birth of both Jesus and John has dated points of reference. When Mary arrives at Elizabeth’s home she is incredibly early in her first trimester carrying the Baby Jesus. Elizabeth is at the end of her second and beginning her final trimester. Mary leaves as John was due to be born.
Now… note on Mary’s arrival, at the end of Elizabeth’s second trimester: "When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb" (verse 41). Elizabeth is then filled with the Holy spirit and comments under inspiration: "And she cried out with a loud voice and said, "Blessed {are} you among women, and blessed {is} the fruit of your womb! And how has it {happened} to me, that the mother of my Lord would come to me? "For behold, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy. "And blessed {is} she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what had been spoken to her by the Lord." (verses 42-45)
Note these undeniable specifics for all Bible-believing Christians:
- It was a baby that leaped for joy.
- This baby heard, perceived, understood, and then felt Joy vs. 44.
- (Note; I recall that Ronald Reagan once said the fact that convinced him abortion was wrong… was when science proved by using brainwaves that the baby could feel pain… including the pain of an abortion!)
- Early in the first trimester… that was already a person in there. “It” was the Lord!
- “IT” is more aptly described as “whom.” in verse 43
- By all definitions early in the first trimester… Mary is a mother! (verse 43)
- Jesus is described as the fruit of the womb in Mary's 1st trimester. Does any passage call the fruit of the womb a child? Actually yes, they are one of the same. "Behold, children are a gift of the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward." (Psalm 127: 3) This child was a blessing to the entire human race.
Consider the legacy of our generation:
Since Roe v Wade changed the law and the onslaught began. Millions upon millions have died. Well, over a million per year by all accounts.
Compare with this legacy of scripture:
After nearly 2000 years, all the building programs and all the achievements of Herod’s reign lie forgotten. His entire legacy is the slaughter of a few babies…. A few is enough to go down in infamy. How will we be remembered to history? Never before has there been such a wholesale slaughter of so many.
Jonah was instructed to "Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me." (Jonah 1:2)
Since Roe v Wade changed the law and the onslaught began. Millions upon millions have died. Well, over a million per year by all accounts.
Compare with this legacy of scripture:
" Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi. Then what had been spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "A VOICE WAS HEARD IN RAMAH, WEEPING AND GREAT MOURNING, RACHEL WEEPING FOR HER CHILDREN; AND SHE REFUSED TO BE COMFORTED, BECAUSE THEY WERE NO MORE." (Matthew 2:16-18)
After nearly 2000 years, all the building programs and all the achievements of Herod’s reign lie forgotten. His entire legacy is the slaughter of a few babies…. A few is enough to go down in infamy. How will we be remembered to history? Never before has there been such a wholesale slaughter of so many.
Jonah was instructed to "Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me." (Jonah 1:2)
What shall we do? Can such a slaughter of the most helpless not “come up” before our creator?
The truisms of life are described in the book of Proverbs… Consider this one:
"If you are slack in the day of distress, Your strength is limited. Deliver those who are being taken away to death, And those who are staggering to slaughter, Oh hold {them} back. If you say, "See, we did not know this," Does He not consider {it} who weighs the hearts? And does He not know {it} who keeps your soul? And will He not render to man according to his work?" (Proverbs 24:10-12)
I once watched a video put out by the right to lifers of a sonogram of an abortion. (Thankfully it was when once the sonograms were much fuzzier than they are now.) I saw a peacefully contented child fight for his life and try to get away but there was nowhere to run! It was horrible. We can choose not to know… but as noted above, God says that He knows you know!
It is important to acknowledge that the Bible reveals what man at that point in time could not know. Today we can see it through technology. We can look right down inside and see what is there. So….
If you really think that the rhetoric fails and that those are not babies inside the womb… as the Bible and the ancient world together have said... Here is a link to that video… You can watch impersonally on a sonogram as the child literally tries to fight for his life. He cannot win, but he must try. He does…
As a people, we cannot afford to fail to cry out and speak up for those who scream out in a pain that no one other than their loving creator can hear.
Dr Tiller is not the real martyr today… those innocent children are. Their only real crime is that of being in the way…
"They cried out with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" And there was given to each of them a white robe; and they were told that they should rest for a little while longer, until {the number of} their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed even as they had been, would be completed also." (Revelation 6:10-11)
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