What Have The Children Done? . . .

Grief hangs over the world like a midnight shadow today. The violence and political upheaval in Kenya is claiming the lives and futures of thousands of innocent children. Why do we universally sacrifice our children at the first sign of challenge to our own self interest? From Herod’s destruction of the innocents following Jesus’ birth, to the annihilation of millions of children during the Holocaust, and throughout human history, our insatiable craving for absolute power and control has expressed its demonic obsession by abusing, molesting, torturing, and killing our children. There is no appeasing this demon.

Today,  widely available medical technology has enabled us to carry our mad lust insidiously even into the womb. We routinely suck the life out of millions of pre-born infants worldwide. Lord Jesus, deliver us and save our children.

Herod was furious when he realized that the wise men had outwitted him. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, based on the wise men’s report of the star’s first appearance. Herod’s brutal action fulfilled what God had spoken through the prophet Jeremiah:

“A cry was heard in Ramah—
weeping and great mourning.
Rachel weeps for her children,
refusing to be comforted,
for they are dead.” ^{(Matthew 2:16-18)}