What DOES The Bible Say
About Abortion?
Let’s take a moment and listen to God’s Word …
“Were your acts of harlotry
a small matter,
that you have slain
MY children,
(God sees these babies as His!)
and offered them up
to them (demons)
by causing them
to pass through the fire …”
(Ezekiel 16:20-21)
“And you shall not
let any of your descendants
pass through the fire
to Molech.”
(Leviticus 18:21)
“By causing them (babies) to pass through the fire”… Back then, unwanted babies were “offered” to a false god Molech (a demon-god of lust and pleasure) by placing the baby onto the glowing red-hot arms of a small bronze statue which was placed in the fire.
God says a lot about this killing of unwanted babies (sometimes described as “passing sons and daughters through the fire” and “shedding innocent blood”) in the Bible. As we discover in the verses above, God sees it and it causes Him to cry out in agony and in anger.
It is also important to note that from an historical perspective, the controversy surrounding “Abortion” goes back thousands of years.
We find this issue mentioned in the book of Psalms …
“They sacrificed their sons
and their daughters
to the demons; (Molech)
they poured out innocent blood,
the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed
to the idols of Canaan,
and the land
was polluted with blood.
Thus they became unclean
by their acts,
and played the whore in their deeds.
Then the anger of the LORD
was kindled against His people,
and He abhorred His heritage;
He gave them (Israel)
into the hand of the nations, (Assyria and Babylon)
so that those who hated them
ruled over them.”
(Psalms 106:37-40)
In the book of 2 Kings we find God wants all Mankind to hear and remember what a political leader named Manasseh did which caused God to judge (“harm”) the people of Judah …
“And he did evil in the sight of the Lord …
he made his son pass through the fire” (Today we call this “abortion”)
(2 Kings 21:2,6)
“Moreover Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, (Today we call this “abortion”)
till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another”
(2 Kings 21:16)
“Surely this (terrible judgment) came upon Judah at the command of the Lord
to remove them out of His sight,
FOR the sins of Manasseh, (God will hold a nation and a world accountable)
according to all that he had done,
and also for the innocent blood that he had shed, (legalized “abortion” of innocent babies)
which the Lord would not pardon.”
(He will not pardon the NATION which lifts up abortion as a “right”)
(2 Kings 24:3-4)
In 2 Chronicles 33 we find Manasseh later humbled himself before God and repented (by turning back to God and turning away from his sins), and God heard his prayers, brought him back, and restored his kingdom. “Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God.”
So again, please remember, our God is a forgiving God who will forgive any and all who have sinned against Him. Any sinner, including those who have had or have performed an abortion, can be lovingly forgiven and their sins completely washed clean through the blood of the Lamb, and then graciously clothed in His Righteousness.
But, the people and their leaders hardened their hearts against God’s Word and warnings …
“But they kept mocking the messengers of God,
despising His words and
scoffing at His prophets (teachers),
UNTIL the wrath of the Lord rose against His people,
till there was NO REMEDY.”
(2 Chronicles 36:16)
Study the books of Jeremiah and Lamentations (and the terrible judgment against Sodom and Gomorrah) to see what God does to a Nation and a World where there is “No Remedy” for their sinful lifestyles and their rebellion against God’s Word.
GOD CARES!!!
This is why He uses such descriptive words to warn all who will reject, or ignore, or mock His Word and His warnings …
“Were they (the people and their leaders)
ashamed when they committed abomination? (Abomination means a “foul stench”)
NO! They were not at all ashamed;
They did not know how to BLUSH.
(Does this describe our generation and leaders today?)
Therefore, they shall fall among those who fall;
At the time that I punish them,
they shall be overthrown,” says the Lord.”
(Jeremiah 6:15 … and … Jeremiah 8:12)
“BECAUSE Manasseh king of Judah
has done these abominations (shedding innocent blood) …
Therefore, thus says the Lord God of Israel:
Behold!
I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah,
(and upon any nation that allows its leaders to mock God’s Law)
that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.”
(2 Kings 21:11,12)
“Behold!
I (God) am sending on them (Those nations and people that allow such things)
sword (war),
famine (follows drought and war),
and pestilence (diseases),
and I will make them like vile figs
that are so rotten they cannot be eaten.”
(Jeremiah 29:17)
“Thus declares the Lord,
‘The dead bodies of men
shall fall like dung upon the open field,
like sheaves after the reaper,
and none shall gather them.’”
(Jeremiah 9:22) (The coming Apocalypse … “The Day of God’s Fierce Anger and Wrath”)
God’s Word TEACHES that human life begins and exists in the womb of a woman …
(See Matthew 1:18, 20; Luke 1:31, 35, 36, 41, 44 and Psalm 139:13-18)
Quotes from the ancient Christian Church fathers
In the following passages (including the years which they were written) which have been excerpted from Dr. Ken Johnson’s book “The Ancient Church Fathers” (pp. 132-135) we discover the controversy surrounding abortion goes back thousands of years …
Didache, AD 100
Chapter 2 – “You shall not murder a child by abortion, nor kill them when born.”
Barnabas, AD 100
Epistle of Barnabas 19-12 – “You shall not murder a child by abortion, nor shall you kill it when it is born.
Tertullian, AD 200
Apology 9 – In our case, murder being once for all forbidden, we may not destroy even the fetus in the womb, while as yet the human being derives blood from other parts of the body for its sustenance. The hinder a birth is merely a speedier man-killing.
Nations 1.15 – Christians do not kill infants before or after birth.
Treatise of the Soul 1.25 – Heretics maintain that the soul is not conceived in the womb. They maintain that the soul is deposited much later, after conception. Christians teach abortion is murder.
Treatise of the Soul 1.26 – Among surgeons’ tools there is a certain instrument that is formed with a nicely-adjusted flexible frame for first of all opening the uterus and then keeping it open. It also has a circular blade, by means of which the limbs within the womb are dissected with careful but unflinching care. Its last appendage is a blunted or covered hook, by which the entire fetus is extracted by a violent delivery. There is also a copper needle or spike, by which the actual death is brought about in their treacherous robbery of life. From its infanticide function, they give the name, “killer of the infant” – which infant, of course, had once been alive.
Hippolytus, AD 206
Against Heresies 9.7 – Women who were reputed believers began to resort to drugs for producing sterility. They also girded themselves around, so as to expel what was being conceived. For they did not wish to have a child by either a slave or by any common fellow – out of concern for their family and their excessive wealth. See what a great impiety the Lawless One has advanced. He teaches adultery and murder at the same time.
From the Ancient Book of Enoch:
A Prophecy Concerning Abortion In The Last Days
The book of Enoch is an ancient book (Enoch was seventh from Adam and was Noah’s great-grandfather), and portions of at least 10 copies of the book were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls. Although the book of Enoch is relatively unknown because it is in disfavor with many churches today for its detailed description of angelic interactions with mankind, many of the early church fathers such as Justin Martyr, Tatian, Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, Origen, Methodius of Philippi, and Ambrose of Milan also accepted the book of Enoch as worthy of study (but they did warn to stay away from the Enoch 2 and Enoch 3 books because they were never accepted by the early church or by Jewish rabbis). The ancient Ethiopian Church and the Coptic Church in Egypt have always accepted it as Biblical. Another prophecy from Enoch (which concerns Christ’s Return at the time of the 7th Day or 7000 years) is found quoted directly in the New Testament book of Jude 1:14-15.
It is interesting that the Book of Enoch begins by telling us it was NOT written for his generation, but it was written for those who will be living around the time of the Great Tribulation …
“These are the words of the blessing of Enoch,
to bless the elect and righteous
who will be living
in the Day of Tribulation, (the Great Tribulation)
when all the wicked and godless
will be destroyed …
“I (Enoch) understood that the vision I saw
was NOT for my generation,
but for a far distant one.”
(Enoch 1:1,2)
The PROPHECY concerning Abortion
(Written to the Generation who will be living in the Day of Tribulation (the coming Apocalypse)
“And in those days the destitute will abort and mangle their own children,
and they will abandon them,
so that their children will perish through them.
They will abandon their infants, and not return to them,
and will have no pity on their beloved ones.
Again, I swear to you sinners,
that sin is prepared for a Day of unceasing bloodshed.”
(1 Enoch 99.5)
Abortion is nothing new under the Sun.
These early Church writings reveal that even back 2000 years ago Abortion was considered a sin against God’s Law, and a prophetic form of “Lawlessness.”
WHY this is important …
The Generation of Armageddon will be marked by ‘Lawlessness’
“Now as He (Jesus) sat on the Mount of Olives,
the disciples came to Him privately, saying,
“Tell us, when will these things be?
And what will be the sign of Your coming,
and of the end of the Age?”
And Jesus answered and said to them: …
“And because LAWLESSNESS will abound,
the love of many (for Jesus Christ and the Word of God)
will grow cold.
But he who endures (in faith) to the end
shall be saved (into the Kingdom of Heaven).
And this Gospel (“good news”) of the Kingdom
will be preached in all the world
as a witness to all the nations,
and THEN the end will come.” (The coming Apocalypse)
(Matthew 24:3-4…12-14)
Jesus warns many who call themselves Christians will practice Lawlessness
“NOT everyone
who says to Me (Jesus), ‘Lord, Lord,’
shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
(These people consider themselves Christians)
MANY (‘most’ or ‘majority’ who call themselves Christian)
will say to Me in that Day (of Judgment)
‘Lord, Lord, have we not taught (prophesied)
in Your Name,
cast out demons in Your Name,
and done many wonders in Your Name?
(They may have been very busy in church)
And then (at the Judgment)
I (Jesus) will declare to them
‘I never knew you, (through love, faith, prayer, and obedience)
DEPART from Me (out of Heaven)
you who practice Lawlessness.'” (Willful disobedience against God’s Law)
(Matthew 7:21-23)
ANOTHER prophetic warning against ‘Lawlessness’ …
“The Son of Man (Jesus … see Daniel 7:13-14)
Will send out His angels,
and they will gather out of His Kingdom
All things that offend,
and those who practice Lawlessness,
and will cast them into the furnace of fire.
There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”
(Matthew 13:41-42)
‘Lawlessness’ IS a major prophetic sign
Lawlessness refers to large segments of a generation denying, ignoring, or rejecting God’s Law as found in the Bible. We will also see it even applies to those who just “approve of those” who do such things.
It’s time to draw near to the Lord …
(For the Day and the time draws near)
With outstretched arms and with tears of joy, the Lord will welcome ALL who will come to Him in love, faith, trust, and obedience into His eternal Kingdom of Heaven, no matter what we have done or how we have sinned.
He willingly and lovingly shed His blood, suffered, and died upon the Cross to wash us clean and to pay for ALL of our sins.