RE: God commands child sacrifice (not Isaac story)
September 28, 2012 at 1:13 am
(This post was last modified: September 28, 2012 at 1:13 am by Polaris.)
21 “‘But the children rebelled against me: They did not follow my decrees, they were not careful to keep my laws, of which I said, “The person who obeys them will live by them,” and they desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and spend my anger against them in the wilderness. 22 But I withheld my hand, and for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out. 23 Also with uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would disperse them among the nations and scatter them through the countries, 24 because they had not obeyed my laws but had rejected my decrees and desecrated my Sabbaths, and their eyes lusted after their parents’ idols. 25 So I gave them other statutes that were not good and laws through which they could not live; 26 I defiled them through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn—that I might fill them with horror so they would know that I am the Lord.’
This means the people turned to other gods, such as Molech whose worshipers sacrificed their first-born children by burning them alive.
The other verse "Dedicate your firstborn sons to me" is typified by the life of Samuel where they are sent to be Levities.
1 Samuel 1:11
And she made this vow: “O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, if you will look upon my sorrow and answer my prayer and give me a son, then I will give him back to you. He will be yours for his entire lifetime, and as a sign that he has been dedicated to the Lord, his hair will never be cut.
This means the people turned to other gods, such as Molech whose worshipers sacrificed their first-born children by burning them alive.
The other verse "Dedicate your firstborn sons to me" is typified by the life of Samuel where they are sent to be Levities.
1 Samuel 1:11
And she made this vow: “O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, if you will look upon my sorrow and answer my prayer and give me a son, then I will give him back to you. He will be yours for his entire lifetime, and as a sign that he has been dedicated to the Lord, his hair will never be cut.
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.