By Luther Bolenbarker
During the 200 plus years of our history, America has engaged in six wars (listed below) in which Americans have died at the hand of the enemy. In the table of war below, each cross (+) represents 25,000 Americans killed. These war casualties represents all the American combat-related deaths.
Revolutionary War (Freedom from England) +
Civil War (1860-1865) 498,332 +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++
World War I (1917-1865) 116,708 +++++
World War II (1941-1945) 407,316 +++++ +++++ +++++ +
Korean War (1951-1953) 54,246 ++
Vietnam War (1963-1972) 58,655 +++
These crosses all represent people who loved life and were looking forward to a future, but they all had it cut short by an enemy who threatened what they believed in: America, freedom to live, and the pursuit of happiness. Today we can be thankful and proud of these men and women who answered their call to duty, even above and beyond, they gave their all, so we could pursue the American dream of life, liberty, and happiness.
However, on January 22, 1973 our Supreme Court handed down a decision that radically altered America’s thinking on the question of life and its abortion. The Roe vs. Wade and Doe vs. Bolten decisions made abortion a “constitutional right.” Much like December 7, 194 1, it was a day that will live in infamy. In order to put this all in perspective with the other wars, look at the number of crosses that would be needed to represent these babies killed (yet they get no crosses since they are treated as trash, and thrown away like our unwanted garbage). Remember, each cross represents 25,000 babies.
War on the Unborn (Legal Abortions Performed in America since 1973): +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ (560 x 25,000 14, 00 000)
Now double the above number of crosses and they represent 28,000,000 babies who have been murdered legally (in man’s mind, not God’s). I am sadden to say that the crosses are being added at the rate of one every five days, or approximately 5,000 babies aborted daily.
In Luke 1:44, the yet to be born John was called by the Holy Spirit “the babe” (Greek brephos). In Luke 2:12, the Holy Spirit calls the “already born” Jesus, a “babe” (brephos). God uses the exact same word for the unborn and the born child.
Would someone tell me why it is not right to kill the brephos after it is born but that it is permissible to kill the brephos before its birth?
Brethren, many souls will be lost because of abortion: the officials who legalize it, the mother who obtains it, the father who allows it, the doctor who performs it, and the preacher who advocates it (Rom. 13:9; and 2 Jn. 9-11). Abortion is immoral; it is murder. Murder is forbidden from the first book of the Bible to the last (Gen. 9:6; Exod. 20:13; 1 Jn. 3:15; Rev. 21:18). We need to kill abortion and stop killing innocent babies!
A personal thought: I can’t imagine any God-fearing person being anything but “pro-life” on abortion and I wonder how much longer God will continue to “bless America”? Surely his longsuffering must be going short!
Guardian of Truth XXXV: 10, p. 297
May 16, 1991