November 2006

Blood & Vengeance
By Tennessee Elijah

In Genesis, the first book of the Bible, we learn that Adam and Eve birthed two sons by the names of Cain and Abel. Cain became a tiller of the ground, and Abel became a keeper of sheep. After the passing of time, it was Cain who brought his fruit from the ground as an offering to God. And Abel,
also in a desire to honor God, brought the firstborn of his flock.

Unfortunately for Cain, God had respect for Abel and his offering, but He had no respect for Cain and his “fruit from the ground” offering. This made Cain very angry and sad. When God saw Cain’s reaction to rejection, He asked him, “Why are you angry? Why do you look so sad?” God went on
to ask, “If you had done well, would you not have been accepted? And if you do not well, will sin not come to lay at your door?”

Cain remained unhappy, and so he decided to talk with his brother Abel.
It might have been jealousy coming out of anger or sadness that motivated Cain’s behavior while they were in the field, but instead of reconciliation, the first son murdered the first brother.

Later, God asked Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?”

Cain replied with a lie, “I don’t know.” Then he asked God in a sarcastic tone, “Am I my brother’s keeper?”

God asked, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to me from the ground.” To emphasize displeasure with Cain, God continued by saying, “And now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened her mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. In the future, when you till the ground, it shall not yield unto you her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shall you be in the earth.”

Cain was shocked, not believing what he had heard. He told God, “My punishment from You is greater than I can bear. You have driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from Your face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every person finding me will want to kill me.”

And then God decided to appease Cain’s concerns by extending the terms
of the curse: “Therefore if someone kills you, My vengeance will be taken against that person sevenfold.”

To confirm His will, God put a mark on Cain as a warning for anyone who might want to kill him. Cain then went away from the presence of God, and made a home in the land of Nod, which was east of Eden. (The “mark” was not hereditary).

Lessons to learn: Innocent blood from victims of murder has a voice that God hears. God takes vengeance upon anyone who spills innocent blood. God has power to make the murderer of a murderer suffer seven times
more harshly than the original murderer.

When human blood is spilt as the result of unnatural termination
of innocent life, there will be vengeance from the very God
who created Adam and Eve!

This understanding should tell us that millions of aborted life forms from the wombs of women has placed the United States of America in a precarious position. Only when people hear the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob speaking through a prophet will it be known how His vengeance will be
sent out against those who caused the blood of helpless victims to cry out
in agony: “Enemies of life are cursed from the earth, which has opened
her mouth to receive innocent blood from evil hands. In this wicked generation, the soil of your nations will not yield sufficient fruit to feed the hungry; the death of multitudes from pestilences will come from contamination, making famine common for mockers who torment followers of my Holy Laws.”

In addition to Divine vengeance against medical practitioners who have been guilty of destroying defenseless, unborn souls, those few who have caused political and legal systems to be set in place for the purpose of condoning murderous, inhumane acts will be “...punished seven times greater than
all others!”

“Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight
of all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with
all men. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.” Romans 12:17, 18&19

We have learned from the Bible,
“blood” is a witness against those who spill it –
and “vengeance” belongs only to God!