Hello World:
This is part 13 of the morality series, after the recent "Pro-Life" topic post. In regards to women and the rape issue and in relation to choose to have an abortion, I mentioned several commandments. Those commandments came from the Old Testament and are or were Jewish laws at the time. I want to throw some questions out there at everybody. Do you honestly think that a non-Jew or anyone committing rape against a unmarried virgin will honestly abide by the rules of the law and pay up?
The rapist already broke the rules by mistreating the woman anyways. In turn, do you think a rapist even gives a care about anything God says in the Bible? Do you think that a rapist is concerned about your preaching or my preaching? The answers are no, no and no.
What would you do if someone raped your daughter and came up in your face, and told you about it and said he will pay you 50 shekels of silver? I think you would, immediately, drive a knife through his heart right where he stands. I do not even want to go into here, what I would do to avenge my daughter; because it would be very ugly. I would be much worse than alot of people.
Another thing, God will VERY, VERY much understand that any woman would not want to marry her rapist; nor the father of the daughter agreeing to offer his daughter to the rapist for marriage. To rape someone in hopes to marry them is not love, but control and misreatment.
Also, many times when a woman is in trouble, she can not cry out, especially today; because she may get her head blown off. It does not mean that just because she did not scream or yell that she agreed to it, and therefore better give birth. Again, rape is a extremely tragic thing. I am telling you by the authority of Yahweh that rape is NOT okay, and the woman does NOT have to give birth to a baby from rape. And YES, the woman's life and her choice matters.
There is no way I would trade the life of my wife, whom I have an ongoing relationship with and memories with, for the life of a potential baby. There is just no way in this lifetime or any lifetime. So, to all you ladies out there to whom may become my wife, listen up. I am not losing you to a baby in childbirth. We can talk more about that later. If you do not like it, or are afraid of what your pastor will say, then do not marry me. That is your choice. Ladies, I can guarantee you I will absolutely let you know where I am coming from and what I expect on everything in a relationship, before we get married. This issue of choosing to have an abortion is one of those things. However, believe me I will be honest with you and try to cover just about everything else I can think of so you will know what you are getting into, before day 1 even starts.
Again this is a very serious and sorrowful event to lose a wife and mother in childbirth. I will absolutely do everything in my power and being, and then more, to prevent such a tragic event from taking place.
I want to reinterate a few things that I have said in the past. It is not okay to abort babies just because you can, or it is a convenient way to get out of responsibility. Also, God will and has allowed certain things like abortion to take place; however, just because He allows it, does NOT mean that it is always okay. Just because God did not react in a way that would punish a person right away, does not mean that what the person did was right or good. You can go back and look at my example of King David, and how God waited a little before He punished David. The idea in making important decisions like abortion is to use common sense. Also, think about what God thinks about what you are doing. Think about what led you to get to that point, and ask God what He thinks about your "SPECIFIC" situation. Because again, your situation may be similar or it could be quite different from the next person.
There are alot of things that God said in the Bible about women, and servants or slaves. However, I want to make something clear about what God has said. Alot of what God said, quite often was in referring to the status quo. Alot of people want to make God appear to be anti-women or sexist and pro-slavery. Also, many people want to show scriptures from the Bible to make it seem like God contradicts Himself, and just is plain unsure or confused about being God; ALL of which I am telling you is NOT true. God does not contradict himself.
God spoke about and commanded things to be, because of our stubbornness as humans. I want to tell you all that another thing God hates or hated was when Israel came to the Prophet Samuel and demanded to be ruled by a king or human being. Before that, Israel was led and ruled directly by God, Almighty; which I just think was an awesome thing. They lived by the Word of God. They were fed by God. They were victorious in wars by God. They were blessed by many manifestations of God's goodness. However, they rejected direct rulership of Yahweh for corrupt and flawed human leadership; to which God hates.
In a perfect world there would be no killing, murder or death of ANY kind. This is what God intended. However, when Adam rebelled against God into sin, that changed the idea of no killing, murder, etc. However, God is pleased if there are no murders or killings. We ought to strive, everyday, to do what pleases God. At the same time God understands that this world, because of Adam, is not perfect; and we as human beings wind up in imperfect situations. To which, we have to make imperfect decisions to get through those imperfect situations.
Okay, women listen up very carefully. In Jewish society, especially back in Biblical times, virginity is a standard of purity. Being a virgin is a high honor. Being Pure or Purity is a characteristic that is honored by God. That is why it is a big deal to the Jews and many others. Several women, back during biblical times and even today, have really flipped out when they were forced to lose their virginity. Many women have hid themselves in shame. Some have committed suicide. They have been really shattered emotionally. It is very, very hard for most women. However, God told me to tell you, women, something.
All of you women who have been a victim of rape; God wants you to know it is not the end of the world for you. Women, if you lose your virginity, especially by rape, God knows what happened. God understands that you could not fight off the man, and you did the best thing you knew to do to save your life. You, women, who have been sexually victimized are still very honored and loved by God.
Please understand; that evil and stupid rapist did not take away the honor and love that God still has right now for you. God wants you to NOT be ashamed. The Lord told me to add this in. The Lord told me to tell you, women, who have gone through rape or ANY KIND of sexual assault, that you are still beautiful. You are still attractive and there are plenty of decent and honorable men who will want you.
Also, women just from my own observations about things, let me say that for me personally, having a girlfriend or marrying a woman that is a virgin, is not the highest priority to me. It is good if I married a virgin, but it is not the number one thing on my list. I know this is surprising to alot of people.
I know many holy people and Christians are going to immediately jump down my throat, figuratively, and say that I am sending the wrong message to young people. Well, before you quote me above, keep reading this whole post so you can get the full understanding of what I am saying.
I have other priorities I look at to a relationship, which tend to be more situational in nature, that I think are more important than if you are a virgin or not. That is what I feel from a personal view in getting into a relationship.
However, the Lord awoke me and told me to add this for everybody. Women, men and every teenager should strive to keep their virginity until they are married. Again, this is honorable. God is pleased when any person strive to keep themselves pure naturally; and keep themselves pure spiritually, which are two seperate conditions.
Please Pay attention to what I am going to say further here. Also, please do not misinterpret what I mean by what I said previously above. I AM NOT saying or mean that it is okay to have sex before marriage, again, NOT what I am saying.
I also want to point out in the book of St. Matthew; Chapter 25, verses 1 through 13; Jesus discusses a parable. In the parable, Jesus discusses that there can be virgins who are wise, and virgins who are foolish. According to the meaning of the parable, there are virgins who did not watch and were not ready for the coming of the Lord to take them into His Heavenly kingdom.
Those virgins, in the parable, missed out on everlasting life with God, just like someone who was not a virgin. Also, Jesus never did say the virgins were Christians. So, being a virgin does not make you a true believer in Jesus Christ and Yahweh. Also, being a virgin does not give you an automatic ticket or any kind of ticket to Heaven or everlasting life.
Virginity is a good symbol or a good sign of potential good. However, virginity or being a virgin does not mean saved or salvation. Virgins and non-virgins go to Heaven. Virginity or being a virgin is an action or work; and by itself, does not save your soul. Scripture Reference; Ephesians Chapter 2; Verses 8 through 9. Good works pleases God, but works by themselves saves nobody or no one.
Again, repeating what the Lord had me to say earlier, women or ladies, it is not the end of the world for you. God wants you NOT to be dictated to, oppressed or depressed by man and his ways, laws and ungodly political agendas. God does not condemn you, and He wants you to live a free from guilt, healthy, and successful life.
Okay, I want to thank the Lord for giving me all of that to say. There are other things I want to say concerning women down the road, but very soon. I felt led though to go right back into this abortion issue first. That issue in these last previous posts and this post was huge to get out. So, there are other things in relation to women I will speak about later. It really looks like I will be saying something about Christmas in the next day or so. Also, in a few previous post back I know I mispelled Christmas in my end preview, but I will keep it like it is. It seems like God just parted the RED SEA of time for me.
I have a big window, that just opened, in which I can talk about Christmas. So, I will just have to see in what length capacity I will discuss it. The Lord told me if I want, that it is totally appropriate to post on Christmas day. So, I may do that. Alot of people when they see what I have to say, will not like it all. However, the information needs to be brought out. I may even do a double post on Christmas, or post part one on Christmas, an then part two a little afterward. I have alot of information, but I am looking to try to simplify it. It could be a two parter. So, I will be back hopefully very soon.
