Monday, July 20, 2015

BELLY OF THE BEAST


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IN THE LAND OF CANAAN
WHICH THE ISRAELITES
SHARED WITH ISRAEL
NOT ALWAYS PEACEFULLY

THEIR LOCAL GOD WAS BAAL
TO WHOM AT TIMES THEY SACRIFICED CHILDREN
THROUGH A DOOR
AT THE BASE OF HIS STATUE
CALLED BELLY OF THE BEAST
BAAL WORSHIP
WAS A CONTINUAL SOURCE OF INFECTION TO THE ISRAELITES
THE PROPHETS RAILED AGAINST IT

THEY HAVE FILLED THIS PLACE
WITH THE BLOOD OF INNOCENTS
THEY HAVE BUILT THE HIGH PLACES OF BAAL
TO BURN THEIR SONS IN THE FIRE
AS BURNT OFFERINGS TO BAAL

IN OUR MODERN DAY
WE SAY
 HOW COULD THEY

FORGETTING WE SACRIFICE CHILDREN
TO THE GOD OF WAR
PROFIT
HATRED
CONVENIENCE



WE NEED TO CLOSE THAT DOOR
SAY ENOUGH

AS JESUS SAID
IF ANYONE CAUSES ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES
—THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN ME—
TO STUMBLE,
 IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR THEM
 TO HAVE A LARGE MILLSTONE
 HUNG AROUND THEIR NECK
 AND TO BE DROWNED
IN THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA

FRANK A VOLLMER



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