{"id":2414,"date":"2011-12-28T01:00:09","date_gmt":"2011-12-28T01:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=2414"},"modified":"2012-01-13T15:29:47","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T15:29:47","slug":"feast-of-the-holy-innocents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/feast-of-the-holy-innocents\/","title":{"rendered":"Feast of the Holy Innocents Highlights Abortion Atrocity"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Today is the Feast of the Holy Innocents, a day that Christians have historically set aside for remembering the baby boys of Bethlehem that Herod cruelly slaughtered (Matthew 2:16-18).<\/p>\n

Also called Childermas, the Feast was instituted between 400 and 500 AD by the Latin-speaking church and intentionally placed within the octave of Christmas to emphasize that the Holy Innocents \u2013 considered by many to be the church\u2019s first martyrs – gave their life for the newborn Saviour.<\/p>\n

But the Feast is also a time when the church annually reaffirms her commitment to the sanctity of life. As George Grant observed last year<\/a>,<\/p>\n

It has long been the focus of the Christian Church\u2019s commitment to protect and preserve the sanctity of human life–thus serving as a prophetic warning against the practicioners of abandonment and infanticide in the age of Antiquity, oblacy and pessiary in the Medieval epoch, and abortion and euthanasia in these Modern times. Generally set aside as a day of prayer, it culminates with a declaration of the covenant community\u2019s unflinching commitment to the innocents who are unable to protect themselves.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As Dr. Grant\u2019s words suggest, today is a time for us to mourn, not only over the Bethlehem martyrs, but over the tens of thousands of innocent victims who have been slain on the altar of the abortion industry. It is a time for us to pray against the modern day Herods who continue to act on the assumption that an infant derives its value (and hence its right to live) from members of the adult community.<\/p>\n

At Christian Voice, we have made the sanctity of life a particular focus, and our our archives are filled with many articles on the evils of abortion<\/a>. We would encourage you to read some of these articles, but more than that, we encourage you to make today a day of prayer for our nation. Ask the Lord to turn the hearts of our modern day Herods from murder to repentance.<\/p>\n

READ<\/strong>: Gen. 9:5-6; Ex. 20:13; Num. 35:16-21; Deut. 19:8-10; 30:19; Prov. 6:16-17; Jer. 1:5;<\/p>\n

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