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Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 12:05pm On Jul 04, 2020
Greetings,

The house slave loves to placate to the other Black people who don't share their privilege and blood ties to rich White relatives. These are the ones George Soros are paying and they administer Black Lives Matter on a national level. Yet here a West African sister went in on the hypocrisy of Black Lives Matter. She eloquently call them to answer for the Blacks killing Blacks everyday in Chicago? She asked why doesnt Black Lives Matter in Chigago? Why don't they go to Chicago and protest when some Black person gets killed by another Black person. The Black Lives Matter spokesman is a White woman who had no answer for the sister's powerful words. This West African lady spoke the truth and finally someone has stood up to the devil. Black Lives Matter put together by satanists running the Democratic Republic parties by having people under oath and embarrassing sex rituals with photo blackmail. It is the fornication of Rome that millions have become drunk off her wine. Fornication means cult prostitution.

This lovely West African lady name is Lestride Yumga and wherever she's from her fathers are righteous brave men.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItopNgRQiuY


Save the children

Name them devils or suffer the wrath of change


https://www.nairaland.com/5967274/black-rome-orange-green-pedophile

Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 12:16pm On Jul 04, 2020
Black Rome the cruxifiers of the Black Christ and killers of God's prophets

Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 12:50pm On Jul 04, 2020
The Coronavirus is pedophilia Baal worship a detractor public scare scripted by the Simpson cartoon as well as other forms of medium
Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 1:27pm On Jul 04, 2020
5g is the Apocalypse which means to uncover to reveal

Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 1:47pm On Jul 04, 2020
Satanism is real and its hides in the church as if Satan himself was in the pulpit.

Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 1:54pm On Jul 04, 2020
Green and Orange pedophilia coding for child sacrifice

Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 2:13pm On Jul 04, 2020
See for yourself
Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 2:40pm On Jul 04, 2020
It is a crime to fund criminals for without tithes how would they operate everywhere on Earth. Is it the kingdom of God with 8 million children sacrificed per year?

Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 3:10pm On Jul 04, 2020
The Black pervert created the White pervert using him as legions of Rome. The Black pervert put the White pervert up as Christ God Almighty totaling erasing the history of the Hebrew messiah. What a dirty secret!
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Black Rome the cruxifiers of the Black Christ and killers of God's prophets.
Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 3:40pm On Jul 04, 2020

HomeWhat we doSale and trafficking of children for sexual purposes

Poverty, exclusion and unprecedented humanitarian crises around the globe have led to an increase in human trafficking. Many of these victims are children and many end up being sexually exploited and abused.

Children are being trafficked and sexually exploited in every region of the world, both online and offline. They are taken out of their protective environment, they are recruited, transported, transferred and harboured, which has devastating consequences. 

While exact figures are difficult to find, the ILO estimates there are more than 40 million victims of trafficking globally every year and almost 20% are children. However, in some parts of Africa and the Mekong region, children are the majority of victims. UNODC figures indicate that of those victims detected by law enforcement, almost 80% were being trafficked for sexual exploitation. Although victims are predominantly women and girls, men and boys are affected as well. There are no exact figures, but according to UNODC in 2019, the majority of trafficked children were sexually exploited, and one in three known trafficking victims were children.

The majority of trafficking victims are women and girls, but men and boys are exploited too. The most common form of human trafficking is sexual exploitation.
– UNODC

Trafficking for marriage is a growing concern. For instance, the last few years have seen a spike in the number of Chinese “wedding brokers” crossing the border into Viet Nam and kidnapping brides – many of whom are underage.

Children can also be “sold” into sexual exploitation without being trafficked. This often happens in countries where poverty and exclusion predominate and is associated with other forms of forced child labour, such as selling children into domestic service. Offenders often come from the victim’s circle of trust, including their own family, who may see the sale of a child as a way to escape destitution. Hubs for the sale of children include South and Southeast Asia, where many of the children sexually exploited through prostitution are sold into the business.

We work to produce best practice guidelines, research and resources to raise awareness of the issue of the sale and trafficking of children for sexual purposes. We contribute to regional policy papers and legislation about trafficking, we attend regional and global events to advocate on behalf of vulnerable children.

 

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All the places reporting huge Coronavirus deaths have a record of large amounts of child trafficking.

Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 4:12pm On Jul 04, 2020
The root of this evil system is Black Rome who are ruling these bastard races it created since Babylon. Yes the Roman bloodline is the same as the bloodline of Babylon. This of course applies to the bloodline of Christ Zion who always opposed satanic practices of these Black Babylonian and Black Roman bloodlines.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnmjZuqBxic
Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 4:32pm On Jul 04, 2020
When you witness the natural disasters and wars the Angels will pour out upon man you would wish you had named those devils!

Name them devils or suffer the wrath of change!
Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 5:09pm On Jul 04, 2020
Talking about Illuminati doesnt scare these devils it's only when you cite them by their personal identity does it have affect.


Change is here!

Call them by their father's name Holy Quran 33:5
Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 5:14pm On Jul 04, 2020
America Greatest Nation on Earth for it is the only nation we can speak out against the real devil.
Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 5:39pm On Jul 04, 2020
Having been Sexually Molested as a Child are Devastating

The lives of thousands of children have been destroyed by the network of pedophile priests. It often breaks the capacity to trust other people and cripples the ability to have healthy adult relationships with spouses and their own children.

Some victims of child molestation find it impossible to hold down meaningful employment, because of their inability to interact with authority figures in the workplace.

Perhaps worst of all, for many, the victims of child sexual assault have lost their ability to have a positive relationship with God.

Sadly, many will never face the difficulty of marriage and employment, because the resulting shame, anxiety, and depression drove them to suicide.

Underneath the sexual abuse of children, whether homosexual or heterosexual, there is a fundamental devaluing of human life. Perpetrators arrogantly see children as expendable beings to be used for their pleasure regardless of the consequences to the child.

As a society, we have been learning to value our children and move beyond the notion that children are our expendable possessions. [8, 9]

Sadly, as we see in the scandal that is rocking the Catholic Church today, there are apparently many who do not agree with the principle that children should be protected and defended from harm as a first priority.

The long history of Catholic orders of priests and nuns taking care of widows and orphans — those who are sick, poor, disabled, or prisoners, and feeding the hungry — which goes back beyond the 14th century [23], is being marred by evil acts of child abuse.

The disclosure of rampant sexual molestation, torture, and neglect of children by priests and nuns has become commonplace in the Catholic institutions that were intended to serve children. [22, 24]

The widespread molestation of children by priests in local parishes throughout the United States [5, 11] has further broken the trust people once had in Catholic institutions.

Child Sexual Molestation Must be Reported to Police as a Crime

Most states require that incidences of child sexual abuse or molestation are to be reported to the police as a crime regardless of who commits the crime. [1]

The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect defines child sexual assault as:

“Contacts or interactions between a child and an adult when the child is being used for sexual stimulation of the perpetrator or another person when the perpetrator or another person is in a position of power or control over the victim.”

Sexual abuse has been defined to include:

“…inappropriate physical contact, making a child view sexual acts or pornography, using a child in making pornography, or exposing an adult’s genitals to a child.” [1]

Adults who commit repeated acts of child molestation are called pedophiles.

Pedophiles are sexually attracted to children and want to use their sexual power to dominate and control someone who is smaller and weaker. [25]

It’s about using children for sexual gratification and about the building up of self-esteem. All pedophile acts are illegal. [2]

Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 6:08pm On Jul 04, 2020
Name them devils

Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 6:27pm On Jul 04, 2020
George Fraud The Coronavirus is pedophilia Baal worship a detractor public scare scripted by the Simpson cartoon as well as other forms of medium

Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 6:58pm On Jul 04, 2020
Men women even teens Blacks Hispanics Arabs Asians Indians Whites and Jews they are all types who go after your children!


Take a look at 4 child sex rings


These arrested criminals never get to tell who are the big names who finance their ring of child trafficking.

Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 7:22pm On Jul 04, 2020
Beware of the house slave who loves to placate Blackness. They are the sons of Jewish slave masters via Negro Bed Wenches, collaborating with their White racists relatives!
Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 7:46pm On Jul 04, 2020
God Almighty desires you name them devils because no coward will get into heaven.


Don't call them cults or Illuminati call them by their father's name Holy Quran 33:5

Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 8:07pm On Jul 04, 2020
Children's innocence matters
Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 8:36pm On Jul 04, 2020
Name them devils or suffer the wrath of change
Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 8:53pm On Jul 04, 2020
The Coronavirus is pedophilia Baal worship a detractor public scare scripted by the Simpson cartoon as well as other forms of medium
Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 9:16pm On Jul 04, 2020
Save your strength

Don't buy into the Fake News

Don't associate with revilers

Build your kingdoms to their former glory!

Build anew.
Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 9:27pm On Jul 04, 2020
So Biden has raised 3 times as much money as Trump because money sent to Black Lives Matter goes into Biden's pocket book.

George Fraud was meant to benefit the lowly Biden.

Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 9:57pm On Jul 04, 2020
In 1996, John Bargh, a Yale psychologist, created a test where subjects were implicitly primed with words that related to old age (‘Florida’, ‘elderly’, ‘retired’, etc) in some simple sentence games. After the test, the subjects moved slower as if they had themselves aged.A similar test was performed using violent or aggressive words. The subjects were then asked to go to a room at the end of the hall where they found someone (an actor) blocking the door and carrying on a conversation with someone inside the room. Those that had been exposed to the aggressive words spoke up much sooner than those that hadn’t.Here’s the scariest one: A 1995 test conducted with black students using 20 college entrance questions found that the number of items they got correct was cut in half if they were asked to identify their race at the beginning of an exam. In. Half.


One magical advice Lestride Yumga gave that the things you believe become your reality. What you are subjecting yourself to by not making positive changes in your environment like challenging violence. If you experience violence all the time you will live in fear whether it directly touched you or not. Same goes with poverty. Stop seeing poverty and poverty wont exist.



Wake up out your slumber
Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 10:26pm On Jul 04, 2020
Baby factory in the church
• Police arrest General Overseer who keeps pregnant teenagers, sells their babies • Over 18 babies sold in a year; boys N1.5m, girls N1.1m each

It was initially a case of a missing seven-month-old pregnant teenager, Patience Edet Okon, who was tracked to a church compound, Great Mercy Deliverance Ministry located at No 5 Giwa Street, Rumuolumeni in Obi-Akpor Local Government area of Rivers State by detectives attached to the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT). The church premises turned out to be a lucrative baby factory.

Patience who has since been delivered of a baby boy sold to a childless couple was rescued on June 17, 2020 along with six other teenagers in the church founded by one Maureen Martins who uses part of the premises as private maternity home.

According to investigations, Patience’s parents who are based in Akwa Ibom had, in a petition to the IGP, alleged that their 19-year-old daughter whom they suspected was heavily pregnant was missing and could have gone to sell the baby.

Shocking discovery

During the raid by the detectives, three pregnant teenagers were rescued. They are Loveth Emmanuel, 19, who is five months pregnant and hails from Ngor Okpalla in Imo State; the second is Chisom Emmanuel, 18, from Ohaji Egbema in Imo State and is presently seven months pregnant. The third is Chioma Ifeanyi from Ukwa East and five months pregnant.

Also found in the church compound was Patience Edet Okon who was reported missing by her parents. She had delivered and the baby sold to a couple from Delta State. Also found in the church was another teenager who identified herself as Favour Friday. She was caught waiting to sell her newborn twin baby girls. She gave birth on June 14, 2020. The third teenager, Chizaram Chukwudi from Ibeku in Abia State also had a baby boy same day and the nurses had concluded arrangement to sell the child before the police raid.

According to the teenagers, a woman known as IB convinced them to come to the church and deliver their babies. They were all found with unwanted pregnancies with no man, laying claim to the babies.

The detectives discovered that IB who is currently on the run normally goes to ghettos in Rivers and neigbouring states to scout for pregnant girls. She would lure them to the church where they would give birth. Most of the girls who are not aware of the plan would be told that their babies died at birth while some who voluntarily came there would be paid a paltry sum as cost of buying their babies. They would be advised to get pregnant and come back if they need more money.

Maureen during interrogation told the police that she has lost count of the number of babies delivered in her church since 2019 that IB started bringing pregnant girls. “She would simply take care of the girls and when the babies are born, they would be sold to the highest bidder”, she stated.

According to a police source, the detectives also discovered about seven rooms in the church premises, used for the baby factory business. Baby boys are sold N1.5 million while the girls go for N1.1 million.

Police also traced and arrested a couple, Henry and Ifeyinwa Otugbara who confessed that they paid N3.5 million for the twins who were born by different mothers.

Over 18 babies sold since 2019

Begging for mercy, Maureen Martins confessed to the police that she knew that most of the women brought to her by IB were not pregnant but they were given drugs that made their tummy to swell. “ I am the General Overseer of Great Mercy Deliverance Ministry and mother of two. I established this church in 2014 and it’s mainly for pregnant and expectant mothers. They come here to pray for the fruit of the womb and successful delivery. I am a trained nurse/midwife, so I also encourage them to attend antenatal in my clinic which in the same compound. The name of my clinic is Corner Stone maternity. I met IB through one Miriam who is my customer. Miriam used to help me find children for my members who want to adopt. It was Miriam who brought the idea of deceiving some of these women that they are pregnant. If couples are made to believe that the child is theirs, they will pay more. I have delivered about 15 children for IB and two of them were given to Ifeyinwa.”

On how she managed to deceive Ifeyinwa and her husband, Maureen claimed that she does not know the type of drug that IB gave her. “When she came to my clinic, her stomach was already swollen as if she was 9 months pregnant. IB had already alerted me, so I took her through the process of checking a woman that is pregnant. After few hours, IB put a tablet in her vagina to induce her. Naturally, she would be having cramps like she is in labour. It was then that I inserted my hands inside her vagina and gave her a cut. She was not conscious so it was easy to fool her that the bleeding was as a result of the baby. We already had a standby babies from Favour and the Akwa Ibom girl, Patience.” The female church General Overseer said she regrets her action and is ready to repent. She confessed that she had been arrested before but let off the hook due to lack of evidence. “I was arrested in the past by NAPTIP but they later released me on bail when they couldn’t find Miriam.”

Desperate to be a dad

One of the suspects, Henry Otugbara from Delta State lamented that it was his desire to become a father that landed him and his wife in trouble. “I got married in 2014 and after two years there was no sign that my wife could conceive. We visited several hospitals and prayer houses in search of solution. It was in our quest that my wife met one woman who promised to take us to the final place where we will get solution. The name of the woman is IB, that is what they call her.

“She started giving my wife drugs and also advised me to have constant sex with her. In less than six months, her stomach started growing big and her leg swelling. Madam IB told us that she is pregnant and we should be attending antenatal in her maternity home. During check up, she kept assuring us that the pregnancy was progressing and very soon my wife would give birth.

“They gave us a date to come that they want to induce her into labour as the baby was ready to come out. IB gave her something inside a bottle and she started feeling dizzy. They told me to wait outside that the midwife would attend to her, that I should just pray for a safe delivery.

“About two hours later, a nurse ran out shouting that my wife has given birth to twins. I was so excited that God decided to give me double portion of blessing.

They showed me two newborn babies with placenta and I also noticed that my wife was bleeding. While I was celebrating, she told me that although she was very dizzy that she only felt pain when they spread her leg and gave her a cut. I told her to stop arguing that God has given us twins that she might be confused because she was unconscious. I promised her that we will do DNA in the future and she agreed and we went home with our babies.

“I paid N3.5 million for delivery and all medication given. All was well till police came to our house and arrested us after three days. They accused us of buying stolen babies. It was when we got to the police station that we saw two young girls who admitted that the babies were taken from them. Heaven knows that we were deceived. I cannot deliberately spend money to buy a child that I do not know the source. They could be the seed of notorious criminals. I was only desperate to be called a father, that was why I fell into their trap,” he stated.

His wife, Ifeyinwa claimed that she met IB’s agent in a bus. “I am 36 and from Delta State. I have been married for six years without a child. The pressure was already much on me and my husband’s people were making mockery of him that he married an old woman. I was in a bus going to Asaba when I heard an advert by a woman that anyone that is barren will get solution from them through the use of herbal drug. I collected their number and when I called, one woman who introduced herself as IB told me that she will help change my story. She gave me some herbal drugs and said that it will build my immune system and I will definitely conceive. Just like a joke, in less than a month, I started vomiting and having all the symptoms of a pregnant woman. I told her and she asked me to continue taking the drug as the pregnancy progresses. They told me that there was no need to go for antenatal, as the scan will deceive me into believing that I am not pregnant.

“After about seven months, IB called me that the baby was ready to be born. My whole body was swollen and I actually looked like a pregnant woman.

“I travelled to Port Harcourt to their clinic for the delivery. They gave me a tablet and in less than 30 minutes, my whole waist was on fire. The midwife said that I was in labour, that I should come and lie down and push. I suddenly became unconscious, by the time I became conscious, I saw two newborn babies by my side. I was shocked but happy because they were two of them.”

When asked if she ever suspected fraud, Ifeyinwa said that she did but in her own case everything was real. “During the years that I was waiting on the lord to bless me with children, one of the prayer ministries that I attended told me that someone from my village was behind my problem. This was why I believed them and refused to go for scan. I am sorry; I never meant to take any child that does not belong to me. They deceived me.”

We thought our babies died

In an attempt to convince the police that they knew nothing about the sale of their babies, some of the teenagers alleged that they were deceived into believing that Mrs. Maureen Martins and IB were operating a home where homeless pregnant girls can run to.

According to Favour Friday, she had no choice but to travel down to Port Harcourt with one Precious when she realized that she was pregnant. “I am 18 and from Abia State and I live in Aba. My boyfriend is also 18 and still lives with his elder sister. When I discovered that I was pregnant, the pregnancy was already five months. I managed to hide it till I was seven months; it when I was trying to find a way out, I met Precious at a motor park. She was the one who told me that there is a place that I can give birth and I will be taken care of.

“As soon as I was eight months, they told me that my baby was weak and that they needed to bring him out early. I was induced and gave birth to a baby boy. He was alive and they told me that it was not necessary to breastfeed him as he was weak. 24 hours later, they told me that my baby has died. It was after police arrested us that I was told that my child was sold for N2.5 million.”

Loveth Emmanuel on her part claimed that she decided to seek for help when her mother threw her out of the house. “I am from Imo State and when my boyfriend got me pregnant, my mother was so angry and threw me out of the house. My boyfriend who is also a student in my school agreed to marry me but his parents refused to accept me.

“They insisted that I should go back to my mother. I was frustrated and trying to abort the baby when one woman gave me IB’s number. They promised to take care of me till the baby is born. I took the offer since it came free of charge. They only said that when I deliver the family of my boyfriend would pay the hospital bill. There are so many of us there and some have delivered and left. I relaxed and even started attending the church; I was heartbroken when they told me that my baby died at birth. I was waiting to fully recover and travel back to my state when police raided the church.”


https://www.sunnewsonline.com/baby-factory-in-the-church/


Church orphanage pedophile ring nabbed in Nigeria for selling babies.

Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 11:00pm On Jul 04, 2020
Name them devils or suffer the wrath of change
Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 11:26pm On Jul 04, 2020
Black Rome the cruxifiers of the Black Christ and killers of God's prophets
Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 11:47pm On Jul 04, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUG_t_kFCuU

Name them devils or suffer the wrath of change

Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 12:06am On Jul 05, 2020
Homosexuality is apart of devil worship it is an act within occult pagan ritual rooted in child sacrifice.

Re: Black Rome: Black Lives Matter Disgraces And Dishonors Black Life Worldwide by GodwalksEarth: 12:21am On Jul 05, 2020
YAHWEH OR BAAL?

When the Israelites entered Canaan, they found a land of farmers, not shepherds, as they had been in the wilderness. The land was fertile beyond anything the Hebrew nomads had ever seen. The Canaanites attributed this fertility to their god Baal,and that is where the Israelites problems began. Could the God who had led them out of Egypt and through the wilderness also provide fertile farms in the Promised Land? Or would the fertility god of Canaan have to be honored? Maybe, to be safe, they should worship both;Yahweh and Baal.

An intense battle began for the minds and hearts of God's people. The book of Judges records the ongoing struggle: the Israelites attraction to, and worship of, the Canaanite gods; God's disciplinary response; the people's repentance; and God's merciful forgiveness until the next time the Israelites reached for Baal instead of Yahweh.

Under the kings, this spiritual battle continued. By the time of Ahab and Jezebel, the fertility cults appeared to have the official sanction of Israel's leaders. Ahab, with his wife's encouragement, built a temple to Baal at his capital, Samaria. All the while, prophets like Elijah (which means ? Yahweh is God?), Hosea, Isaiah, and Jeremiah thundered that Yahweh alone deserved the people?s allegiance. It took the Assyrian destruction of Israel and the Babylonian Captivity of Judah to convince the Israelites that there is only one omnipotent God.

This struggle to be totally committed to God is of vital importance to us today as well. We don't think of ourselves as idol worshipers, yet we struggle to serve God alone in every part of our lives. It is easy (and seductive) to honor possessions, fun, relationships, fame, money, and a host of other potential "gods."

We need to learn from Israel's experience and respond to Jesus' command for total allegiance. One way we can accomplish this is to study the gods that attracted Yahweh's people 3,000 years ago.

CANAAN'S GODS

Baal

The earliest deity recognized by the peoples of the ancient Near East was the creator god El. His mistress, the fertility goddess Asherah, gave birth to many gods, including a powerful god named Baal ("Lord"wink. There appears to have been only one Baal, who was manifested in lesser Baals at different places and times. Over the years, Baal became the dominant deity, and the worship of El faded.

Baal won his dominance by defeating the other deities, including the god of the sea, the god of storms (also of rain, thunder, and lightning), and the god of death. Baal's victory over death was thought to be repeated each year when he returned from the land of death (underworld), bringing rain to renew the earth's fertility. Hebrew culture viewed the sea as evil and destructive, so Baal?s promise to prevent storms and control the sea, as well as his ability to produce abundant harvests, made him attractive to the Israelites. It's hard to know why Yahweh's people failed to see that he alone had power over these things. Possibly, their desert origins led them to question God's sovereignty over fertile land. Or maybe it was simply the sinful pagan practices that attracted them to Baal.

Baal is portrayed as a man with the head and horns of a bull, an image similar to that in biblical accounts. His right hand (sometimes both hands) is raised, and he holds a lightning bolt, signifying both destruction and fertility. Baal has also been portrayed seated on a throne, possibly as the king or lord of the gods.

Asherah

Asherah was honored as the fertility goddess in various forms and with varying names (Judg. 3:7). The Bible does not actually describe the goddess, but archaeologists have discovered figurines believed to be representations of her. She is portrayed as a nude female, sometimes pregnant, with exaggerated breasts that she holds out, apparently as symbols of the fertility she promises her followers. The Bible indicates that she was worshiped near trees and poles, called Asherah poles (Deut. 7:5, 12:2-3; 2 Kings 16:4, 17:10; Jer. 3:6,13; Ezek. 6:13).

CULTIC PRACTICES

Baal's worshipers appeased him by offering sacrifices, usually animals such as sheep or bulls (1 Kings 18:23). Some scholars believe that the Canaanites also sacrificed pigs and that God prohibited his people from eating pork in part to prevent this horrible cult from being established among them. (See Isa. 65:1-5 for an example of Israel's participating in the pagan practices of the Canaanites.) At times of crisis, Baal's followers sacrificed their children, apparently the firstborn of the community, to gain personal prosperity. The Bible called this practice "detestable" (Deut. 12:31, 18:9-10). God specifically appointed the tribe of Levi as his special servants, in place of the firstborn of the Israelites, so they had no excuse for offering their children (Num. 3:11-13). The Bible's repeated condemnation of child sacrifice shows God's hated of it, especially among his people.

Asherah was worshiped in various ways, including through ritual sex. Although she was believed to be Baal's mother, she was also his mistress. Pagans practiced "sympathetic magic", that is, they believed they could influence the gods' actions by performing the behavior they wished the gods to demonstrate. Believing the sexual union of Baal and Asherah produced fertility, their worshipers engaged in immoral sex to cause the gods to join together, ensuring good harvests. This practice became the basis for religious prostitution (1 Kings 14:23-24). The priest or a male member of the community represented Baal. The priestess or a female members of the community represented Asherah. In this way, God's incredible gift of sexuality was perverted to the most obscene public prostitution. No wonder God's anger burned against his people and their leaders.

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