The Christ in Prophecy Journal

Do You Know Roe? (Part 2 of 2)

Supreme Court - Roe v. Wade

[Note about the author: Col. Tim Moore serves at Lamb & Lion Ministries as an Associate Evangelist and ministry trustee.]

Where Our Nation Stands

There can be no doubt that our nation has bought into the lie of abortion. So many people worship at the altar of the false god of “choice” that the Democratic Party has made advocacy of unencumbered abortion a foundational tenet of its political platform. Ironically, the United States is joined only by North Korea and China in perpetuating the most liberal abortion laws in the world.

So dramatic is the darkening of hearts that rational thought is often impossible. During my re-election campaign in 2018, I stood on the doorstep of a self-professed witch and committed advocate of abortion who declared that an unborn child is not human “because that clump of cells could turn out to be a cauliflower.” I tried to explain to her that no human has ever given birth to a cauliflower, but she would not be moved.

So, just what is the historic and prophetic significance of this issue? I would submit that the insidious impact of progressive policies beginning not just in the 1960s and 70s, but going all the way back to the 1860s finally bore their unholy fruit in more recent years. Why the 1860s? Because that is when Charles Darwin asserted that life did not originate with God. Instead of Creation being a manifestation of God’s glory and design, he declared that life is an accident and that Mankind is descended from lower forms of life.

His evolutionary worldview is diametrically opposed to everything the Bible teaches. For a time, such ideas were confined to liberal universities and dismissed by the public at large as so much wind. But today, that false ideology has permeated our culture and is taught in every public classroom. And, once again, the evil seeds of such an ideology are bearing much destructive fruit in our society. After killing several classmates at Marshall County High School in Kentucky, the teenage murderer told police, “My life has no meaning, and neither does anyone else’s.” Is it any wonder that we are reaping the whirlwind?

Over the course of the past century, as America became more fixated with its growing material prosperity, we wandered away from the very God who poured out blessings upon us — individually and collectively. I am absolutely convinced that the immediate response of the Church in America to Supreme Court decisions banning prayer in schools and legalizing abortion on demand was a collective yawn. Many believers are finally waking up to the existential threat those and other secular policies represent, but we are playing catch up to the Devil.

Lately, Satan’s deceptive activity seems to have gone into overdrive. In January, the advocates of abortion doubled down on their agenda in New York. Not satisfied to have been known as the most pro-abortion state in the nation prior to 1973, Governor Andrew Cuomo and a conspiratorial legislature determined to push the abortion envelope once again. They passed legislation guaranteeing the legality of unrestricted abortion — literally up until the moment of live birth.

New York legislators celebrating the killing of babies

New York legislators celebrating the killing of babies.

Governor Cuomo proclaimed that this would lock in unfettered abortion access in the Empire State just in case the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. He gleefully celebrated this bold leap forward by ordering the Freedom Tower to be illuminated pink!

The Prophetic Significance

So, what of the prophetic significance? Scripture tells us what happens when a society abandons God and the truth He has revealed. Paul foretold of people who would know God, but not honor Him as God or give thanks. Inevitably, such a society is destined to become futile in its speculations and its foolish heart becomes darkened. Speaking of such people, Paul writes:

“Professing to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures. Therefore God gave them over…” (Romans 1:22-24a)

Certainly, our society has indeed been given over to lusts and impurity, degrading passions and a depraved mind (Romans 1:24-26). Many in our Christian nation are quick to condemn Adolf Hitler for murdering six million Jews but celebrate Cecile Richards (the former president of Planned Parenthood and daughter of former Texas governor Ann Richards) who proudly defended the murder of 60 million babies. How long will God, who condemned the abomination of sacrificing children to the false god Molech, tolerate our society sacrificing its children to the false god of choice?

The fact that our national foolish heart has become darkened — and that virtually every other “Christian nation” thinks likewise — is a dramatic sign that we are living in the last days. How else to describe the apostasy and lies that are embraced by people who ought to know better? God truly has given our nation over to a depraved mind.

Auschwitz guards celebrating the killing of Jews

Auschwitz guards celebrating the killing of Jews.

Hoping for the Hopeless

How many Jane Roes do you know? I’m speaking of people who are living a lie, caught up in a false identity that tells them to reject biblical truth and the Gospel of Jesus Christ — individuals that nobody could realistically hold out hope for a change of mind, a melting of heart and an embracing of the Savior.

And yet, for Norma McCorvey-Jane Roe herself, who became the poster child for unfettered abortion and dedicated years of her life to perpetrating that lie — the grace of God still abounded. She was not beyond redemption and adoption into the family of God.

Sharing the Gospel message with such people might seem as futile as preaching to a set of dry bones. And yet, that is exactly what God commanded Ezekiel to do. Consider the apparent futility of that task. Preach to a valley full of bones so dry and scattered that hope is not even part of the equation. God certainly realized that from a human perspective such instruction must have seemed vain. That is why He asked Ezekiel, “Can these bones live?” In one of the greatest statements of faith-filled wisdom found in Scripture, Ezekiel correctly answered, “O Lord God, You know” (Ezekiel 37:3). Indeed, He did.

Only God knows how long He will withhold judgment on our nation. But the day of His wrath will certainly come if our nation persists in its stubborn rebellion against His Word. Romans 2:5 says, “…because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.”

The great Battle Hymn of the Republic reflects the truth of Romans 2:5 and rightly foretells:

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming
of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage where
the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His
terrible swift sword;
His truth is marching on!

As Lamb & Lion Ministries proclaims the soon return of Jesus Christ, our goal is to pierce the hardened hearts of those who do not yet know Him as Savior and Lord. God the Father’s delay in sending His Son to gather His bride is a demonstration of His patience, grace, and love — allowing time for all who will believe to come to faith in Jesus (2 Peter 3:9).

We also want to motivate those who already know Jesus as Savior to allow Him to reign as Lord. That means dedicating ourselves to holy living and urgent evangelism. The Norma McCorveys of this world are lost in a world of deepening darkness, but we have Jesus — “the Light of men [that] shines in the darkness” (John 1:4-5).

Do you know Roe? Better question: Do you know Jesus, and if so, how many Roes can you introduce to Him?

We can combat the scourge of abortion — one life at a time. Satan wants to steal and kill and destroy. But Jesus came to give life (John 10:10). The same Savior who forgave and transformed abortion-seeking Jane Roe into Jesus-praising Norma McCorvey is coming soon and making all things new (Revelation 21:5).

Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!

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Dr. David Reagan

Dr. David Reagan is the Founder and Evangelist Emeritus of Lamb & Lion Ministries. He is a life-long Bible student, teacher, and preacher and he led over 45 pilgrimages to Israel. Dr. Reagan was the host of the radio then television program Christ in Prophecy for nearly 40 years.

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