the birth of a child, when their un-tethered preschool tuition could be used as down payment for a golf club membership or new convertible?”
Is the travesty that blatant? Yes indeed, but clothed in satanic forms. Author Ann Coulter noted the various means of subterfuge that these murderous and self-centered powers exert. They are devious and should be known by anyone with concern. You can find them discussed in her book.
Where should Hebrew and Christian world views differ from this inherited nature deity appeasement? The revelation of God’s mindset as to our faith walk on this matter begins partly through the story of Abraham and Isaac. The scripture reveals to us that father and son were caused by God to go up on Mount Moriah. Faith history tells us of the mountaintop scene of potential child sacrifice, designed both as a test for the fidelity of Jehovah’s servant Abraham and a revelation of God's deliverance. God intervened before Abraham’s knife sapped his son’s life, saying that Abraham should withhold slaying… and God substituted a goat as blood sacrifice. God then stated to his servant..,
"By myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will indeed bless you, and I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore. And your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies, and by your descendants shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves, because you have obeyed my voice." (Genesis 22:17)
We note here that amid the unfolding of subsequent covenant history, instead of child sacrifice for the benefit of his nomadic people, God substituted his own sacrifice. The faith history of Israel shows our God as a benevolent, creative deity. Yahweh provides plenteous population growth. In this way the faithful will survive amid wars and the warp and woof of civilizations…
