"Woman eats her Baby"
Matthew 24:7-8;
There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
But all these things are only the beginning of the birth pains."
Jewish women wept as Jesus was led to the place of his crucifixion. There were women mourning his impending death.
Jesus turning unto them said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.” (Luke 23:28).
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This what happened in history;
"Finally where there’s hunger and famine people died in Jerusalem. Josephus speaks about about a woman eating her child.
“Among the residents of the region beyond Jordan was a woman called Mary, daughter of Eleazar, of the village of Bethezuba (the name means "House of Hyssop").
She was well off, and of good family, and had fled to Jerusalem with her relatives, where she became involved with the siege.
Most of the property she had packed up and brought with her from Peraea had been plundered by the tyrants [Simon and John, leaders of the Jewish war-effort], and the rest of her treasure, together with such foods as she had been able to procure, was being carried by their henchmen in their daily raids.
In her bitter resentment the poor woman cursed and abused these extortioners, and this incensed them against her. However, no one put her to death either from exasperation or pity.
She grew weary of trying to find food for her kinsfolk. In any case, it was by now impossible to get any, wherever you tried. Famine gnawed at her vitals, and the fire of rage was ever fiercer than famine. So, driven by fury and want, she committed a crime against nature.
Seizing her child, an infant at the breast, she cried, "My poor baby, why should I keep you alive in this world of war and famine?
Even if we live till the Romans come, they will make slaves of us; and anyway, hunger will get us before slavery does; and the rebels are crueler than both.
Come, be food for me, and an avenging fury to the rebels, and a tale of cold horror to the world to complete the monstrous agony of the Jews."
With these words she killed her son, roasted the body, swallowed half of it, and stored the rest in a safe place.
But the rebels were on her at once, smelling roasted meat, and threatening to kill her instantly if she did not produce it.
She assured them she had saved them a share, and revealed the remains of her child. Seized with horror and stupefaction, they stood paralyzed at the sight.
But she said, "This is my own child, and my own handiwork. Eat, for I have eaten already. Do not show yourselves weaker than a woman, or more pitiful than a mother. But if you have pious scruples, and shrink away from human sacrifice, then what I have eaten can count as your share, and I will eat what is left as well."
At that they slunk away, trembling, not daring to eat, although they were reluctant to yield even this food to the mother. The whole city soon rang with the abomination. When people heard of it, they shuddered, as though they had done it themselves.”
(War of the Jews by Flavian Josephus. pp.443-444.)
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Fulfilling the words of our Lord and the prophets.
Matthew 24:19-20;
How terrible it will be for women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days! Pray that it may not be in winter or on a Sabbath when you flee.
Luke 23:28-29;
But Jesus turned to them and said, “Women of Jerusalem, stop crying for me. Instead, cry for yourselves and for your children, because the time is surely coming when people will say, ‘How blessed are the women who couldn’t bear children and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’
Lamentations 4:6;
The punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people Is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, Which was overthrown in a moment, With no hand to help her!
Lamentations 4: 9: 12;
Those slain by the sword are better off Than those who die of hunger; For these pine away, Stricken for lack of the fruits of the field. The hands of the compassionate women Have cooked their own children; They became food for them In the destruction of the daughter of my people. The Lord has fulfilled His fury, He has poured out His fierce anger. He kindled a fire in Zion, And it has devoured its foundations. The kings of the earth, And all inhabitants of the world, Would not have believed That the adversary and the enemy Could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
Lamentations 4:9-10;
Those slain by the sword are better off Than those who die of hunger; For these pine away, Stricken for lack of the fruits of the field. The hands of the compassionate women Have cooked their own children; They became food for them In the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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The women knew if they stayed alive the Romans would still kill or make slaves of them.
This is also recorded in the scriptures;
John 11:48;
If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our Temple and our nation.”
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Her properties she had was also taken away from her that lead her to eat her son.
These was why believers SOLD all their properties and distributed to the poor (Acts 4:34-37).
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Why keep your properties when Jerusalem is going to be destroyed?
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It was this same horror Paul was admonishing the Thessalonians to be very careful of.
1 Thessalonians 5:1-5;
Now you do not need to have anything written to you about times and dates, brothers, for you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
When people say, “There is peace and security,” destruction will strike them as suddenly as labor pains come to a pregnant woman, and they will not be able to escape. However, brothers, you are not in the darkness, in order that the Day of the Lord might surprise you like a thief. For all of you are children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to darkness.
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All these events happen between AD 66-70. They are not your future. They are past.
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History proves exactly what is written. Once we ignore the history, we create a lot of Falsehood and deep lies.
Any pastor who tells you any scripture is yet in your future is a LIAR.
Study for yourself.
Jesus never lied about anything when he said ALL THESE THINGS WOULD HAPPEN IN THAT GENERATION.
Adapted from Jonathan Forgor
