Leviticus 20: 1-9, “And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not: Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God. And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you. For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.”
Molech was one of the heathen gods of the Ammonites (see 1 Kings 11: 7, “Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.”) and the Canaanites (See Deut 12: 31, “Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.”). This god was know to be worshipped by the offering of children in a fire (2 Kings 17: 17, “And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.”). Every child is a gift from the Lord and it is an abomination for a parent to offer their child as a sacrifice, this was forbidden. If anyone did this they were to be executed themselves for a person who is willing to kill their own child has forfeited their own right to live. Israel were given the correct means to discover the Lord will by using the sacred stones, Urim and Thummim (compare Num 27: 21, “And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.”) If there was a legitimate way of discovering the Lord’s will then there was no need to consult ghosts, spirits of mediums. There is also a danger for people who try to enter the spirit world that the spirits may come and attack them (compare Luke 11: 24-26, “When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.”) Evil spirits can take control of an entire society and destroy it from within. This is why it was good to avoid all these evil practices. It is also important for everyone who trusts in the Lord to understand that He had made an ordered world and accept that by showing honour to their parents.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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