SIN OF THE LAND

SIN UPON THE LAND DUE TO THE SIN OF THE PEOPLE
-More specifically the sin of innocent blood;

First I will list the instances of this in the Scriptures.  Followed by identifying the sin and response of God.  Each passage to demonstrate to us that this inqiuity is still named among us today.  Secondly, I will show our present day iniquity that continues to provoke God and cause fierce judgment against us.  Lastly, the remedy for all of this, both demonstrated in Scripture as well for us today.

Bible Passages


Genesis 4:10, "And He said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto Me from the ground." 

Cain raised up and slew his brother, thus committing the first murder recorded in the Bible.  The first murder on the earth.  And it is revealed and taught within this great sin, that blood has been shed, and it speaks to God.  For His very life is found in the blood and it reveals to Him His Own. 

Leviticus 17:11, "For the life of the flesh is in the blood:  and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls:  for it is ithe blood that makes an atonement for the soul."

If the blood be shed, the life ceases to be.  It was sacred unto God always, for His very nature, which is life. 

Deuteronomy 19:10, "That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee."

This chapter deals specfically with the sin of murder in the land.  Blood is the very essence of life.  this passage is one of the first occassions in the Scripture to reference, 'innocent blood'.  Pre-meditated, malicious, hateful murder is not innocent, but planned and calculated.  Chapter 19 in Deuteronomy is about those that committed murder by accident.  As referenced in the slipping of an axe head off and killing someone near by, in verse 5.  The phrase of innocent blood is referenced in verse 3, 'whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past'.  Even though it was done in ignorance, blood was still shed and must be atoned for. 

Deuteronomy 21:1-9, "So shalt thou put away the guilt of inncoent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord." 

This passage is helpful for us also in the problem that when murder is committed but the murderer is not known of what to do.  Blood has been shed, the land has been defiled, but that one or group of people responsible is not known.  Simply because there is not a culprit or guilty person to charge, does not remove the fact that the blood has been shed and contaminates the land. 



II Samuel 21: 1, "Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites." 

King Saul had been dead for years, But his actions of killing innocent blood was being judged upon the land and people. 

I Kings 2:31, "And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father."

Joab, as David's general, had killed Abner and Amasa during those days of battle and wars.  Joab killed Abner, because Abner had killed his brother during one of the battles. It is was a death of revenge.  Had he fought him in battle upright and honestly, that would have been one thing; but Joab did this in an evil manner of deception and trickery.  David had just got done making peace with Abner to convey all the tribes of Israel to make David their king.  Joab hearing of this, calls Abner back to talk with him and in disguise of his hand brings him in to hug and kills him.  Abner did not even suspect it, he died out of battle.  This blood was not to be on David but on Joab.  Solomon ends up killing Joab for the death of this man in innocence. 

the second 'innocent blood' by Joab's hand was Amasa.  After Joab had killed Absalom, during those days of upheaval and mutiny by David's own son, Joab killed Amasa.  David had given specific instructions that no one was to kill Absalom. Joab refused to listen, but in considering Absalom a threat to David and the kingdom, he slew him with three darts as his hair was tangled in a tree branches.  I don't think David ever forgave Joab for this insurrection.  And after they returned to Jerusalem, David made Amasa general in place of Joab.  Joab did not take to this lightly, but conviving again, he slew Amasa with that same embrace.  He killed Amasa to be general again.  Joab had a lot of blood on his hands, much like David did for the warfare.  This warfare prohibited David from building the temple. 

II Kings 21:16, "Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another:  beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the Lord."

It was not for the innocent blood alone that  provoked God, but it is one of those that are specifically stated.  There were numerous iniquities and sins spoken against, even back to their rebellion from the days of leaving Egypt that God pronounced His anger against. 

II Kings 24:3, "Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of His sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; v. 4 and also for the innocent blood that he shed:  for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon."

This chapter and verses carry the same reference as the actual pronouncement against Judah and Jerusalem as found in II Kings 21.  But there is the notable difference mentioned here, 'which the Lord would not pardon'. 

Present Day 'Innocent Blood'

It is not a mystery that abortion is our current day sin.  Since it was legalized by the Supreme Court ruling in 1973, millions of babies have been killed, murdered, many women have died from the process and emotional pain of this sin, and an entire generation has been removed from the earth.  It is a constant, daily murder process in many nations around the world.  All this blood is poured out on the earth, upon the nations, the blood cries out to God, Who is the give of it to make retribution for their killing.  Especially, since they have no voice, nor way to defend themselves.  But they will have a voice at the Judgment Seat, but then it will be too late.