INTRODUCTION

The world is consumed with saving the earth. They have plans to purify the water, the air, the ground, the food and on and on. Interestingly enough, they miss the green plan laid out in the Bible. According to Numbers 35:33So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
See All..., "blood . . . defileth the land." This is not just any blood, but is innocent blood shed by the hands of man or beast that has not been properly avenged. All the innocent blood (babies, children, and adults) pollutes a land and the land cannot be cleansed "but by the blood of him that shed it" (Numbers 35:33So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
See All...). While men are concerned about the earth for selfish reasons, the defiling of a land most affects the Lord (Numbers 35:34Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.
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DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For smaller children) God hates shedding of innocent blood (Proverbs 6:16-17 [16] These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: [17] A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
  See All...). It must be taken care of or the land becomes polluted (Psalm 106:38And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
  See All...). God told men what to do even if the murderer was not known. The land still had to be cleansed (Deuteronomy 21:1-9 [1] If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him: [2] Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: [3] And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke; [4] And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley: [5] And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried: [6] And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley: [7] And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. [8] Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them. [9] So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
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• Read Genesis 4:10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
  See All.... What did the Lord tell Cain about the blood of Abel? How would that same truth be applicable in the world today? Read Revelation 6:10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
  See All.... What will God do in the future in order to avenge the blood of His martyrs?
• How is God’s green plan much more important than the world’s? Which one is going to be the demise of our planet?

PRAYER NEEDS

• Beg God to turn the hearts of those who would murder.
• Ask the Lord to help us better cleanse the land of blood.

HYMN

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