13/02/2026
Baal and the Modern World: A Pattern Repeating Itself
In the Old Testament, Baal was not merely a false god; Baal represented a system of worship built on power, fertility, and sacrifice. His cult promised prosperity, sexual freedom, and social strengthābut demanded something in return. The most horrifying demand was the sacrifice of children. Israelās prophets did not condemn Baal worship because it was foreign, but because it inverted the moral order: life became expendable, and desire became sacred.
That pattern has never disappeared.
Modern abortion culture mirrors this ancient logic. Children are sacrificedānot on stone altars, but on the altar of autonomy, convenience, and economic stability. The language has changed, but the moral structure remains the same: life is valuable only if it does not interfere with adult desire or social order. As with Baal, the sacrifice is framed as necessary, even virtuous. What was once mourned is now celebrated.
The contemporary push around trans ideology follows a similar trajectory. At its core is the belief that the body itself is negotiable, subordinate to will and desire. In Baal worship, nature was manipulated through ritual to bend reality to human demandārain, fertility, power. Today, the body is treated the same way: something to be overridden, reshaped, or denied in service of identity. Any limit imposed by biology is cast as oppression. The created order is no longer received; it is rewritten.
This erosion of moral boundaries helps explain why scandals like the Epstein files are not anomalies but symptoms. The revelations surrounding Jeffrey Epstein exposed an elite culture where exploitation of the vulnerableāespecially childrenāwas normalized, concealed, and protected. When a society accepts that some lives may be destroyed for the comfort or pleasure of others, it should not be shocked when powerful people act on that belief in secret. Abortion makes the sacrifice abstract; Epstein made it literal.
In each case, the same lie is at work: that power justifies harm, that desire outranks dignity, and that innocence is negotiable. Baal worship did not end because humanity outgrew itāit ended because prophets named it for what it was. When they stopped naming it, it returned under new names, with new rituals, and far more sophisticated defenses.
The connection between Baal, abortion, trans ideology, and elite sexual exploitation is not conspiracyāit is continuity. It is the recurring temptation to build societies where the strong decide who is expendable, and where moral limits are treated as obstacles rather than safeguards.
The Old Testament warns that such cultures eventually collapse under the weight of their own cruelty. Not because God is vindictiveābut because a world that sacrifices its children, denies the meaning of the body, and protects the guilty cannot sustain life, truth, or trust.
The question, as always, is whether we recognize the altar before more innocence is laid upon it.
Written by TRC
