Been Used in the Fight Against Great Evils...
On the steps of the Russell Building, the elected officials are depicted in eternal torment for their sins...
When an observant Jew in the time of the kingdom thought about hell a very distinct image came to mind. The word Gehennah, which we often translate to mean hell in fact refers to a specific geographic location -- "the valley of the sons of Hennah". Child sacrifices were once made to the Semite pagan's god Molech. Gehennah is mentioned in 2 Chronicles 28:3 and 33:6, and Jeremiah 7:31, 19:2-6,and appears in many traditional extra-Biblical Jewish writings as well. The idol Molech had iron arms which were heated and infants placed into the arms of Molech were cruelly burned to death. [1.]
When the area came into Jewish control Gehennah became a garbage dump. Fires burned contuinually and there was an unending stench. Garbage, the bodies of criminals and dead animals and anything vile and offensive would be found there. Vultures would be seen circling overhead. Dante, in his wildest imagination, could hardly do better.
Unfortunately the people periodically 'rediscovered' the worship of Molech and the Prophets speak of this. In doing so their worship became as a stench to G-d. Scripture tells us that they offered their children to this vile deity as well.
"The fires of Gehennah" became a metaphor for Hell. Hell was forever tied to a place that had seen the destruction of innocents.
As we were entering the Russell Senate Office Building we were greeted by the specters of Obama, Reid and Pelosi in the chains of eternal torment. A tormenter in a black hood announced that they were being led to their punishment. Indeed their disregard for human life, unborn and elderly, was being called to task.
The tormenter removed his dark hood to reveal himself as Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue, an organization that has been fighting for the pro-life cause for years. Terry pointed out the fact that throughout history great movements have used graphic depiction as an effective tool in their fight to right wrongs.
...as Randall Terry explains how graphic imagery has been used as a tool to fight evil throughout history.
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