Thursday, March 1, 2012

Examiner 03-01-2012: What the execution of Arizona's 29th death row inmate says about the End Times

Robert Henry Moorman

File this one under demented but true.

Ironically, on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at the State Prison in Florence, Arizona executed its 29th death row inmate since 1992. (To see the full list of executed inmates click here.)

His name was Robert Henry Moorman, 63,and he was executed by lethal injection for stabbing and suffocating (and methodically dismembering) his 74-year old adoptive mother, Roberta Moorman back on January 13, 1984. And to make this story even more interesting (and ironic for that matter), he committed this vile act while on a 3-day “Compassionate Furlough” from the State Prison in Florence where he was serving 9 years to life for kidnapping and molesting his 8-year old neighbor girl in 1972. (To find out more of the sordid details read the entire article from AZcentral.com.)

This story is a perfect example of what the Apostle Paul spoke about concerning the End Times when he wrote 2 Timothy 3:1-5.

1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.

This story is an ultimate of example of where disobedience to parents can lead to -- committing a heinous act brutally without love or self-control, which could eventually land you on death row. So what could make a man kill his own mother, albeit an adoptive mother? Some may blame it on the years of sexual abuse he suffered at the hand of his mother, as reported in the article from AZcentral.com.

However, according to the Bible, no one is able to blame someone else for their sin. We are all responsible for our own sin (see Ezekiel 18:4). Further, one day at the end of time as we know it, we will all face judgment for each action and decision that we make according to Revelation 20:11.

11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done. 14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. 15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

Unfortunately, this story is just the tip of the iceberg of when it comes to what the human soul is capable of doing. What kind of world are we living in? Well, according to the Bible, everything in our world is totally corrupted due to sin. As we quickly approach the end of time, it’s time for us to WAKE UP and make a decision as to what path we will choose before it’s too late.

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