RATS IN THE SANCTUARY

 

A rat's tail I see behind the curtain
A rat's eyes gleaming from the shadows
How far does the rat roam
and how much disease has he spread?

They meet in homes and they meet at church
They gather together to sing, to read the Bible, to pray
The children play as the adults meet
But don't you know that there are rats
which will hurt the children?

You've been told
The police have been notified
Names of the rats given
And still the rats run wild

When will Justice come?
Those who stood to fight for the children
are forbidden to come
They are forbidden to speak to the others
They are forbidden from fellowship

Secrets are held to
Lies and slander spread
Children are abused
The guilty continue

Cry Justice!
Only God can stand against the abusers and win
Only God can bring Judgment upon the assailants
Man has tried

Justice will be done
But it won't be swift
Justice will come
But not in time to save all
Justice should have been rendered
by the shepherd,
But he is a coward, an absolute wolf
Many children will lie broken and scarred by the end
Many will have their lives destroyed
Many will never recover

They have done it within their own families
They have done it to their friends' children
They have done it to missionaries
and their children
And still, no one stops them
Those who have tried are long gone and slandered

Will God step in and bring Judgment?
Why let this continue even one more minute?
Because the lesson must be learned well
for these heinous acts to fully stop

The Judgment is to let this continue
UNTIL the scars of the people
have proven the damage
The assailants' scars will be revealed first
There will be scars mentally
which will bring forth the absolute proof of their evil
These will not be reversed nor will they dissipate

The children, their own flesh and blood,
held no true value to them
They allowed the abuse to cover their own sins
And now, only death results in all different forms

Close the doors of the church
People will want to
So that the deaths cease
But that will not stop them

Cleanse the sanctuary
with prayer and song
But nothing will stop
the punishment due

Wash your garments
and be cleansed of all sin
too late

The Judgment will come
when you least expect it
Every family will be touched
Every life will be affected
Every stone overturned

You built a new building
to house the neighborhood
to welcome them
to spread the Gospel
You've only caused them
to now participate in your evil
and subsequent Judgment

The words of rebuke were spoken to you
The abuse reported
The police notified
Your sins revealed
But you covered up
Concealed, lied, slandered
and continued to allow the abuse
Shepherd, what kind of punishment
is suitable for you?

The blood of the people
all the people under your care
is on your head for eternity.

"Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable
for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of Judgment
than for that town."
Matthew 10:15

"If He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah
by burning them to ashes, and made them an example
of what is going to happen to the ungodly . . ."
2 Peter 2:6

"In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding

towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion.

They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment

of eternal fire."

Jude 1:7