As it is written: “And הוהי said to Moses: Behold, you go to sleep with your fathers,
and THIS PEOPLE
WILL RISE UP AND FORNICATE AFTER OTHER GODS...”- Deut. 31:16.
Who can persuade the People to fornicate with another god? Well, anyone who is as shrewd, cunning, and
manipulative as Queen Jezebel was. You see, Jezebel seduced the believers to worship “Baal”. What does the
word “Baal” mean? It means “Lord”!
In other words, when Jezebel exhorted the Israelites to worship “Baal”, she [misleadingly] exhorting them to
worship the “Lord”. And what Israelite could be so wicked and brazen as to refuse to worship the Lord?
Well, the truth of the matter is that few Israelites were astute enough to perceive Jezebel's subtle deception.
You see, the “Lord” preached by Jezebel did not demand the same obedience to the Law demanded by the
“Lord” who brought Israel out of Egypt.
As is written: “AND THEY LEFT הוהי (ABANDONING HIS LAW), AND WORSHIPED BAAL...” -
Judges 2:13); The “Lord” preached by Jezebel accepted human sacrifices, while the Lord of Israel did not
accept them (“And
they built high places to Baal, TO BURN THEIR SONS WITH FIRE AS
HOLOCAUSTS TO BAAL HIMSELF; WHICH THING I DID NOT COMMAND THEM, NOR DID I
SPEAK, NOR DID IT OCCUR TO ME”- Jeremiah 19:5); Jezebel's “Lord” allowed his followers to make
images of him, while Israel's “Lord” forbade his People from doing so (“LEST YOU CORRUPT
YOURSELVES AND MAKE FOR YOURSELVES SCULPTURE,
IMAGE OF ANY FIGURE, EFFIGY OF
MALE OR FEMALE... After this all THE PEOPLE ENTERED THE TEMPLE OF BAAL, and tore it down,
and also its altars, AND SMASHED ITS IMAGES TO PIECES”- Deut. 4:6, & 2 Chronicles 23:17).
Curiously, if the Law used marriage in order to foreshadowed the relationship between God and His People,
it was precisely because God’s Law forbade a woman to be married [at the same time] to more than one
person.
Thus, the person who serves the God of Israel cannot worship a god that consists of more than one person [as
would be the case with the god
preached by Christianity, who consists of three different persons-- the person
of the Father, the person of the Son , and the person of the Holy Spirit]. Why can't the person do it? Because
it would amount to spiritual fornication-- a brazen violation of that which is clearly commanded by the God
of Israel.
As is written: «I said to her, “You are to live with me many days. YOU MUST NOT BE PROMISCUOUS
OR
BELONG TO ANY MAN, AND I WILL ACT THE SAME WAY TOWARD YOU”. FOR THE
ISRAELITES MUST LIVE MANY DAYS WITHOUT king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and
without ephod or HOUSEHOLD IDOLS. AFTERWARD [BY DOING SO], THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL
WILL RETURN AND SEEK הוהי THEIR GOD...”»- Hosea 3:1-5 (Christian Standard Bible).
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