But he became guilty of Baal worshipand died. 2Now they sin more and more; they makeidols for themselves from their silver, cleverly fashioned images, all of them the work of craftsmen. It is said of these people, “They offer human sacrifices!
There would be no idols involved, just Holy Land, on which to worship the God of Israel. One more question had to be cleared up, it involved his job, for which he would need a concession from the Prophet, and from the God of the Prophet, whom He now served. Naaman had to ...
We have been blessed to be in a free country where we can worship the Lord in church or in our homes. We have Bibles that we can read and study. God has given us access to His throne through the blood of Christ so that we can pray, bringing our worship and requests to Him. Heb...
as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt. 16 “And (BL)in that day, declares the Lord, you will call me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.’ 17 For (BM)I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be ...
Through faith and obedience, Abraham answered Hashem’s call; “crossing over ” from a life of idol worship of g-ds to a new life that would bring honor and glory to the Most High G-d. When one crosses over a river, they leave their old life behind while passing through to a new...
This rebellion is highlighted in the narrative of the golden calf (Exodus 32) and the worship of Baal (1 Kings 18). The prophets frequently condemned these actions, calling them spiritual adultery. O children of IsraelThe term "children of Israel" is a reminder of the nation's identity and...
Now David seeks to make Jerusalem both the political center and the worship center of the kingdom. He brings the ark into Jerusalem -- on his second try.
/ One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan. / And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.2 Kings 17:16They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and ...
the concentration of the worship at a single sanctuary (xii.), the abolition of witchcraft and star-worship, and the celebration of the passover. Some of these enactments are found in other parts of the Pentateuch, but Deuteronomy is the only code in which they are all combined. 621 B...
’41Atthattimethey made a calfandoffereda sacrificeto theidol,rejoicingintheworksoftheirhands.42But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years ...