03-07-2010, 10:26 AM
:heartbeat: Leviticus 26:1
Leviticus 26
Blessings of Obedience
1 You shall not make for yourselves idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves an image or a sacred pillar, nor shall you place a figured stone in your land to bow down to it; for I am the LORD your God.
11 Moreover, I will make My dwelling among you, and My soul will not reject you. 12 I will also walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people.
Deuteronomy 27:15
'Cursed is the man who makes an idol or a molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret ' And all the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.'
Deuteronomy 32
12 The LORD alone guided him(Jacob),
And there was no foreign god with him.
15 But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked--
You are grown fat, thick, and sleek--
Then he forsook God who made him,
And scorned the Rock of his salvation.
16 They made Him jealous with strange gods;
With abominations they provoked Him to anger.
17 They sacrificed to demons who were not God,
To gods whom they have not known,
New gods who came lately,
Whom your fathers did not dread.
18 You neglected the Rock who begot you,
And forgot the God who gave you birth.
19 The LORD saw this, and spurned them
Because of the provocation of His sons and daughters.
20 Then He said, 'I will hide My face from them,
I will see what their end shall be;
For they are a perverse generation,
Sons in whom is no faithfulness.
21 They have made Me jealous with what is not God;
They have provoked Me to anger with their idols
So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people;
I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation,
Jeremiah 10
A Satire on Idolatry
1 Hear the word which the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.
2 Thus says the LORD,
"Do not learn the way of the nations,
And do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens
Although the nations are terrified by them;
3 For the customs of the peoples are delusion;
Because it is wood cut from the forest,
The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.
4 They decorate it with silver and with gold;
They fasten it with nails and with hammers
So that it will not totter.
5 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field are they,
And they cannot speak;
They must be carried,
Because they cannot walk!
Do not fear them,
For they can do no harm,
Nor can they do any good."
6 There is none like You, O LORD;
You are great, and great is Your name in might.
7 Who would not fear You, O King of the nations?
Indeed it is Your due!
For among all the wise men of the nations
And in all their kingdoms,
There is none like You.
8 But they are altogether stupid and foolish
In their discipline of delusion--their idol is wood!
14 Every man is stupid, devoid of knowledge;
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols;
For his molten images are deceitful,
And there is no breath in them.
15 They are worthless, a work of mockery;
In the time of their punishment they will perish.
Our God is not One to be mocked!
Zechariah 13:1, 2, 9
1 In that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity.
2 It will come about in that day," declares the LORD of hosts, "that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered; and I will also remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.
9 And I will bring the third part through the fire,
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested
They will call on My name,
And I will answer them;
I will say, 'They are My people,'
And they will say, 'The LORD is my God.'"
Idols are not only those made of wood and metal, but also those made of flesh and blood. We can find much comfort in God's promise to ''cut off'' idols from the land, including those 'prophets' employing lying "unclean spirits", who lead God's people into idolatry with their perverse "discipline of delusion".
:heartbeat: Lots of love to you ALL from
Your friend and sister in faith, Willa :heartbeat:
Leviticus 26
Blessings of Obedience
1 You shall not make for yourselves idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves an image or a sacred pillar, nor shall you place a figured stone in your land to bow down to it; for I am the LORD your God.
11 Moreover, I will make My dwelling among you, and My soul will not reject you. 12 I will also walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people.
Deuteronomy 27:15
'Cursed is the man who makes an idol or a molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret ' And all the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.'
Deuteronomy 32
12 The LORD alone guided him(Jacob),
And there was no foreign god with him.
15 But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked--
You are grown fat, thick, and sleek--
Then he forsook God who made him,
And scorned the Rock of his salvation.
16 They made Him jealous with strange gods;
With abominations they provoked Him to anger.
17 They sacrificed to demons who were not God,
To gods whom they have not known,
New gods who came lately,
Whom your fathers did not dread.
18 You neglected the Rock who begot you,
And forgot the God who gave you birth.
19 The LORD saw this, and spurned them
Because of the provocation of His sons and daughters.
20 Then He said, 'I will hide My face from them,
I will see what their end shall be;
For they are a perverse generation,
Sons in whom is no faithfulness.
21 They have made Me jealous with what is not God;
They have provoked Me to anger with their idols
So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people;
I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation,
Jeremiah 10
A Satire on Idolatry
1 Hear the word which the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.
2 Thus says the LORD,
"Do not learn the way of the nations,
And do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens
Although the nations are terrified by them;
3 For the customs of the peoples are delusion;
Because it is wood cut from the forest,
The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.
4 They decorate it with silver and with gold;
They fasten it with nails and with hammers
So that it will not totter.
5 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field are they,
And they cannot speak;
They must be carried,
Because they cannot walk!
Do not fear them,
For they can do no harm,
Nor can they do any good."
6 There is none like You, O LORD;
You are great, and great is Your name in might.
7 Who would not fear You, O King of the nations?
Indeed it is Your due!
For among all the wise men of the nations
And in all their kingdoms,
There is none like You.
8 But they are altogether stupid and foolish
In their discipline of delusion--their idol is wood!
14 Every man is stupid, devoid of knowledge;
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols;
For his molten images are deceitful,
And there is no breath in them.
15 They are worthless, a work of mockery;
In the time of their punishment they will perish.
Our God is not One to be mocked!
Zechariah 13:1, 2, 9
1 In that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity.
2 It will come about in that day," declares the LORD of hosts, "that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered; and I will also remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.
9 And I will bring the third part through the fire,
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested
They will call on My name,
And I will answer them;
I will say, 'They are My people,'
And they will say, 'The LORD is my God.'"
Idols are not only those made of wood and metal, but also those made of flesh and blood. We can find much comfort in God's promise to ''cut off'' idols from the land, including those 'prophets' employing lying "unclean spirits", who lead God's people into idolatry with their perverse "discipline of delusion".
:heartbeat: Lots of love to you ALL from
Your friend and sister in faith, Willa :heartbeat: