Baal worship is a super major problem in Bible day both OT and NT.
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Baal worship included worship of many gods. One of their major gods was a fertility pagan god they worship to get good farm crop and fertile animals, so they can get lots of money.
Fornication was to join in the sex orgy to the fertility pagan god which was part of Baal worship, as we see in Numbers 25: 1-9, which Paul calls "fornication" in 1 Cor 10:8 see all the fornication verses below they all reflex Numbers 25:1-9 what God got very angry over. Not SEX per say, but using sex to trick them into joining in the worship of one of Baal god-- fertility pagan god.
Nu 25 clearly shows the correct definition of the word fornication.
Baal worship was a super major serious problem in the Bible days. see all the Baal worship verses below.
Even in the NT it was a major problem.1cor10:8
Jewish men knew they all had sexual freedom, but Paul is telling them reminding them of the Baal worship back in Nu 25 that they were doing the same thing as they did in Nu 25 that Got God very angry with them.
Ro 13:9 - For the commandments against adultery and murder and stealing and coveting – and any other commandment – are all summed up in this one commandment: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
Ga 5:14 - For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
Jas 2:12 - So whenever you speak, or whatever you do, remember that you will be judged by the law of love, the law that set you free.
Micah 6:8 The Lord has told you, human, what is good; he has told you what he wants from you: to do what is right to other people, love being kind to others, and live humbly, obeying your God.
Ro 13:8 - Pay all your debts, except the debt of love for others. You can never finish paying that! If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill all the requirements of God's law.
Ro 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Tit 1:15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
Ac 20:24 -But my life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus – the work of telling others the Good News about God's wonderful kindness and love.
Ro 12:10 -Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.
Ga 5:13 - For you have been called to live in freedom – not freedom to satisfy your sinful nature, but freedom to serve one another in love.
Ro 13:10 - Love does no wrong to anyone, so love satisfies all of God's requirements.
Gal 5:14 - For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
Define Sexually immoral. Is Idolatry part of Fornication in the Bible? Is Idolatry called Fornication?
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The correct definition of the word “fornication” is found in Number 25. Paul defines the word “fornication” by referring back to Number 25, which describes the word correctly. The Bible dictionaries only reflex how people use or misuse a word.
The Bible, itself, clearly defines this word correctly for us. (not the man made dictionary.)
Men sexual freedom was limited only by not using sexual freedom to have sex as partner of worship a pagan god as we see fornication in Both the OT and NT in Numbers 25:1-9 and 1 Cor 10:8.
1 Corinthians 10:8
“Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. “
Numbers 25:1
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom () with the daughters of Moab.
25:2
And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
25:3
And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
Fornication part of Baal worship's pagan fertility god. Baal worship had many gods.
Fornication was the using of your body to have sex with a cultic temple prostitute to worship another god, deity. Giving your mind and body to worship another deity. To worship a fertility god so they could have the promise to get good farm crops.
God designed sexuality and said it was very good. What is bad is using your body sexuality to worship other gods and having sex with women who are worshipping idols and other deities.. This make God very angry.
Compare, 1 Cor 10:8 to Numbers 25:1-9 This is what Paul was refering to.
1 Cor. 10:8Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Numbers 25:9And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand
25:1And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
25:2And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
25:3And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. …
25:9And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
Jer. 3:23Our worship of idols and our religious orgies on the hills and mountains are completely false. Only in the LORD our God will Israel ever find salvation.
2Ch 21:11 - Context (these people where idol worshippers.)
Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto.
Isa 23:17 - Context (these people where idol worshippers.)
And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
Eze 16:26 - Context (these people where idol worshippers.)
Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.
Eze 16:29 - Context (these people where idol worshippers.)
Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.
Ac 15:20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
Ac 15:29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
Ac 21:25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
1Co 10:8 - Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. (these people where idol worshippers.)
Jude 1:7 - Context (these people where idol worshippers.)
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Re 2:14 - (these people where idol worshippers.)
But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of
Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
Re 2:20 - Context (these people where idol worshippers.)
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
Act 15 is related to Baal's fertility pagan god worship to get good farm crops make lots of money. They know jewish men have sexual freedom so they trick them into a sex orgie to seduce them to come and worship the fertility pagan god part of Baal worship as in Nu 25 and 1 Cor 10:8
Acts 15: 19 And so my judgment is that we should stop troubling the Gentiles who turn to God, 20 except that we should write to them and tell them to abstain from eating meat sacrificed to idols, from sexual immorality, and from consuming blood or eating the meat of strangled animals.
21 For these laws of Moses have been preached in Jewish synagogues in every city on every Sabbath for many generations."
It is written to the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia. Greetings!
24 "We understand that some men from here have troubled you and upset you with their teaching, but they had no such instructions from us.
25 So it seemed good to us, having unanimously agreed on our decision, to send you these official representatives, along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
26 who have risked their lives for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ.
27 So we are sending Judas and Silas to tell you what we have decided concerning your question. 28 "For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay no greater burden on you than these requirements:
29 You must abstain from eating food offered to idols, from consuming blood or eating the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. If you do this, you will do well. Farewell."
30 The four messengers went at once to Antioch, where they called a general meeting of the Christians and delivered the letter.
31 And there was great joy throughout the church that day as they read this encouraging message.
Acts 21:20 After hearing this, they praised God. But then they said, "You know, dear brother, how many thousands of Jews have also believed, and they all take the law of Moses very seriously.
21 Our Jewish Christians here at Jerusalem have been told that you are teaching all the Jews living in the Gentile world to turn their backs on the laws of Moses. They say that you teach people not to circumcise their children or follow other Jewish customs.
22 Now what can be done? For they will certainly hear that you have come.
23 "Here's our suggestion. We have four men here who have taken a vow and are preparing to shave their heads.
24 Go with them to the Temple and join them in the purification ceremony, and pay for them to have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that the rumors are all false and that you yourself observe the Jewish laws.
25 "As for the Gentile Christians, all we ask of them is what we already told them in a letter: They should not eat food offered to idols, nor consume blood, nor eat meat from strangled animals, and they should stay away from all sexual immorality."
26 So Paul agreed to their request, and the next day he went through the purification ritual with the men and went to the Temple. Then he publicly announced the date when their vows would end and sacrifices would be offered for each of them.
27 The seven days were almost ended when some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul in the Temple and roused a mob against him.
Balaam, Balac, Baal, Baal worship as we clearly see in Nu 25:1-9, 1 Cor 10:8, include worship to this pagan fertility god which include sex orgies to worship this pagan fertility god so they get the promise of good farm crops. Some of the girls would give Human Baby Sacrifice to this pagan fertility god which is one of the god in the Baal worship.
Paul define this to be fornication. 1 Cor 10:8 the description of fornication is found in Nu 25: 1-8 which is major part of Baal worship.
They would use sex to trick the people to join them in worshipping Baal.
· Numbers 25:18 NLT
because they assaulted you with deceit by tricking you into worshiping Baal of Peor, and because of Cozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, who was killed on the day of the plague at Peor."
Deuteronomy 4:3 NLT
You saw what the LORD did to you at Baal-peor, where the LORD your God destroyed everyone who had worshiped the god Baal of Peor.
Numbers 25:3 NLT
Before long Israel was joining in the worship of Baal of Peor, causing the LORD's anger to blaze against his people.
· Numbers 25:5 NLT
So Moses ordered Israel's judges to execute everyone who had joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.
· Numbers 25:18 NLT
because they assaulted you with deceit by tricking you into worshiping Baal of Peor, and because of Cozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, who was killed on the day of the plague at Peor."
· Judges 2:11 NLT
Then the Israelites did what was evil in the LORD's sight and worshiped the images of Baal.
· Judges 2:13 NLT
They abandoned the LORD to serve Baal and the images of Ashtoreth.
· Judges 3:7 NLT
The Israelites did what was evil in the LORD's sight. They forgot about the LORD their God, and they worshiped the images of Baal and the Asherah poles.
· Judges 6:25 NLT
That night the LORD said to Gideon, "Take the second best bull from your father's herd, the one that is seven years old. Pull down your father's altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole standing beside it.
· Judges 6:28 NLT
Early the next morning, as the people of the town began to stir, someone discovered that the altar of Baal had been knocked down and that the Asherah pole beside it was gone. In their place a new altar had been built, and it had the remains of a sacrifice on it.
· Judges 6:30 NLT
"Bring out your son," they shouted to Joash. "He must die for destroying the altar of Baal and for cutting down the Asherah pole."
· Judges 6:31 NLT
But Joash shouted to the mob, "Why are you defending Baal? Will you argue his case? Whoever pleads his case will be put to death by morning! If Baal truly is a god, let him defend himself and destroy the one who knocked down his altar!"
· Judges 6:32 NLT
From then on Gideon was called Jerubbaal, which means "Let Baal defend himself," because he knocked down Baal's altar.
· Judges 8:33 NLT
As soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites prostituted themselves by worshiping the images of Baal, making Baal-berith their god.
· Judges 9:4 NLT
They gave him seventy silver coins from the temple of Baal-berith, which he used to hire some soldiers who agreed to follow him.
· Judges 9:46 NLT
When the people who lived in the tower of Shechem heard what had happened, they took refuge within the walls of the temple of Baal-berith.
· Judges 10:6 NLT
Again the Israelites did evil in the LORD's sight. They worshiped images of Baal and Ashtoreth, and the gods of Aram, Sidon, Moab, Ammon, and Philistia. Not only this, but they abandoned the LORD and no longer served him at all.
· Judges 10:10 NLT
Finally, they cried out to the LORD, saying, "We have sinned against you because we have abandoned you as our God and have served the images of Baal."
· 1 Samuel 7:4 NLT
So the Israelites destroyed their images of Baal and Ashtoreth and worshiped only the LORD.
· 1 Samuel 12:10 NLT
"Then they cried to the LORD again and confessed, 'We have sinned by turning away from the LORD and worshiping the images of Baal and Ashtoreth. But we will worship you and you alone if you will rescue us from our enemies.'
· 1 Kings 16:31 NLT
And as though it were not enough to live like Jeroboam, he married Jezebel, the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians, and he began to worship Baal.
· 1 Kings 16:32 NLT
First he built a temple and an altar for Baal in Samaria.
· 1 Kings 18:18 NLT
"I have made no trouble for Israel," Elijah replied. "You and your family are the troublemakers, for you have refused to obey the commands of the LORD and have worshiped the images of Baal instead.
· 1 Kings 18:19 NLT
Now bring all the people of Israel to Mount Carmel, with all 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah, who are supported by Jezebel."
· 1 Kings 18:21 NLT
Then Elijah stood in front of them and said, "How long are you going to waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him! But if Baal is God, then follow him!" But the people were completely silent.
· 1 Kings 18:22 NLT
Then Elijah said to them, "I am the only prophet of the LORD who is left, but Baal has 450 prophets.
· 1 Kings 18:23 NLT
Now bring two bulls. The prophets of Baal may choose whichever one they wish and cut it into pieces and lay it on the wood of their altar, but without setting fire to it. I will prepare the other bull and lay it on the wood on the altar, but not set fire to it.
· 1 Kings 18:25 NLT
Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "You go first, for there are many of you. Choose one of the bulls and prepare it and call on the name of your god. But do not set fire to the wood."
· 1 Kings 18:26 NLT
So they prepared one of the bulls and placed it on the altar. Then they called on the name of Baal all morning, shouting, "O Baal, answer us!" But there was no reply of any kind. Then they danced wildly around the altar they had made.
· 1 Kings 18:40 NLT
Then Elijah commanded, "Seize all the prophets of Baal. Don't let a single one escape!" So the people seized them all, and Elijah took them down to the Kishon Valley and killed them there.
· 1 Kings 19:1 NLT
When Ahab got home, he told Jezebel what Elijah had done and that he had slaughtered the prophets of Baal.
· 1 Kings 19:18 NLT
Yet I will preserve seven thousand others in Israel who have never bowed to Baal or kissed him!"
· 1 Kings 22:53 NLT
He served Baal and worshiped him, arousing the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, just as his father had done.
· 2 Kings 1:2 NLT
One day Israel's new king, Ahaziah, fell through the latticework of an upper room at his palace in Samaria, and he was seriously injured. So he sent messengers to the temple of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether he would recover.
· 2 Kings 1:3 NLT
But the angel of the LORD told Elijah, who was from Tishbe, "Go and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, 'Why are you going to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether the king will get well? Is there no God in Israel?
· 2 Kings 1:6 NLT
They replied, "A man came up to us and said, 'Go back to the king and give him this message from the LORD: Why are you sending men to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether you will get well? Is there no God in Israel? Now, since you have done this, you will never leave the bed on which you are lying, but you will surely die.'"
· 2 Kings 1:16 NLT
And Elijah said to the king, "This is what the LORD says: Why did you send messengers to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether you will get well? Is there no God in Israel? Now, since you have done this, you will never leave the bed on which you are lying, but you will surely die."
· 2 Kings 3:2 NLT
He did what was evil in the LORD's sight, but he was not as wicked as his father and mother. He at least tore down the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had set up.
· 2 Kings 4:42 NLT
One day a man from Baal-shalishah brought the man of God a sack of fresh grain and twenty loaves of barley bread made from the first grain of his harvest. Elisha said, "Give it to the group of prophets so they can eat."
· 2 Kings 10:18 NLT
Then Jehu called a meeting of all the people of the city and said to them, "Ahab hardly worshiped Baal at all compared to the way I will worship him!
· 2 Kings 10:19 NLT
Summon all the prophets and worshipers of Baal, and call together all his priests. See to it that every one of them comes, for I am going to offer a great sacrifice to Baal. Any of Baal's worshipers who fail to come will be put to death." But Jehu's plan was to destroy all the worshipers of Baal.
· 2 Kings 10:20 NLT
Then Jehu ordered, "Prepare a solemn assembly to worship Baal!" So they did.
· 2 Kings 10:21 NLT
He sent messengers throughout all Israel summoning those who worshiped Baal. They all came and filled the temple of Baal from one end to the other.
· 2 Kings 10:22 NLT
And Jehu instructed the keeper of the wardrobe, "Be sure that every worshiper of Baal wears one of these robes." So robes were given to them.
· 2 Kings 10:23 NLT
Then Jehu went into the temple of Baal with Jehonadab son of Recab. Jehu said to the worshipers of Baal, "Make sure that only those who worship Baal are here. Don't let anyone in who worships the LORD!"
· 2 Kings 10:25 NLT
As soon as Jehu had finished sacrificing the burnt offering, he commanded his guards and officers, "Go in and kill all of them. Don't let a single one escape!" So they killed them all with their swords, and the guards and officers dragged their bodies outside. Then Jehu's men went into the fortress of the temple of Baal.
· 2 Kings 10:26 NLT
They dragged out the sacred pillar used in the worship of Baal and destroyed it.
· 2 Kings 10:27 NLT
They broke down the sacred pillar of Baal and wrecked the temple of Baal, converting it into a public toilet. That is what it is used for to this day.
· 2 Kings 10:28 NLT
Thus, Jehu destroyed every trace of Baal worship from Israel.
· 2 Kings 11:18 NLT
And all the people of the land went over to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They demolished the altars and smashed the idols to pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.Jehoiada the priest stationed guards at the Temple of the LORD.
· 2 Kings 17:16 NLT
They defied all the commands of the LORD their God and made two calves from metal. They set up an Asherah pole and worshiped Baal and all the forces of heaven.
· 2 Kings 21:3 NLT
He rebuilt the pagan shrines his father, Hezekiah, had destroyed. He constructed altars for Baal and set up an Asherah pole, just as King Ahab of Israel had done. He also bowed before all the forces of heaven and worshiped them.
· 2 Kings 23:4 NLT
Then the king instructed Hilkiah the high priest and the leading priests and the Temple gatekeepers to remove from the LORD's Temple all the utensils that were used to worship Baal, Asherah, and all the forces of heaven. The king had all these things burned outside Jerusalem on the terraces of the Kidron Valley, and he carried the ashes away to Bethel.
· 2 Kings 23:5 NLT
He did away with the pagan priests, who had been appointed by the previous kings of Judah, for they had burned incense at the pagan shrines throughout Judah and even in the vicinity of Jerusalem. They had also offered incense to Baal, and to the sun, the moon, the constellations, and to all the forces of heaven.
· 2 Chronicles 17:3 NLT
The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father's early years and did not worship the images of Baal.
· 2 Chronicles 23:17 NLT
And all the people went over to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They demolished the altars and smashed the idols, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.
· 2 Chronicles 24:7 NLT
Over the years, the followers of wicked Athaliah had broken into the Temple of God, and they had used all the dedicated things from the Temple of the LORD to worship the images of Baal.
· 2 Chronicles 28:2 NLT
Instead, he followed the example of the kings of Israel and cast images for the worship of Baal.
· 2 Chronicles 33:3 NLT
He rebuilt the pagan shrines his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He constructed altars for the images of Baal and set up Asherah poles. He also bowed before all the stars of heaven and worshiped them.
· 2 Chronicles 34:4 NLT
He saw to it that the altars for the images of Baal and their incense altars were torn down. He also made sure that the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images were smashed and scattered over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
· Psalm 106:28 NLT
Then our ancestors joined in the worship of Baal at Peor; they even ate sacrifices offered to the dead!
· Song of Solomon 8:11 NLT
"Solomon has a vineyard at Baal-hamon, which he rents to some farmers there. Each of them pays one thousand pieces of silver for its use.
· Jeremiah 2:8 NLT
The priests did not ask, 'Where is the LORD?' The judges ignored me, the rulers turned against me, and the prophets spoke in the name of Baal, wasting their time on nonsense.
· Jeremiah 2:23 NLT
"You say, 'That's not true! We haven't worshiped the images of Baal!' But how can you say that? Go and look in any valley in the land! Face the awful sins you have done. You are like a restless female camel, desperate for a male!
· Jeremiah 7:9 NLT
Do you really think you can steal, murder, commit adultery, lie, and worship Baal and all those other new gods of yours,
· Jeremiah 9:14 NLT
Instead, they have stubbornly followed their own desires and worshiped the images of Baal, as their ancestors taught them.
· Jeremiah 11:13 NLT
Look now, people of Judah, you have as many gods as there are cities and towns. Your altars of shame -- altars for burning incense to your god Baal -- are along every street in Jerusalem.
· Jeremiah 11:17 NLT
I, the LORD Almighty, who planted this olive tree, have ordered it destroyed. For the people of Israel and Judah have done evil, provoking my anger by offering incense to Baal."
· Jeremiah 12:16 NLT
And if these nations quickly learn the ways of my people, and if they learn to swear by my name, saying, 'As surely as the LORD lives' (just as they taught my people to swear by the name of Baal), then they will be given a place among my people.
· Jeremiah 19:5 NLT
They have built pagan shrines to Baal, and there they burn their sons as sacrifices to Baal. I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed my mind to command such a thing!
· Jeremiah 23:13 NLT
"I saw that the prophets of Samaria were terribly evil, for they prophesied by Baal and led my people of Israel into sin.
· Jeremiah 23:27 NLT
By telling these false dreams, they are trying to get my people to forget me, just as their ancestors did by worshiping the idols of Baal.
· Jeremiah 32:29 NLT
The Babylonians outside the walls will come in and set fire to the city. They will burn down all these houses, where the people caused my fury to rise by offering incense to Baal on the rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.
· Jeremiah 32:35 NLT
They have built pagan shrines to Baal in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and there they sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech. I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed my mind to command such a thing. What an incredible evil, causing Judah to sin so greatly!
· Ezekiel 25:9 NLT
I will open up their eastern flank and wipe out their glorious frontier cities -- Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim.
· Hosea 2:8 NLT
She doesn't realize that it was I who gave her everything she has -- the grain, the wine, the olive oil. Even the gold and silver she used in worshiping the god Baal were gifts from me!
· Hosea 2:13 NLT
I will punish her for all the times she deserted me, when she burned incense to her images of Baal, put on her earrings and jewels, and went out looking for her lovers," says the LORD.
· Hosea 2:17 NLT
O Israel, I will cause you to forget your images of Baal; even their names will no longer be spoken.
· Hosea 9:10 NLT
The LORD says, "O Israel, when I first found you, it was like finding fresh grapes in the desert! When I saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the first ripe figs of the season! But then they deserted me for Baal-peor, giving themselves to that shameful idol. Soon they became as vile as the god they worshiped.
· Hosea 11:2 NLT
But the more I called to him, the more he rebelled, offering sacrifices to the images of Baal and burning incense to idols.
· Hosea 13:1 NLT
In the past when the tribe of Ephraim spoke, the people shook with fear because the other Israelite tribes looked up to them. But the people of Ephraim sinned by worshiping Baal and thus sealed their destruction.
· Zephaniah 1:4 NLT
"I will crush Judah and Jerusalem with my fist and destroy every last trace of their Baal worship. I will put an end to all the idolatrous priests, so that even the memory of them will disappear.
· Romans 11:4 NLT
And do you remember God's reply? He said, "You are not the only one left. I have seven thousand others who have never bowed down to Baal!"
· 2 Peter 2:15 NLT
They have wandered off the right road and followed the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved to earn money by doing wrong.
· 2 Peter 2:16 NLT
But Balaam was stopped from his mad course when his donkey rebuked him with a human voice.
· Jude 1:11 NLT
How terrible it will be for them! For they follow the evil example of Cain, who killed his brother. Like Balaam, they will do anything for money. And like Korah, they will perish because of their rebellion.
· Revelation 2:14 NLT
And yet I have a few complaints against you. You tolerate some among you who are like Balaam, who showed Balak how to trip up the people of Israel. He taught them to worship idols by eating food offered to idols and by committing sexual sin.
Nu 25: 1-9
Re 2:14 - (these people where idol worshippers.)
But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of
Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
1Co 10:8 - Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. (these people where idol worshippers.)
God designed sexuality and said it was very good. What is bad is using your body sexuality to worship other gods and having sex with women who are worshipping idols and other deities.. This make God very angry.
Compare, 1 Cor 10:8 to Numbers 25:1-9 This is what Paul was refering to.
1 Cor. 10:8Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Numbers 25:9And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand
25:1And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
25:2And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
25:3And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. …
25:9And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
Re 2:20 - Context (these people where idol worshippers.)
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.