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What the Bible says about Rejecting God's Sovereignty
(From Forerunner Commentary)
This was Israel's great sin, typified as prostitution: debasing themselves and God through the adoption and practice of the way of the heathen, and rejecting the way, providence, and sovereignty of God for something far inferior, corrupting, and shameful.
In the midst of His law, God warns Israel—and thus us as the Israel of God (Galatians 6:16)—that to do things as the heathens do them constitutes harlotry. His terminology is in His instructions to Israel in Leviticus 20:2-8 is extremely clear.
John W. Ritenbaugh
The Beast and Babylon (Part Nine): Babylon the GreatRelated Topics: Harlotry | Israel as Harlot | Israel as Prostitute | Israel of God | Prostitution | Way of the Heathen
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