"God likens idolatry to adultery and whoredom."

In the16th chapter of Ezekiel we read about the location
that Almighty God has chosen as His favorite spot in all the universe.

It is the location that will be His future dwelling place following the Millennium
and will remain His home for the rest of eternity (Rev. 21).

That location is non-other than the great city of Jerusalem,
which was originally a heathen town called Jebus before He made it His own.

Our Father speaks to us about His love for this location
in such a way so as to show us His emotions, i.e.
how He feels about this city and what has transpired there since He chose it.

He likens His Jerusalem to an unclean baby girl who was left to die in her own birth blood,
and nobody even cared enough for her to cut and tie her umbilical cord or give her a bath,
until He came by and saw her and had compassion on her.

Our loving Father then cleaned her and nourished her
and raised her to become a beautiful young lady,
mature enough to marry.

So He took her to be His own wife by placing His skirt over her,
and He bestowed upon her fine linens and precious jewelry
and great status as His wife.

She was even given a crown of glory when David took her and made her the capital of Israel.

She was truly beautiful,
but now she is about to become a tramp and a whore and a prostitute of the worst kind...
it is called religious idolatry.

How can we as human beings,
even Christians,
come to an understanding of how our Father feels
about our many religious traditions and practices which,
although they "appear" to be worshipping Him,
really constitute complete and utter idolatry,
which God likens to adultery and whoredom.

We often times don't see what is so bad about what we do,
but then without the knowledge of His Word,
how would we know?

If you don't know something, then you don't know that you don't know it.

So God likens idolatry to adultery and whoredom.

You see, following false religion,
the traditions of men, is just like being a whore.

That's pretty graphic and hardly seems like Bible language, right?

WRONG!
 

In fact, the great false religion to come upon the world,
headed by Satan as the antichrist, the instead-of-Jesus,
is called the great Whore who sits upon the waters,
which are the people (Rev. 17:15).

Therefore all of the following graphic expressions of lewd,
licentious activities in this chapter are to be interpreted as IDOLATRY,
and not to the sins of the flesh which are merely used as allegory.

It is by our understanding of how a husband must feel when his beautiful wife
that he has so graciously and amply provided for,
even rescued from certain death,
turns from his loving arms and becomes a slut and a tramp
and gives away all the nice things her husband gave to her to all her lover boys.

That is EXACTLY how God looks upon the religious practices
and the traditions of men which we already read about in the 13th chapter,
including those doctrines like the any-moment rapture theory
and traditions like just go-to-church and worship,
that cover-up or hide through omission the truth of His Word.

If you think that isn't a true statement,
then how can it possibly be that most of our people,
including those who go to church and call themselves Christian,
are Biblically illiterate?

They are not taught His Word line by line and verse by verse
by the shepherds who lead them.

It is an undeniable, indisputable fact.

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