Saturday, June 19, 2010

The sin of Jeroboam the son of Nebat

Jeroboam was the son of Nebat is the man who made Israel sin.
What did Jeroboam do?
  1. He made two golden calves and set them in Bethel and Dan (1 Kings 12:28-29);
  2. And he made houses on high places (1 Kings 12:31);
  3. He made priests from among all the people who were not of the sons of Levi (1 Kings 12:31);
  4. He devised his own feast on the fifteenth day in the eighth month(1 Kings 12:33).
Basically, Jeroboam created a new religion which worship a god call Yahweh. But this god was worshipped in Jeroboam's way. The Israelites of those days may think that their religion is the same as those in Judah because they are worshipping the same Yahweh.

Today, many religions featured Jesus. He may be God or prophet, but He is not worshipped according to the Bible. Like Israelites of old, people think that all these religions are Christianity. However, in God's eyes, they are evil. All the kings of Israel are " evil in the LORD's sight" because they "departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin".

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