Today's scripture concerning King Solomon who was given so much fell so deeply into paganism


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I Kings 11:1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites

Reading today's scripture about Solomon, many people will read this account and tell themselves they would never, ever go after strange gods. They tell themselves that they know whom they serve, the God of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob. They are completely sold out to the Lord Jesus Christ. I have a question for you: Who is Ashtoreth? What other name is she known as? Ishatar or Astarte. Take a look at what the Smith's Bible Dictionary tells us.


Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ashtoreth
(a star) the principal female divinity of the Phoenicians, called Ishtar by the Assyrians and Astarte by the Greeks and Romans. She was by some ancient writers identified with the moon. But on the other hand the Assyrian Ishtar was not the moon-goddess, but the planet Venus; and Astarte was by many identified with the goddess Venus (or Aphrodite), as well as with the plant of that name. It is certain that the worship of Astarte became identified with that of Venus, and that this worship was connected with the most impure rites is apparent from the close connection of this goddess with ASHERAH. (1 Kings 11:5,33; 2 Kings 23:13)

Read on:

Hence there were as "many Ashtoreths" or Ashtaroth as Baals. They represented the various forms under which the goddess was worshipped in different localities (Judges 10:6 1 Samuel 7:4; 1 Samuel 12:10, etc.). Sometimes she was addressed as Naamah, "the delightful one," Greek Astro-noe, the mother of Eshmun and the Cabeiri. The Philistines seem to have adopted her under her warlike form (1 Samuel 31:10 the King James Version reading "Ashtoreth," as Septuagint), but she was more usually the moon-goddess (Lucian, De Dca Syriac., 4; Herodian, v.6, 10), and was accordingly symbolized by the horns of a cow. See ASHTEROTH-KARNAIM. At Ashkelon, where Herodotus (I.105) places her most ancient temple, she was worshipped under the name of Atar-gatis, as a woman with the tail of a fish, and fish were accordingly sacred to her. Elsewhere the dove was her sacred symbol. The immoral rites with which the worship of Ishtar in Babylonia was accompanied were transferred to Canaan (Deuteronomy 23:18) and formed part of the idolatrous practices which the Israelites were called upon to extirpate.

http://biblehub.com/topical/a/ashtoreth.htm

In other words, Dagon, the Fish god is associated with her/him. Isn't there a priesthood that wears the Dagon Hands? Isn't there a Universal Church that worships "Queen of Heaven"?

In the Book of Acts 12:4 we read that Herod was in Jerusalem that Passover Season because it fell at the same time as his Ishtar celebration. and what did the translators influenced by Rome do? They made it Easter and tell you that you are celebrating the Resurrection of Christ (their Christ) So, you can se that Easter is a corruption of Isthar. No follower of the Lord Jesus Christ observed this pagan celebration and neither should you.

Instead of getting to the true foundations of their beliefs, we have multitudes of Christians focusing on one thing...a Rapture, which can never happen until after the Resurrection of the Dead. I Thess. 4:16-17.

AND THERE IS ONLY ONE RESURRECTION....got it?

Also, if you delve into the history of these gods that The Great I AM has said NOT to go after, how does one come to accept the Sun god's birth on December 24/25? That is worshipping The Queen of Heaven who the pagans believed brought forth her son, whom was really her husband.

For crying out loud, this "queen" is a fallen angel, an Aphrodite. She is not the Mary of the bible. You've read the accounts of how hybrids are made to look so beautiful and as the man is about to make love to her, she changes into a horrible, ugly demon. These aren't stories I or others make up; they are stories that the Word of God has warned about over & over to try to keep His few Elect on the right track.

Jeremiah begged the Children of Israel not to bake cakes to her, bring the evergreen tree into the home which was in honor to her bringing forth her son/husband. Does this sound like Christmas?

Most of us, at one time or another, followed these man-made traditions because we failed to read the Bible for ourselves. So, after becoming a believer, we must put away these traditions, then deeper truth will come to us about His Word. One, who will not give up these practices still stands with one foot in paganism. Sorry, but there are no if's or but's about it.

Exodus 20 King James Version (KJV)

1. And God spake all these words, saying,

2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

Gerlinda

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