(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
Deuteronomy 18:9–14, “When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee. Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God. For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.”
The major difference between worshipping the Lord and worshipping the gods of the other lands is the fact that the Lord is alive and the others are only figments of imagination. Because the Lord is real and the Master Designer of everything that He created, He knows the design specifications and, hence, what is best for every person that He made. On the other hand, the gods of the nations can be manipulated so that the sinners who worship them end up getting their own way and doing whatever their sinful hearts desire. This is why it was so important for Israel to obey the Lord and follow His ways. As long as they were doing whatever their sinful hearts desired they were not showing the rest of the world the Lord’s love and goodness. The people who were in the and before Israel, who were cast out because they had debased the good Land, used whatever means they could of manipulating their gods and getting their won way. They would various means of determining gods will, like checking the patterns in a cup which they had previously drunk from, checking the stars, using magic, or talking to ghosts and spirits. these things were a good part of the reason the Amorites were so debased. They also burnt their own children as a sacrifice to their gods and everything they could to ignore the Lord. On the other hand, Israel had the Lord’s written Law so they knew exactly what the Lord required of them. They didn’t have to use any other means to bring themselves the Lord’s word.
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