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WHY THE FREQUENT REFERENCES TO PROSTITUTES AND PROSTITUTION IN THE BOOK OF HOSEA?

December 30, 2019UncategorizedBaal, Christ, crops, Ephraim, false god, False gods, give, giving, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, gods, guilty, health, healthy, Hosea, Israel, jesus, Jesus Chirst, Jewish, jews, joy, Lord, new testament, Old Testamen, pagan, physical, prostitution, rejoice, theologians, theology, unfaithful, vanaanite, whoredom, worshipabarkley8

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Israel was guilty of participating in various pagan worship practices. This included actual, physical prostitution at many Canaanite shrines left standing after the conquest of Canaan. The idea behind these degrading sexual rites was that the Canaanites fertility gods Baal and Asherah would favor the participants with healthy babies and crops. Continue reading WHY THE FREQUENT REFERENCES TO PROSTITUTES AND PROSTITUTION IN THE BOOK OF HOSEA? →

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