“Baalim?” #3

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

“And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:…” (Judges 2:11 KJV).

The Authorized Version features “Baalim” some 18 times, but what is it exactly?

“Ba‘al” is Hebrew for “lord.” This was the supreme god of the Phoenicians and Canaanites, the neighbors of Israel in the Promised Land. “Baal worship” appears throughout the Old Testament (Numbers 22:41; Judges 2:13; Judges 6:25,28,30,31,32; 1 Kings 16:31,32; 1 Kings 18:19,21,22,25,26,40; 1 Kings 19:18; 1 Kings 22:53; 2 Kings 3:2; 2 Kings 10:18-23,26-28; 2 Kings 11:18; 2 Kings 17:16; 2 Kings 21:3; 2 Kings 23:4,5; 2 Chronicles 23:17; Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 7:9; Jeremiah 11:13,17; Jeremiah 12:16; Jeremiah 19:5; Jeremiah 23:13,27; Jeremiah 32:39,35; Hosea 2:8; Hosea 13:1; Zephaniah 1:4; cf. Romans 11:4).

With the addition of the Hebrew plural suffix “–im,” “Baal” becomes “Baalim”—a multiplicity of gods called “Baal.” See Hosea 2:17, “For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.” Observe how “names” is plural. Baal worship takes on many forms, just as Christendom is divided into various denominations. There is a Baal worshipped here, and a Baal worshipped there; depending on the location or role, he assumes assorted names.

For example, “Baalpeor” (Numbers 25:1-5; Deuteronomy 4:3; Psalm 106:28; Hosea 9:10) means “lord of Peor/gap [a mountain east of the Jordan River].” This was a god of the Moabites, also worshipped by the apostate Israelites. Another compound “Baal” name is in 2 Kings chapter 1: “Baalzebub the god of Ekron” (verses 2,3,6,16), defined as “lord of the flies,” was a god of the Philistines. The Jews later applied this appellation to Satan (Matthew 10:25; Matthew 12:24,27; Mark 3:22; Luke 11:15,18,19)! A third “Baal” title was “Baalberith” (Judges 8:33; Judges 9:4), which was “lord of the covenant [agreement with his devotees]”—another idol of the Philistines and apostate Israel.

In fact, “Bel” (rhyming with “Baal”) was the Babylonian deity corresponding to that Phoenician, Canaanite, Moabite, and Philistine god (Isaiah 46:1; Jeremiah 50:2; Jeremiah 51:44). Furthermore, King Nebuchadnezzar’s grandson Belshazzar (“Bel protect the king;” Daniel 5:1) and Belteshazzar (“Bel’s prince,” Daniel’s heathen label given in Daniel 1:7) were named to honor this heathen idol. Whatever he was called, Baal worship was nothing but devil worship!

“Baalim?” #2

Monday, February 24, 2025

“And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:…” (Judges 2:11 KJV).

The Authorized Version features “Baalim” some 18 times, but what is it exactly?

“For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them” (2 Chronicles 33:3). “And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them” (2 Chronicles 34:4). “How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;…” (Jeremiah 2:23).

“But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:…” (Jeremiah 9:14). “And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD” (Hosea 2:13). “For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name” (Hosea 2:17). “As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images” (Hosea 11:2).

Having scanned all references, we now possess a few clues as to the identity of “Baalim.” Read Judges 8:33 again: “…and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith [!] their god.” Judges 10:6 again: “And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods [!] of Syria, and the gods [!] of Zidon, and the gods [!]  of Moab, and the gods [!] of the children of Ammon, and the gods [!] of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.” Hosea 2:17 again: “For I will take away the names [!] of Baalim out of her mouth….”

“Baalim” is connected to widespread idolatry….

“Baalim?” #1

Sunday, February 23, 2025

“And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:…” (Judges 2:11 KJV).

The Authorized Version features “Baalim” some 18 times, but what is it exactly?

Before we consider establishing any definition, we have to read the other pertinent verses. “And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves” (Judges 3:7). “And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god” (Judges 8:33). “And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him” (Judges 10:6).

“And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim (Judges 10:10). “Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only” (1 Samuel 7:4). “And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee” (1 Samuel 12:10). “And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim (1 Kings 18:18).

“And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;…” (2 Chronicles 17:3). “For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim (2 Chronicles 24:7). “For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim (2 Chronicles 28:2).

There are still a few other references to read….

Not a Waste—and Not Too Late, Either

Saturday, February 22, 2025

“Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase” (1 Corinthians 3:5-7 KJV).

One Sunday night long ago, a pastor was delivering a sermon he had written about temptation. Departing from his notes, he became more personal and cried out to the people, “Maybe there is someone here who is thinking about throwing himself off that bridge out over there, so hopeless because he believes it is too late for him not to enter into temptation! Stop! Stop! There is hope in Christ! He will forgive and save even you!”

Some weeks later, one of his church members informed him of a woman who had contemplated throwing herself off that very bridge. She almost did it too, but there was much sunlight outside. Fearing someone might notice and stop her from ending her life, she had moved into the crowd of a nearby church building to await nightfall. It had been that pastor’s church building… and it had been the night of his sermon on temptation. She had heard his Gospel invitation, assumed God was talking to her through him, decided not to jump after all, and trusted the Lord Jesus Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection as sufficient payment for her sins!

Brethren, the lesson is simple: we give God’s words, and let the Holy Spirit do the rest. We might not see results for weeks, years, decades, or in this life at all. That makes no difference whatsoever! What matters is God gives the increase; we who plant and water are unimportant. Remember today’s Scripture, and never forget it! Perhaps, dear friend, you are not even a Christian. Maybe you are planning to jump off a bridge, too. Stop! Stop! There is hope in Christ for you also, and He can save even you as well. You have come to the right place, to read this Gospel of Grace: “Christ died for our sins, He was buried, and He rose again the third day” (1 Corinthians 15:3,4). “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved” (Acts 16:31).

Lessons from the Biblical Apothecary #7

Friday, February 21, 2025

“And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil” (Exodus 30:25 KJV).

Let us learn some lessons from the biblical apothecary….

From the Book of Hebrews, which enlarges upon Jeremiah 31:31-34, we discover the Old Covenant was temporary and will be replaced by the New Covenant (see particularly Hebrews chapters 8–10). Considering that change, Messiah (Jesus Christ) speaks to Father God: “Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart” (Psalm 40:6-8). Hebrews 10:5-9 interprets this as Messiah submitting to Father’s will to sacrifice Himself on Calvary’s cruel cross, the foundation for the New Covenant.

“By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;…” (Hebrews 10:10-12). This “offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all” is described in Ephesians 5:1,2 as: “Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.”

Christ’s finished crosswork on Calvary was “a sweetsmelling savour”—just as pleasant to God’s nostrils as those aromas of the anointing oil and the perfume or incense (the context of today’s Scripture). The stench of the spiritual decay of our sin debt is overwhelmed by the blood sacrifice of the sinless Lord Jesus Christ. Yet, that does not deter works-religionist man from offering his own righteousness, his reeking “filthy rags” (Isaiah 64:6) and stinky “dung” (Philippians 3:8), bragging, “I can be just as good as Jesus!” If nothing else, may the “sweetsmelling savour” of Calvary at least discourage us Christians from resurrecting the buried, rotting old man to boast, “I can live the Christian life!”

Lessons from the Biblical Apothecary #6

Thursday, February 20, 2025

“And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil” (Exodus 30:25 KJV).

Let us learn some lessons from the biblical apothecary….

Any hasty reading of the Law of Moses with respect to its Tabernacle and (subsequent) Temple and their furnishings and ministers, yields one undeniable fact: it was an extremely complex arrangement and rigorous routine, involving elaborate ceremonies, sacrifices and offerings, an altar, a laver, a candlestick (lampstand), shewbread, incense, a veil, an ark (chest) containing stone tablets, a mercyseat, and other items. See, for example, Exodus chapters 25–31, Exodus chapters 34–40, Leviticus chapters 1–10, and Leviticus chapters 16–17. The daily, weekly, and annual duties of the Levitical priests were endless—spanning over 1,500 years, encompassing countless generations of Aaron’s sons.

For a more abridged summary of the responsibilities of the Levitical priesthood as touching the Tabernacle and the Temple, see Hebrews chapters 5, 7, 8, 9, and 10. Suffice it to say that their work with those holy vessels, utensils, and furnishings—and even those vessels, utensils, and furnishings themselves—pointed to Calvary’s cross in a veiled or disguised form. Recall the holy anointing oil and the perfume or incense referenced in Exodus 30:22-38, the context of today’s Scripture. Intense, albeit pleasant, odors emanated from them, filling the Tabernacle and the Temple with fragrances. Moreover, the atmosphere would have been smokey, obscuring some priestly activities.

As we gag and recoil at sewage, body sweat, rotting bodies, and other offensive odors, so the holy, righteous Creator God is highly irritated at the stench of sin. Like we react in the physical realm, He responds in the spiritual world. Though He was dwelling in the Tabernacle and the Temple in the midst of sinful Israelites, though sinful priests were working in His service, He could tolerate it because the sweet aromas smeared on those men, their instruments, and their sacrifices covered the disagreeable smell. Hence, Mosaic sacrifices were “for a sweet savour” (Exodus 29:25,41; Leviticus 1:9,13,17; Leviticus 2:2,9,12; Leviticus 3:5,16; Leviticus 4:31; Leviticus 6:15,21; Leviticus 8:21,28; Leviticus 17:6; Leviticus 23:13,18; et cetera).

Let us see how to appreciate the delightful scent of Calvary in God’s nostrils….

Something Not Worth Losing

Sunday, February 9, 2025

“For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Matthew 16:26 KJV).

Super Bowl Sunday comes annually in the United States. Teams fuel the intense passions in the athletic world by vying for a corruptible trophy. Howbeit, the competition in today’s Scripture is spiritual, is worldwide, never has a halftime, and involves the eternal souls of men!

The human soul is most zealous about religion, politics, and sports. These areas are most personal, so they generate many heated debates and conflicts. However, believe it or not, there are worse outcomes than losing a church member, losing an election, and losing a game. Losing your eternal soul is the greatest of all losses!

In the context of today’s Scripture, Jesus Christ told His Jewish disciples to “take up [their] cross, and follow [him]” (verse 24). “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it” (verse 25). They should not fear losing their earthly lives for His sake. What is most important is that they not lose their souls!

Jesus Christ declared there is more to life than this physical world and its temporal possessions. There is a spiritual world—an afterlife—to consider. In today’s Scripture, He asks them, “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” Does it make sense to emphasize this temporary world and its corruptible goods, to the point of ignoring your eternal soul, and wind up losing it in hellfire forever and ever?

Dear reader, there is more to you than just your physical body. Your inner man—your soul, your spiritual body—is everlasting. To ignore Jesus Christ’s finished crosswork as sufficient payment for your sins, is to remain dead in those sins, resulting in you spending eternity suffering God’s wrath in the lake of fire literally as a nameless, hopeless, disfigured creature.

Your soul is not worth losing! Trust Christ as your personal Saviour today!

The Worst Human Invention

Saturday, February 8, 2025

“This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness” (Ephesians 4:17-19 KJV).

Sinners are “inventors of evil things” (Romans 1:30), including this….

What is the worst human invention? Nuclear weapons, taxes, money, television, and advertisements are some answers given. Yet, biblically speaking, the worst human invention is the idea that man is his own authority, his own creator (an absurdity indeed!). “Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen” (Romans 1:25).

Read Jeremiah 17:5-10: “[5] Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. [6] For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. [7] Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. [8] For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. [9] The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? [10] I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.”

Furthermore, man in his own deluded mind, in his own wicked heart, is obsessed with his own righteousness—which is but “as filthy rags” (Isaiah 64:6) and “dung” (Philippians 3:8). How much better it would be to, “Believe [Rely, trust, depend] on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house” (Acts 16:31). “Christ died for our sins, He was buried, and He rose again the third day” (1 Corinthians 15:3,4).












































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The Worst Human Invention “This I say therefore, and testify in
the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of
their mind, Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of
God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their
heart: Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness,
to work all uncleanness with greediness”
(Ephesians
4:17-19 KJV).
 Sinners are “inventors of evil
things”
(Romans 1:30), including this…. What is the worst human invention?
Nuclear weapons, taxes, money, television, and advertisements are some answers
given. Yet, biblically speaking, the worst human invention is the idea
that man is his own authority, his own creator
(an absurdity indeed!). “Who
changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature
more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen”
(Romans 1:25). Read Jeremiah 17:5-10: “[5] Thus
saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his
arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. [6] For he shall be like the
heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the
parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
[7] Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD
is. [8] For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that
spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but
her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought,
neither shall cease from yielding fruit. [9] The heart is deceitful above
all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? [10] I the LORD
search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his
ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.”
 Furthermore, man in his own deluded
mind, in his own wicked heart, is obsessed with his own righteousness—which is
but “as filthy rags” (Isaiah 64:6) and “dung” (Philippians 3:8).
How much better it would be to, “Believe [Rely, trust, depend] on the Lord
Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house”
(Acts 16:31). “Christ
died for our sins, He was buried, and He rose again the third day”
(1
Corinthians 15:3,4).

333’s 5000th – Awake or Asleep?

Thursday, February 6, 2025

“And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together” (Acts 20:8 KJV).

Only by God’s grace, “333 Words of Grace” marks a special ministry milestone!

Read today’s Scripture in context: “[7] And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. [8] And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together. [9] And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead. [10] And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him. [11] When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed. [12] And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.”

Dear Christian friends, for 5,000 consecutive days (!) we have gathered here around the Word of God rightly divided. In a sense that is “long preaching.” Being situated in a place of “many lights,” we are reminded of Psalm 119:105,130: “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path…. The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.” It is our hope and prayer that we have not been like Eutychus (or the Corinthians [1 Corinthians 15:33,34], or the Ephesians [Ephesians 5:14-18], or the Romans [Romans 13:11-14]), paying more attention to the darkness of the evil world system “outside” instead of the sound Bible doctrine “inside,” reaching the point of a “deep sleep” (Christian inattentiveness) and subsequent death (the Christian mind and life separated from their function). After all, we have known many who have already departed from the faith—and they cannot rightly say they did not have a chance to know it with us.

Perhaps God in His grace will equip us for another 5,000 studies?! Onward we go in our Lord Jesus Christ!

NO Bible Ignorance in the Midst of Tragedy! #32

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

“Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?” (Psalm 10:1 KJV).

In light of the recent New Orleans terrorist attack just a few hours away from my home, we are delighted to dispel the associated Bible ignorance….

According to the Bible rightly divided, it is not God’s current will to directly intervene in the affairs of man to punish evil, deliver the righteous, and remove the curse of sin from creation. He is neither apathetic, nor cruel, nor nonexistent: instead, He is gracious, merciful, and peaceful toward our human species that has rejected His dear Son (the Lord Jesus Christ) for almost 20 centuries. We should not despise His goodness and/or moan about His plan simply because we do not understand what we ought and have not gotten our way. Far better if we considered the Holy Scriptures dispensationally, find out what He is doing today, by faith do that, and thereby do His will.

Jesus Christ is not where He should be, Satan is not where he should be, the Church the Body of Christ is not where it should be, and the nation Israel is not where it should be. In God’s due time, all will be set right. If we could say it as succinctly as possible: God’s purpose and plan in creation will truly be brought to pass one day, but that cannot happen until redeemed Israel (Earth) and the Church the Body of Christ (Heaven) rule in their respective realms, and this cannot happen until Christ Jesus Himself reigns, which cannot occur until Satan is removed, which cannot happen until Israel is complete, which cannot occur until prophecy resumes, which cannot occur until mystery ends, which cannot transpire until the Body of Christ is closed, which cannot happen until the Dispensation of Grace is rescinded, which cannot be until the Apostle Paul’s ministry is terminated.

“If we suffer, we shall also reign with him…” (2 Timothy 2:12a). We members of the Church the Body of Christ—who have trusted the Lord’s finished crosswork alone as sufficient payment for our sins—understand that this world is not our home. Though this life is rough and tough, God’s grace is sufficient for us to handle all of its problems… all the way up to our departure to be glorified in, and govern, the heavenly places with Christ Himself.

-FINIS!-

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