By CEM Blog on
10/11/2005 9:14 AM
By: Lenny Cacchio
It’s a curious thing that God would give a king a great victory, only to have him bow down at the altar of the vanquished foes’ idol. That’s what one ancient king did. In the name of the God of Israel he conquered the enemy of his nation, then gave honor to the gods of the people those gods couldn’t protect. (II Chronicles 25:14-15) Some scholars point out that many in Israel viewed their God as just one of many gods, each of whom had their own little territories where their power was the greatest. The God of Israel, so they thought, had preeminence only in their little corner of the world, whereas Moloch or Chemosh would be the powers in their special neighborhoods. Because they accepted this little deception, it took...