And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
A calf is a sacrifice but when it is worshipped, it becomes
an idol. Casting idols from molten brass, copper or silver is a very ancient
practice, and the idols found near the temples in the East today may have been
formed more than five hundred years ago. II Kings 17:16, 17 And they left all the commands
of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and
made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. And they
caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination
and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to
provoke him to anger. The practice of "fire walking" is not new, but as
old as history and as devilish as Satan. Only a devil-possessed person could
walk white hot coals of fire without getting burned.
Bishop K.C. Pillai, D.D. |