{"id":16959,"date":"2020-05-15T06:25:42","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T13:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=16959"},"modified":"2020-05-15T06:25:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T13:25:48","slug":"jeremiah-most-religious-practices-are-an-abomination-to-yhvh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2020\/05\/15\/jeremiah-most-religious-practices-are-an-abomination-to-yhvh\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremiah” Most Religious Practices Are an Abomination to YHVH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Jeremiah 7\u20139<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeremiah 7:21\u20138:3, 9:22 (23)\u201323 (24), \u201cThe Sacrifice of the Wicked Is an Abomination\u201d to YHVH (Prov 15:8).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This message of Jeremiah reveals that the purpose of sacrifice<\/strong> and of all outward acts of worship should be to deepen the inward sense of religion and to stimulate one to a holy or set-apart life. Jeremiah, speaking for YHVH, decries the uselessness of religious activity when accompanied with unholiness and unrighteousness. Furthermore, he denounces the mere mechanical performance of acts of worship; of the superstition that the temple ritual could be a guarantee of security from the judgments of Elohim, while the Israelites were divorced from obedience to YHVH\u2019s Torah. Only whole-hearted repentance could avert a national disaster brought on by YHVH\u2019s judgments (Soncino Pentateuch<\/em>, p. 439).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the true meaning of religion and what was the true purpose of the temple in Israel? Its purpose was to transform people into living temples that would be set-apart or holy unto YHVH Elohim. If they acted one way while in the temple and another way while outside the temple, then the temple activities had only become a mockery of YHVH, a farce and a repugnance to the very one they had supposedly come to worship. Humans may kid themselves by their religiosity, but they cannot deceive the Holy One of Israel who sees all and who reads their hearts and minds. He is not moved by mere outward show of religious piety. What are your true heart motives for pursuing the religion of the Bible? If it is for any reason other than out of a deep, abiding love for Yeshua, for a desire to draw close to the Father in a personal one-on-one way, to walk in righteousness as an act of faith and worship toward him, then your motives need to be reevaluated and readjusted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let us define some important words that sadly all too often relate to religious folk. These words are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n