Zeal of God
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· 6 viewsThe intense and protective commitment of God to his people and to his purposes which seeks a passionate and obedient response. The zeal of God is often linked with the idea of the “jealousy of God”, in which God refuses to contemplate his people giving their allegiance or affection to another.
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God in his zeal demands exclusive loyalty from his people
God in his zeal demands exclusive loyalty from his people
Ex 20:5 The jealousy of God implies that he seeks for and insists on exclusive loyalty which is due to him and which will benefit those who give it.
See also Ex 34:14; Dt 4:24; Dt 5:9; Jos 24:19; Na 1:2
God’s zeal for the honour of his name
God’s zeal for the honour of his name
I am the Lord: that is my name:
And my glory will I not give to another,
Neither my praise to graven images.
See also Ex 20:7; Dt 32:51; Is 48:9–11; Eze 20:9; Eze 20:14; Eze 20:22; Eze 36:20–23; Eze 39:7; Eze 39:25
God’s zeal on behalf of his people
God’s zeal on behalf of his people
So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying,
Thus saith the Lord of hosts;
I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
See also 2 Ki 19:31; Joe 2:18; Zec 8:2
God’s zeal to establish the Messiah’s reign
God’s zeal to establish the Messiah’s reign
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end,
Upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom,
To order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice
From henceforth even for ever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
God’s zeal is aroused by his people’s idolatry
God’s zeal is aroused by his people’s idolatry
They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods,
With abominations provoked they him to anger.
See also Dt 29:20; Dt 32:21; 1 Ki 14:22; Ps 78:58; Eze 8:3; Eze 8:5; Eze 16:38; Eze 23:25; 1 Co 10:21–22
God’s zeal in judgment
God’s zeal in judgment
He judges the nations
He judges the nations
Eze 36:5–6; Eze 38:18–19; Zep 1:18; Zep 3:8
He restrains his zeal in judgment
He restrains his zeal in judgment
So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
See also Nu 25:11
God’s people appeal for his zeal to be shown
God’s people appeal for his zeal to be shown
Look down from heaven, and behold
From the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory:
Where is thy zeal and thy strength,
The sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
See also Ps 74:10–11; Is 26:11
God’s people reflect his zeal
God’s people reflect his zeal
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
See also 1 Ki 19:10; 1 Ki 19:14; Pr 23:17; Ro 12:11