#142 Why I Will Not See the Movie Redeeming Love - Final Thoughts
The Alisa Childers Podcast
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Away Rejects Israel as His Wife and I'm Not Her Husband
There's actually evidence in hosea that the canaanites engaged in ritualistic sexual intercourse with cult prostitutes. This was to stimulate baol, to send rain for their crops and would give them fertility for their wombs. So according to the surrounding culture, if you could just please the gods, they would take care of you. But away was not having that. Israel was his bride and she was committing adultery with other gods. In chapter two we start to hear, just in terrifying detail, the punishment for israel's adultery.
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