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Job 24:15
15 The eye [`ayin] also of the adulterer [na'aph] waiteth [shamar] for the twilight [nesheph], saying ['amar], No eye [`ayin] shall see [shuwr] me: and disguiseth [cether] [suwm] his face [paniym]. KJV-Interlinear
15 'And the eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, 'No eye will see me.' And he disguises his face. NASB
Adultery is infidelity, disloyalty, unfaithfulness, betrayal, falseness, treachery, and deceitfulness. It is the cheating of ones commitment to ones rightful partner or companion, or spouse.
The Bible is a long series of parables, wherein God uses the attributes of this life to illustrate and teach the principles of the spiritual life.
God established the divine principle of the institution of marriage to teach the principles of our relationship with God through truth.
To be spiritually alone is not good. Spiritual aloneness is a life without God.
God set out the institution of marriage in order to bring two people, who otherwise are incomplete in themselves, together in order to make them complete, and as one person.
In marriage, there is intimacy. Intimacy brings two people closer and serves to bind their relationship with a tighter bonding force.
In the spiritual life, we, humanity, function in the role of the female. God is the masculine side of the relationship. Our marriage begins with our faith in Christ, or our salvation. Our intimacy is Gods Word, received into our soul by means of our daily study. The bonding agent or muscle of the relationship becomes faith.
Adultery is our infidelity, our unfaithfulness, toward God with respect to our failure to function within our spiritual life.
Homosexuality, religion, philosophies and so forth are all forms of spiritual adultery. They are all pursued by the free will and choice of the individual, as God, Christ, doctrine, and the legitimate spiritual life are rejected, compromised, or substituted with these other beliefs.
Too often, people tend to agonize over various functions in their temporal life, such as whether or not they can or should get divorced and so forth, when they have a greater problem in that they have failed to pursue their spiritual life. Something, which is far more important.
All functions of the temporal life are meaningless if you have no functioning spiritual life. All functions of the temporal life take on meaning and purpose when you are advancing within your spiritual life.
If you do not have a relationship with God, then you cannot have any relationships, meaningful ones that is, with yourself or anyone else.
When you are oriented to God first, then everything else will fall into place.
Twilight is the time of day when the light and darkness become obscure, when it is difficult to tell the difference between the two. And such is the nature of the adulterer.
He or she, as the case may be, tries to find meaning in obscurity, and that cannot be done. They hide in the compromises of their own thoughts. Their lusts, their desires, their insecurities drive there wants and needs. Their lack of doctrine, lack of spiritual growth means they are lacking in capacity for life, and therefore they will never be satisfied no matter how green the grass is on the other side of the fence.
But as with everything else, the adulterer cannot hide their transgressions. God sees everything. God sees their emptiness of soul, as well as their emptiness of integrity.
People who lack in their spiritual life, will tend to make a big deal about other peoples failure to follow the rules in life.
People who pursue their spiritual life and are growing up toward spiritual maturity, aren't bothered by the failures of others in life. The world is full of those kinds of things.
Jesus Christ controls history, not man. Review the Winds of History chart when you get the chance.
Oh, and one more thing. The penalty of adultery is death. When you reject Christ in salvation, your penalty is the Lake of Fire. When you reject your spiritual life, or fellowship as a believer, then your penalty is fellowship death or a non-functioning spiritual life.
The temporal death penalties by stoning and so forth (and pay attention now), serve to teach us of the extreme (repeat extreme), importance of maintaining our relationship with God.
Your spiritual life is the single most important possession you can have in life. Be true to your spiritual life and it will reward you immensely. Likewise, be true to the things of your temporal life (spiritual first), and they will be sources of blessing as well.
