Psalm 16:4
4 Their sorrows [`atstsebeth] shall
be multiplied [rabah] that hasten [mahar] after another ['acher] god:
their drink offerings [necek] of blood [dam] will I not offer, [nacak]
nor [bal] take up [nasa'] their names [shem] into my
lips. [saphah] KJV-Interlinear
4 The
sorrows of those who have bartered for another god will be multiplied; I shall
not pour out their libations of blood, Nor shall I take their names upon my
lips. NASB
Sorrows can be rendered
sorrows or idols.
Hasten means to bargain
for, to trade for, to barter or pursue.
Those who reject God,
Christ, doctrine and so forth, do so not by ignorance or happenchance, but do
so purposely. They pursue, they go out
of their way to obtain, all manner of false religion, philosophy, or even no
philosophy. And in so doing their
pursuits multiply, increase, grow, burgeon, swell.
The false increases, and
the sorrows likewise increases. False or
lies, never produce anything good, or productive, or beneficial. All results of lies prove to result in
disappointment, failure, loss and therefore sorrow. Nothing good comes out of that which is
false.
Drink offerings were
usually wine mixed with water, to represent the blood offering of legitimate
sacrifices. Many false religions likewise
copied this ritual but using the actual blood of the sacrificial animal or
human in many cases. These drinks were
usually poured out as a part of the ritual procedure.
The Levitical offerings
were legitimate rituals that taught the principles of the true sacrifice of
Christ on the Cross. Those legitimate offerings,
God recognized. However, the offerings
and sacrifices and rituals, whatever they were, of false religions, are not
recognized by God.
This emphasizes that only
the one true sacrifice of Christ, is legitimate and recognized and accepted by
God.
All false rituals are
rejected. There is only one God, one
Savior, one sacrifice, one truth.
All names of all false
gods, all false religions, all false philosophies, all false beliefs are
rejected by God. He will not even
mention their names, or give them recognition, nor even the names of those (unbelievers)
who follow them.
There is no such thing as
an honorable religion. There is no such
thing as an honorable sincerity. There
is no such thing as an honorable good intention.
Christianity is not a
religion, but a relationship with God through Christ.
All religions are false
and therefore evil to the core. To
respect them, or to honor them as though they are worthy in some way, is
contrary to Christian principles.
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