~Jehovah Kanna- Lord who is Jealous~

[Jayyycuuup]

imagine u own a house, but you kept just one piece of furniture for urself for ur own delight or pleasure and the rest you allow other persons controll at will....

now because of the free will you gave to them to use other stuff they began to use your own piece of funiture, leaving you without nothing to use, but each passing day u see ur furniture being used at ur own expense, what was ment to serve u now serve others......HOW WILL YOU FEEL ?

i guess jealous ,but note ur jealousy is justified cos every body know that funiture was ment to serve you only, and i can say this jealousy comes with anger too.

consider this scripture Deuteronomy 32:9 For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.....

the only thing GOD truly desire in the fullness of the earth is His people those who would obey and serve Him for who He is ,if the only portion He owns now turn to serve or please themselves and make for themselves gods....wow guess the Jealousy comes from there

unlike our jealousy born out of srife GODS jealousy is out of love for us His only property no wonder He could give Jesus for us to be close to Him......think about this

Something I think we could discuss Heni (though I know your intent- just discussion. . .thank you for your response by the way.) is How God's jealousy differentiates on how we see jealousy. . . .

Thoughts?

[Jayyycuuup]

Reminded me of something:

Song of Solomon 8v6:

Set me like a seal upon your heart, like a seal upon your arm; for love is as strong as death, jealousy is as hard and cruel as Sheol (the place of the dead). Its flashes are flashes of fire, a most vehement flame [the very flame of the Lord]!

By the way, that's the bride speaking to the Groom!!!

Very interesting Zion!

Though I am curious- in what manner does this relate to God's jealousy to us? If this is the bride (the church) speaking to the groom (Christ) then what is the relation? (Sorry if this appears nit-picky, I am just stirring discussion )

To me, this is a husband and wife senario, no husband would ever want to share his wife with His enemy, and I know if that ever happened between me and my husband (never want it to!!!) I know that he had better be jealous! And I would be too if the situation were reversed. We are the bride of Christ, so of course, He has every right to be jealous over us. But the fact that He actually is... I mean, who is man that He is so mindful of him? Of me??? That's another mystery! But I bless the Lord that He does love us so much. This love is what has saved our very souls.

I will ask you the same question Zion. . .

Is God's jealousy the same though? Or does it differentiate from our jealousy? If so, in what way is it the same? If different, in what way does it differ?

[*Zion*]

He definitely has more of a right to be jealous than we do. All glory must go to Him - He will not share it with another! He doesn't want to share us either, we are His. In the same way though, He has now become our God. That's why He has used us to provoke the Jews to jealousy, so that they will return to Him and make Him their God once again:

Romans 10:19

Again I ask, Did Israel not understand? [Did the Jews have no warning that the Gospel was to go forth to the Gentiles, to all the earth?] First, there is Moses who says, I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation; with a foolish nation I will make you angry.

Romans 11:11

So I ask, Have they stumbled so as to fall [to their utter spiritual ruin, irretrievably]? By no means! But through their false step and transgression salvation [has come] to the Gentiles, so as to arouse Israel [to see and feel what they forfeited] and so to make them jealous.

Romans 11:14

In the hope of making my fellow Jews jealous [in order to stir them up to imitate, copy, and appropriate], and thus managing to save some of them.

[Guest]

... Is God's jealousy the same though? Or does it differentiate from our jealousy? If so, in what way is it the same? If different, in what way does it differ?....

Because He IS God

Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. Lamentations 3:19-23

He Is Faithful

And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD. Hosea 2:19-20

And True