Biblical Concept: God, Jealous
Summary: The
myriad of world religions (various idolatry) is an affront to the Creator God
of the Bible. He is jealous / zealous as
Creator. Nations or persons who
recognize the God of the Bible and neglect / reject Him are met with the
jealous / zealous attribute of God. God
is jealous / zealous for the spiritual lives of His human creation—they can
glorify Him in the Angelic Conflict. The jealous /
zealous nature of God will defend the Person and Work of Jesus Christ. There is an important spiritual relationship
between God’s jealousy and holiness—“I shall be
jealous for My holy name.” Jealous is an
aspect of being a volitional Creature.
The God of the Bible has a perfect jealousy. Think: From love to lake of fire.
(Explanatory parentheses are mine)
NAS Exodus 20:5 "You shall not worship them or serve them; for I,
the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on
the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, (See the context of vv. 1-6. Principle: When a people of God put God in
second-place, it is a curse to them and those around them.)
NAS Exodus 34:14 -- for you shall not worship any other god, for the
LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God--
(See the context of vv. 11-17.
Principle: Do not be influenced by any other religion than Biblical
Christianity. The God does not like it--understated. Compare: NAS Psalm 33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people whom He has chosen
for His own inheritance. NAS Psalm 9:17 The wicked will return to Sheol, Even
all the nations who forget God. Note to
NAS Numbers 25:11 "Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the
priest, has turned away My wrath from the sons of
NAS Numbers 25:13 and it shall be for him and his descendants after him, a
covenant of a perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God, and
made atonement for the sons of
NAS Deuteronomy 4:24 "For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a
jealous God. (See the context of vv.
15-24. Principle: Do not be influenced
by any other religion than Biblical Christianity. The God does not like it--understated.)
NAS Deuteronomy 5:9 'You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the
LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the
children, and on the third and the fourth generations
of those who hate Me, (See the
context of vv. 6-10. Principle: When a
people of God put God in second-place, it is a curse to them and those around
them.)
NAS Deuteronomy 6:15 for the LORD your God in the midst of you is a jealous
God; otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and
He will wipe you off the face of the earth.
(See the context of vv. 10-15.
Principle: Do not be influenced by any other religion than Biblical
Christianity. The God does not like it--understated.)
NAS Deuteronomy 29:20 "The LORD shall never be willing to forgive him,
but rather the anger of the LORD and His jealousy will burn against that man,
and every curse which is written in this book will rest on him, and the LORD
will blot out his name from under heaven.
(See vv. 16-28. Principle: Do not be influenced by any other religion than
Biblical Christianity. The God does not
like it--understated.)
NAS Deuteronomy 32:16 "They made Him jealous with strange gods; With abominations they provoked
Him to anger. (See vv. 15-18. Principle: Do not be influenced by any other
religion than Biblical Christianity. The
God does not like it--understated.)
NAS Deuteronomy 32:21 'They have made Me jealous with what is not God; They have provoked Me to anger with their idols.
So I will make them jealous with those
who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation, (See vv. 19-25. Compare: NAS Romans 10:19 But I say, surely
NAS Joshua 24:19 Then Joshua said to the people, "You will not be able
to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not
forgive your transgression or your sins.
(See the chapter. Principle:
Worshiping the God of the Bible and then departing to other Gods = cursing.)
NAS 1 Kings 14:22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they
provoked Him to jealousy more than all that their fathers had done, with the
sins which they committed. (See 1 Kings
14:22-26. Principle: Putting God in second-place = national judgment.)
NAS Psalm 78:58 For they provoked Him with their high places, And
aroused His jealousy with their graven images.
(See the context of vv. 54-64.
Principle: Rejection of the God of the Bible = national judgment.)
NAS Psalm 79:5 How long, O LORD? Wilt Thou be angry forever? Will Thy
jealousy burn like fire? (Read the Psalm:
Orient to the jealousy of God.)
NAS Proverbs 27:4 Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood, But who can stand
before jealousy? (Particularly God’s.)
NAS Song of Solomon
8:6 "Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on
your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; Its
flashes are flashes of fire, The very flame
of the LORD. (God’s plan of positive
marriage jealousy.)
NAS Ezekiel 8:3 And He stretched out the form of a hand and caught me by
a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and
brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north
gate of the inner court, where the
seat of the idol of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy, was located. . . 5
Then He said to me, "Son of man, raise your eyes, now, toward the
north." So I raised my eyes toward the north, and behold, to the north of
the altar gate was this idol of
jealousy at the entrance. (Read the
chapter: Idolatry brings God’s jealousy and judgment.)
NAS Ezekiel 16:38 "Thus I shall judge you, like women who commit
adultery or shed blood are judged; and I shall bring on you the blood of wrath
and jealousy. . . 42 "So I
shall calm My fury against you, and My jealousy will depart from you, and I
shall be pacified and angry no more. (See
vv. 35-42. Remember the Biblical
Concept: Fear God!)
NAS Ezekiel 23:25 'And I will set My jealousy against you, that they may
deal with you in wrath. They will remove your nose and your ears; and your
survivors will fall by the sword. They will take your sons and your daughters;
and your survivors will be consumed by the fire. (See previous.)
NAS Ezekiel 36:5 therefore, thus says the Lord God, "Surely in the
fire of My jealousy I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against
all
NAS Ezekiel 39:25 Therefore thus says the Lord God, "Now I shall
restore the fortunes of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of
NAS Nahum 1:2 A jealous and avenging God is the LORD; The LORD is
avenging and wrathful. The LORD takes vengeance on His adversaries, And He
reserves wrath for His enemies. (See vv.
1-3. God judged the Gentile nation
NAS Zephaniah 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold Will be able to
deliver them On the day of the LORD's wrath; And all the earth will be devoured
In the fire of His jealousy, For He will make a complete end, Indeed a
terrifying one, Of all the inhabitants of the earth. (See the idolatry throughout the chapter. The jealous God of the Bible will judge the
idolatrous world.)
NAS Zechariah 1:14 So the angel who was speaking with me said to me,
"Proclaim, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "I am exceedingly
jealous for
NAS Zechariah 8:2 "Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'I am exceedingly
jealous for
NAS 1 Corinthians
10:22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy?
We are not stronger than He, are we?
(See the context of vv. 10-22.
Even knowing that idols are nothing, know that demons are behind the
Gentile idols and the believer should have nothing to do with them. See NAS 1 John 5:21 Little
children, guard yourselves from idols.)
NAS 2 Corinthians 11:2 For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I
betrothed you to one husband, that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin. (In vv. 1-15, Paul warns the Corinthians about
being influenced by Satan’s false apostles.
Paul has a spiritual-godly-jealousy for the spiritual lives of the
Corinthians and their devotion to Christ—there is only one Christ and for this God
is jealous.)
NAS James 4:5 Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose:
"He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us"? (See verse 4, which describes an adulterous friendship
with the world instead of God. God is
jealous for the spiritual lives of Christians
Compare NAS 1 John 2:15 Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the
world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in
the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful
pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. 17 And
the world is passing away, and also its
lusts; but the one who does the will of God abides forever.)