Adultery is both spiritual & physical unfaithfulness to GOD as well as one another.
Dan. 1 & 2 shows the stark difference of spiritual & physical adulltery of the consequences of unfaithfulness to GOD & to mankind. Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, Azariah were captured as slaves & were being forced to bow down to the rules & regulations of the physical king of the Chaldeans who did not believe in GOD.
Trying to force to commit spiritual acultery of unfaithfulness to abandon their obedience to GOD. To break their relationships of faithfulness to GOD & act like the Caldeans. For the purpose of taking away their identity by renaming them with ungodly names.The hebrew meanings were very different from the babylonian names they wer given:
Daniel means GOD is my judge changed to Belteshazzar means protect own life
Hananiah . Jehovah hath been gracious changed to Shadrach. decree of the moon-god
Mishael.... Who is GOD changed to Meshach..god of the moon
Azariah.....Jehovah hath helped changed to Abednego.a babylonian diety
Daniel not wanting to commit adultery against GOD ask Ashpenaz to treat them differently because of their belief & loyalty to GOD even to the point of their eating habits.
GOD promises in Matt 7:7 Ask it shall be given GOD hears us even when we ask for the right thing from the wrong people, we will be given favor as GOD will move those people to agree. GOD is sovereignly in control & our words can move mountains if we do not commit spiritual/physical adultery of unbelief and receive life more abundantly as Daniel 1:19-20 declares in all matters of wisdom & understanding and they were proven to be 10 times better than their captors, the unbelievers. It makes a difference what kings table we eat at. Fruit of the spirit of life or fruit of the spirit of death.
In their obedience they kept their spirits clean to be wide open vessels for GOD to flow through them & they could physically be witnesses as well as slpiritually faithful as these cannot be seperated or there is no power in our lives. We are then afraid, weak, discouraged, hopeless. We want the power of spiritual & physical faithfulness so we are not afraid, but strong, courageous & hopefilled, joyfilled & victorious willing open vessels for GOD to flow through.
Just as Daniel 1:17 says As for these four children, GOD gave them knowledge & skill in all learning & wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in ALL visions & dreams. to have the ability to explain Nebuchadnezzar's dream that none of the kings magicians, astrologers, soothsayers could do. When Daniel was asked to interpret the dream Daniel gave all the credit to GOD, Daniel could have taken all the credit in his pride which is spiritual adultery, but he would have plugged up, dirtied up his spirit & GOD could not & would not have honored Daniel with the wisdom & understanding that gave Daniel favor in the eyes of the king that promoted all 4 of them to positions of authority over the affairs of Babylon as described in Daniel 2:48-49.
They wer not slaves but respected men of authority in the land of their captivity. In Rev. 16 We learn from the babylonians & their nation that commited spiritual & physical adultery against GOD paid dearly by cursing themselves with their words & actions.
I pray we learn from their disobeying the the 7th commandment & be willing earthen vessels by pressing into our DADDY & applying it to our lives today. GOD'S commandments are not grevious, they are the moral fabric, moral foundation, moral compass of our lives to live in a moral righteous relationship of joyful submissive obedience by our faith, trust & belief in HIM. Reflecting on how we have done in the last year, Realizing where we can grow closer to HIM the lover of our souls who never commits adultery to us, but it faithful & true to the last jot, last tittle! IN JESUS NAME, BODY & BLOOD AMEN!!!!
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