Difference between revisions of "Jealousy"

<p> <i> qana, </i> 'to be inflamed.' The warm affection that cannot bear to see its loved one enticed by another, as a man is jealous of his wife, &nbsp;Numbers 5:14; as Paul felt for the Corinthian saints, &nbsp;2 Corinthians 11:2; and as God regarded the people and the land which He had chosen, and upon which He had placed His name. &nbsp;Psalm 79:5; &nbsp;Ezekiel 39:25; &nbsp;Joel 2:18; &nbsp;Zechariah 1:14; &nbsp;Zechariah 8:2 . "Jehovah, whose name is jealous, is a jealous God." &nbsp;Exodus 34:14 . </p> <p> Moses speaks of [[Jehovah]] provoking Israel to jealousy by their seeing [[Gentiles]] coming into blessing. Paul also sought to do the same that they might be saved. &nbsp;Deuteronomy 32:21; &nbsp;Romans 10:19; &nbsp;Romans 11:11,14 . </p> <p> THE [[Image Of Jealousy]] which provoketh to jealousy, was seen in a vision by the prophet, set up in the temple (&nbsp;Ezekiel 8:3-5 ), as when [[Manasseh]] set up the graven image in the house of Jehovah, &nbsp;2 Kings 11:7; though doubtless by the scope of the prophecy reference is made to secret idolatry in connection with the service of the temple, and to secret idols in the hearts of those who were professedly the worshippers of God: such would assuredly provoke the jealousy of Jehovah. </p> <p> THE LAW OF JEALOUSY, when a man suspected his wife of being unfaithful to him, is given in &nbsp;Numbers 5:11-31 . The woman was required to drink bitter water, composed of 'holy water,' in which was placed dust from the floor of the tabernacle (type of the [[Holy]] Spirit applying what death is, as God's judgement of sin, by the word to the conscience). If she had been unfaithful it would be a curse to her. It pointed figuratively to the question of Israel's unfaithfulness to Jehovah. </p>

<p> [[Waters Of]] See [[Adultery]] . </p>

<p> ( '''''קַנְאָה''''' , '''''Ζῆλος''''' ), properly the feeling of suspicion of a wife's purity (Numbers 5, 14); often used of Jehovah's sensitive regard for the true faith of his Church (&nbsp;Exodus 20:5, etc.; &nbsp;2 Corinthians 11:2). (See [[Marriage]]). The same term is sometimes used for anger or indignation, or an intense interest for the honor and prosperity of another (&nbsp;Psalms 79:5; &nbsp;1 Corinthians 10:22; &nbsp;Zechariah 1:14; &nbsp;Zechariah 8:2). Conjugal jealousy is one of the strongest passions of our nature (&nbsp;Proverbs 6:34; &nbsp;Song of Solomon 8:6). When God is said to be ''A [[Jealous]] God,'' or to be moved to ''Jealousy,'' or when the still stronger expression is used, " ''Jehovah, Whose Name Is Jealous"'' (&nbsp;Exodus 24:14), we are to understand this language as employed to illustrate, rather than to represent, the emotions of the divine mind. The same causes operating upon the human mind would produce what we call anger, jealousy, repentance, grief, etc.; and therefore, when these emotions are ascribed to the mind of God, this language is used because such emotions can be represented to us by no other. Thus God is represented to us as a husband, related to his Church by a marriage covenant that binds her to be wholly for him, and not for another. The more sincere and constant the love, the more sensitive is the heart to the approach of a rival and the thought of such affection being alienated or corrupted fills the soul with grief and indignation. So God commends the purity, the fervency, and the sincerity of his love to his Church by the most terrific expressions of jealousy. (See [[Idolatry]]). </p>