amadjuster wrote:
No it doesn't. Lev. 18:21- And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.
It says Molech, not Baal.
I'll bet you can make semi-correct statements about anything! (And I don't think he was a Freemason).
Who Is Baal in the Bible?
No doubt, we can’t cover the breadth of verses on Baal here, but we should make a note that Baal becomes a big player in the book of Judges and during the time of the kings when Israel appears to succumb most to the foreign pantheons.
Even those of us who have vaguely heard of the name Baal in the Bible know that it doesn’t have a good connotation. It seems we can’t go five seconds into the Old Testament without God condemning the worship of Baal.
But who is Baal? What do we know about the religion surrounding this Canaanite deity, and how did it affect those in the Old Testament?
In this article, we’ll discuss what Scripture has to say about Baal, what we know from history about Baal, and why this ultimately matters to us today.
Who Is Baal?
Before we explore what Scripture says about Baal, let’s establish a brief depiction of the Canaanite deity. We’ll dive more into this in the historicity of Baal in a few sections.
Baal is a Canaanite and Phoenician deity and the son of the chief god El. In artistic depictions and archeological finds, Baal took the shape of a bull or ram and had associations with fertility.
This god also, apparently according to Canaanite lore, defeated El and had associations with the sun and thunder. And of all the foreign gods the Israelites came into contact with, they appeared to struggle the most with worshipping this one.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary:
Baal-peor: lord of the opening, a god of the Moabites (Numbers 25:3; 31:16; Joshua 22:17), worshipped by obscene rites. So-called from Mount Peor, where this worship was celebrated, the Baal of Peor. The Israelites fell into the worship of this idol (Numbers 25:3,5,18; Deuteronomy 4:3; Psalm 106:28; Hosea 9:10).
What Does the Bible Say about Baal?
No doubt, we can’t cover the breadth of verses on Baal here, but we should make a note that
Baal becomes a big player in the book of Judges and during the time of the kings when Israel appears to succumb most to the foreign pantheons.
For instance, Hezekiah’s son rebuilds the shrines to Baal and the Canaanite goddess Asherah that Hezekiah had torn down:
He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he also erected altars to Baal and made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the starry hosts and worshiped them (2 Kings 21:3).
And one of the most famous instances of Israel going head to head with the prophets of Baal comes from 1 Kings 18. In this chapter, the prophet Elijah and the prophets of Baal have a show-down to prove the power of their God and gods.
Baal remains silent during the exchange, whereas God showers a sopping wet altar with fire. All 450 prophets of Baal do not escape the slaughter that takes place after that.
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https://www.christianity.com/wiki/bible/who-is-baal-in-the-bible.html