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* '''The Sin of Jeroboam''' | * '''The Sin of Jeroboam''' | ||
:Jeroboam, the first king of the northern Kingdom of Israel, tried to keep the people from going to Jerusalem to celebrate [[Feasts of God|God’s feasts]], including the Passover. So he made two golden calves, set up one in Bethel and the other in Dan, and said to the people, “O Israel, here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.” He also appointed days of his own choosing as feasts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=1+Kings+12%3A25-33&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3|title=1 Kings 12:25–33|quote= }}</ref> This led the northern Kingdom of Israel to forsake the feasts of God and to worship other gods on the pretext of believing in God. This history also shows that if we do not keep the Passover, we come to worship other gods, not even realizing we are. | :Jeroboam, the first king of the northern Kingdom of Israel, tried to keep the people from going to Jerusalem to celebrate [[The Feasts of God|God’s feasts]], including the Passover. So he made two golden calves, set up one in Bethel and the other in Dan, and said to the people, “O Israel, here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.” He also appointed days of his own choosing as feasts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=1+Kings+12%3A25-33&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3|title=1 Kings 12:25–33|quote= }}</ref> This led the northern Kingdom of Israel to forsake the feasts of God and to worship other gods on the pretext of believing in God. This history also shows that if we do not keep the Passover, we come to worship other gods, not even realizing we are. | ||
====Repeated History==== | ====Repeated History==== | ||