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The Bible Show
Lesson 64: Return Ye Backsliding Children
08/13/2020
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Updates to Lesson 63: The Sabbath Day
A.) Isaiah 58:13 (Doing thy own pleasure).
B.) John 20:17 (Touch me not).
C.) Ezra 1:2 (Cyrus, king of Persia).

Lesson 64: Return Ye Backsliding Children

01.) Merriam Webster Dictionary: Backslide - To lapse morally or in the practice of religion; To revert to a worse condition.
02.) Proverbs 26:11 (The dog returns to his vomit).
03.) 2 Peter 2:20-22 (The sow returns to wallowing).
04.) Deuteronomy 30:19-20 (Choose life).
05.) Judges 2:7-8, 10-19 (Israel continuously backslides).
06.) BibleStudyTools.com
https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/ashtoreth/

Dictionaries - Easton's Bible Dictionary - Ashtoreth
The moon goddess of the Phoenicians, representing the passive principle in nature, their principal female deity; frequently associated with the name of Baal, the sun-god, their chief male deity ( Judges 10:6 ; 1 Samuel 7:4 ; 12:10 ). These names often occur in the plural (Ashtaroth, Baalim), probably as indicating either different statues or different modifications of the deities. This deity is spoken of as Ashtoreth of the Zidonians. She was the Ishtar of the Accadians and the Astarte of the Greeks ( Jeremiah 44:17 ; 1 Kings 11:5 1 Kings 11:33 ; 2 Kings 23:13 ). There was a temple of this goddess among the Philistines in the time of Saul ( 1 Samuel 31:10 ). Under the name of Ishtar, she was one of the great deities of the Assyrians. The Phoenicians called her Astarte. Solomon introduced the worship of this idol ( 1 Kings 11:33 ). Jezebel's 400 priests were probably employed in its service ( 1 Kings 18:19 ). It was called the "queen of heaven" ( Jeremiah 44:25 ).

Dictionaries - Smith's Bible Dictionary - Ashtoreth
(A star) the principal female divinity of the Phoenicians, called Ishtar by the Assyrians and Astarte by the Greeks and Romans. She was by some ancient writers identified with the moon. But on the other hand the Assyrian Ishtar was not the moon-goddess, but the planet Venus; and Astarte was by many identified with the goddess Venus (or Aphrodite), as well as with the plant of that name. It is certain that the worship of Astarte became identified with that of Venus, and that this worship was connected with the most impure rites is apparent from the close connection of this goddess with ASHERAH. ( 1 Kings 11:5 1 Kings 11:33 ; 2 Kings 23:13 )

07.) Hosea 11:1-7 (Israel is bent on backsliding).
08.) Proverbs 14:12, 14-15 (Backslider filled with his own ways).
09.) Jeremiah 3:1-22 (Return, ye backsliding children).
10.) Ezekiel 18:20-32 (The soul that sinneth shall die).
11.) Isaiah 1:1-4, 16-20 (Israel gone away backward).
12.) 2 Kings 18:1-8 (Righteous king Hezekiah).
13.) 2 Kings 20:21 (Hezekiah dies).
14.) 2 Kings 21:1-15 (Wicked king Manesseh backslides).
15.) 2 Timothy 2:15-19 (Study to show thyself approved).
16.) Jeremiah 14:1 (The dearth).
17.) Merriam Webster Dictionary: Dearth - Scarcity that makes dear (specifically Famine); Inadequate supply; Lack.
18.) Jeremiah 14:1-7 (Israel's backslidings are many).
19.) 1 John 3:4 (Sin is the transgression of the law).
20.) Ezekiel 33:11 (Turn ye from your evil).
21.) Revelation 12:9 (Satan deceived the whole world).
22.) Ephesians 6:10-13 (Put on the whole armour of God).
23.) 1 Peter 2:19-21, 25 (Return to the Shepherd).