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Jer 2:19 will punish you, and your r will condemn you; knows
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Attitude of the person who defiantly refuses to obey and opposes resistance to those who have authority over them. Among the main causes of rebellion are the following: pride, selfishness, external pressures, disagreement with the judgment of a superior and the desire to be free from real or imagined subjection or oppression.
Its beginnings. The rebellion against God had its beginning in the invisible realm. A heavenly creature later known as Satan the Devil used a serpent to try to get Eve, the first woman, to rebel against her Creator. He posed the rebellion as something attractive, a procedure that would extend the horizons of his knowledge. Eve gave in to the selfish ambition to †˜be like God†™, that is, to determine for herself what is right and wrong instead of submitting to divine judgment on this matter. (See TREE.) Imagining that she had been deprived of a right that she believed was rightfully hers, Eve chose to transgress God’s command. Later, her husband Adam yielded to her pressure and joined her in this rebellion, but not because he had been deceived into believing that the serpent was telling the truth, but because he selfishly preferred the company of his sinful wife over than God’s approval. (Ge 3:1-6; 1Ti 2:14)
It seems that in later centuries the majority of humanity did not want to submit to God. From the death of Abel to the birth of Noah, a period of more than nine hundred and twenty-six years, Enoch was the only one specified as having walked with God. (Ge 5:22) Rebellion also continued to spread in the heavenly realm. In the days of Noah there were angels who, desiring sensual pleasure, disobeyed and abandoned their heavenly posts, materialized human bodies, married women, and fathered children. (Ge 6:4; 1Pe 3:19, 20; 2Pe 2:4, 5; Jude 6)
The spirit of rebellion had so saturated mankind by the time of Noah that Jehovah God deemed it necessary to destroy the human race by means of a flood. Only Noah and his immediate family, eight people in all, deserved to be spared. (Ge 6:5-8; 7:13, 23)
In Israel. Years later Jehovah God began to maintain an exclusive relationship with the nation of Israel. However, throughout the history of Israel there were many instances of rebellion against Jehovah and against his representatives, both nationally and by groups or individuals. In some cases, the people who rebelled did not usually have such an attitude. For example, Moses and Aaron faithfully served Jehovah God for many years. However, on one occasion when they came under pressure from the complaining Israelites, they lost their self-control and rebelliously did not give glory to God for the water that he had miraculously provided. (Nu 20:12, 24; 27:13, 14) But the nation as a whole displayed such stubborn rebellion that at Ezekiel 44:6 the house of Israel is called “Rebelliousness,” as if the nation personified this wickedness. attitude.
Jehovah God did not let this conduct go unpunished. (1Sa 12:15; 15:23; 1Ki 13:21, 22, 26; Ps 5:10; Isa 1:20; 63:10; Jer 4:16-18; Eze 20:21; Ho 13:16. ) His Law required the death penalty for those who persisted in rebelling against their parents. (De 21:18-21) God executed the ambitious and proud Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, as well as those who along with them rebelled against Moses and Aaron, God’s appointed representatives. When the Israelites questioned the fairness of this execution and manifested a rebellious spirit against Moses and Aaron, Jehovah sent another scourge, killing 14,700 people. (Nu 16:1-3, 25-50) Jehovah often used other nations to punish the Israelites when they yielded to pressure to be like neighboring nations, rebelled, and abandoned true worship. (Jg 2:3, 11-16; 3:4, 5; Ne 9:26, 27)
The rebellion of King Zedekiah. When King Nebuchadnezzar subdued King Zedekiah of Judah, he had King Zedekiah enter into a covenant in Jehovah’s name. Thus, Zedekiah’s rebellion against Nebuchadnezzar, in order to throw off the yoke of a foreign power, was also a rebellion against Jehovah, in whose name he had pledged to be a loyal vassal king. Because of this rebellion, Jehovah decreed that Zedekiah be put to death as a captive in Babylon. (2Ki 24:17-20; 2Ch 36:11-21; Eze 17:12-18)
Among the Christians. Christians have also had to contend with rebellious people. The apostle Paul predicted that there would be an apostasy or rebellion among professed Christians (2Th 2:3), and already in his time there were apostates. (1Ti 1:19, 20; 2Ti 2:16-19) The disciple Jude wrote of those who revile “the glorious ones” in the Christian congregation. Since the destruction of those rebels was certain, Judas referred to that destruction as if it had already occurred, saying: “They have perished in the rebellious speech of Korah.” (Jud 8, 11; see APOSTASi A.)
Due subjection to government authorities. Those who desire God’s approval as followers of Christ are commanded not to rebel, but to be obedient to those in the lead within the congregation (Heb 13:17) and to governmental authorities outside it. (Tit 3:1, 2) Rebellion against secular authority constitutes rebellion against God, for these authorities exist by divine permission and it is His will that Christians submit to them, as long as their demands do not conflict with His law . (Ro 13:1-7; Ac 5:29.)
Source: Dictionary of the Bible
A. Verb marah (hr;m; , 4784), “rebel, contend”. The meaning “to be rebellious” of this word is limited to the Hebrew language, since the meanings in other Semitic languages vary: “to anger” (Aramaic), “to contend” (Syriac) and “to dispute” (Arabic). Marah appears about 50 times in the Old Testament and its uses are found throughout literature (historical, prophetic, poetic and legal). Some personal names are composed in part of this verb, for example, Meraiah (Meraiah: “stubborn”; Neh 12:12). Miriam, with the same meaning, may be derived from this verb. Marah has to do with the conflict caused by arrogance: “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, he will not obey the voice of his father” (Deu 21:18 rva). This meaning can be seen more clearly in Isa 3: 8 “For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen, because his tongue and his works are against the Lord, rebelling against his glorious presence” (lba). Specifically, the word almost always connotes an attitude of rebellion against God. Various prepositions are used to indicate the object of the rebellion (>im, et, which is usually translated as “against”): “You have rebelled against the Lord” (Deu 9:7). “Because he rebelled against me” (Jer 4:17). The main meaning of marah is “disobey”. This can be verified in several passages: “Because you have been disobedient to the word of Jehovah and you have not kept the commandment that Jehovah your God had commanded you” (1Ki 13:21 rva; “you have been rebellious” rvr); see 1Ki 13:26 “He is the man of God who was disobedient to the command of Jehovah” (rva). The Old Testament specifies that the “rebellion” is against God or against the Word of God (Psa 105:28); 107.11), that is, in opposition to the order or mandate (rvr) of God (cf. Num 20:24, “voice” bj; Deu 1:26, 43; 9.23; 1Sa 12:14-15). The Hebrew meaning indicates the act of defying the divine order: “The Lord is just, for I have rebelled against his commandment” (Lam 1:18 lba). The verb marah is sometimes reaffirmed by a form of the verb sarar (“to be stubborn, stubborn, stubborn”): “Thus they would not be like their ancestors: obstinate and rebellious generation, people with fluctuating hearts, whose spirit did not remain faithful to God ” (Psa 78:8 niv; cf. Deu 21:18, 20; Jer 5:23). A person (Deu 21:18, 20), a nation (Num 20:24), and a city (Zep 3:1) can be “rebellious.” Zephaniah paints a graphic picture of the nature of the rebellious spirit: “Woe to the rebellious, stained and oppressive city! He does not listen to the voice, nor does he receive the correction. He trusts not in Jehovah, nor does he come near his God” (Zep 3: 1-2 rva). The Septuagint translates marah with parepikraino (“to make bitter; to anger; to provoke; to be rebellious”) and also with atheteo (“to reject, to disown”). B. Names meréí† (yrim], 4805), “rebellion.” The term appears infrequently: “For I know your rebellion and your stiff neck” (Deu 31:27; cf. Pro 17:11). The name meratayim means “double rebellion.” This reference to Babylon (Jer 50:21) appears as “Merataín”, geographical name, in all the versions in Castilian. C. Adjective meréí† (yrim], 4805), “rebellious.” The word is found 23 times, mostly in Ezekiel. In Eze 2:8 (rva) the term qualifies the word “house” (referring to Israel): “Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house”.
Source: Vine Old Testament Dictionary
anupotaktos (ajnupovtakto”, 506), insubordinate (a, privative; n, euphonious; jupo, low; tasso, order). It is translated “rebellious” in Tit 1:6 (KJV: “stubborn”). See CONTUMAZ, Nº 1, and also DISOBEDIENT, SUBJECT.
Source: Vine New Testament Dictionary