Since Ahaz decided to walk in the way of the kings of Israel rather than in the way of the Lord as King David had, Ahaz becamed one of the delusion figures in the Bible! Out of his disobedience to his God, he decided to do way more than necessary to the gods! In the Old Testament, it is designed for the people of God to sacrifice an animal to the Lord, but when someone decided to follow the gods they began to offer something unnecessary and extreme that violates God's laws!
"He even burned his son as an offering, according to the despicable practices of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel."
"And they did wicked things provoking the Lord to anger... So Israel was exiled from their own land to Assyria until this day."
On the other side, Jesus, Moses, and Elijah did the extreme total 40 days fasting- day and night. It is absolutely unnecessary, probably very suicidal! But it was necessary for them because they did it out of obedience to their true Father so He carried them through. It amazes me that Elijah and Moses later appeared to Jesus in The Transfiguration on the mountain when they all had done something in common, a total 40 days fasting! BUT I'm sure that there are many others who tried to copy Moses, Elijah, and Jesus, even today! Crazy, uh? Yeah it is crazy, especially when we don't do it out of pure obedience! A big NO! Moses, Elijah, and Jesus died to themselves everyday for God.
Yeah it is all messed-up! It's all about the true obedience to the true God...
Obedience to yourself or others = everything become a delusion... STAY FOCUSED ON HIM in any big or small things!
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