One of the reasons faithful Jews were so hated and persecuted was their refusal to worship false goddesses like Ashtoreth. In the ancient world, bending the knee or acknowledging the state god was a form of tax. Worship is a type of currency, just like money. (Psalms 81:9) Worship as a form of money or currency

There shall no strange god be in thee neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

Temple prostitution was used to bring honor to her.

Phoenicians, Assyrians, Greeks and Romans all worshiped her as God.The more you educate yourself about what’s come before, the more you’ll recognize the connections. It’s helpful to keep this in mind when considering the promotion and prevalence of Ashteroth worship today. It’s curious that Ashteroth and Astaroth are both connected with the blurring of gender and direct attack on God’s moral standards related to sexuality. (In addition, physical relations) …between male and male worshipers and male and female worshipers was viewed as an offering to the goddess. The priests and male prostitutes, who were consecrated to her cult were called qadesh, qedishim or sodomites. In Ashtoreth’s worship services, male worshipers (committed sodomy) with priests and priestesses of the goddess. One commentator sympathetic to Ashtoreth describes: 2īoth Ashtoreth and Astaroth are associated with sexual practices condemned by the one true God. He is a male figure named after the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar. In demonology, is the Great Duke of Hell, in the first hierarchy with Beelzebub and Lucifer he is part of the evil trinity. There is overlap between Ashtoreth the female goddess and Astaroth who is worshiped as a demon. She was by some ancient writers identified with the moon… 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. Here is how the historian William Smith describes her:Īshtoreth: (a star) the principal female divinity of the Phoenicians, called Ishtar by the Assyrians and Astarte by the Greeks and Romans. Other names for Ashtaroth include Astaroth, Astarot and Asteroth. Conclusion - A comment from Matthew PooleĪshtoreth has been worshiped through most of recorded history.Objection 3: Having a logo on your cup does not mean you are giving honor to Ashtoreth.Objection!: I still think it’s a siren!.Objection!: A corporate logo is not a religious icon!.Global cultural revolution, corporate style.But that’s not Ashteroth! It’s a siren!.Whether you believe what you’re going to read or not, accept it or not, or care or not, it’s important for you to be able to recognize Ashtoreth, for this is one of the things God has told you in his Word that he consistently hates.Īnd they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. Ashteroth is alive and well and living at your local Starbucks.

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