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Divine jealousy plays a central role in God’s activities throughout human history, yet it is virtually ignored among those in the Church today. Christians desire leaders who are dynamic, educated, and entertaining, but it is highly unlikely you will ever see jealousy as one of the desired qualities of leaders within the Church. However, jealousy is one of the primary attributes of the great...

Chapter 2 God’s Jealousy for His Own Glory As discussed in the previous chapter, there is little place today for any positive idea of jealousy, whether it be human or divine. The thought of God possessing this troublesome emotion is hard for the contemporary mind to understand. Because jealousy invokes ideas of a fearful, capricious, and insecure husband who is needlessly suspicious of petty human rivalry, and then abuses his wife as a result, it is difficult for many to imagine this idea attributed
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