From where I got this picture, it said that this represents "repeated sin".
PS 106:6 We have sinned, even as our fathers did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
PS 106:7 When our fathers were in Egypt, they gave no thought to your miracles; they did not remember your many kindnesses, and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea.
PS 106:13 But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his counsel.
PS 106:14 In the desert they gave in to their craving; in the wasteland they put God to the test.
PS 106:16 In the camp they grew envious of Moses and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the LORD.
PS 106:19 At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
PS 106:20 They exchanged their Glory for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
PS 106:21-22 They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt, miracles in the land of Ham and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
PS 106:24 Then they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his promise.
PS 106:25 They grumbled in their tents and did not obey the LORD.
PS 106:28 They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
PS 106:32-33 By the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them; for they rebelled against the Spirit of God, and rash words came from Moses' lips.
PS 106:35 but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
PS 106:36 They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
PS 106:37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
PS 106:38 They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their blood.
PS 106:39 They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves.
It's a pretty long list of sins! In particular the bold ones sounded really terrible.
(Now of course we are not so concerned better/worse sins, there is none righteous amongst us)
The response of the Psalmist summarises it all:
It's a cry first to "save", then to "set apart" - exactly what the Lord wants of us.
I was first saved in 1981 and ever since then, the process of sanctification has never stopped. Praise God, He is still working that in me today. :)
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