El Qanna
Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;
Qanna means Jealous or zealous. El Qanna means Jealous God.
First mentioned at the giving of the ten commandments where God desired devotion to worship Him alone. Failure to have one divine being to worship leads to spiritual idolatry and spiritual fornication which displease God. Some believers commit adultery even without knowing. There are some rituals which they observe knowingly or unknowingly which show that God is not the only one they worship but even other gods too they pay homage to them.
You have heard those who stop the rain, pour drinks to the ground to honour ancestors, pour blood of animals in a foundation of a new house during construction, twin rituals, umbilical chord rituals for a new child, many funeral rituals during and after burial, the list is endless. These are some things which someone will convince you that they are "harmless" to even bornagain believers. What they don't tell you are the covenants you are entering in will cause you issues later. Others simply do because they are scared of any harm that may come to them if they don't.
Beware of what is called sycretism, combining various belief systems into one and adopting whichever is suitable at a particular time, sometimes even validating them with scriptures!
God has covenanted with you child of God. He will keep you and preserve you in all your ways. You don't need to fear anything. He is enough. All you need is in Him. He is zealous and is jealously desirous of having you alone to Himself like a husband to his wife. Don't compromise.
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