Why did Jesus liken Baalism to the word Lord?

Question

There is a point regarding the Name of God that I want here to address. Jehovah is identified as “the LORD God” in upper case, whereas Jesus is referred to as “the Lord” in lower case. Few people realize that the word “Lord,” whether in upper or lower case, is translated from the word Baal. So that if one is praying “Lord, Lord,” he is calling upon demonic--i.e., extraterrestrial--Baal gods. This is why Jesus Christ spoke out against certain people calling on “the Lord.” (See Matthew 7:22, 23)

Answer 1

baal by itself can refer to a husband, landowner, (master)

The expression "Hab Baal" "The Baal" is the false God Baal (or Bel depending on the language, Hebrew or Aramic)

Hab Bealim "The Baals"

What is interesting is according to Harper's Bible Dictionary

Baal / Bel ,

“Baal translates into English as Lord”

Baal is the offspring of El, (or son of God)”

Baal is worshiped as a triad / trinity.”

(Do you worship the Lord?)
(Do you worship the Son of God?)
(Do you worship a trinity of God?)
(Do you worship Baal?)


In the Christian Greek Scriptures Baal is only used once:

At Rom 11:4

Remember Satan is a liar, not a copy cat.

By worshipping Jehovah the only true God (an expression used some 460 times in the bible)

We remove all doubt as to who our God is.

As Jesus said, it would be terrible to give worship to the Lord, and find out it was the wrong Lord.

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Answer 2

Baal just means "master". It's used for GOOD people too, like the Baal Shem Tov, who was a very wise and good Jewish sage, and the name means "Master (baal) of the Good (tov) Name (shem)".

In other words, these old ancient gods you're talking about didnt have specific names given to them, so the word for "master" was just used, which was "baal".

Nothing sinister about the word itself. It just means "master".

Source: Me, Jewish