The term "eradicated" refers to the complete removal or destruction of something, often used in the context of eliminating sin, evil, or idolatry from the lives of individuals or communities. In the biblical narrative, the concept of eradication is frequently associated with God's commands to the Israelites to remove pagan influences and practices from their midst to maintain purity and holiness.

Old Testament Context

In the Old Testament, the eradication of idolatry and pagan practices is a recurring theme. God commands the Israelites to destroy the altars, images, and high places of the Canaanite nations they encounter. This is seen in passages such as Deuteronomy 12:2-3 : "Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree. Tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and burn up their Asherah poles in the fire; cut down the idols of their gods and wipe out their names from those places."

The eradication of these influences was not merely a physical act but a spiritual mandate to prevent the Israelites from being led astray into idolatry and sin. The failure to fully eradicate these influences often led to spiritual decline and judgment, as seen in the repeated cycles of sin and repentance in the Book of Judges.

New Testament Context

In the New Testament, the concept of eradication takes on a more personal and spiritual dimension. Believers are called to eradicate sin from their lives, a process often described as sanctification. The Apostle Paul speaks to this in Colossians 3:5 : "Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry."

The eradication of sin is seen as a necessary part of the Christian life, requiring the believer to actively participate in the process of sanctification through the power of the Holy Spirit. This involves a conscious effort to remove sinful behaviors and thoughts, replacing them with godly virtues.

Theological Implications

Theologically, the concept of eradication underscores the holiness of God and His desire for His people to be set apart from the world. It reflects the biblical principle that sin and idolatry cannot coexist with a life devoted to God. The eradication of sin is not only a command but also a promise of God's transformative power in the life of the believer.

The eradication of evil is also eschatological, pointing to the ultimate victory of God over sin and death. Revelation 21:4 speaks of a future where God will eradicate all forms of suffering and sin: "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away."

Practical Application

For believers today, the call to eradicate sin is a call to vigilance and perseverance in the faith. It involves regular self-examination, repentance, and reliance on God's grace. The eradication of sin is not achieved through human effort alone but through the enabling power of the Holy Spirit, who works within believers to conform them to the image of Christ.

In summary, the biblical concept of eradication is a multifaceted theme that encompasses God's commands to remove idolatry, the personal call to holiness, and the ultimate hope of a world free from sin and suffering.(imp. & p. p.) of Eradicate.8045. shamad -- to be exterminated or destroyed
... to be exterminated or destroyed NASB Word Usage completely (1), demolish (2), destroy
(36), destroyed (41), destruction (2), eradicated (1), exterminate (2 ...
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A Question How a Man Can be Cured who Has Entered on Solitude ...
... The Conferences of John Cassian. Chapter XIII. A question how a man can be cured
who has entered on solitude without having his faults eradicated. ...
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How Six of These Faults are Related, and the Two which Differ from ...
... For when these others have been eradicated these latter flourish the more vigorously,
and from the death of the others they shoot forth and grow up all the ...
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Change not Always Improvement.
... The now veteran (stain of the) Hydra's and of the Centaurs' blood upon the shafts
was gradually eradicated by the pumice-stone, familiar to the hair-pin! ...
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The Christian's Fellow Man
... Cause and Remedy."Selfishness is often the real cause of the sting of inequality
and of the keeping of men apart; until this is eradicated and replaced by ...
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Of Scoffing and Derision.
... it pierces deep, leaves such impressions in the fancy of the hearers, that thereby
it gets rooting in the memory, and will scarce be eradicated: nay, sometimes ...
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From the Seventeenth Chapter.
... And that these are eradicated from the former ones,"that is, that three of the
principal leaders are killed by Antichrist: that the other seven give him ...
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Christ and the Unstable.
... and as we can only enjoy these with the humble feeling that, mighty as His strength
may be in us who are weak, yet sin is never quite eradicated in us, and ...
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Preface
... turn of phrases is likely to occur to more than one translator, and acquaintance
with previous renderings cannot be, and should not be, eradicated from the ...
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Original Sin...
... Nor is it altogether abolished or wholly eradicated even by regeneration; since
sin always issues forth from this woeful source, as water from a fountain ...
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Theology.
... The exile had not now contaminated the Jewish religion, but had rather purged it
of its corruptions, and eradicated in particular the fatal tendency to "serve ...
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Eradicated (3 Occurrences)
...Eradicated (3 Occurrences). ... Unto their assembly be not united, O mine honour; For
in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will eradicated a prince. ...
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Eradicate (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (vt) To root out; to destroy utterly; as, to eradicate disease or poverty. 2.
(vt) To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated. ...
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Eran (1 Occurrence)

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Considering (10 Occurrences)
... I was considering about the horns, and lo, another horn, a little one, hath come
up between them, and three of the first horns have been eradicated from before ...
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Contemplating (4 Occurrences)
... I was considering about the horns, and lo, another horn, a little one, hath come
up between them, and three of the first horns have been eradicated from before ...
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Prince (160 Occurrences)
... Unto their assembly be not united, O mine honour; For in their anger they slew
a man, And in their self-will eradicated a prince. (YLT). ...
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Elisha (70 Occurrences)
... large remnant. The corruptions were not all eradicated, the sins of Jeroboam
the son of Nebat were never fully overcome. He passed ...
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