If any term catches the essence of mankind's character at the end of the age, it is faithlessness. Man is generally faithless to any standard that can be considered as truly godly. Humans have a powerful tendency to be faithful to what they think is truly important, be it a family name, spouse, friendship, employer, school, or athletic team. Holding true to the course God has laid before us is difficult amid this world's many alluring distractions clamoring for our time and attention. This world is attractive to human nature and bids us to expend our energies in self-satisfaction. Jesus warns all who take up their cross that the way is difficult and narrow, requiring a great deal of vision and discipline to be faithful to His cause. Scattering results from faithless commandment-breaking, and a vomiting out of the mouth is evidence of inconsistency and instability of attitude. We have not held faith with our covenantal responsibilities. In the time immediately preceding His return in all the power and glory of God, His church will have gone to sleep and faithlessly allowed its oil to run low.

Because teens' interests are so fickle, what was once considered cool quickly becomes outdated. This fickleness compels advertisers and media outlets not only to identify current trends but also to create new and often more outrageous expressions of youth culture to market their products. The constant shift in preferences drives the entertainment industry to innovate continuously, shaping teen culture to maintain profitability.

In its carnality, Israel reveals itself to be disastrously curious and incautious in temperament, thinking that variety of experience rather than the truth of God's Word is the answer to her dissatisfied, rebellious, unsettled, impatient nature. This fickle discontentment is not limited to just the worship of God. It reared its head early in the history of her relationship with God. A number of quite serious sins are exposed in this particular issue, perhaps the most serious being their lack of faith in God's providence. This sin is driven by an arrogant self-concern that forgets that God is working out a purpose and plan in us and overseeing everything in our lives. In Israel's fearful and fickle discontentment, they did not seek Him to understand what He was doing. Instead, they sought something different from what He was providing in terms of experiences within the relationship. This drive for fulfillment in variety remains within the Israelitish people. As the Bible shows, Israel did not heed God's counsel. In stubbornness, she sought fulfillment in variety and became a great whore.