Dear friends,
The second commandment requires some interpretation.
Ex 20:3 You shall have no other gods before Me. 4
You shall not make for yourself an idol of any kind, or an image of anything in the heavens above, the earth below, or the waters under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,…
But during the construction of the Ark of Covenant - craftsmen were required to make images of the Cherabim.
1 Kings 6:23
In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood. 24One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing was five cubits long as well. So the full wingspan was ten cubits.…
And here, Moses is instructed to make a graven image...
Numb 21:8 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a snake and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.” 9
So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze serpent, he would recover.
So the question remains - what is the second commandment referring to?
If the issue was the worship of God alone and not just referring to making images, then does that open the commandment to idols of fleshly passion in our lives?
How about objects of worship in our churches - crosses, saints, crucifixes, Mary...
Let's try and have a civil discussion about this...
Sometimes... God uses things to help people comprehend Spiritual matters.
An example are the two Cherubim of the covenant.
If you look at the two Cherubim, you will also note that the very Glory of God would dwell above the ark, and the blood was anointed at atonement, on the ark.
Now fast forward... 3 Crosses, one God, two men, only one man that turned to God.
Now for the Heavenly side... give Zechariah 3 a read and note that the name Joshua is the very English way of saying the name Jesus.
There are 4 people mentioned in the passage.
1) God
2) Angel of the Lord
3) Satan
4) Joshua
God the Son is before the Angel of the Lord, and at the Son's right side is Satan standing to accuse Him.
Notice that God only "Speaks" but is not "Locationaly Visible" in the passage?
Now, note a passage such as this, before the DBR...
(Mark 10:35-37)(Matthew 16:21-23)
In Job we are revealed that Satan is a "Prosecutor" of mankind that is still within heaven.
So what we "see" is God the Son, Satan at His right hand side, and the Angel across from Jesus.
Because John says "No man has seen God - Father reference- we can now see that Jesus is most likely standing before the Throne of God, with the Angel of God at the side of the Throne of God.
If we were to assume that Michael is at the right Hand of God the Father's Throne, we can then see that Satan is facing God the Father
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This reveals that Satan thinks He's accusing a mere man, but in reality, he is squared off against God The Father, by Accusing God the Son.
As we know the filthy cloths that The Son is wearing are The Sins of mankind, that He is innocent of... we can now see how Satan has falsely condemned God the Son to death and is attempting to Condemn The Son beyond simple Mortal Death.
Enter Revelation 12:7-10
What's my point? There is a difference between worshiping a thing and learning it's Spiritual teaching.
This is my mere opinion