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...
As long as it doesn't get up and start walking and talking....
Revelation 13:15 And was given to it to give breath to the image<1504> of the beast that also it should be talking
and should be making that as many as if-ever no should be worshiping to the image<1504> of the beast, they may be being killed.
Matthew 22
18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "why make ye trial of Me, ye hypocrites?
19 Show me the tribute money". And they brought unto Him a
denari.
20 And He saith unto them, "whose is this
image<1504> and superscription?"
21They say unto Him, "
Caesar's".............
Mark 12
15 "Shall we give, or shall we not give?" But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them,
"why make ye trial of Me? Bring me a
denari, that I may see it".
16 And they brought it. And He saith unto them, "whose is this
image<1504> and superscription?" And they said unto him, "
Caesar's".
Luke 20
23 But He perceived their craftiness, and said unto them,
24 "Show me a
denari. Whose
image<1504> and superscription hath it?" And they said, "Caesar's".
Jhn 19:12
12 From this
time was Pilate seeking to release him, and the Jews were crying out, saying, 'If this one thou mayest release, thou art not a friend of Caesar; every one making himself a king, doth speak against Caesar.'
15 and they cried out, 'Take away, take away, crucify him;' Pilate saith to them, 'Your king shall I crucify?' the chief priests answered,
'We have no king except Caesar.'
Behold! The denari is shown in Revelation
Revelation 6:
5 And when it up-opens the third seal , I hear of the third living one saying: "Be coming"! And I am looking and I see and Behold! A black horse and the one-sitting-down upon it having a
Yoke<2218> in the hand of him. [Deut 28:18/Acts 15:10]
6 And I hear a voice in midst of the four living-ones saying: "a measure of grain/wheat a
denari and three measures of barleys a
denari, and the oil and the wine no you should be injuring"."