Not a problem Dorothea, God bless
Here you go Dorothea one for each I was discussing, theres others but the first... (unto Baalim) and
burning incense to graven images
Hosea 11:2
As they called them, so they went from them:
they sacrificed unto Baalim,
and burned incense to graven images.
Here (as well) they would do what their own mouths dictated (not the prophets) and
burned incense to the Queen of heaven (
false gods)
Jerm 44:17
But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth,
to burn incense unto the queen of heaven,
And here
burning incense to the image God ordered Moses to make
2Kings 18:4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and
brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for
unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
These more specifically in that there is an example of each burning incense to graven images (in that in relation to Baalim) burning incense to false gods (and that in relation to "the Queen of heaven") and burning incense to the brasen serpent (that which GOD himself ordered Moses to make).
On another thread, someone sorta threw up, the "Oh well God had Moses make an image, is that an unholy image" (type thing) no ofcourse it wasnt Jesus speaks of the figure it represents in respects to himself, however "holy" the image might appear when they burned incense to it it was destroyed with Gods stamp of approval (even though HE himself ordered it to be made) but once they began to burn incense to it, it was GONE and Hezekiah took care of destroying it.
Incense can be shown as a figure to prayer
Mat 6:9
After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven,
Psalm 141:2
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense
Ezekiel 8:4 And
the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayers of the saints,
ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Brasen serpent type of Christ here...
2Kings 18:4
He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
Whereas Jesus likewise says...
John 16:26
At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:
In breif, the same things we were all going round on before, but Im tired of going around on it (its a hands off season... you get those sometimes, bored to tears over it)
However, I am still curious about the image of the brasen serpent (per my question) as I would think it would be regarded as more of a "holy icon" or "holy image" (whatever the lingo) considering who ordered it to be made and by whom it was made, and yet it it was a good thing to destroy because of their own actions toward it. See what I mean?