Blessing idols is mentions in Isaiah
Isaiah 66:3
He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol.
Yea, they have chosen their own ways,
and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
Duet 4:16
Lest ye corrupt yourselves,
and make you a graven image,
the similitude of any figure,
the likeness of male or female,
Again,
He that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. (Isaiah 66:3)
Which one is
being done here?
Burning incense (?)
or blessing an idol (?)
(Isaiah 66:3) It appears to me
that blessing idols is not a good thing (altogether)
and he that burneth incense unto the same IS ((
AS IF )) he did the same thing (which blesses idols)
If he that burneth incense unto the same is equated with that blessing an idol
Then blessing an idol is good?
Water blessing idols?
Not incense blessing idols?
Paul even says
1 Cr 10:14
Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
Will God give his praises to graven images?
Isaiah 42:8
I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
As then, there were some who said,
Jerm 44:17
But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth,
To do what?
To burn incense
Unto whom?
Unto the queen of heaven,
See the earlier post showing in Acts 14:12 that pagans will quickly place holy men (like Barnabas and Paul) into pagan god positions such as they did the same to the apostles to sacrifice unto them, and put the two into
Jupiter and Mercurius position (ready to do sacrifice unto them).
The same with Mary into the pagan Queen of heaven's position, there they are both side by side
She is called the Queen of heaven also
It was bad enough they made these images,
but now they not only bow before them
but tell them to kiss them (go ahead kiss them!)
Hosea 13:2
And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding,
all of it the work of the craftsmen:
they say of them, (((
Let the men )))
that sacrifice kiss the calves.
Kissing idols,
Prayer is set before idols
is even as incense is burned before idols
idols are bowed before and kissed
And idols are blessed with holy water
Prayer or incense (either one)
Psalm 141:2
Let my prayer be set forth before (( thee )) as incense;
and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Hosea 11:2
As they called them,
so they went from them:
they sacrificed unto Baalim,
and burned incense (( to )) graven images.
Again, see Acts 14:12 showing pagans will quickly place holy men into these pagan god positions to do sacrifice unto them
In Acts 14 shows the pagans calling the apostles themselves by the names of the same (such as Jupiter and Mercurius).
So it shouldnt be surprising to have Mary (as Paul and Barnabas were)
and the same being placed (even set up) in these pagan positions in order to be sacrificed unto.
I dont believe Mary is no exception to this rule (as even oral tradition would have it)
it is
of their own mouth not God's
Jerm 44:17
But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth,
And,
to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her,
as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah,
and in the streets of Jerusalem:
Which shows long standing tradition, an oral one that they themselves testify of (saying, they would do that which
goeth forth out of their own mouth)
And they continue, saying, for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
They burned incense (whether literally with a censor, or by prayer before these things) when that wasnt even permitted to what represented Christ becoming sin, and His being lifted up in such a manner (even by the commandment of God)
The brazen serpent, they were to look upon to live
Burning incense to it was what they were not to be doing back then
either, not justifiably (whether it is being called an icon or not)
The brasen serpent was destroyed...
why?
2 Kings 18:4
He (Hezekiah) 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 (Hezekiah) called it Nehushtan (
a thing of brass)
And, Hezekiah did what was right in the eyes of the LORD as he trusted in Him
