I quoted right from the bible, the ten commandments, God's prohibition against worshipping idols.
Good grief, you're such a noob Douggg! And I'll say it again, it's your interpretation of what it means is in error. Quoting the verse does no good when you do NOT understand what the second commandment means. You can physically make an object or an image of anything in this world as long as you do not love it more than God. The object can even be a golden calf. It's acceptable as long as you put God first and foremost ahead of everything you have or a person you know.
Do you see the word "idol" or "do not make any idol" in the translations below? Look at the 2nd Commandment. It's not there nor is it listed anywhere else.
Now read this.
THE 2ND COMMANDMENT
- YOU SHALL NOT MAKE FOR YOURSELF AN IDOL -
“You shall not make for yourself an idol [as an object of worship]... This is anything that draws and captures your attention and affection and preoccupation away from your Creator YAHveh and your Savior. In upholding the Commandments YAHshua (Jesus) magnified their meaning when He said, "If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate (lightly esteem compared to Him) his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple” (Luke 14:26). "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me” (Matthew 16:24). He was saying that anyone and anything, regardless of how beloved they are to you, could become an idol if you esteem or love them more than you love and obey Him.
We are to hate the thought or reality that they could become more important and a detriment to following YAHshua (Jesus). Hate and be aware of the fact that those natural worldly loves and ties could be so strong that they could hold your affections back from being completely set on loving YAHshua and following Him in obedience at any price. You have to come out of the world and all the relationships closest to you in the world to have all your affections set on your eternal King and His kingdom. We are not to be half hearted. YAHshua (Jesus) wants a whole heart and we are to lightly esteem others compared to Him. And from that is the wellspring of the right kind of love that will love all our family members by Him and through Him and for Him. In the natural relationships the greater love is to be instruments to help them make it into YAHveh’s kingdom with the truth spoken and manifested in love.
The 2nd Commandment: Have No Idols — It's Midnight Ministries
What are some modern forms of idolatry?
Answer: All the various forms of modern idolatry have one thing at their core: self. We no longer bow down to idols and images. Instead we worship at the altar of the god of self. This brand of modern idolatry takes various forms.
First, we worship at the altar of materialism which feeds our need to build our egos through the acquisition of more “stuff.” Our homes are filled with all manner of possessions. We build bigger and bigger houses with more closets and storage space in order to house all the things we buy, much of which we haven’t even paid for yet. Most of our stuff has “planned obsolescence” built into it, making it useless in no time, and so we consign it to the garage or other storage space. Then we rush out to buy the newest item, garment or gadget and the whole process starts over. This insatiable desire for more, better, and newer stuff is nothing more than covetousness. The tenth commandment tells us not to fall victim to coveting: "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor" (Exodus 20:17). God doesn’t just want to rain on our buying sprees. He knows we will never be happy indulging our materialistic desires because it is Satan’s trap to keep our focus on ourselves and not on Him.
Second, we worship at the altar of our own pride and ego. This often takes the form of obsession with careers and jobs. Millions of men—and increasingly more women—spend 60-80 hours a week working. Even on the weekends and during vacations, our laptops are humming and our minds are whirling with thoughts of how to make our businesses more successful, how to get that promotion, how to get the next raise, how to close the next deal. In the meantime, our children are starving for attention and love. We fool ourselves into thinking we are doing it for them, to give them a better life. But the truth is we are doing it for ourselves, to increase our self-esteem by appearing more successful in the eyes of the world. This is folly. All our labors and accomplishments will be of no use to us after we die, nor will the admiration of the world, because these things have no eternal value. As King Solomon put it, “For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then he must leave all he owns to someone who has not worked for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune. What does a man get for all the toil and anxious striving with which he labors under the sun? All his days his work is pain and grief; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is meaningless” (Ecclesiastes 2:21-23).
Third, we idolize mankind through naturalism and the power of science. We cling to the illusion that we are lords of our world and build our self-esteem to godlike proportions. We reject God’s Word and His description of how He created the heavens and the earth, and we accept the nonsense of atheistic evolution and naturalism. We embrace the goddess of environmentalism and fool ourselves into thinking we can preserve the earth indefinitely when God has declared that this current age will have an end: “But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness” (2 Peter 3:10–13). As this passage states, our focus should not be on worshiping the environment but on living holy lives as we wait eagerly for the return of our Lord and Savior. He alone deserves worship.
Finally, and perhaps most destructively, we worship at the altar of self-aggrandizement or the fulfillment of the self to the exclusion of all others and their needs and desires. This manifests itself in self-indulgence through alcohol, drugs, and food. Those in affluent countries have unlimited access to alcohol, drugs (prescription drug use is at an all-time high, even among children), and food. Obesity rates in the U.S. have skyrocketed, and childhood diabetes brought on by overeating is epidemic. The self-control we so desperately need is spurned in our insatiable desire to eat, drink, and medicate more and more. We resist any effort to get us to curb our appetites, and we are determined to make ourselves the god of our lives. This has its origin in the Garden of Eden where Satan tempted Eve to eat of the tree with the words “you will be like God” (Genesis 3:5). This has been man’s desire ever since—to be god and, as we have seen, the worship of self is the basis of all modern idolatry.
All idolatry of self has at its core the three lusts found in 1 John 2:16: “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.” If we are to escape modern idolatry, we have to admit that it is rampant and reject it in all its forms. It is not of God, but of Satan, and in it we will never find fulfillment. This is the great lie and the same one Satan has been telling since he first lied to Adam and Eve. Sadly, we are still falling for it. Even more sadly, many churches are propagating it in the preaching of the health, wealth, and prosperity gospel built on the idol of self-esteem. But we will never find happiness focusing on ourselves. Our hearts and minds must be centered on God and on others. This is why when asked what is the greatest commandment, Jesus replied, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind” (Matthew 22:37). When we love the Lord and others with everything that is in us, there will be no room in our hearts for idolatry.
What are some modern forms of idolatry?
In the most simplest term, the 2nd commandment means God is first and foremost ahead of everything in your life.
As Jesus said, love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. Matthew 22:37.
Yes Douggg, you can actually make a golden idol. As long as you put God first, it's acceptable. In the near future, people will go to the third temple and offer their golden this and that dedicating it to God.
Haggai 2:7-9
7 I will shake all the nations,
and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts. 8
The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of Hosts. 9 The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the LORD of Hosts. And in this place I will provide peace, declares the LORD of Hosts.”
And you're still such a noob. I can't believe I had to teach you the 10 commandments. This is kindergarten stuff, you're suppose to know these things by now.
The False Prophet makes fire come down from heaven; therefore it is more in tune that he will claim to be Elijah, not Jesus.
And here you lost your mind. The false prophet is not Elijah. The bible does not say or give any indication the false prophet will claim to be Elijah either.
And you're making an idol of all this. You're adding to the bible putting your own words ahead of God's words.
I repeat. Where are you reading in the bible that Jesus will appear to non-Christians (muslims) to have only one eye, or bulging like a grape eye? You have made a claim of that is how the muslims will see Jesus, to think he is the dajjal.
I already told you two or three times now. I said it's in the Quran and showed you the verse.......from the Quran. I did not say it's in the bible. And I'll ask you again, quote me where I said it's in the bible.
The video is in error, as I have explained to you aready why the speaker in the video is wrong.
A person can be a Jew - and be a citizen of another nation other than Israel.
No, you're the one who's in error here. The bible is precise of who the Messiah will be the Jews will crown as their king. His name is Yeshua, born of the virgin Mary and a direct descendant from the tribe of Judah. The Jews will crown the right person.
It's in the bible Douggg!
The video proves you're wrong. The bible proves you're wrong. And Jesus when He returns when you lease expect Him will also prove you wrong. You don't know it but your timing of His return is way way off and in your mistake, you compromise by adding to the texts. For this, He will catch many Christians as a thief in the night for not watching.
Mark 13:37
And what I say to you, I say to everyone: Keep watch!”
Revelation 3:3
Remember therefore how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore you will not watch, I will come on you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.
It's in the bible but I can't show you because you rather argue in disbelief. OK, we'll have it your way.
