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That reminds me, when Jesus said about Him being raised up as the snake in the wilderness, the snake was on a pole too. And by His wounds we are healed.Moses never commanded Israel to bow to the bronze serpent. "So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live" (Num. 21:9).
God never said the bronze serpent or the carved cherubim represented him either. My contention isn't images in and of themselves, but the abuse of them and the representation of the Godhead. Clearly, the second commandment is not only against idolatry, but the creation of an image that even represents any member of the Godhead.
"You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth." - Exodus 20:4
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