The children of Israel had murmured (complained) so much that God decided to judge them with fiery serpents. God clearly warns us in Exodus 20:4-5 NOT to make unto ourselves ANY graven images.Ĭatholics attempt to justify their idolatry by comparing what they do to the brazen serpent in the Wilderness in Moses' time. Secondly, the quoted passage I have given you from the Catholic Catechism is blasphemy. You can't just eliminate the 2nd Commandment! Why are there two commandments telling us not to covet? It seems mighty strange don't you think? It's obvious what the Devil has done here. The evil men who wrote the preceding Catholic Catechism deceitfully split the 10th commandment into two to make up for the missing 2nd commandment. That is what Catholic men teach but it's not what God says, "THOU SHALT NOT BOW DOWN THYSELF TO THEM."įirst of all, not bowing to a graven image is the 2nd command, not the first. Indeed, "the honor rendered to an image passes to its prototype," and "whoever venerates an image venerates the person portrayed in it." The honor paid to sacred images is a "respectful veneration," not the adoration due to God alone: In the Catholic Catechism (part 3) you'll read the following words of blasphemy.Ģ132 The Christian veneration of images is not contrary to the first commandment which proscribes idols. Exodus 20:4,5, "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou SHALT NOT BOW DOWN thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God." God strictly forbids bowing to the likeness of anyone or anything in Heaven or earth. There is NO Biblical teaching to honor Mary nor the saints by bowing to them. It's clearly obvious that the Catholic Church is trying to hide their sin of idolatry. Please notice that they've removed the 2nd commandment which forbids anyone from "bowing" to any graven image. Here's a link below to the Catholic Catechism. I say this kindly as a friend who cares for your soul. Roman Catholic Church is straight from the pits of Hell. "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God." There, they would never become objects of worship because they were not public artifacts to which the general populace would become familiar and thereby risk falling into idol worship.Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven imageby Susan Elena Loiacono on Saturday, Januat 1:15am The Cherubim were placed on the Ark of the Covenant – in the Holy of Holies in the temple (2 Chron. Instead, it is a representation of the heavenly realm where God dwells, and the angels are about the throne (1 Samuel 4:4 Hebrews 9:5). The instruction by God to make cherubim, which are angels in heaven, is not for the purpose of worship at all. (Exodus 37:7-8)–“And he made two cherubim of gold he made them of hammered work, at the two ends of the mercy seat 8one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end he made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at the two ends.” See also, Exodus 26:1,31 36:8 1 Kings 6:23-35. (Exodus 25:18)–“And you shall make two cherubim of gold, make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat.”.Deuteronomy 27:15, “Cursed is the man who makes an idol or a molten image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’”.Deuteronomy 5:8, “You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.”.Leviticus 26:1, “You shall not make for yourselves idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves an image or a sacred pillar, nor shall you place a figured stone in your land to bow down to it for I am the Lord your God.”.5 “You shall not worship them or serve them for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me.” Exodus 20:4-5, “You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. ![]() God does not want people bowing down before idols and worshiping false gods. The Deuteronomy passages, contextually, are dealing with the same thing: an admonition against worshipping a false image. ![]() Exodus 20:4 states that no one is to make an image of what is in heaven, so that you may not worship them or bow down to them (20:5). The context of the “Thou shall not make a graven image” passages is dealing with the worship of false things.
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