It is very easy for something to get in the way of our relationship with God. That’s the purpose of the second commandment 3,500 years ago. Is there anything today (even something “innocent” in and of itself) that has become a graven image or mini-god to us? For some, the earth itself has become a god to be worshiped. For others, it’s the remote control. Our phones. Our computers. Our social media. Our kids’ ball games. Our jobs. Our prestige. Our money. Our credit cards. Our bucket list.
#THOU SHALT HAVE NO GRAVEN IMAGES FREE#
18:4). Something innocent had become a god to them. What about us? Church House Collection has a free printable 'Thou Shalt Not Make For Yourself A Graven Image' Coloring Page for kids in Sunday school class or childrens church. 20:4). That’s so “3,500 years ago”! Fast forward about 700 years from Exodus 20 and God’s people had hung on to “the bronze serpent” Moses made in Numbers 20 to save the people from the fiery serpents, and for centuries they worshiped and “burned incense to it” (2 Kgs. We should remember that God later commanded the construction of the seraphim and cherubim for the ark (Exodus 25:17-22, Exodus 37:8-9) and temple of Solomon (1 Kings 6:23-35, 1 Kings 8:6-7), and the veneration given to the Ark of the Covenant, as well as the brass serpent (Numbers 21:6-9).Growing up and memorizing the Ten Commandments, the second commandment seemed so obvious that it’s not even necessary to teach it today. Right? “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image” (Ex. The prohibition in Exodus 20: (see also Deuteronomy 5:) is not the production of graven images per se but the bowing down and serving of such images. “The prohibition in Exodus 20 is not the production of graven images per se but the bowing down and serving of such images As an extension of that concept, other pictures, paintings or sculptures that are used to bring to mind either scenes, noted characters, or even angels, as long as there is involved no consept of substituting these representations for Deity and worshiping them rather than the true God, are not offensive to God, and indeed are not prohibited by the intent of Holy Writ.” Link Deuteronomy 4:15-19 KJV 15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, 17 The likeness of any beast that. In that act there is no concept of bowing down, or worshipping the image rather than God. But does this fit with the biblical warning concerning images The command in question is from the Ten Commandments: Thou shalt have no other gods before me. There is no doubt that it is no sin to have a picture of a loved one in your wallet. I would like to ask how do you catholics explain these verses: 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: (Exo 20:4 KJV) Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the. Exodus 20:4 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: Leviticus 26:1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any. “The context here relates to the representation AND the function for which the graven images are made and used. Not be worshipped itself.Īnd many illiterate people learned about Christ from images and art. The images brought people knowledge of Christ. So illiterate people could learn of Christ and His life and mission. Back in the early, dark and Middle Ages, and in the renaissance… when vast portions of the population were illiterate, Christian Churches were built with art built in.
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