![]() Question: Was God violating his own commandment? No! Again we need context for Exodus 20:4 … and that comes in verse 5! Read it in context: “ 4 You shall not make for yourself an idol or a likeness (or a graven image, to use the Old English) of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below… 5 you shall not bow down before them or serve them.” In context, it tells why we don’t make graven images. These two graven images (statues) were to be depicted as bowing over the Mercy Seat, the place where God’s presence would meet the people of Israel on earth. These two graven images of angels were to be affixed to the top of the Ark of the Covenant. Just a few pages after this commandment – Exodus 25:17-19 – God commands the Israelites to do precisely what it appears that he just commanded them not to do – create a graven image of something from heaven, or more precisely, two graven images of two angels. But we always need to remember the context – the verses and chapters around the passage. ![]() If we stop reading there, we should perhaps ban crucifixes. ![]() No graven images is commandment number two! Exodus 20:4 says, “You shall not make for yourself an idol or a likeness (or a graven image, to use the Old English) of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below…” If God commands us not to make graven images, why do some churches use crucifixes?
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