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Brethren In Christ,How do you interpret the Second Commandment?
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[quote:peppersgc:MV8yMDIyMjE4XzMzOTg1NTc2X0JEODc2RkVF] [quote:Keep2theCode:MV8yMDIyMjE4XzMzOTg1NDU4XzY5Q0I0QTVD] [quote:peppersgc:MV8yMDIyMjE4XzMzOTg1Mzc0XzU3MDQ3Mjcw] [quote:Keep2theCode:MV8yMDIyMjE4XzMzOTg1MTc1XzIzODc5Njg4] [quote:peppersgc:MV8yMDIyMjE4XzMzOTg1MTI5XzU3NDYyRUU2] [quote:Keep2theCode:MV8yMDIyMjE4XzMzOTg0OTk2XzkyQTJEQzYx] Do those who insist that it only means false idols really think the Israelites could have made a "true" one and bowed down to it? [/quote] No, because the iconography had not been established yet. [/quote] There was never any iconography given after that either. And I don't see the word "false" there; in fact, it defines "idol" right there in the commandment by explicitly listing "any" graven image. [/quote] Where does it say "any"? [/quote] Exodus 20:4-6. Even wikipedia's entry has it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_shall_not_make_for_yourself_an_idol [/quote] The Greek word for "any" is not in the beginning of that sentence in even the oldest known texts. Mistranslations are the bane of Christianity. 'You must not make images for yourselves of anything in the skies above, on the earth below, or of things that live in the water under the earth. 5 You must not bow before them or serve them, for I Jehovah your God am a jealous God, and I bring the sins of the ancestors upon the children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of those who hate Me. 6 But I am merciful to the thousands who love Me and keep My Commandments.' (Literal, word for word, translation) [/quote]
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Dear fellow brothers in Christ I am curious to know how do you interpret the second commandment :
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:
Please reply in a civilized and Godly manner and do not let difference in opinion divide us.
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