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NASB | Exodus 20:3 ¶ "You shall have no other gods before Me. |
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Bible Question: Is there any reference guide that could possibly correlate many of the idols described in the OT to current day? A couple of examples. Would worshiping a golden calf be like loving money/possessions more than GOD? Would worshiping the ashera pole be like sexual immorality? If there are correlations then it would help in certain instances while reading through the OT. |
Bible Answer: Dear Joe: Some of my learned colleagues of the Forum may indeed present you with a far better answer than ever I am capable of giving you. I have a penchant for keeping things as simple as possible, for it matches the furniture of my mind so much better than complicated things do. ..... The commandment that is given first place in the Decalogue is this: "Thou shalt have no other gods before Me" (Exodus 20:3). Idolatry is idolatry, in both the Old Testament and the New, no matter what its outward manifestations. It's putting anything in place of God or ahead of Him in our pecking order. So, dear friend, when we read about the silly business of the golden calf and say to ourselves smugly, "Aha, that was idolatry all right, and it was a stupid thing for God's chosen ones to do, but we don't do that sort of thing today, so we're home free, innocent as a lamb and as pure as the driven snow when it comes to idolatry" -- when we get to thinking that we stand on solid ground when it comes to idolatry, it is high time to take the more earnest heed. Idolatry, being anything under the sun that man puts between himself and his God, is no less a clear and present danger to us all now than it was to the worshipers of the golden calf of old. --Hank |
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