Today,
reply is on idol worship, the use of miniature crosses as memorials
of the sacrificial death of Jesus, and the proper focus for doctrine
and sacred knowledge among Christian believers. The desire to
know divinity using the tools of flesh, intellect, imagination, and
mind has often resulted in the adoption of material and physical
objects to make divinity knowable, known, accessible, and
approachable that were fashioned by mankind using resources provided
from the earth. The actual provision of divinity has been the use of
human flesh to display both authentic humanity and divinity (we say,
Incarnation) as Jesus Christ. Neither abstract nor material objects
permit exchange, interaction, and organic joining for the created and
the Creator. Dagon of the Philistines emerged from the same error,
presumption, and wickedness seen in Cain offering fruit on the altar,
rather than blood from an innocent, and seen in the Golden Calf of
Egypt provided by Jeroboam to the 10 tribes that were the Northern
Kingdom (Israel; Samaria). It is written: Jeremiah 9: 23-24, King
James Version (KJV): 23 Thus saith the LORD, Let
not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty
man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in
his riches: 24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he
understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD
which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the
earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
One of the fighters in the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on
Religion and Spirituality who uses the ID “Anonymous” (no profile
data shared) posted the following:
If
the Messiah was hung would you worship a rope?
Exodus
32:7-9 Exodus20:4,5 Isaiah42:8
2Cor5:7
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that
is profitable for nothing? Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed:
and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered
together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and
they shall be ashamed together. The smith with the tongs both
worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it
with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength
faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint. The carpenter
stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he
fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and
maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a
man; that it may remain in the house. He heweth him down cedars, and
taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself
among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth
nourish it. Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will
take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh
bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it
a graven image, and falleth down thereto. He burneth part thereof in
the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and
is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am
warm, I have seen the fire: And the residue thereof he maketh a god,
even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and
worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me;
for thou art my god. They have not known nor understood: for
he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their
hearts, that they cannot understand. And none considereth in his
heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to
say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked
bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it:
and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall
down to the stock of a tree? He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart
hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is
there not a lie in my right hand? (Isaiah 44: 10-20, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: That Divinity Is Jealous (08/28/2019); The Evidence
Is Spirit (05/29/2019); The Authenticity of Relics (04/18/2019); The
Keeping Of Relics (04/17/2019); Nehushtan, The Brass Serpent
(10/26/2018); Worship and the Cross (11/27/2017); Idolatry --
Exalting Human Devices? (09/21/2017); The Cross Proclaims Victory
(05/12/2016); Represented by The Cross? (03/08/2016)
“Anonymous”,
mankind must appear bearing the authority, image, and willpower of
what, or whom he will worship—of
a false god, or a true and living GOD. While Christian belief uses
emblems, tokens, and symbols as tools for admonition, guidance,
instruction and memorial, Christianity does not endorse the use of
graven images, idols, and similitudes that are to be acknowledged as
gods and divine persons having dominion, immortality,
incorruptibility, and sovereign will. Those seeking to continue
accusations, attacks, thrusts, and other distractions by condemning
the use of simple things in worship (e.g., the chalice, the
monstrance, the crucifix, the wafer) depart from correct Christian
doctrine and teaching. The proper focus for a believer is that they
express gratitude, praise, and reverence, rather than exalt outward
appearances, miracles, and signs. Believers are to submit to
operations of the Holy Spirit whereby men will exist as mature and
ripe for harvest from the earth by the Lord at his appearing (the
Advent; the Rapture; the Second Coming). Those “born again” are
to “grow up again” renewing their content and endowment of sacred
knowledge through such devices as accepting accountability;
commitment; enduring “growing pains”; continuous discovery,
learning, and study of the holy writings; fellowship within a
community of believers; fulfillment of duty, sacrifice, and unselfish
service; practicing discernment, praise, and prayer; and continuously
rejoicing despite affliction, hardship, and suffering. Existing as
divine fullness and the summation of all spirit substance GOD is
invisible and may not be seen using finite animal senses, and human
tools that detect carnal form and physical dimensions (e.g., depth,
height, length, weight). Even so, created beings and living
creatures are to communicate, exchange, and interact with GOD who is
Creator, Maker, and Origin for all that exists, that have life, and
that have detectable presence. GOD also has revealed themselves as
the administrator of sacred law and divine order, eternal purpose,
and the second death provided to permanently eliminate sin and
its consequences. Consider again the following that uses language
from the Bible, and a selection from the music ministry of Anthony
Brown & Group therAPy:
1.
Deuteronomy 29: 1-6, King James Version (KJV): 1 These are
the words of the covenant, which the LORD
commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of
Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. 2 And
Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all
that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of
Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
3 The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and
those great miracles: 4 Yet the LORD hath not
given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear,
unto this day. 5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness:
your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen
old upon thy foot. 6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk
wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD
your God.
2.
Jeremiah 5: 19-25, KJV: 19 And it shall come to pass, when ye
shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all
these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye
have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye
serve strangers in a land that is not your’s.
20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah,
saying, 21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without
understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and
hear not: 22 Fear ye not me? saith the LORD:
will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for
the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it:
and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not
prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? 23 But
this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are
revolted and gone. 24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now
fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the
former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the
appointed weeks of the harvest. 25 Your iniquities have turned away
these things, and your sins have withholden good things
from you. 26 For among my people are found wicked men: they
lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
3.
2nd Peter 1: 2-10, KJV: 2 Grace and peace be multiplied
unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 3
According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that
pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him
that hath called us to glory and virtue: 4 Whereby are given unto us
exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be
partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is
in the world through lust. 5 And beside this, giving all diligence,
add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to
knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience
godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly
kindness charity. 8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they
make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful
in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But he that lacketh
these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten
that he was purged from his old sins. 10 Wherefore the rather,
brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for
if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended (for example, (4.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX59fjowutw.)
Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you
according to your faith.
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