All attempts to make a physical representation of Yahweh’s eternal Being were forbidden and would result in capital punishment. And these commandments specifically insist that there is nothing on Earth, or under Earth, or above Earth that could be like Yahweh, “who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. The first four commandments focus on Yahweh: “Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever.
While He was on Earth, Jesus was most certainly physical-He was true man-and He clearly demanded worship of Himself and obedience to His teachings. The first four commandments involve the direction of how we should relate to God the remaining six describe our relationship with each other.Īlthough the Lord Jesus Christ is most certainly God in the triune Godhead and co-equal in every way to the Father and the Holy Spirit, in the incarnation Jesus became man so that the work of salvation could be completed. Idolatry is nearly always a major problem and downfall of God’s people-both then and now.
The emphasis was on worshiping the idol, the image of an earthly thing, or the earthly thing itself in place of God. The main thrust of this commandment is that believers are not to worship anything that is earthly as a representation of God.
“You shall not make for yourself a carved image-any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth you shall not bow down to them nor serve them.” ( Exodus 20:4-5) The concept of a graven or carved image 1 in the second of the Ten Commandments is sometimes misunderstood.
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