![]() (NIV).Īnd once again, God’s Word says that King David gave his son Solomon the following plans to build the Temple in Jerusalem: “Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, its storerooms, its upper parts, its inner rooms and the place of atonement. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover.” (Exodus 25:18-20). The cherubim are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. Make one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two ends. “And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. Yet God’s Word tells us that God told Moses to have the Israelites make such statues in the process of making the Tabernacle: The truth is that perhaps they are: “Never make your own carved idols or statues that represent any creature in the sky, on the earth, or in the water.” (Exodus 20:4). But is the creation of such images really sinful? So, I ask you: Is it a sin to wear a crucifix around your neck, or display one in your church? Or to display statues of the Blessed Mother, or any of God’s angels or saints in your church? Or what about manger scenes? Or what about stations of the cross that are displayed in plaques around the walls of many catholic churches?Īre they not all “graven” images, or like any “thing” that exists in heaven or earth or in the water beneath? The truth is that they indeed are such images. The 1st commandment of God says that we should have no such idols or gods: “You shall have no other gods before Me.” (Exodus 20:3). ![]() It is anything that we value more than the Love of God. So, in the Light of the above information, this is what I believe to be the truth concerning the sin of idolatry: An idol is anything that takes the place of God in our lives. (New International Version).īut the truth is that the Holy Spirit does not reveal the whole truth about scripture to us all at once, but only to the extent that we can accept, receive, and believe it so that we can be set free from any doubts about what it means to us personally: “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free!” (John 8:32). As you may know, God’s Word tells us that the Holy Spirit is known as the Spirit of truth and will guide us to the true meaning of any bible verse: “But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth.” (John 16:13). We should always ask the Holy Spirit precisely what is meant by any particular verse to us personally. The most important thing to remember about all of these various translations of the bible is that the true Author of every translation of the bible, from the earliest to the latest is believed by most Christians to be the Holy Spirit of God’s perfect and unconditional Love who inspired all of those people involved in the writing and publishing of every existing translation.Ĭonsequently, the best thing to do when interpreting any scripture verse written in any translation is to consult the true Author. 285-246 BC) who is said to have hired 72 Jewish scholars for the purpose, for which reason the translation is commonly known as the Septuagint, a name which it gained around AD 354-430.” The Talmud ascribes the translation effort to Ptolemy II Philadelphus (r. ![]() With most people speaking only Aramaic and not understanding Hebrew, the Targums were created to allow the common person to understand the Torah as it was read in ancient synagogues.īy the 3rd century BC, Alexandria had become the center of Hellenistic Judaism, and a Koine Greek translation was compiled in several stages during the 3rd to 2nd centuries BC (known to have been complete by 132 BC). Some of the first translations of the Jewish Torah began during the first exile in Babylonia, when Aramaic became the “lingua franca” of the Jews.
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