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THE SECOND
COMZIANDMENT
(Exodus 20: 4, 5, 6)
"Thou shalt not make unto
thee a graven image, nor the
likeness of any form that is in
heaven above, or that is in the
earth beneath, or that is in the
water under the earth: thou
shalt not bow down thyself unto
them, nor serve them; for I the
Lord thy God am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fa-
thers upon the children, upon
the third and upon the fourth
generation of them that hate
me: and showing mercy unto
thousands of them that love me
and keep my commandments."
The Second Commandment is
by no means a repetition of the
first. It forbids a practice which
becomes possible only when the
one God is believed in and wor-
shipped.
The first forbids us to have
any other gods besides the one
who makes Himself known by
the name: "I am, Jehovah, E1-
ohim. the Lord thy God," The
second, taking it for granted
that there is no god but the
true God, forbids the creation
of anything which is supposed
to be a representation of Him,
to assist in worship.
First let us consider the Com-
mandment. Some there are
,who think that the Puritans
imagined that what was for-
bidden was the making of the
likeness of anything in the hea-
vens above or the earth be-
neath, and came to look upon
every form of art as idolatrous.
have known Christian folk
. who, because of this command-
ment, would not have their
photographs taken, and refused
to have a picture in their homes.
This, however, could not have
been the Divine intention; for,
immediately after the giving of
this commandment, among the
pattern of things pertaining to
the Tabernacle, in the very hol-
iest of all, two images of the
Cherubim overshadowed the
mercy-seat. On the borders of
the garment of the High Priest,
also, as he went into the Holy
Place to minister, there were
bulls and pomegranates. Man
was not forbidden to make rep-
resentations of any thing: He
is forbidden to use the repre-
sentation as an aid to worship.
In Westminster Abbey, I am
told by those that have been
there, that today there may be
seen a great many riches where
images once stood. They were
removed nol because they were
statues, but because lamps
were burned in front of them.
and worshippers knelt before
them. That was essentially a
violation of this commandment.
Man is not to make to himself
"a graven image, nor the like-
ness of any form that is in hea-
ven above, or that is in the
earth beneath or that is in the
water under the earth: Thou
Shatt not Bow Down Thyself
Unto Them, Nor Serve them."
In the closing words lies the
force of the commandment, It
strikes at the desire that is
very deep-seated in the human
heart.
Man declares that he must
have something to help him m
his worship of God. "God is
a Spirit and they that worship
Him must worship in spirit and
truth." The material cannot
help the spiritual.
In order to a careful exam-
ination of the reason of this
commandment let it be consid-
ered why man makes a image
or picture to help him in his
worship.
The answer may be briefly
stated; The spiritual sense in
man, that sense which realizes
God. is dead. No man Who
knows God. no man who is liv-
ing in daily communion with
Him, needs a picture to help
him to pray. None who know
what it is to live and walk
with God amid the work of the
week would derive help from
an image placed in front of
them when they worship. By
he new Birth of the Spirit they
have the spiritual conscious-
ness restored; so that they know
God, and are able to commune
directly with him.
Are the men of today in dan-
ger of breaking this command?
Most certainly we are. Conider
a few of the ways in which it
is broken. The revival of
priestism: the prevalent pass-
ion for ritual; the elevation of
the ordinances of the Christian
religion into undue place and
prominence: the professed wor-
ship of nature: the worship of
humanity, which is becoming a
cult and a religion.
In all of these things men
tell us that they worship God;
but they are trying to worship
Him through some supposed ex-
pression of Him, which they
have made themselves,
Notice particularly the sol-
enm warning and the gracious
promise linked to the command--
ment. This is one of those
passages of scripture which is
most often and constantly mis-
used. God says, "Thou shalt
not make unlo thee a graven
image, nor any form that is in
heaven above, or that is in the
earth beneath, or that is in the
water under the earth: Thou
shalt not bow down thyself un-
to them. nor serve then]: For
I the Lord thy God am a jea-
fathers upon the children upon
the third and fourth generation
of them that hate me: and
showing mercy unto thousands
of them that love me and keep
my commandments." There are
persons who read the first part
of this commandment and pass
over to the second part, de-
claring that if a man be im-
pure, God will punish his child-
ren on that account.
What is the simple and plain
meaning of these words of God?
If a man put something in the
place of his Creator, that in-
iquity of making a represen-
tation of God is visited upon the
children. This is to say, if. in
worship men put something in
the place of God, if they come
under the influence of worship
which is an attempt to put some
thing between God and man,
then they are not only harming
themselves but their children.
God calls men into his own
presence, to immediate worship.
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