Sometimes we miss things in the Bible, though they are right in front of us. Some of our Protestant brethren (mainly Calvinists but some other denominations as well) have an almost obsessive fear of any image associated with worship at all, thinking that all such manifestations are examples of idolatry and undue exaltation of a \u201cgraven image\u201d. This has led some fanatical elements to oppose even crucifixes and statues of Christ as idols. In other words, all images whatsoever are collapsed in this wrongheaded mentality into the category of the \u201cgraven image\u201d in the Ten Commandments.\u00a0 But the Bible doesn\u2019t take this view at all. Here is one striking example:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Exodus 33:8-10<\/b>\u00a0(RSV) Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people rose up, and every man stood at his tent door, and\u00a0looked<\/span>\u00a0after Moses<\/b>, until he had gone into the tent. [9] When Moses entered the tent,\u00a0the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the door of the tent<\/b>, and the LORD would speak with Moses. [10] And\u00a0when all the people\u00a0saw<\/span>\u00a0the pillar of cloud<\/b>\u00a0standing at the door of the tent,\u00a0all the people would rise up and worship<\/b>, every man at his tent door.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nNote that the pillar of cloud is:<\/p>\n
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1) a\u00a0creation<\/b>\u00a0(water, if a literal cloud);<\/p>\n
2)\u00a0visual<\/b>, hence an\u00a0image<\/i>;<\/p>\n
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3) thought to directly\u00a0represent<\/b>\u00a0God Himself.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
It\u2019s also a supernatural manifestation, which is a major difference compared to any true idol made by the hands of men; but that would make no difference for those who mistakenly hold that\u00a0any image whatsoever<\/i>\u00a0associated with God is impermissible. The problem comes when\u00a0God Himself expressly sanctions<\/i>\u00a0such images, and worship in conjunction with them, as here.<\/p>\n
The same iconoclasts (opposers of images) have to explain away things like the burning bush (Ex 3:2-6), which is not only fire, but also called an \u201cangel of the Lord\u201d (Ex 3:2), yet also \u201cGod\u201d (3:4, 6, 11, 13-16, 18; 4:5, 7-8) and \u201cthe\u00a0LORD\u201d (3:7, 16, 18; 4:2, 4-6, 10-11, 14) interchangeably. An angel is a creation (as is fire and cloud); yet God chose to use a created being and inanimate objects to visibly represent Him. Several similar instances occur in the Old Testament. Moreover, the Jews \u201cworshiped\u201d fire as representative of God in the following passage:<\/p>\n
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2 Chronicles 7:1-4<\/b>\u00a0When Solomon had ended his prayer,\u00a0fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple<\/b>. [2] And the priests could not enter the house of the LORD, because\u00a0the glory of the LORD filled the LORD\u2019s house<\/b>. [3] When all the children of Israel\u00a0saw<\/b>\u00a0the\u00a0fire come down and the glory of the LORD<\/b>\u00a0upon the temple,\u00a0they bowed down with their faces to the earth on the pavement, and worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD<\/b>, saying, \u201cFor he is good, for his steadfast love endures for ever.\u201d [4] Then the king and all the people\u00a0offered sacrifice<\/b>\u00a0before the LORD<\/b>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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For example, the\u00a0Pillars of Cloud and Fire and the Burning Bush Joshua passing the River Jordan with the Ark of the Covenant (1800), by Benjamin West (1738-1820) [public domain \/ Wikimedia Commons] (6-24-11) * * * * * Sometimes we miss things in the Bible, though they are right in front of us. Some of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2331,"featured_media":4117,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[206,172],"tags":[1232,1230,1074,1229,1233,1234,1231],"class_list":["post-4114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-saints-purgatory-penance","category-trinitarianism-christology","tag-adoration-of-god","tag-burning-bush","tag-iconoclasm","tag-images","tag-pillar-of-cloud","tag-pillar-of-fire","tag-worship-of-god"],"yoast_head":"\n
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