Idols

In the book of Ezekiel, Ch 8, the prophet is taken into the house of God where he sees the elders of the house of Israel worshiping and praying to various carved idols. The Lord proclaimed judgment on his own house because of the detestable acts that were taking place within the temple walls. He sealed his own, the ones who “sighed and groaned over the detestable practices committed” in the temple, so that they might be spared. He then commanded that the temple be completely defiled and the courts filled with the slain.

Be careful not to be found mourning for the idols as God’s wrath is poured out. There is no such thing as a “Christian idol”. God clearly prohibited this practice from the very beginning.

Exodus 20:4-6

“Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image or 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.

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.”