Satan really likes "temple" worship for some reason. And they all have one thing in common. Probably more than one. Idols. How often have we heard that these abominations
merely represent an abstract concept
or signify an ideal such as of hygiene
or cooking
or the maternal instinct
when in fact we know that these things need no representation. How do we know? Because God has told us.
Deuteronomy 5:8
8a Thou shalt not make thee any graven image .A BLANKET PROHIBITION.
8b or any likeness
8c of any thing .is the message getting through yet?.
8d that is in heaven above or
8e that is in the earth beneath or
8f that is in the waters beneath the earth.
For example, take the maternal instinct. If it's an instinct nothing is needed as a reminder. Baby squeaks, baby is fed. If a "statue" is needed to remind us this is what we should do, feeding baby is not an instinct. Ol
’ Man Horrible may turn up and place baby in a soundproof box (or if a lion, eat it) but God is not ol
’ man horrible and we do not take our cues from lions. Al Capone is not God.
There are consequences for ignoring Him. Was it because of stress upon Israelite soldiers killing all the idolators, their mothers and fathers, their grandparents and varying proportions of their babies that prompted God to reallocate this responsibility? He wants us to be frightened of Him but His lovingkindness is consistent and He's spared us those duties, making sure that Jesus will kill all the heathens. And all the heathen grandparents, children, toddlers, infants and tiny babies. It's a 100% shot. The new world will be 0% heathen. What to do with their temples in the here and now is a moot point. Secular law endorsed by God is what Christians follow and Jesus does the killing.
Titus 2:11-13; 3:1
2:11 The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men
2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world
2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.…
3:1. Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work.
Jesus knows what He's going to do to heathens, savages, pagans, catholics, mormons, buddhists and all idolators (remember, He's already defined what an idol is) and it's permanent. Christians accept His word. But what about making up a new Jesus? One that doesn't say all the things He says in our ONLY record of His ministry? Where would such a Jesus come from? Not from The Bible.
If Jesus is not going to kill all those people, as The Bible states, what is there to look forward in the life that is to come? What sort of paradise has heathens walking around everywhere? We've got that already! The important thing is not to be on His "to kill" list. This is another difference – because mobsters only kill you once. Jesus? Twice. No-one makes up a new Al Capone who doesn't kill people so why make up a different Jesus? God refers to these people in verse 8a(ii)
[BELOW] – check it out:
Revelation 21:5-8 (excerpt)
5a And he that sat upon the throne [God] said, Behold, I make all things new.…
6a And he said unto me, It is done.
6b I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.
6c I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
8a But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable,
8b and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers,
8c and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part
8d in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone:
8e which is the second death.
First He kills you. Then He kills you again and things start to
really go downhill. It's no more than we're born deserving, otherwise what is it that Jesus saves us from? In the meantime we get an insight into those temples. Satan loves the things and sure enough it's where all the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars hang out. No wonder he's increasing them as fast as he can go! As to whether they should be destroyed, that will depend on the law of the land where you are. In some places it's acceptable – in others, not so much. Secular laws have no place for God. I hope the Scripture I've posted is helpful.
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1. God's description, not mine.
2. If it's abstract it can be conceived
in the mind.
3. If it can be conceived in the mind why
does it need a representation?
4. If it can't be conceived in the mind it's not
an abstract concept.
5. It's not a concept at all.
6. Hygieia. Satan masquerades as a trollop and her pet snake.
. . . ancient version . . . . . . . . . a modern rendition
7. Andhrímnir is the chef for Odin et al., he has a pet pig named Sæhrímnir which
he seethes repeatedly, probably in mead, for the dreadful banquet. Satan is all 3.
. . . . . . . . . . ancient Sæhrímnir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a modern Andhrímnir
8. Mother and child idol. Note in particular the "ATEN" motif, representing the sun.
Paganism at its most persistent.
.ancient. . . . . . . . . . . . . . modern
9. "Any" includes abstract concepts.