Symbols

[follower]

i think the oil used for healing/anointing was forbidden to be used for other purposes. (particular mixture/formula or ? )

 

[Willie T]

As you know the brass serpent was destroyed by Moses because the Israelites had turned it into an idol.

I thought it was Hezekiah who did that........

 

[Jethro Bodine]

Yeah, I agree completely. A picture or any other symbol that serves only as a reminder of something else is not an idol and isn't wrong. That's a lot different than someone (as I've seen some do) who reveres and prays to a statue or picture of Jesus or some other person and trusts in that thing to hear their prayers. That's idolatry, and that's what was being referred to when we are commanded not to make any "graven images".

I'm of the opinion that the problem with casting idols is they fail miserably to represent who and what God truly is.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

i think the oil used for healing/anointing was forbidden to be used for other purposes. (particular mixture/formula or ? )

Are you thinking of the incense?

 

[Jethro Bodine]

I thought it was Hezekiah who did that........

You could be right. I stuck my neck out hoping I was right.

Usually, I say 'I'm not sure', or I check it out first.

 

[jasonc]

As you know the brass serpent was destroyed by Moses because the Israelites had turned it into an idol.

no it was later on that , as stated it was Hezekiah.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

I'm not even sure it was made of brass...could of been bronze....or copper(?)

 

[Jethro Bodine]

no it was later on that , as stated it was Hezekiah.

Was it 'really' Hezekiah? Are we reading what the scriptures 'really' meant when it said it was Hezekiah? Perhaps not.

 

[jasonc]

Was it 'really' Hezekiah? Are we reading what the scriptures 'really' meant when it said it was Hezekiah? Perhaps not.

2 kings 18:4

 

[Jethro Bodine]

2 kings 18:4

Wait, let me examine the original language so I can show it means something other than what it is actually saying....be right back.

 

[jasonc]

Wait, let me examine the original language so I can show it means something other than what it is actually saying....be right back.

futurist.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

2 kings 18:4

Okay, Mr. Smarty drawers...what was it made of, huh? Yeah, I thought so, you don't know do you?

 

[jasonc]

brass. brass is easily broken. ever use a brass punch to remove parts and and install them? they with a few blows do flatten out and also can be cut

 

[follower]

Are you thinking of the incense?

Exodus 30 NIV;CEB - The Altar of Incense - “Make an altar ...
... This will be my holy anointing oil in every generation. 32 Don’t allow anyone else to use this oil. Don’t make another oil like it by using the same formula.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

Exodus 30 NIV;CEB - The Altar of Incense - “Make an altar ...
... This will be my holy anointing oil in every generation. 32 Don’t allow anyone else to use this oil. Don’t make another oil like it by using the same formula.

So both the anointing oil and the incense were not to be copied or used for other purposes, then?

 

[Jethro Bodine]

brass. brass is easily broken. ever use a brass punch to remove parts and and install them? they with a few blows do flatten out and also can be cut

I know it's a pretty crappy metal to use for nuts and bolts. You can't torque it but a few pounds 'fore it strips.

 

[jasonc]

I know it's a pretty crappy metal to use for nuts and bolts. You can't torque it but a few pounds 'fore it strips.

off topic it used in a lot of threaded application with plastic to metal. ie coil packs. for that reason. so that over tightening cant occur.

 

[evenifigoalone]

I'd think you could have a picture without worshiping it.

99% of the pictures of Jesus that exist are way off the mark, anyway.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

I'd think you could have a picture without worshiping it.

99% of the pictures of Jesus that exist are way off the mark, anyway.

I was told short hair was actually the style for men during Jesus' day, not the Fabio thing you see in Renaissance period paintings of Jesus.

If Jesus had come today, he'd have a shaved head, dark wrap around sun glasses, and a goatee.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

off topic it used in a lot of threaded application with plastic to metal. ie coil packs. for that reason. so that over tightening cant occur.

I use them where I don't want them to corrode. I quit, though. They worked so well that I began to worship them.