Later in Numbers 21:8-9, God commands Moses to make a bronze serpent, so that the people who were bitten by snakes could look upon it and be healed. First, in Exodus 25:18-21, God commands Moses to make two statues of angels (cherubim) for the top of the Ark of the Covenant. Now if God simply forbids the making of graven images, then there are problems elsewhere in the Bible. Now one must ask the question: "Does God forbid the making of statues, or does He condemn the worship of statues?" If God condemns the divine worship of statues, then the Catholic division scheme is justified since these images would be "other gods before" Him. Suspicions are further fueled when Catholic books only present the general form of the Commandment, Deut. 5:6-10 into one Commandment, the Catholic Church is accused of altering the Commandments and covering up God's command forbidding graven images. Verses 9-10 present the punishments and rewards that are associated with these Commandments.īy combining together Deut. Verse 7 is a general statement of the First Commandment, while verses 8-9 give a specific case of this Commandment. Now worshipping statues with divine honor is one way of worshipping other gods. Verse 7 forbids the worship of other gods, while verses 8-9 forbid the making of graven (carved) images that would be worshipped as gods, i.e. (8)You shall not make for yourself a 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 (9)you shall not bow down to them or serve them for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, (10)but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. (6)I am the LORD your God.(7)You shall have no other gods before me. Verse 21 is kept together as the Tenth Commandment.Īccording to the RSV Bible and Catholic Tradition, the First Commandment is: 5:6-7 as the First Commandment, verses 8-10 as the Second Commandment, verse 11 as the Third Commandment and so on. This division scheme was advocated by St. Verse 21 is split up into the Ninth and Tenth Commandments - distinguishing the desire (lust) to commit adultery from the desire (greed) to steal. 5:6-10 as the First Commandment, verse 11 as the Second Commandment, verses 12-15 as the Third Commandment and so on. (The verse numbers are no help since they were added by Bible scholars many centuries after Christ.)
Unfortunately the Bible lumps the Ten Commandments all together without division or numbering. The major difference is not content but how Catholics and Protestants traditionally divide up and number these Commandments. A few words may differ but that is due to differing translations. 5:6-21 in a Catholic Bible with that found in a Protestant Bible reveals no essential differences. Now one version of the Ten Commandments can be found in the fifth chapter of the Book of Deuteronomy (also Exodus 20). Allegedly the Catholic Church condones statue worship. The booklet claims that the Catholic Church dropped the "Second Commandment" which forbids "graven images", i.e. This is a common charge used against the Catholic Church.Īccording to this booklet, one "mark of the beast" is the alteration of God's Commandments.
It attempts to prove this claim by exposing the "marks of the beast." Due to limited space, only one charge will be considered. The booklet claims that this is true, since the Church is the beast of Revelation (Rev. According to this booklet, the Catholic Church is behind the New World Order.
White, foundress of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Recently we received an 80-page booklet entitled "What's Behind The New World Order?" It can be traced back to the writings of Ellen G. And the LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole and every one who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live." So Moses made a bronze serpent.
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