[LearsFool]

"And the LORD said unto Moses..."

I can't recall the commandment to Christians to draw/paint/sculpt images of Jesus. Can you refresh my memory?

[Joe 6-pack]

"I can't recall the commandment to Christians to draw/paint/sculpt images of Jesus. Can you refresh my memory?"

So if the Bible doesn't explicitly command something it is forbidden?

[Carpe Cerevisi]

I can't recall the commandment to Christians to draw/paint/sculpt images of Jesus. Can you refresh my memory?

The inside of your church must look like the inside of a civic center.

[Rippin]

Read Exodus. God commands all kinds of images to be created in the tabernacle, on vestments on the ark etc.

[dangus]

>> I can’t recall the commandment to Christians to draw/paint/sculpt images of Jesus. Can you refresh my memory? <<

Either
1. The LORD ordered Moses to break the commandments he had just given Moses, but it’s OK to break the LORD’s commandments when the LORD commands you to break the LORD’s commandments, or

2. You’re misunderstanding the commandments of the LORD.

I’m going with #2. The pagans were fashioning their own Gods. “Graven images” is better translated as “molten idols,” but King James needed an excuse to destroy the cultural memory of his illiterate subjects, who relied on pictures to help recall the stories they had learned.

In contrast, the pagans would melt down their war booty into idols, as a way of saving the precious metals until the next war. To spend their income in any way not related to war would thus be sacreligious. “To worship” was to signify obedience and allegiance.

[justice14]

I can't recall the commandment to Christians to draw/paint/sculpt images of Jesus. Can you refresh my memory?

Having an Image vs Worshiping that image = Big difference.

[Salvation]

“Discuss the issues of this article on this thread” (from the RM)