I understand idol worship...they are the image of perfect imperfection or imperfect perfection...either way, the double mixture makes it seem attainable and thusly an easy fight so people look to it...why else would the Vatican amass so many statues from various cultures...and has no one noticed before that there are no Jewish artifacts?
very interesting read. I always felt it, just never read it or heard it anywhere before. maybe they are waiting to return them that they might propagate a "sign of the times" and "end times" scenario.
"But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my
name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall
speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall
die. And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the
word which the LORD hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh
in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come
to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken,
but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt
not be afraid of him."
Deuteronomy 18:20-22
"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's
clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall
know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns,
or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth
good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A
good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a
corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that
bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into
the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them."
Matthew 7:15-20
Are you calling me a false prophet? I didnt claim to be a prophet.
Anyway, I wanted to point out something I read in Catherine of Siena's "The Dialogue". That God forgives people for weaknesses, such is if they sin out of fear, addiction, coercion, etc.