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Law begins and ends very spiritual. Nevertheless, because we are physical, the Law provides enough physical commandments to avoid any physical misinterpretations.

 

Once we learn the Law, we need to get started with the objective to end what we started. The discipline of the Law is similar to the training required to escape the trap of the enemy. Hebrews 12:11 We are aware that when a slave calls out his intentions to escape the slave master, he cannot end what he started. For this reason, he is to train in silence without giving a foothold to the enemy. Ephesians 4:27-28

 

Soon after he begins training, he should plan the date of his rescue with The Savior. Then, without giving notice, he runs as fast as he can to enter the narrow road where the enemy cannot follow. Therein, he will find The Wonderful Savior who will end what he started. Hebrews 12:2

 

Those who know the Law need to remember that, because of the puppets that blocked the way, they could not end what they started. Therefore, they do not need any discipline but Faith. Hebrews 11:6, Acts 3:19-20 For this reason, they need to overcome the men that block the way to end what they started. Matthew 18:8-9, Hebrews 12:4, James 4:7-10, John 12:35, 1Corinthians 15:34

 

Praise be to God and His wonderful mercy that we are now being made aware of our obstacles to make ready a people for The Truth. Luke 18:8

 

The Second Commandment

 

It appears that when the Gentile picks up his bible to read the Law, he begins with the first commandment and immediately pauses to take a break. Upon returning, he resumes with the fifth commandment thinking he has not missed a thing. Because of this selective reading, he misses the commandments that allow him to know The Truthgiver. Of these that are missed, there is none more abused than the second commandment.

 

The affinity to idolatry continues to blind man from obeying the commandment that is inherent with The God we are to know. The Messiah reminds us of this when He speaks to a woman that is not of Jewish origin: John 4:22 “Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” Because God is a Spirit, we are to worship Him in spirit and because God is Truth, we are to approach Him accordingly.

 

Here is how we are to approach The Father: Exodus 20:4 “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.” This commandment is so powerful that it sheds more than enough light to most of the illusions associated with idolatry.

 

Think about it, to bow down to that which we cannot see goes against all that we expect to see. Absent of this commandment, we would continue to seek The Spiritual through the physical. This commandment cannot shed enough light if observed alongside Religion. We find this evident even with the children of the patriarch.

 

We are aware that most of the Arabs design their temples to face a city that was never holy or true. As such, when they bow down, they do not realize they are breaking the commandment they love the most even up-to five times a day. Malachi 1:6, Mark 7:9

 

The same bodes with the children of the Law who, after thousands of years of constant reproach, still look to the physical to find The Spiritual. Besides the pagan star that they constantly uphold, they turn to a wall hoping God will answer their prayers. Really brothers, does it take two thousand years to see that God has already answered our prayers? Unfortunately, where they have not chosen to lead, the Gentiles cannot follow. Romans 2:24

 

The professing Christian is in no better terms in better shape. With varying degrees, the label is as broad as the spectrum of idolatry, where some bow down to idols others carry them. Consider a passage recorded in the book of Jeremiah about a practice that began thousands of years ago and now hiding under a new label: Jeremiah 10:3 “For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.”

 

Notice how Scripture describes this tree as an idol that does not speak nor has the ability to walk. This idol has been accompanying the professing Christians for so long that it is now deeply rooted in their hearts. Because of their refusal to change, how is God ever going to save them? Judges 10:13-14

 

Everything about this event is pagan; the date, the tree, the mistletoe, the star, and even the gift giving during this period are all pagan. Amos 5:26 Being thoughtful that a Gentile is not bowing down to this tree, he is still breaking the second commandment by bringing this idol into his home and honoring the whole event in the name of God. Deuteronomy 7:26, 12:31

 

We know the practicing of this pagan event is no casual uttering of the mouth as it is planned for several weeks ahead. Then, a few days before, the Gentile goes out of his way to buy this idol and bring it to his home. Soon after, he dresses it with silver and gold and places gifts under its feet. Then he shamelessly guides his children to collect these gifts at the foot of this idol. Ezekiel 20:30

 

Unless we see how all this goes against the second commandment, we will not be able to see the rest of the idols that stand on our way. Only those who are not born with this veil can see better than those who try so hard with the veil. My son once simply uttered, “They blind them with their gifts.” This gift-giving event is so deeply rooted within the Gentile world that we now require a conscientious effort to purge these idols out of our homes before they are even out of our lives. Ezekiel 14:6

 

This idolatry goes-on with an event known as Easter, an event so pagan that it is even obvious to the pagan. Sadly, instead of finding the meaning of Passover, they turn around and follow mystical rabbits that lay eggs.

 

We ought to know this idol is just one more variation of the goddess Ishtar, the idol that has not left the pagan world for thousands of years. In fact, even for a time it permeated the tribes of Israel. Jeremiah 7:16-20, 44:25 Had it not been for God’s punishable intervention, which forced the tribe of Judah into captivity, the Lamp would have been permanently lost to a world that already had very little light. Jeremiah 25:4-14 But why are we not being punished accordingly?

 

Let us remember that, if we are not seen as a child of God, we cannot be disciplined as such, given that our discipline comes after and not before. Hebrews 12:8-10 But not all have been so blind and, therefore, not all have been so guiltless given that many have had more than enough access to the Holy Scriptures. Revelation 2:16 So what shall we say, that we ought to eliminate all paganism in order to adhere to the second commandment?

 

The analogy of the Ladder reminds us that we are to accomplish the step of Righteousness before the step of holiness. Otherwise, if we had to accomplish Righteousness and holiness at the same time, we would never be able to get ready to leave this world. 1Corinthians 5:9-12 So when we associate with the brothers of this world, we will inevitably find ourselves mentioning the names of other gods even as we say the days of the week.

 

For this reason, a level of tolerance is allotted between Righteousness and holiness as the first commandment reminds us, “Thou shall have no other gods before Me.” Nonetheless, even though the mentioning of these idols is a casual uttering of the mouth, the true Christian is quite aware that, when it comes to honoring God, paganism cannot mix with the commandments that define Righteousness. Deuteronomy 12:3-4, 1John 5:21

 

With every step we take, we will begin to see how our past actions were as senseless as the actions of those whose veils are weightier than ours. Isaiah 44:14-17 As such, we are to: Deuteronomy 4:15 “Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, 17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, 18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth: 19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.” Regrettably, even those who bow down to a cross are often convinced they are only bowing down to The Christ. Unlike them, we understand they are only bowing down to idols. 2Corinthians 4:4, 2Corinthians 4:18

 

Brothers, the time has come to get rid of all the idols that remind us of Sin. Let us get rid of all these trees, rabbits, graven images, costumes and these customs. Do not place any value on these detestable things but simply throw them away. Do not give this curse to anyone lest the veil that is being removed comes back to overcome you. None of these things should be precious to us; the only thing precious to us should be The Offering of our Repentance. Isaiah 44:9, Luke 15:10, 1Peter 1:19

 

The Fourth Commandment

 

The understanding of the second commandment does not guarantee the understanding of the fourth anymore than the understanding of one commandment guarantees the understanding of another. We find this due to Religion, mainly with the puppets that preach the fourth commandment without the second and the puppets that preach the second without the fourth. Then again, this is how the adversary works, by not caring which truth we miss as long as one of the components of the Lamp of Truth is missing. James 2:10-11

 

The veil that blocks the understanding of the fourth Commandment has been so successful that even today Label Christianity keeps a false day of rest. Truly brothers, the prophecy spoken by the prophet Daniel, about the changing of the times, has already taken shape where nearly half the world’s population is going astray while the other half is without a glimmer of light. Daniel 7:25 Hence, we should not be surprised why Scripture records that in a time to