In similar fashion, Latter-day Saints do not bow down and serve/worship images of Moroni and images of past and present leaders. We should remember that God later commanded the construction of the seraphim and cherubim for the ark ( Exodus 25:17-22, Exodus 37:8-9) and temple of Solomon ( 1 Kings 6:23-35, 1 Kings 8:6-7), and the veneration given to the Ark of the Covenant, as well as the brass serpent ( Numbers 21:6-9). The prohibition in Exodus 20: (see also Deuteronomy 5:) is not the production of graven images per se but the bowing down and serving of such images. The prohibition in Exodus 20 is not the production of graven images per se but the bowing down and serving of such images It is ironic that those who accuse the LDS of not being Christians then complain that the Saints use images of Christ to remind them of their worship of him. Instead one should stick with the unambiguous interpretation of this principle that is given in Exodus 34:17, "Thou shalt make thee no molten gods." We are commanded not to worship images, or anything else besides God, and members of the Church do not. One should side with God and Moses and say that Exodus 20:3 does not mean that one cannot have pictures, statues, or images of earthly or heavenly things in one's home or in church. God is the revelator of the verses in question, and.It is claimed that the Church violates the Biblical command against "graven images" because it displays sculptures of Christ, statues of the angel Moroni on the spires of our temples, or paintings showing scriptural scenes, within temples, chapels, visitors' centers, and publications. FAIR Answers Wiki Table of Contents Question: Does the Church violate the Biblical command against "graven images" by displays sculptures of Christ? Exodus 20:3-4 does not mean that one cannot have pictures, statues, or images of earthly or heavenly things in one's home or in church
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