Saturday, September 21st, 2024. 3:42 AM.
Is The Whole World in a State of Idolatry ?
Is Photography Idolatrous ?
Is it a sin against The First Commandment of God?
“You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a carved 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. 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 on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.” -Exodus 20: 3-6. ESV Study Bible.
Exodus 19-20
Exodus 19-20 ESV – Israel at Mount Sinai – On the third – Bible Gateway
Is the extreme imbalance of most of the world’s wealth in the hands of The Few – which leaves The Many of the world’s people in increasing poverty — A Global State of Inequity? And is this financial wealth Inequity a consequence of corporate business laws that legalize and legitimize the world’s wealth to be so unequally distributed ? And is allowing the very wealthy to avoid paying their fair share of taxes on their exorbitant wealth a major cause of many countries’ national debt ? And is national debt a major cause of the inability of many countries to fulfill their obligations and responsibilities ? And is the enormous interest payment obligations on their national debt a huge financial burden on those countries ? What is stopping the lawmakers from writing and passing and enforcing just corporate business laws that establish Equity on Earth ?
“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.” -Jesus. [Matthew 6: 22-24. ESV Study Bible].
And is this global Inequity creating such worldwide disturbances of migrations and violence and environmental pollution and global warming that it is destabilizing the whole world and bringing the Biblical Tribulation upon the whole world system ?
And are those who disobey God and love the world and love the things in the world, the very agents that are destroying the world they love and from which they are making all their wealth ? And will they lose all their worldly wealth when they pass away and the world passes away ?
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” -Jesus. [Matthew 5: 17-20. ESV Study Bible].
Matthew 5-7
Matthew 5-7 ESV – The Sermon on the Mount – Seeing the – Bible Gateway
“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world – the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions – is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.” -1 John 2: 15-17. ESV Study Bible.
“We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.
“We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
“And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. Little children, keep yourselves from idols.” -1 John 5: 18-21. ESV Study Bible.
1 John 1-5
1 John 1-5 ESV – The Word of Life – That which was from – Bible Gateway
“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
“Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.” -Titus 2: 11-15. ESV Study Bible.
“Teach and urge these things. If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions, and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain. Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.” -1 Timothy 6: 2b-10. ESV Study Bible.
“For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.” -Jesus. [John 6: 38-40. ESV Study Bible].
John 6
John 6 ESV – Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand – After – Bible Gateway
Hebrews 1-7
Hebrews 1-7 ESV – The Supremacy of God’s Son – Long – Bible Gateway
Hebrews 8-13
Hebrews 8-13 ESV – Jesus, High Priest of a Better Covenant – Bible Gateway
Time For A Change?
Gospel Tract – Time For a Change? – Moments With The Book (mwtb.org)
Blow the SHOFAR – Sound the Alarm | 12 minutes NON-STOP
Blow the SHOFAR – Sound the Alarm | 12 minutes NON-STOP – YouTube
Spiritual Awakening ~ Shofar Blast
Spiritual Awakening ~ Shofar Blast – YouTube
Hebrew Worship – תְּהִלִּים 148 – Psalm 148 – Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew Worship – תְּהִלִּים 148 – Psalm 148 – Biblical Hebrew (youtube.com)
“What does God mean when He says, “Come out of her” in Revelation 18:4?”
What does God mean when He says, “Come out of her” in Revelation 18:4? | GotQuestions.org
God’s Way Of Salvation (John 3:16)
Gospel Tract – God’s Way of Salvation (John 3:16) – Moments With The Book (mwtb.org)
“So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.” -Jesus. [Matthew 10: 26-28. ESV Study Bible].
Matthew 10-13
Matthew 10-13 ESV – The Twelve Apostles – And he called to – Bible Gateway
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God – Matt Boswell
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God – Matt Boswell – YouTube
Psalm 2
Psalm 2 ESV – The Reign of the LORD’s Anointed – Bible Gateway
“What is the definition of idolatry?”
What is the definition of idolatry? | GotQuestions.org
“What are some modern forms of idolatry?”
What are some modern forms of idolatry? | GotQuestions.org
Malachi 1-4
Malachi 1-4 ESV – The oracle of the word of the LORD to – Bible Gateway
“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.” -Revelation 21: 1-2. ESV Study Bible.
Revelation 21-22
Revelation 21-22 ESV – The New Heaven and the New Earth – Then – Bible Gateway
This writer just noticed that 1620 words have been written so far in this Post [not counting these words being written after the link to Revelation 21-22.] So, he went searching for information about what important history occurred in the year 1620. And this is what he found:
Mayflower departs England | September 16, 1620 | HISTORY
Hebrews 12
Hebrews 12 ESV – Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our – Bible Gateway
Mark's Imaginings 