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Originally Posted by JBaldwin  I've always thought that the 2nd commandment had to do with worship, because after the command, it says not to bow down and worship these things. The Israelites had just come from a culture where images of animals and people were made and then worshiped, and they were getting ready to go into a culture which worshiped images. |
There are many who think that as well.
I believe that the 2nd commandment is in 2 parts - not making the images, and not bowing down to them. In the one command i see both things forbidden.
If images of God were allowed, so long as they weren't bowed down to, i would think that the Jewish people would have had more images of God outside of their worship practice.
Keep in mind that another reason for not making images of God is because we haven't seen Him. So with that requirement the only ones able to make images of Christ would be those who have seen Him. Since they didn't, we have no right to.
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