Can We use Statues in Worship?

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Rob teaches courses on the 2nd Temple Period, Rabbinic Literature, Judaism, Koine Greek, and Aramaic. He has delivered papers at conferences for both the Evangelical Theological Society and the Society of Biblical Literature. He serves at Heart of Messiah Ministries in Spokane Valley. Rob holds two degrees from the University of Washington: MA, Comparative Religion (2005) and BA, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, with a minor in Music (2003).

[ruth]

The cross is also forbidden.
Reason: when your mentally communicating with your maker HE wants to be foremost in your mind HIS way. He doesnt want you staring at a fake statue of him or a cross or anything …. He wants NOTHING to come between your mental worship/prayer/communication and His Spirit in your mind.

He warns us he is a jealous god. A jealous husband. But this husband can place wondrous thoughts and understanding into our mind .. with no help at all. We dont need the cross or any statue, and infact he forbids the use of them weather we are using them for worship or not. He says dont create tHese abominations.

[StevenHughes-hrhp]

No. A cross is ok but a crucifix is a physical representation of God which is strictly forbidden in scripture.

[mikejurney]

We are supposed to be worshiping God who is the Truth. A statue of anything is not the truth about anything.

[samuelgarciajr.]

Is the temple that is going to be build a statue??