Exodus - 47 - Lesson 6 Exod. 20:4-6 - THIS SIN IS A BIG DEAL

We are now in the 6^th lesson in this special podcast series on the Ten Commandments.  In this lesson we will focus on Exod. 20:4-6 …

"You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. "You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. (Exo 20:4-6)

One thing to observe is in context all this deals with the sin of idolatry.  It is important to keep than in mind especially when one takes in the phrase “…visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me…” since this does not mean for all sins.  This phrase is only related to the sin of idolatry.  This will become clear in the study itself.

A second thing to consider is ONLY the Protestant version of the Ten Commandments it related to these verses.  The Jewish and Catholic versions do not include any of the words from verse 4-6.  Once again here is the list of the three versions of the Ten Commandments.

This is a clear example that if on studies the Ten Commandments dismissed from the textual context one loses a lot of what God wants us to understand.  We will never get the full idea of what God is teaching us, His instruction, His TORAH, about a commandment if it is taken out of context.  Thus we need to study ASERET MITZVAOT עשרת מצוות (Hebrew of Ten Commandments which is not found in the original Hebrew) in the context of ASERET HADEVAREEM עשרת הדברים (Hebrew for the Ten Words or Statements of the Lord, in other words, verses 1-17 of Exodus 20). 

I mentioned the teachings of the great Bible scholar, Dwight Pryor.  He did a series on the divinity of Yeshua.  It can be found at the link below.  Studying Dr. Pryor’s lesson will help any Christian to be able to answer the question, “Is Jesus God?”  I highly recommend this audio series.  Here’s the link - https://www.jcstudies.store/one-god-one-lord-the-shema-and-the-divinity-of-jesus/

In this lesson we confront one of the key dogmatic differences between Judaism and Christianity.  Judaism believes that God is only spiritual and is not physical and can never appear in the physical.  Christianity believes that God became a man.  To a religious Jew this seems then to come against these words of God in Exod. 20:3-4.  Also, they would bring up …

"God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? (Num 23:19)

This shows there is a huge barrier between the beliefs of Judaism and that of Christianity.  I urge you to 1^st study the lessons from Dwight Pryor mentioned above.  2^nd, check out this article on GotQuestions.com – a evangelical Bible study website.  Here’s the link - https://www.gotquestions.org/God-is-not-a-man.html

Rev. Ferret - who is this guy?  What's his background?  Why should I listen to him?  Check his background at this link -https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0