The idolatry found within the Catholic Church directly parallels that of Israels worship of the golden calf in Exodus 32. Just as the Roman Catholic -- the children of Israel did not believe that they were worshiping an image. Their intention was to communicate with the Lord through this image. In Exodus Israel is looking to Aaron to find a replacement for Moses that would be used by God to lead them.
Exodus 32:1 says:
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
Here in the text gods is spelled with a little G the same as in Exodus 7:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh
Moses was called a god - meaning that Moses was going to be the conduit or channel by which God was to speak to Pharaoh. The calf was to serve in the same capacity as Moses an object to seek God through. Now lets read verses 3-5
And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
In these verses we see that WITH good intentions Aaron declared a great feast to dedicate the golden calf to the LORD. Here in the text the word LORD is in all capitals denoting that this was Yahweh the true God.
Verses 7 and 8 say: And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, HAVE CORRUPTED THEMSELVES: They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, AND HAVE WORSHIPPED IT, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
The children of Israel did not view praying to God through an image as idolatry - yet that was exactly what God said they were guilty.
Verse 10 we see that God was willing to destroy Israel for this sin.
Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them
Catholics have been drawn into this type of idolatry by the practice of venerating images -- believing that they are only using the image, or statue, as a conduit or mediator that they can worship Jesus and honor the Saints. The Manual of the Holy Catholic Church: page 371 explains:
. . . that the honor which is given to them is referred to the objects which they represent, so that through the images which we kiss, and before which we uncover our heads and kneel, we adore Christ and venerate the Saints whose likenesses they are"
This type of idolatry is not limited to statues and images it is in the very centerpiece of Catholic worship the Mass. According to the Catholic Church the Mass is a perpetual sacrifice of Jesus in which the believer physically eats the flesh and drinks the blood of Jesus through bread and wine that has been transformed by the Catholic priest. This act is called transubstantiation.
The Second Vatican Council decreed, "All the faithful ought to show to this most holy sacrament the worship which is due to the true God"
To worship the Eucharistic elements as God is nothing less than blasphemous idolatry and can only bring about Gods judgment. The Lord proclaimed in the 42nd chapter of Isaiah (42:8), I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Israel said of the golden calf, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Just as Israel gave the attributes of God to the golden calf, the Catholic Church attributes the Eucharistic wafer to Jesus Christ.
If you have ever knelt before a statue or worshiped the Eucharist then, that like the Hebrews in Exodus 32, you have sinned against God.You must turn from this idolatry, come to Jesus Christ alone, not through a statue, nor through the Eucharist, but by faith. If you will do this he has promised salvation and peace with God.
Jesus said in John 3:16, For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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Babylonian Isis Worship in Catholicismby IITim31615,508 views
Why even do something that could be considered idolatry? You cant pray to DEAD SAINTS, nor Mary! The Queen of Heaven? GOD HATES THAT! Read Jeremiah (=
deshaun182 6 days ago
With all due respect, your so called "Parallel" does not even mach up to Catholic practices at all its very vague and quite frankly it was a lot of lies thrown in. And to your blasphemous comment on the Holy Eucharist I must say, you do not know your bible too well my friend. Before I get into a theological argument with an unarmed person, why even assist Satan in stealing souls from the true Church that Christ himself established? it's the defeating the purpose of your life!
Catholic00012 1 week ago
If John 6 is literal language why did Jesus say, that to the people he always spoke in Parables and not literal speech, Matthew 13:34, Mark 4:34, and if Jesus words were literal why did he have to explain what he actually ment to his disciples afterwards, Matthew 13:10- 17.
At the Last Supper as Jesus partook of the bread and fruit of the vine himself, did he in fact eat his own body, and drink his own blood, since it supposedly changed into these things.
Interesting questions
glizag 1 week ago
Matthew 26:26 And whilst they were at supper, Jesus took bread and blessed and broke and gave to his disciples and said: Take and eat. This is my body. 27 And taking the chalice, he gave thanks and gave to them, saying: Drink all of this. 28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which shall be shed for many unto remission of sins.-- Jesus never said this represents my Body He said "This IS my Body" . If there is to be no more sacrifice then why is there an Altar in heaven? (REV 8:5)
monkigun 2 weeks ago
John6:53 Then Jesus said to them: "Amen, amen, I say unto you: unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you shall not have life in you. 54 He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood has everlasting life, and I will raise him up in the last day. 55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56 He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. ''"Does this scandalize you? 64 But there are some of you that believe not."
monkigun 2 weeks ago
• The Lord commanded Moses to make Holy Images Numbers 21:8 And the Lord said to him: Make a brazen serpent, and set it up for a sign: whosoever being struck shall look on it, shall live.:Exodus 25:18 Thou shalt make also two cherubims of beaten gold, on the two sides of the oracle. This is the Biblical root of The Catholic Sacred Tradition of Sacred Art and Icons. It is intended to Remind us of Jesus Christ Our Lord and Savior.
monkigun 2 weeks ago
STOP! Catholics and True Protestants. Listen. Catholics, unfortunatly, you are wrong. It IS idoltry, it IS sin. The Pope is claiming to bend God to HIS will. Which is outrageous. Protestants, we need a more Christlike approach. No Catholic Bashing. Tell the truth, but try not to attack them, attack the deceptions.
deshaun182 2 weeks ago
@CatholicsRock1 Tradition? No, please stop. If we were not right, we would just be, "Another religion." People don't need the Catholic Church to know God.
deshaun182 2 weeks ago
Quit spreading your lies! You Protestants believe everything Martin Luther told you.How he changed the Bible to suit his own secret sins.How he wanted the Book of James out of the Bible completely because it was nothing but "a book of straw" according to him! Wer'e called all sorts of names by you "christians" as you spread your hatred for something you can't understand.Christ be with you all.
sweet161402 2 weeks ago
I'm not a scholar, it seems possible that at least some of the the Israelites were not intending to worship the exact Yahweh you're referring to, but rather another deity(s), or at least a polytheistic antecedent to the modern Yahweh. Worship of bull deities was likely pretty common back then, esp. since events in Exodus took place during the Age of Taurus.
j2nd3r 3 weeks ago