You Shall Have, NO Other gods or goddesses, PERIOD!

Exodus 20:4-5a

AND GOD (GOD Almighty) SPOKE ALL THESE WORDS, SAYING: “You Shall NOT Make, For Yourself, A Carved Image; 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, NOR Serve Them!”

Deuteronomy 4:15-19

“TAKE CAREFUL HEED, To Yourselves, For You Saw NO FORM, When THE LORD (GOD Almighty) Spoke To You, At Horeb, Out Of THE MIDST OF THE FIRE; Lest, You Act Corruptly, And Make For Yourselves, A Carved Image, IN The Form Of ANY Figure: The Likeness Of Male OR Female (Mankind), The Likeness Of ANY Animal, That IS, ON The Earth, OR The Likeness Of ANY Winged Bird, That Flies IN The Air, The Likeness Of ANYTHING, That Creeps ON The Ground, OR The Likeness Of ANY Fish, That IS, IN The Water, Beneath The Earth!”

“And TAKE HEED, Lest You Lift Your Eyes To Heaven, And WHEN You See, The Sun, The Moon, And The Stars, All The Host Of Heaven, You Feel DRIVEN, To Worship Them And Serve Them, Which THE LORD, YOUR GOD (GOD Almighty), HAS GIVEN, To All The Peoples, Under The Whole Heaven, As A Heritage (i.e. NOT As FALSE gods and FALSE goddesses, to be worshiped and served)!”

Leviticus 26:1

“You Shall NOT Make Idols, For Yourselves; NEITHER A Carved Image, NOR A SACRED Pillar, Shall You Rear Up, For Yourselves; NOR Shall You Set Up An Engraved Stone, In Your Land, To Bow Down To IT; For I AM, THE LORD, YOUR GOD (GOD Almighty)!”

Deuteronomy 16:21-22

“You Shall NOT Plant, For Yourself, ANY Tree, As A Wooden Image, NEAR THE ALTAR, Which You BUILD, For Yourself, TO THE LORD, YOUR GOD (GOD Almighty)! You Shall NOT Set Up A SACRED Pillar, Which THE LORD, YOUR GOD (GOD Almighty) HATES!”

Judged 2:11, 13

THEN, The Children Of Israel, DID Evil, IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty), And Served The Baals! They FORSOOK THE LORD (GOD Almighty), And Served Baal And The Ashtoreths!

Judges 3:5-7

Thus, The Children Of Israel DWELT Among The Canaanites, The Hittites, The Amorites, The Perizzites, The Hivites, AND The Jebusites. And They (The Children of Israel) TOOK Their Daughters, TO BE Their Wives, AND GAVE Their Daughters, TO Their Sons; AND They SERVED Their gods.

So, The Children of Israel, DID Evil, IN The SIGHT OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty). They (The Children of Israel) FORGOT THE LORD, THEIR GOD, AND Served The Baals AND Asherahs.

Judges 10:6

THEN, The Children Of Israel, Again, DID Evil, IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty), And Served The Baals And The Ashtoreths, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the people of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; And They (The Children Of Israel) FORSOOK THE LORD (GOD Almighty), And Did NOT Serve HIM (GOD Almighty)!

1 Kings 14:22-24a

Now, Judah DID Evil, IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty), And They PROVOKED HIM (GOD Almighty) TO JEALOUSY, With Their Sins, Which They Committed, More Than All, That Their Fathers Had Done. For They (The Children Of Israel) Also, BUILT For Themselves, High Places, SACRED Pillars, And Wooden Images, On Every High Hill And Under Every Green Tree! And There Were Also, Perverted Persons, IN The Land!

1 Kings 15:11-13

Asa DID, WHAT WAS RIGHT, IN THE EYES OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty), AS DID His Father, David! And He (Asa) BANISHED The Perverted Persons, FROM The Land, AND REMOVED All The Idols, That His Fathers Had Made! Also, He (Asa) REMOVED Maachah, His Grandmother, From Being Queen Mother, Because She (Maachah) Had Made An Obscene Image Of Asherah! And Asa CUT DOWN Her Obscene Image, AND BURNED IT, by The Brook Kidron!

1 Kings 18:17-19

THEN, IT Happened, When Ahab SAW Elijah, That Ahab Said To Him (Elijah), “Is That YOU, O Troubler Of Israel?” And He (Elijah) Answered, “I Have NOT Troubled Israel, BUT YOU (Ahab) AND Your Father’s House HAVE, IN That YOU Have FORSAKEN The Commandments OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty) AND Have Followed The Baals! Now Therefore, Send AND Gather All Israel TO Me (Elijah), ON Mount Carmel, The Four Hundred And Fifty (450) Prophets Of Baal, AND The Four Hundred (400) Prophets Of Asherah, Who EAT AT Jezebel’s Table.”

2 Kings 21:7

He (Manasseh) EVEN SET A CARVED IMAGE Of Asherah, That He Had Made, IN THE HOUSE, OF Which, THE LORD (GOD Almighty) HAD SAID, TO David AND TO Solomon, His (David’s) Son, “IN THIS HOUSE AND IN Jerusalem, Which I Have CHOSEN, OUT OF All The Tribes OF Israel, I WILL PUT MY NAME, FOREVER!”

2 Kings 23:4

And The King (Josiah) Commanded Hilkiah, The High Priest, The Priests Of The Second Order, AND The Doorkeepers, TO BRING OUT OF THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty), All The Articles, That Were Made For Baal, For Asherah, And For All The Host Of Heaven; And He (King Josiah) BURNED Them, OUTSIDE Jerusalem, IN The Fields Of Kidron, AND Carried Their Ashes To Bethel!

Jeremiah 7:18

“The Children Gather Wood, The Fathers Kindle The Fire, And The Women Knead Dough, To Make Cakes, for the queen of heaven; And They Pour Out Drink Offerings to other gods, That They (The Children of Israel) May PROVOKE ME (GOD Almighty), TO ANGER!”

Jeremiah 44:17-19, 24-25

“BUT, We Will Certainly DO, Whatever, Has Gone Out Of Our Own Mouth, To Burn Incense, to the queen of heaven, And Pour Out Drink Offerings, to her, As We Have Done, We And Our Fathers, Our Kings, And Our Princes, IN The Cities Of Judah, And IN The Streets of Jerusalem.”

“For Then, We Had Plenty Of Food, Were Well-Off, And Saw NO Trouble. BUT, Since We Stopped Burning Incense, to the queen of heaven, And Pouring Out Drink Offerings, to her, We Have Lacked EVERYTHING, And Have Been CONSUMED, BY The Sword And BY Famine.”

The Women Also Said, “And When We Burned Incense, to the queen of heaven, And Poured Out Drink Offerings, to her, Did We Make Cakes, for her, to worship her, And Pour Out Drink Offerings, to her, WITHOUT Our Husbands’ Permission?”

Moreover, Jeremiah Said, To All The People And To All The Women, “HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty), All Judah, Who ARE In The Land Of Egypt! THUS SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL, SAYING: ‘YOU And Your Wives Have Spoken, With Your Mouths, And Fulfilled With Your Hands, Saying, “We Will Surely Keep Our Vows, That We Have Made, To Burn Incense, to the queen of heaven, And Pour Out Drink Offerings, to her.” YOU Will Surely Keep Your Vows And Perform Your Vows!’

Fellow Believers, Can We Hear FALSE Prophets, FALSE Teachers, FALSE Believers, AND Especially, Unbelievers, Proclaiming Words Very Similar To These, Now Days?

Romans 1:22-25

Professing To Be Wise, They (FALSE Teachers, FALSE Believers, AND Unbelievers) Became FOOLS, And CHANGED THE GLORY OF THE INCORRUPTIBLE GOD (GOD Almighty), INTO An IMAGE, Made Like Corruptible Man (Mankind), And Birds, And Four-Footed Animals, And Creeping Things.

Therefore, GOD (GOD Almighty) Also, GAVE Them UP (FALSE Teachers, FALSE Believers, AND Unbelievers), TO Uncleanness (THROUGH Satan), IN The Lusts Of Their Hearts (THROUGH Satan), TO Dishonor Their Bodies (THROUGH Satan), Among Themselves (FALSE Teachers, FALSE Believers, AND Unbelievers); Who EXCHANGED THE TRUTH OF GOD (The Holy Bible, And Specifically, The Gospel Of Jesus Christ), For THE LIE (Of Satan), AND Worshiped AND Served The Creature (Satan); Rather Than, THE CREATOR (GOD Almighty), WHO IS BLESSED, FOREVER! AMEN!

Folks, worshiping FALSE gods and goddesses; listening to and following FALSE prophets with FALSE doctrines; openly worshiping Satan, himself; worshiping science or nature; to worshiping nothing at all; leads to the same, unfortunate end; The Lake Of Fire, The Second Death, EVERLASTING CONDEMNATION!

All We Can Say, To These (FALSE Teachers, FALSE Believers, AND Unbelievers), Who Choose NOT To Listen, TO GOD Almighty’s WARNING, “Excuse Me, YOU Were Warned!”

©Stan Arney (Simply, Follow Me™ Christian Ministries)

Matthew 13:16 "But BLESSED Are Your Eyes (Believers' Eyes), For They SEE, AND Your Ears (Believers' Ears), For They HEAR!" --- The Gospel OF Jesus Christ!