Tim Mackie
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BibleProject
2nd Commandment: No Idols
So when Yahweh's voice was booming down from Mount Sinai, they didn't look up and see Yahweh.
BibleProject
2nd Commandment: No Idols
And you're going to have this impulse to try to create a form of God.
BibleProject
2nd Commandment: No Idols
That's just normal in your culture.
BibleProject
2nd Commandment: No Idols
But there's something dangerous, misguided about trying to create a form to contain Yahweh God.
BibleProject
2nd Commandment: No Idols
What's so fascinating is it's easy to think of idolatry as replacing Yahweh instead of just reducing Yahweh.
BibleProject
2nd Commandment: No Idols
because what you were showing that perhaps Aaron, his intention wasn't to replace Yahweh, but all of a sudden he realized this is getting out of hand and people are missing the point and they are replacing Yahweh.
BibleProject
2nd Commandment: No Idols
or kind of give shape to the people who are kind of like, tell us how we can trust and get access to Yahweh.