This kinda blew my mind..Whole amazing way to look and think about the world and life thru the beauty of Christ that I never really thought of in depth. Well done. Thank you.
The problem here is our inconsistent and erroneous interpretation of this biblical scriptural reference. If you examine the biblical Hebrew for Exodus 20:4 ("you shall not make any graven images unto yourself..") you will notice the term *"pe-sel"*, which neither refers to graven, nor image, but specifically an idol. We are furthermore able to confirm that the verse is referring to specifically an idol through historical evidence of the religious acts of humans during the time when Exodus was written. God was referring to pagan idols as evidence shows us that during the time of Moses, the Egyptians bowed down to pagan idols and sacrificed their children to them. We see these in Egyptian mythology today. Icons are not to be considered idols of any sort. Idols are objects or representations of false gods. Christ is not a false god. The Theotokos, saints, and Prophets are not considered gods, but rather holy men and women.
We do not worship icons. The history of icons and images on the church walls is that they were used as depictions of the bible for those who could not read. Never for worship. If you're going to say depictions of Paul or Archangel Michael is bad then you must think it's bad to have a photo of your grandmother. We revere saints and Mary we do not worhip them. And asking for them to pray for us is just the same as you asking a friend to pray for you. If you believe that its blasphemous to ask St Michael to pray for you then it must be blasphemous to have a friend pray for you.
This is silly. “Scriptures” or “writings” in the context of the the letter to Timothy is a reference to the Old Testament writings. It is not self-referential, nor are the contents of that particular letter making some claim about themselves. This whole argument is just historically and contextually displaced. It’s absurd.
I was there; this was my first exposure to Jackson and I came away impressed.
What a beautiful inspiration
Beautifully spoken.Thank you.Greetings from Greece.
This kinda blew my mind..Whole amazing way to look and think about the world and life thru the beauty of Christ that I never really thought of in depth. Well done. Thank you.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND PROFOUND
So Powerful... may our God, Jesus Christ, the Messiah, bless you and your family, in this life and in eternity! Amen.
God bless him
Glory to God for all things!
Wow, this is excellent!!!
Wow!
God protects this man.
Clearly ❤
l like the message of this of video because jonathan jackson talk about a good spiritual topic.
How beautiful! Thank you!
Thank you! 😇🙏
Beautiful saying
Wow, this is fantastic.
I love this!!!!!!
I'm so proud of Him.
I love this
Love you ! Ma bucur mult ca ai ales ortodoxia .Dzeu sa te ocroteasca .🙏🙏🙏
So Beautiful said...
This is beautiful
Now, i really understand, better...
Does anyone know what the hymn he mentions is called, towards the beginning?
Isnt all those 'icons' the same as engraven images ?
The problem here is our inconsistent and erroneous interpretation of this biblical scriptural reference. If you examine the biblical Hebrew for Exodus 20:4 ("you shall not make any graven images unto yourself..") you will notice the term *"pe-sel"*, which neither refers to graven, nor image, but specifically an idol. We are furthermore able to confirm that the verse is referring to specifically an idol through historical evidence of the religious acts of humans during the time when Exodus was written. God was referring to pagan idols as evidence shows us that during the time of Moses, the Egyptians bowed down to pagan idols and sacrificed their children to them. We see these in Egyptian mythology today. Icons are not to be considered idols of any sort. Idols are objects or representations of false gods. Christ is not a false god. The Theotokos, saints, and Prophets are not considered gods, but rather holy men and women.
We do not worship icons. The history of icons and images on the church walls is that they were used as depictions of the bible for those who could not read. Never for worship. If you're going to say depictions of Paul or Archangel Michael is bad then you must think it's bad to have a photo of your grandmother.
We revere saints and Mary we do not worhip them. And asking for them to pray for us is just the same as you asking a friend to pray for you. If you believe that its blasphemous to ask St Michael to pray for you then it must be blasphemous to have a friend pray for you.
This is silly. “Scriptures” or “writings” in the context of the the letter to Timothy is a reference to the Old Testament writings. It is not self-referential, nor are the contents of that particular letter making some claim about themselves. This whole argument is just historically and contextually displaced. It’s absurd.