What is the Biblical punishment for Idolatry ?

Question

Jewish Ruling concerning Christianity :

"...according to the known Jewish ruling that Christians are IDOL worshippers." (Likkutei Sichos 37:198)


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Answer 1

But, more important, in the Incarnation of Christ his Son, God showed mankind an icon of himself. Paul said, "He is the image (Greek: ikon) of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation." Christ is the tangible, divine "icon" of the unseen, infinite God.

We read that when the magi were "going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshipped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold, frankincense, and myrrh" (Matt. 2:11). Though God did not reveal a form for himself on Mount Horeb, he did reveal one in the house in Bethlehem.

The bottom line is, when God made the New Covenant with us, he did reveal himself under a visible form in Jesus Christ. For that reason, we can make representations of God in Christ. Even Protestants use all sorts of religious images: Pictures of Jesus and other biblical persons appear on a myriad of Bibles, picture books, T-shirts, jewelry, bumper stickers, greeting cards, compact discs, and manger scenes. Christ is even symbolically represented through the Icthus or "fish emblem."

Common sense tells us that, since God has revealed himself in various images, most especially in the incarnate Jesus Christ, it’s not wrong for us to use images of these forms to deepen our knowledge and love of God. That’s why God revealed himself in these visible forms, and that’s why statues and pictures are made of them.

Answer 2

Considering how stoning was punishment for everything from disobeying your parents to adultery I would guess.......stoning.

Answer 3

Sin is sin is sin.

Period.

The wages of sin is death. (spiritual/hell) Romans 6:23

Answer 4

Being stoned to death

Answer 5

death

hope the catholics figure it out before its too late

pray for their lost souls

Answer 6

First, the problem with the litigation is that the command against idol worship is to the Jews.

Second, those who believe Jesus is the Messiah do not believe it is idol worship. I mean, it's not like the golden calf that the children of Israel worshipped while waiting for Moses to return from the mountain. They KNEW that this was an idol!

Those who believe that Jesus is the Messiah base their belief on well over 300 Scriptures that protect us from a false messiah. If someone comes along who does not fit the criteria, then you know he's not the Messiah. It's as simple as that.

But when you have passages throughout the Scriptures - when the Scriptures are literally laced throughout with messianic prophecies, it's not hard to use that as a template to analyze any would-be messiah.

For starters, Daniel tells us when he would be born, and Micah tells us where.

Isaiah gives a clear cut description of his true identity when he said "A child shall be born, a son shall be given, and of the increase of his government there shall be no end. And his name shall be called (in the Jewish Scriptures, the name is NEVER translated. I wonder why? I mean, Moses' name was translated to "Moses", and Joshua's name was translated to "Joshua", so why wasn't this name translated? It is highly suspect. Well, in any case, it's time to expose or uncover or reveal the Hebrew name:) 'Wonderful Couselor Mighty God Everlasting Father Prince of Peace'."

Isaiah tells us why he would die, but the Jewish rabbis have committed intellectual suicide by changing and perverting the clearcut text. Isaiah 53 says such things as "He was oppressed, and He was afflicted", but it has been changed to read "We were oppressed, and we were afflicted"!!! Another example of this intellectual suicide: "For He was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression of My people He was stricken." was changed to "For we were cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression of their people we were stricken. "

"But He was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was on Him; and with His stripes we ourselves are healed." was changed to "But we were wounded for their transgressions; we were bruised for their iniquities; the chastisement of their peace was on us; and with our stripes they ourselves are healed."

This deliberate changing of text is, as I said, intellectual suicide. But not only THAT, THIS is IDOLATRY!!! Changing God's Word to suit your pre-biased opinions is SPIRITUAL suicide!

Here's the actual text from Isaiah 53:

Actually, I will start a few versus before the beginning of that chapter, since chapter markers were added later for our convenience:

Isa 52:13-15 MKJV Behold, My Servant shall rule well; He shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. (14) Just as many were astonished at You (so much was the disfigurement from man, His appearance and His form from the sons of mankind); (15) so He sprinkles from many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at Him; for they will see that which was not told to them; yea, what they had not heard, nor understood.

Isa 53:1-12 MKJV Who has believed our report? And to whom is the arm of Jehovah revealed? (2) For He comes up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground; He has no form nor majesty that we should see Him, nor an appearance that we should desire Him. (3) He is despised and rejected of men; a Man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as it were a hiding of faces from Him, He being despised, and we esteemed Him not. (4) Surely He has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. (5) But He was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was on Him; and with His stripes we ourselves are healed. (6) All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, each one to his own way; and Jehovah has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. (7) He was oppressed, and He was afflicted; yet He opened not His mouth. He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter; and as a sheep before its shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth. (8) He was taken from prison and from judgment; and who shall declare His generation? For He was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression of My people He was stricken. (9) And He put His grave with the wicked, and with a rich one in His death; although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth. (10) Yet it pleased Jehovah to crush Him; to grieve Him; that He should put forth His soul as a guilt-offering. He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, and the will of Jehovah shall prosper in His hand. (11) He shall see the fruit of the travail of His soul. He shall be fully satisfied. By His knowledge shall My righteous Servant justify for many; and He shall bear their iniquities. (12) Therefore I will divide to Him with the great, and He shall divide the spoil with the strong; because He has poured out His soul to death; and He was counted among the transgressors; and He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for transgressors.

So, those who believe that Jesus is the Messiah also believe that one day he will return with the 10 thousands of his saints and establish God's kingdom here on earth.

To believe these things because the Scriptures say so is NOT idolatry!