What the Bible says about Animal Idolatry
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Exodus 7:14-15 The Egyptians held the Nile River to be sacred, as they did with many of its fish and the crocodiles that lined its banks. God punctured this belief when He turned the river waters to blood, making it unfit to drink or use. Millions of fish died and stank, as did probably thousands of crocodiles. Mike Ford Animal Idolatry Related Topics: Animal Idolatry | Idolatry | Nile River as Idol | Plagues of Egypt

Exodus 8:16-19 The third plague, striking Egypt unannounced, hit the Egyptians in their religious ritual: They were a scrupulously clean people, believing that dirt and vermin made them impure and defiled. They bathed and shaved their bodies regularly to maintain their purity and superiority, but infected with lice, they could not worship in any temple. In addition, this plague struck the beasts also (verse 17), many of which were sacred animals kept in their sanctuaries. So, not only were the Egyptians defiled, but their gods and temples were defiled also. Pharaoh's magicians could not duplicate this third plague in even a small way, so they admitted that Israel's God was greater than any of theirs (verse 19). God showed these pagan people that He controlled the creation and could do with it as He wished. The plagues on Egypt continued in this manner in sets of three, in which Moses and Aaron announced the first two and the third would descend unannounced. Mike Ford Animal Idolatry Related Topics: Animal Idolatry | Defilement | God's Sovereignty | God's Sovereignty Over Animals | God's Sovereignty Over Creation | Idolatry | Pagan Religious Practices | Plagues of Egypt

Exodus 32:4 This was a representation of the Egyptian bull-god, called in history "Apis." John W. Ritenbaugh The Nature of God: Elohim Related Topics: Animal Idolatry | Nature of God

Psalm 8:6-8 This dominion does not give mankind the right to destroy God's creation. Man is to act responsibly, but unfortunately, this does not happen very often in this world. Animals are tortured, rivers and seas are fouled, whole areas are devastated of plant and animal life to fill the coffers of big business. In Genesis 2:15, God tells Adam and Eve to "tend and keep" the Garden of Eden. They were to take what God had made and work to maintain it and help it to produce. They could harvest its bounty and eat of its fruit. Certainly, God allowed certain trees to be cut for their wood, and certain animals could be killed for their meat. In no way, however, was any part of His creation to be equated with man or to be worshipped. Mike Ford Animal Idolatry Related Topics: Animal Idolatry | Animal Rights | Animals, Respect for | Dress and Keep | Mankind's Dominion over Animals | Tend and Keep

 

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