“Therefore, being offspring of Alahym, we should not think that the Supreme Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.”
The most compelling account in Scripture of faithful servants of the Most High 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YAHUAH) standing against idolatry is given in the book of Dany’al (Daniel). There were three Hebrew males, HananYah, Mishaal, and AzarYah (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego) who refused to bow down before the golden image that was being worshipped in Babylon. Interestingly, this golden statue was 60 cubits high and 6 cubits wide, foreshadowing the image of the beast to come in the last days. These three faithful servants of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 preferred to die rather than violate the first command: to love 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength. It is this love that guards our hearts from worshiping idols and breaking the command to not make or bow down to images.
“The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed. And the second beast required all people small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name. Here is a call for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is 666.” (Ḥazon – Revelation 13:15-18) Just like HananYah, Mishaal, and AzarYah, the faithful remnant will prefer to die than to dishonor 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, and in the end, those who are true worshippers of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 will overcome by the blood of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤅𐤏 (YAHUSHUA) the Messiah and their witness of the Word, and they will not put their lives above the Word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤅𐤏.
May the Father 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 give you peace this day, through our Master and Saviour, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤅𐤏 the Messiah, as you and YOUR HOUSEHOLD abide in Him, believe in His Name, and do His will!
🕊 Shalum aleichem! (Peace be unto you!)
