IDOLATRY is unacceptable.
️ BIBLICAL FACTS ABOUT IDOLATRY
TEN_SINS_THAT_DESTROYED_IDOLATORS:
1⃣ Incest (Lev. 18:3-18,24; 20:11-23)
2⃣ Relationship with unclean women (Lev. 18:19; 20:18,23)
3⃣ Adultery (Lev. 18:20,24-29; 20:10)
4⃣ Offering human sacrifices (Lev. 18:21,24-29; 20:1-6,23)
5⃣ Homosexuality (Lev. 18:22-29; 20:13)
6⃣ Bestiality (Lev. 18:23-29; 20:15-16)
7⃣ Witchcraft (Lev. 20:6,23-27; Dt. 18:9-12)
8⃣ Cursing parents (Lev. 20:9,23)
9⃣ Idolatry (Ex. 23:24; Dt. 7:4,16,25; 12:2-3,29-31)
General wickedness and perhaps all the sins Israel was forbidden to commit (Dt. 9:4-5; 23:17-18; 29:18; etc.)
IDOL OR IMAGE_WORSHIP INCHRISTENDOM
It is strictly forbidden in Bible.
The worship of idols is called the worship of devils (Lev. 17:7; Dt. 32:17; 2Chr. 11:15; Ps. 106:37; 1Cor. 10:7-8,20-21; Rev. 9:20-21).
Regardless of many commands in both testaments against idolatry, images are worshiped by millions today, even in so-called "Christian" lands. Those who break God's laws are destined for His wrath. Idolatry was God's big problem with Israel. No Biblical writer ever mentioned images in worship to God in the tabernacle or temple rituals, except when Israel was backslidden and served idol gods. Images are the work of man (Isa. 2:8; 40:19-20; Jer. 10:1-9; Hos. 8:6; 13:2; Amos 5:26). Being mere imitations of creatures made of dead material, it is folly to worship them (Dt. 4:16; Hos. 4:12; Isa 44:9-10).
The first Christians were not against art, but they had no images of Christ. From A.D. 100 to A.D. 400, Christian leaders rebuked those who brought images of Christ and saints into their worship. The 36th canon of the Synod of Elvira prohibited images as a hindrance to the spiritual worship of God. Eusebius, an important father of church history, opposed them.
Ambrose, Jerome, and Augustine all mention pictures made of apostles and Christ and the worship of images as beginning in their day. The use and adoration of images were popular in the East, being increased by pagan concepts and customs in worship. The theory that images represent the invisible persons became very prominent in some circles. Images began to be used as sponsors and reverence began to be paid to them. Opposition to image worship then became acute for some time, the conflict being between the emperors and many of the bishops. Emperors often condemned images as heresy and idolatry, and religious relics were destroyed and thrown into the sea. In A.D. 766 Constantine sought to impose an oath against image worship, but the Lateran Synod sanctioned images in A.D. 769.
Tarasius, an advocate of images, was made patriarch of the East in A.D. 784; in 787 the synod of Nicea ascribed reverence to images and worship to God through them. The same decision was reached in the West at the synod of Frankfort (794) and images were again sanctioned at Paris in A.D. 825. Emperors in the East continued their opposition, and advocates of images were exiled for some time. Such worship was restored in the reign of Theodora (843). After A.D. 850 the cult of image worship in churches began to grow due to arguments for images and stories of miracles performed through them. Blessings were claimed for the images themselves and finally in A.D. 1188 it was declared that denial of images was a denial of God. In A.D. 1225 it was said that Christ was not Christ unless He was graven. Even Thomas Aquinas (1265) declared that an image of Christ claims the same veneration as Christ Himself. The 25th session of the Council of Trent (1551-1552) justified the worship of images. Thus, from the beginning until now, the controversy has raged, and image worship has been accepted by many as authorized by God. The fact remains though, that the BIBLE is against all uses of images in worship. See Divine Laws.
IDOLATROUS_PRACTICES:
1⃣ Prayers to idols (Judg. 10:14; 1Ki. 18:25-29; Isa. 16:12; 44:17; 45:20; 46:7; Jonah 1:5)
2⃣ Human sacrifices to (Lev. 18:21; 20:2-5; Dt. 12:31; 18:10; 2Ki. 3:26-27; 16:3; 17:17-18; 21:6; 23:10; 2Chr. 28:3; 33:6; Ps. 106:37-38; Isa. 57:5; Jer. 7:31; 19:4-7; 32:35; Ezek. 16:20-21; 20:26-31; 23:37-39; Mic. 6:7)
3⃣ Rites for the dead (Dt. 14:1)
4⃣ Unspeakable immoralities (Ex. 32:6,25; Num. 25:1-3; 1Ki. 14:24; 15:12; 2Ki. 17:30; 23:7; Ezek. 16:17; 23:1-44; Hos. 4:12-14; Amos 2:8; Mic. 1:7; Rom. 1:18-32; 2Cor. 10:7-8; 1Pet. 4:3-4; Rev. 2:14-22; 9:20-21; 14:8; 17:1-6)
5⃣ Offering animal sacrifices to (Ex. 32:6; 1Ki. 18:26; Acts 14:13)
6⃣ Libations to (Dt. 32:38; Ps. 16:4; Isa. 57:6; 65:11; Jer. 7:18; 19:13; 32:29; 44:17-25; Ezek. 20:28; Zech. 9:7)
7⃣ Meat offerings to (Isa. 57:6; Ezek. 16:19)
8⃣ Peace offerings to (Ex. 32:6)
9⃣ Incense to (1Ki. 12:33; 2Chr. 30:14; 34:25; Isa. 65:3; Jer. 1:16; 11:12,17; 44:3; 48:35; Ezek. 16:18; 23:41)
Praise to (Judg. 16:24; Dan. 5:4)
1⃣1⃣ Singing and dancing (Ex. 32:18)
1⃣2⃣ Music to (Dan. 3:5-7)
1⃣3⃣ Cutting the flesh (1Ki. 18:28)
1⃣4⃣ Kissing and bowing (1Ki. 19:18; 2Ki. 5:18; Job 31:27; Hos. 13:2)
1⃣5⃣ Tithes and gifts (2Ki. 23:11; Dan. 11:38; Amos 4:4-5)
1⃣6⃣ Feasts (1Ki. 12:32; Ezek. 18:6,11-15; 22:9; Dan. 3:2-3)
IDOLATRY IS BIBLICALLY FORBIDDEN:
1⃣ Make NO images of ANY kind (Ex. 20:4,23; 34:17; Lev. 19:4; 26:1; Dt. 4:15-19; 5:8-10; 16:21-22; 27:15)
2⃣ Bow NOT down to them (Ex. 20:5; Lev. 26:1)
3⃣ Do NOT serve them (Ex. 20:5)
4⃣ Sacrifice NO child to them (Lev. 18:21)
5⃣ Turn NOT to them (Lev. 19:4)
6⃣ Do NOT set them up (Lev. 26:1)
7⃣ Do NOT be corrupted by them (Dt. 4:16)
8⃣ Do NOT be driven to worship them or any heavenly body (Dt. 4:15-19)
9⃣ Do NOT serve them (Dt. 5:8-9; 7:16; 11:16; 13:1-11)
Do NOT be deceived by them (Dt. 11:16; 12:30)
1⃣1⃣ Do NOT inquire about them (Dt. 12:30)
1⃣2⃣ Destroy all who serve them (Dt. 13; 17:2-7)
DESTINY OF IDOLATORS:
Destiny of all who worship false gods (2Cor. 6:9-11; Gal. 5:19-21; Rev. 21:8; 22:15)