There is a connection between Exodus 20:4–5 and Colossians 1:15. The children of Israel were commanded to have no images to worship. An image eventually becomes an idol. Indeed, when God specifically commanded Moses to make an image (Numbers 21:8–9), it became an idol to them (2 Kings 18:4).
But God has specifically given us one Image to worship: Christ, who is the image of the invisible God.
In fact, when we consider John 3:14, we learn that the brass serpent was actually a type of the Son of Man lifted up. The children of Israel were committing idolatry when they worshiped the serpent that was lifted up for them, but God Himself invites us to worship the Son of Man who was lifted up for us. It is explicitly the Father's will that we should honor the Son as we honor the Father (John 5:23).
Isn't that cool? God knows we have a tendency to worship images, and He has given us an image to worship.
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God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by Whom also He made the worlds;
Who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Being made so much better than the angels, as He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent Name than they.
(Hebrews 1:1-4)
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, "It is finished": and He bowed His head and gave up the ghost.
(John 19:30)
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me.
(John 12:32)
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
(John 3:36)
Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
(Psalm 27:14)
May the Lord use His Word to make us more like Him
Romans 8:29
2 Corinthians 3:18
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