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Animal Idolatry
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Exodus 7:14-15  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) 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

Exodus 32:4  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) This was a representation of the Egyptian bull-god, called in history "Apis." John W. Ritenbaugh The Nature of God: Elohim

Psalm 8:6-8  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) 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

 

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