Idol Worship? –Mourning a building!
Commandment TWO --
Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any manner of likeness, of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; 4 thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve them; for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me;
We have just completed a day of mourning called the 9th day of Av or Tish B'Av. In thinking about what I am being told to do, I have serious concerns that I may be acting against my soul, in mourning the lose of a building or two and what ever extra events some one wants to attach to this rabbinically commanded Day of Mourning. I the G-D of Abraham, G-D of Isaac, G-D of Jacob commanded this, even then I would need to determine whether this was actually from G-D as it seems to break Law #2.
Why is it so important to have G-D dwell among us?
When G-D declared that HE will not be among the people, but a angel will lead them to the Promised Land, for they are a stiff-necked people. A true mourning happens; [Exodus 33:4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned; and no man did put on him his ornaments.] But, why is this important? Moses states it like this; [Exodus 33:16 For wherein now shall it be known that I have found grace in Thy sight, I and Thy people? is it not in that Thou goest with us, so that we are distinguished, I and Thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth?'] --In this way We, you and I can know that we are keeping G-D's law and are Blessed by the Lord G-D most High as his people.
