Here we have the Christ the Redeemer statue located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The statue is 98 feet tall, and that's not even including the 26 foot pedestal that
it's standing on, and its arms stretch 92 feet wide.
By comparison, it is approximately two thirds the height of the Statue of Liberty's height
from base to torch.
But my question to you is, what would Jesus Christ himself think of the Christ the Redeemer
statue?
Well, to get an idea, we can go to the Bible and read his word.
Exodus 20 verse 4 says, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any 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.
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them.
For I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God.
You say, well, we're not bowing down to this thing and worshiping it.
But verse 4 says you shouldn't even make it at all.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.
Not only does the Bible say you shouldn't make a graven image, making this statue
completely wrong, just from that one verse, but it doesn't even look like Jesus.
The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 11 verse 14 and 15, Doth not even nature itself teach
you that if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her.
So the Bible's telling us here that it is a shame for a man to have long hair.
So did Jesus have long hair?
Absolutely not.
If the Bible's telling us it's a shame for a man to have long hair, Jesus did not
have long hair.
So again, the statue is wrong.
But not only that, look at what the statue is wearing.
Deuteronomy tells us in chapter 22 verse 5, the woman shall not wear that which pertaineth
unto a man.
Neither shall a man put on a woman's garment, for all that do so are abomination unto the
Lord thy God.
It's wrong for a man to put on a woman's garment, and if you look at the statue,
it's a picture of a man with long hair wearing a dress.
So this statue is wrong because number one, God told us not to make a graven image.
Number two, it's showing Jesus with long hair when the Bible says it's a shame for
a man to have long hair.
And number three, the statue is wearing a dress.
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