You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
You shall not bow down to them nor serve them.
For I, The Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My Commandments.
The Second Commandment ties in with the First Commandment in only worshipping God.
The important thing here is what is going to happen if we do not do what He commands.
He clearly stipulates that He IS GOING to punish our children, grand children and great grand children, and even our great great grand children, if we don't worship Him ... and only Him.
It means that we then create generations and generations of misery if we bow down to another god ... whatever it is. It can be a golden calf, money, drugs, war or anything that is not Him.
On the other side, if we love and worship only God, He promises mercy which means that we are then under His Divine Protection ... and His Wrath will come down on the people who try to damage us ... He can because He is The Living God.
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Source: The Bible: Exodus 20
Source: The Bible: Exodus 20