But you shall tear down and destroy their [pagan] altars, smash in pieces their [sacred] pillars (obelisks, images) and cut down their Asherim

[ Blessings of Obedience ] ‘You shall not make idols for yourselves, nor shall you erect an image, a sacred pillar or an obelisk, nor shall you place any figured stone in your land so that you may bow down to it; for I am the Lord your God.

They brought out the sacred pillars (obelisks) of the house of Baal and burned them.

He removed the foreign altars and high places and tore down the [pagan] pillars (obelisks, memorial stones), and cut to pieces the Asherim [the symbols of the goddess Asherah].

[ Idols Are Destroyed ] Now when all of this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and smashed the [pagan] pillars (obelisks, memorial stones) in pieces, cut down the Asherim (wooden symbols of a female deity), and tore down the high places and the altars [of idolatry] throughout all Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the sons (descendants) of Israel returned to their own cities, each to his own property.

Nebuchadnezzar will also break the images and shatter the obelisks of Heliopolis in the land of Egypt; and he will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.”’”

With the hoofs of his horses Nebuchadnezzar will trample all your streets; with the sword he will kill your people, and your strong pillars (obelisks) will fall to the ground.

 

필자가 오벨리스크를 숭배하는 교회들의 사진을 여러 번 올려왔는데 이런 비판에 대해 교회들은 아무 반응이 없다. 

한국 교회는 민족주의적인 경향이 있어서 만약 교회가 잘못한다해도 '애국애족'을 주장하면 잘못도 용서되는 모양이다. 

세계 선교를 한다면서 타민족에게도 오벨리스크 숭배를 전할 것이니 보통 민폐가 아니다. 

한국 교회의 민족주의는 교정되어야 한다.