Ten Commandments Relief
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Wall Hanging Relief Of The Ten Commandments
Created from cultured marble, this wonderful representation of the
original Ten Commandments displays the word of God in your home or
office. The cracks and pitting in this exquisite relief gives this piece the
appearance of an ancient artifact, much like the two tablets Moses may
have engraved on Mount Sinai. The large version of our Ten Commandments
relief measures roughly 14" high x 14" wide and weighs approximately 8 lbs. The
small version of our Ten Commandments relief measures 7" high x 7" wide and weighs approximately 2 lbs.
History Of The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments are an excellent piece of literature of the Old
Testament, which was given by God Himself, through Moses, to the people
of Israel, and which was destined to shape the morals of the society of
the world. The effects of the Ten Commandments on Christianity are
immeasurable.
The Ten Commandments, also known as the Decalogue, constitute the ethical code by which the human race is guided, on
the one hand, to believe in the true God, and, on the other hand to
sustain the godly society in the attainment and application of God's
will on earth. The Ten Commandments were kept undefiled and handed down
to us as a treasure and monument of Christian civilization. The
Christian Church has embodied the Ten Commandments as a basic moral code
of, discipline toward God and toward men. "There is probably no human
document which has exercised a greater influence upon, religion and
morals than the Ten Commandments."
Moses is an outstanding personality of the Old Testament who is a critical
character in the history of the Ten Commandments. Moses is known
not only for his leadership and statesmanship, but especially as a
religious forerunner of Judaism. Moses' destiny was planned by God Himself
to lead the people of Israel out of the Egyptian bondage and into the
wilderness, a land north of Mt. Sinai and between Egypt and Palestine
their new dwelling place. Moses knew this land well because he had spent
40 years in exile from the Egyptians in this area with a great man his
father-in-law Jethro, who gave counsel to him.
Three months after the exodus of the people of Israel from Egypt, Moses
their leader, appealed to Almighty God for inspiration in order that the
people of Israel might live peacefully and prayerfully under the
guidance and shelter of God. God responded by calling Moses to climb Mt.
Sinai, where He could give him His covenant to present to the people of
Israel as God's word and they confessed: "All that the Lord has spoken,
we will do" (Exodus 19:8).
Moses spent 40 days with the Lord, Who "gave to him, when he had made an
end of speaking with him upon Mt. Sinai, the two tables of the
testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God" (Exodus
31:18). Thus the precepts divinely revealed to Moses on Mt. Sinai and
engraved on two tables of stone were given to Moses. Moses had created
the Ten Commandments. The tables were
broken by Moses upon coming down from the mountain because of the
idolatry of the people (Exodus 32:19), but later were replaced by
another pair (Exodus 34:1).
The text of the Ten Commandments is preserved in the Old Testament in two
versions, one in Exodus 20:1-17, and the other in Deut. 5:6-18. The
Ten Commandments, apart from the prohibition regarding images and the
precept of observing the Sabbath, contain rules of life that are the
common property of mankind. As such, the Ten Commandments have been deepened
by our Lord's teachings in the Sermon on the Mount and summed up by Him
in the precepts of love toward God and one's neighbor, as it is
mentioned in Mark (12:29-31), "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all
thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might" also, "thou
shalt love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandments
greater than these." (cf Deut. 6:4,5; Lev. 19:18). The Ten
Commandments have and always will be a staple of Christianity.
