As
Moses got the Ten Commandments, the one against graven images was accompanied by a reason for it: "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; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments".
In
the earlier days of our movement it was no uncommon thing for those joining a branch church to make application at the same time for membership in The Mother Church.
