  I was reading Abinadi’s opening admonitions to King Noah and his priests and saw something interesting when he begins talking about the Ten Commandments. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing in heaven above, or things which are in the earth beneath. (Mosiah 12:36) We have all seen this before. The thing that stuck out to me is the phrase “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image”.
I have heard often that sometimes we put money or a job before the Lord and that it can be construed as idolatry, or worship of graven images. But Abinadi only states that we should not make such things. Perhaps this is so closely tied to the previous commandment that there was no need for further clarification. Thou shalt have no other God before me. urlLink Read more... 
