British Museum to Host Bayeux Tapestry Exhibition Amid Public Anticipation

“The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring out of Yahweh’s temple all the vessels that were made for Baal, for the Asherah, and for all the army of the sky; and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.”

Shows the removal and destruction of idols, relevant to avoiding the worship of a national symbol as an object of devotion.

“Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors. The wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them. The stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.”

Illustrates the ultimate futility and destruction of idolatrous images, warning against elevating a tapestry to a quasi‑sacred status.

“For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.”

Condemns pride and the desire for worldly acclaim, applicable to the hype surrounding a national artifact.