Who or what am I bowing down to?
Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego obeyed God and left the consequences to Him. Result was a huge endorsement by Nebuchadnezzar. I will have a decision to make on obeying God and His law, or bowing down to an idol. The 2nd Commandment does not condemn art or sculpture, but it does prohibit them in worship and in bowing down. The minute a man sets up something like the golden calf, He diminishes God.