“And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.”
And exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal human beings and birds and animals and reptiles. The exchange (allassō) represents the core sin of idolatry: substituting the incomparable glory and majesty of the eternal God for representations of creatures, whether human or animal. The descent through the chain of created beings (human to beast to reptile) visually depicts the degradation inherent in idolatry. This recalls the sin of Aaron's golden calf and the polemic against pagan idolatry throughout Scripture.
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