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"All artifice is viewed as obstruction to her authentic beauty and is to be avoided (
I Timothy 2:9,10). Jewelry, (
I Timothy 2:9), make-up, (
II Kings 9:3) dyes, and any other artificiality, as well as immodest apparel, are viewed as attempts to artificially induce beauty (
Isaiah 3:16-24 RSV,
I Peter 3:1-5) and replace the lost glow of God’s glory as seen in the face of the believer as well as in the heavens. All this is Scripturally associated with Jezebel, who is both an Old Testament (
I Kings 18:4, 19:1-2,
II Kings 9:7,30), as well as New Testament, example of seduction and artificiality (
Revelation 2:20,22). Thus, “cosmetics,” derived from “cosmos” (arrangement, as in the universe) are attempts to “make-up” the sparkle and glow, which is normative in the presence of the living God as well as within the believer (
Philippians 2:15).
It's a good thing the Bible didn't say anything about Gaudy and Expensive Hats...I've seen some of the General Councils family Hat collection....
Hair..
Mankind requires both feminine and masculine gender to complete the role as revealer of God’s image, that is, being made in the image of God (
Genesis 1:27). Thus, Scripture is firmly consistent in its insistence on maintaining feminine/masculine distinctions. This is done in numerous ways, ranging from repeated explanations of the order of nature (
I Corinthians 15:38-41;
I Corinthians 11:3), including sexual relations being normative between male and female (
Genesis 2:24, 4:1,2;
Proverbs 18:22), to injunctions concerning dress, and distinctions between things which are associated with men versus things which are associated with women
I Corinthians 6:9,
Deuteronomy 22:5,
I Corinthians 11:4,5, 14,15). Pants, for example, scripturally and historically are equivalent to “girding up the loins like a man” (
Job 38:3), something women did not do (
Deuteronomy 22:5). Included in these distinctions were occupations and activities which were masculine as opposed to those considered feminine (
I Timothy 5:14;
Titus 2:4,5 and
Titus 2:6-8). Hair is also an outward distinctive which Scripture utilizes to display this principle. Cut hair for masculine (
I Corinthians 11:4, 13), uncut hair for feminine (
I Corinthians 11:5,6,14), are also examples utilized to emphasize this principle (
I Corinthians 11:7-9). Even in the liberty, freedom, and gender equivalency of New Testament birth of the Spirit and ministry, (
Galatians 3:28;
Ephesians 2:15,16) Paul firmly delineates equality in ministry as a separate thing from destruction of feminine and masculine distinctions (
Acts 2:17,18). He insists that women and men, though both can be equally anointed, (
Acts 21:9;
I Corinthians 12:10) nevertheless are to maintain their order and gender distinction outwardly by man’s cut hair and the woman’s uncut hair (
I Corinthians 11:13-15). These guidelines clearly cannot be dismissed as local cultural biases of days gone by. Nor can they be classified as parochial issues germane only to a certain day or time. They are, instead, connected to the permanent ground and order of Creation and should not be abrogated due to whim and fancy of a worldly society.
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