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Originally Posted by Bowas
Rev. 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
According to scripture, what does "a bride adorned for her husband" mean?
Isaiah 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and AS A BRIDE ADORNETH HERSELF WITH JEWELS.
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It was the custom for brides and bridegrooms to be decked and adorned with jewelry as part of the marriage celebration. God uses this as an analogy for spiritual adornments - the garments of salvation, the robe of righteousness. He did not use that as an endorsement of wearing jewelry all the time like you are on your wedding day.
Likewise,
ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
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1 Peter 3:1-5 KJV)
It doesn't make good sense to take a bald, clear, unambiguous command given by an apostle and use a metaphor from the OT to overthrow and reverse the plain meaning of the apostle. Godly women are not to be adorned with plaiting of the hair, wearing of gold, or putting on of apparel. These things (not an exhaustive list, by the way) are not to be her ADORNMENT (key word). In other words, what a godly women
decorates herself with.
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