Isaiah 3 and jewelry...

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Originally Posted by Truthseeker

Going back to the RDP thought about no gold on the outside of the temple in mind consider this, the priest were decked out for beauty and glory the bible says. Does not the bible say we are of the royal priesthood? priest unto God? yep. They wore adornment items on their garments.



Ex 28:2-9

2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.

3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

4 And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.

6 And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.

7 It shall have the two shoulder pieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.

8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:



Ex 28:10-15

10 Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.

11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.

12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

13 And thou shalt make ouches of gold;

14 And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.

15 And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
KJV


there's more in that chapter about the decked out preist in gold, blue scarlet etc.....

1st off, it's hilarious to watch Max squirm about the costly apparel issue & try to foster the ol' cultural card relative to Ephesus [tired & worn out excuse]. Curiously, he doesn't say the same thing about Paul's teachings on repentace, faith, etc. Tell us Max, was that also merely to be understood by Ephesus, & not applicable to us today??? Then YOU wanna' talk to ME about "poor biblical interpretation". Puhleeeeeeeeeezze...

Now, to the priests: The priests were not the Temple, dwelling place of God, in any way, as we are today. This was a temporal deal typifying the beauty of our Great High Priest who bears us on His shoulders & Heart. But, when it came to God's historical places of dwelling, no jewels on the outside! Max can scorn it all day long, but Paul repeatedly drew from typology to form his doctrinal posturing. Max is the one who apparently needs some lessons in Hermeneutics.