Head Coverings

[jaxfam6]

Originally Posted by warrior

Do you think it is a bad/good representation of Christianity to wear head coverings Everywhere such as the office, grocery store, auto shop, garden,etc. These head coverings include church hats, veils, bucket hats. chapel veils, wraps,etc. Is God requiring this through the scripture? Are the churches who teach this taking scripture to extreme and out of context?

What say ye?

I happened to run across this page and thought you might like to take a look at it and see where it seems most who veil are coming from. (i assume, and we know what that will do to us) =)

http://www.actseighteen.com/articles/uncuthair.htm

[*AQuietPlace*]

I find it interesting that there doesn't seem to be a history of Jewish women not cutting their hair. Headcovering, yes. But most Jewish women cut their hair.

I guess because there's not a single solitary thing in the OT that prohibits it.

[LUKE2447]

Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*

I find it interesting that there doesn't seem to be a history of Jewish women not cutting their hair. Headcovering, yes. But most Jewish women cut their hair.

I guess because there's not a single solitary thing in the OT that prohibits it.

explain and expound on this in the OT please.

[*AQuietPlace*]

Originally Posted by LUKE2447

explain and expound on this in the OT please.

I didn't mean OT Jewish women. I meant more current times.

There's really not much to comment on about women's hair in the OT, because it's rarely mentioned. Style isn't mentioned at all that I could find. Solomon said his bride's was like a flock of goat's leaping.

There are a few directives about men's hair, but none about women's, other than the Nazarite vow.

[Falla39]

Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*;749704[B

]I find it interesting that there doesn't seem to be a history of Jewish women not cutting their hair.[/B] Headcovering, yes. But most Jewish women cut their hair.

I guess because there's not a single solitary thing in the OT that prohibits it.

Maybe it has to do with having no such customs of cutting their hair!!
Neither the churches of God.
I can remember my paternal great grandmother. She was not a
Pentecostal nor apostolic, yet I never knew of her ever cutting her hair.

I visited an elderly Church of Christ couple in our city. He was a long-
time elder in the local C of Christ. They had a picture of two ladies that
I assumed was perhaps their mothers or grandmothers. You would have
thought they were old-time Pentecostals.

Our local Assemblies of God for many years, the ladies wore long hair and
did not wear makeup or pants.
My best friend from 6th grade to 12th, went to that church and never
wore pants, makeup but did wear her hair shoulder length. Her mother
wore long hair and looked like apostolic Pentecostal. I know others who
had the same lifestyle. I also remember when the pastor's wife got her
long hair cut and started going to the beauty show and started keeping
it short and permed. In my 69 yrs, I have seen many changes. My best
friend married the A of God pastor's only son. They are now members of
the large 140 yr. old Baptist church in our city. She wears heavy makeup,
pants most of the time, and keeps her hair short and permed and black.
She also wears lots of heavy jewelry.

This friend is the one who told me many years ago that they are saved
at repentance. But they go ahead and are baptized in the name of the
Father, Son and Holy Ghost. And that they seek to receive the Spirit,
if they want the Power.
But only repentance is necessary to be saved. Sounds like one of the two
groups that merged together in 1945. These locally here though call them-
selves Assemblies of God. They are hard against Oneness, Baptism in Jesus
Name. It is dangerous to resist TRUTH!

Wouldn't intentionally offend anyone but from what I have observed in
these many years of my life, it seems to me, many are being cheated out
of the most wonderful experience this side of heaven. If we don't receive
all that God meant for us to have, we are lacking! Our children and grand-
children will be lacking. I want mine to have the best God has for them,
and myself too.

Blessings,

Falla39

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*

I find it interesting that there doesn't seem to be a history of Jewish women not cutting their hair. Headcovering, yes. But most Jewish women cut their hair.

I guess because there's not a single solitary thing in the OT that prohibits it.

Jewish women had very long hair...they did not keep cutting it...in other words they let their hair grow.

[Michael The Disciple]

It is so obvious the primary covering is a veil.

Why would the Apostle say women should have UNCUT HAIR when they PRAY OR PROPHESY?

Why would it not be uncut hair ALL THE TIME?

When she prays or prophesies her head must be covered. He is presenting them with a choice.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple

It is so obvious the primary covering is a veil.

Why would the Apostle say women should have UNCUT HAIR when they PRAY OR PROPHESY?

Why would it not be uncut hair ALL THE TIME?

When she prays or prophesies her head must be covered. He is presenting them with a choice.

You are right, however he does speak of the hair being a covering too.

On the other hand maybe the intent is when she prays or prophesies she should wear her hair like a veil...which always perplexed me how OPs can say her hair is a veil yet they all wear it piled up in church instead of down

[Steve Epley]

Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple

It is so obvious the primary covering is a veil.

Why would the Apostle say women should have UNCUT HAIR when they PRAY OR PROPHESY?

Why would it not be uncut hair ALL THE TIME?

When she prays or prophesies her head must be covered. He is presenting them with a choice.

OBvious to who?????????????????

1. Because women were being saved from that cult in Corinth where cut hair was common among them.

[jaxfam6]

I see it like this. If a person is not letting their hair grow they are keeping it cut really short (such as in shorn, sheared like a sheep) or shaving their head. Cutting the hair to style it is another subject completely.