Josiahs Scott, Josiahs@trueconnection.org, www.TrueConnection.org
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 – AdDressing Dressing
Make Yourself Beautiful the Way
the Women in the Past Did
We do these things to be clothed
spiritually
BIGGEST Disclaimer and Clarifier
Earthly Icons of Heavenly
Realities
Modesty Shame is Actually Good!
A Woman’s “Shape” is Still An
Issue?
Privileged Family Members at The
Crucifixion
Mono-Gender Verification of the
Resurrection
Fishing – Peter in Boat with John
& Others
How Even Houses Have to Do with Modesty
Chapter 2 – Covering The Whole Body
Thoroughly cover the entire leg
Long Robes Have Skirts -- Even
for Men!
It used to be considered immodest
to show the Things we Show
Talk About “Relative Modesty”???
Dress Code in Light of Swimming
Non-Co-ed Love is the only The
Appropriate Embrace of the Chest
Abraham and Lot Saw “Men” Who
Grabbed the Hands of Him, His (Married) Wife, and His Virgin Daughters
Loins (specifically, literally
and figuratively)
The Management of the Loins
toward the Worship of God
God expects uncovered Buttocks to
be shameful to us
Song of Songs – Categorical
Breakdown of Song of Songs
Unlawful Romance Shows Us Why We
Should Be Trained to Increase in Modesty
Unlawful Romance is as
intoxicating as Lawful romance.
Head Clothing that Goes “Down”
Often Implies a Face Veil
The Code of the Assura, c. 1075
BCE
Moral “Shamefacedness” for All
People Before God?
But they Did Sometimes Hide Their
Head When Ashamed
WARNING: The Head Covering is an
Issue of Modesty!
The Use of Veils During Bible
Times
How “Shame” Shows that this is a Modesty
Issue!
Extra-Biblical info on “Shaming Down”
People
Removing the Head Covering [and
clothes in general] Linked with “Shame”
Covering Directly Brings Hidden-ness
Male Head Covering? – To What
Degree Could A Man Ever Morally “Cover” His Head?
Jewish Kippah / Yarmulke /
"Dome"
Men Did Not Use Head Coverings or
Veils for Modesty!
A Man Has Shame Coming Down His
Head/Face When it is Covered
Random Nuggets – In Need of processing
The Crime of Using Beauty Selfishly
Partially Unanswered Questions
Numbers 5 – A Priest Uncovers a
Man’s Wife’s Head
Son_5:7 – They Took Away My Veil
Guards Took Off Jesus’ Clothes
Examples When Devaluing is Not
Involved, and therefore, Voluntary Stripping might Happen
Adam & the Priestly Dress Code
Random Thoughts / Additions
There is no such thing as “The Christian Woman’s Head Covering”. Head coverings always have and always will be an issue of HUMAN FEMALE MODESTY, no matter whether you are a Jew, Christian, Muslim, or even a real follower of Jesus.
5/20/14
If Muslim women are willing to obey an unholy book and cover their head, what’s your excuse for disobeying the Bible? If you believe “your Bible” is better than their Koran, then why are they obeying their book and why are you disobeying yours?
5/20/14
Biblical women covered their head whenever leaving the home:
Although it was normal for woman to answer the door, as seen in Acts [>> TSK!]…
Sarah hid behind the tent wall when she was not prepared to be seen by strangers:
Paul
Paul very clearly commands women not to remove their headcovering when praying or prophesying:
Headcoverings
are Biblical: 1Co_11:1-16. Removing a headcovering outside of
the home is not Biblical. -- Unless of course, you are (1) a Jewish woman being
tried for adultery: Num_5:11 (etc.), or,
(2) a woman being punished by having her hair cut off for acting like a harlot:
1Co_11:5-6.
8/26/13; 5/17/14-5/18/14; 11/11/15
WARNING: A woman who willingly disobeys
the Bible and uncovers her head in public, freely confesses to all that she is
an adulteress (Num_5:11) and shows that she is unashamed to
cause others to commit adultery with her (Mat_5:27-32). Warning, Warning,
WARNING! Jezebel is here (Rev_2:20-23)!
5/18/14
(1) Num_5:11 shows us that all God-fearing women automatically put on a headcovering when going outside of the home. (2) Many, many years later Paul commands some former pagans in Corinth that they have to maintain that even during prayer (i.e. no uncovering heads in temples like female prostitutes did). (3) Many, many years later (today) feminism totally robbed the majority of all modern women of their headcoverings and caused them to walk naked-headed in public to their shame and ignorant dishonor
1Co_11:6 CAB For if a
woman is not covered [κατακαλύπτεται – having
something coming down and hiding], let her also have her hair cut [this affects
her even when not praying]. But if it is a shameful thing
for a woman to have her hair cut [applies even when not praying], or to be
shaved [applies even when not praying], let her be covered [applies even when
not praying].
WAKE UP and finally realize what is actually being said in 1Co_11!
Dear
woman, I plead with you: put your headcovering back on!
I
warn you: “the emperor has no clothes!”
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4/22/14
H: Mr. Overseer, ive been meaning to
mention something to you...our generation think they are so wise in thinking
that when it gets hot they should wear less clothes to stay cool and so many
people think it strange that I wear so much clothes in the summer. And it is
also very common that people suffer from sun burn and even skin cancer these
days even when they use sun block. And the answer doctors are giving nowadays
is wear more clothes when you go outside dont depend on sun block. Ya, the
ancient wisdom of God wins we should wear more clothes when we go out, even
nature tells us that!
"The first and most effective way to
screen excess UV rays from penetrating the skin is a physical barrier. This
includes hats, long sleeve shirts, and other articles of clothing that
physically shield your skin. Wide, floppy hats are one of the best ways to
shield your face from excessive sunlight."
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Al: Wow, how exciting! Thanks for sharing
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[*] : =)-K I like your statement H "
the ancient wisdom of God wins" it made me smile
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hd: H: Wow, that is so practical, and Truth
is soo exciting... and practicing justice even has ANSWERS for minimizing Skin
cancer!! :+)
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1/17/14; 1/19/14; 1/31/14; 4/12/14
Could almost make a
Track ou of this...
Bible: Assyrian Code, Num 5, Susanna,
imitate!, Pet/Paul?: adorn as women of old/professing God-reverence, 1Co 11,
Turtelliun
Jews Have A Clothing
Parable to Play
"'On the day of the Lord's sacrifice I
will punish the princes and the king's sons and all those clad in foreign
clothes." (Zep_1:8)
Gen_12:11 <> 1Sa_17:42
Gen_23:1 - Sarah = 127 yrs
"Monumental evidence confirms the assertion of Scripture that a
fair complexion was deemed a high recommendation in the age of the Pharaohs (ride
Hengstenberg"s "Egypt and the Books of Moses," p. 200)."
Jdt_11:21-23 Brenton There is not such a woman from one end of the earth to the
other, both for beauty of face, and wisdom of words. 22 Likewise Holofernes
said unto her. God hath done well to send thee before the people, that strength
might be in our hands and destruction upon them that lightly regard my lord. 23 And now thou art both
beautiful in thy countenance, and witty in thy words: surely if thou do as thou
hast spoken thy God shall be my God, and thou shalt dwell in the house of king
Nabuchodonosor, and shalt be renowned through the whole earth.
Judith_10:7
And
when they saw her, that her countenance was altered, and her apparel was
changed, they wondered at her beauty very greatly, and said unto her.
Judith_10:14
Now
when the men heard her words, and beheld her countenance, they wondered greatly
at her beauty, and said unto her,
Judith_10:19
And
they wondered at her beauty, and admired the children of Israel because of her,
and every one said to his neighbour, Who would despise this people, that have
among them such women? surely it is not good that one man of them be left who
being let go might deceive the whole earth.
Judith_10:23
And
when Judith was come before him and his servants they all marvelled at the
beauty of her countenance; and she fell down upon her face, and did reverence
unto him: and his servants took her up.
Judith_11:21
There
is not such a woman from one end of the earth to the other, both for beauty of
face, and wisdom of words.
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Zion Road
January 26, 2013
In 1892, the personal agenda of an
adolescent diarist read: "Resolved, not to talk about myself or feelings.
To think before speaking. To work seriously. To be self restrained in
conversation and actions. Not let my thoughts wander. To be dignified. Interest
myself more in others."
Later in 1982 a girl's New Year's resolution:
" I will try to make myself better in anyway I possibly can with the help
of my budget and babysitting money. I will lose weight, get new lenses, already
got a new haircut, good makeup, new clothes and accessories."
The traditional emphasis on "good
works" as opposed to "good looks" meant that lives of young
women in the 19th century had a very different orientation from those of girls
today. Before World War 1, girls rarely mentioned their bodies in terms of
strategies for self improvement or struggles of personal identity. Becoming a
better person meant paying less attention to self, giving more assistance to
others, and putting more effort into instructive reading or lessons at school.
Many parents tried to limit their daughters interests in superficial things
such as hairdos, dresses or the size of their waist, because character was
considered more important than beauty, both by parents and the community. And
character was built on attention to self control, service to others, and belief
in God. When girls of the 19th century thought about ways to improve
themselves, they almost always focused on their internal character and how it
was reflected in outward behavior. In fact, girls who were preoccupied with
their looks were likely to be accused of vanity or self-Indulgence.
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10/19/13; 11/18/13
>> !! Get/Study/incorporate all of
Eze_16: & 32
Eze_16:57 נסὸ פןῦ ἀנןךבכץצטῆםבי
פὰע
ךבךίבע ףןץ –
being stripped naked
Eze_16:10
װסיקבנפש:
- NETS: hair-veil
- Google: lace
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פסיקןנפשףח:
hair loss
פסיקב-: hair
-נפש:
downward
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8/20/13
sir 8: good
morphed
God Made
Women Curvy
Hebrew
"rib" [הצלעH6763 And the rib] means "as if curved"
as a stack of weat
Sir_8: turn your eyes from a good
morphed woman
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are there
less restrictions with women seeing men? Consider: non-related women not
comming to the cross vs. women going to prepare Jesus' body. - where they going
to do this carefully to not change what they did at the cross?
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BBS: BDC Lies about Muslem Women's face veil
7/14/13
"First,
let's clear away some false problems. The specter of "Eurabia" is a
no-show. Studies point to the decline of Muslim birthrates in ways that parallel
other populations worldwide. Also, over the centuries Islamic jurists never
agreed on the specifics of modest dress for women. Local cultures determined
what women wore. The face covering is mostly a recent invention, and, in fact,
a rarity, even if numbers seem to be growing. Some sources put the number of
women wearing it in all of Europe at 2,000."
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2010/november/16.58.html
7/14/13
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"France
has by far the highest percentage of Muslims in Europe (8.3 percent, more than
double the UK's figure), and its brand of extreme secularism (laןcitי) requires minorities to shed their cultural
distinctives to conform to the majority. Perhaps it's no coincidence that in
France the burqa ban, passed by Parliament on the eve of Bastille Day, was
followed by threats to strip people of their citizenship for crimes like
polygamy, female circumcision, and threatening a policeman, and the deportation
of hundreds of Roma, or Gypsies. Issues of cultural and national identity are
rolled up under the burqa heading."
--
Muslims know how to obey 1Co_11, but
"christians" only know how to make excuses to disobey it.
7/30/13
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- look up
what "feet" the shunimite held onto with Elisha...
- it is
immoral for women to shamelessly show off their forhead, but, it is not immoral
for John to see a vission of such a perverted Harlot with a name written on her
forhead. - it is always evil for the woman to show, but not necisarilly evil2
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find: 'see
the *shame of your nakedness* - also: re-read Num5, and what word is used for
the priests???
BDC:
to veil or
not to veil – the extent of the head covering...
- Eli
watcher er mouth!!!!
>> got
to define: head covering, face veil, bonet, doily, etc.
BDC: remove
"loins" to Purity Proclamation ??
Clothing
Exceptions
Being born –
Job: naked i came into the world, naked i will go out
Isa / Eze –
prophesying in the house uncovered
Saul
prophesying
Peter in the
boat w John
A House is a
Big Covering
when you go
into a house, then there is no need for a head coveirng or himation
- "a
house to cover shame"
- this is
partly why women are to bussy at home (that way they do not always have to be entirely
covered)
- a house
calls for the minimum dress code that applies even to family.
1. the seriousness of the head covering
- mat5,
- Thess: keep the traditions, etc.
2. The Universality Of the Headcovering
- have the laodiceans read this letter,
- 1co1 with all those in every place...
- did the word of God originate w you?
- as in all the assemblies of the Holy Ones
Is
the coverng about approaching God, or is it about modesty?
- we all
with open face...
- neither
male nor female...
- to God all
thing are naked and bear
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How
much Does a Himation Cover?
H8071
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Strongs
#8071: AHLB#: 2489 (e1)
2489) Lmx%
(Lmx% SML) ac: ? co: Image ab: ?: The form or shape of an image.
Nm) Lmx% (Lmx% S-ML) - Image: [freq.
5] |kjv: figure, image, idol| {str: 5566}
ef1) Elmix% (Elmix% SYM-LH) - Garment: As forming to the image of the
body. [df: hlmV] [freq. 29] |kjv: raiment, clothes, garment, apparel, cloth,
clothing| {str: 8071}
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WS:
"ִשְׂמָלה
sלimlāh: A feminine noun
meaning clothing, a garment. It refers to a relatively large garment, either an
external garment heavy enough to sleep in (Exo_22:27 [26]); or a blanket
large enough to cover a person lying on a bed (Gen_9:23). A change of garments
could indicate a new beginning or getting ready for travel (Gen_35:2). It refers to
clothes in general (Gen_37:34; Deu_22:5)."
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LXX:
Deu_21:13 ךבὶ נוסיוכוῖע פὰ ἱלάפיב
פῆע
בἰקלבכשףίבע בὐפῆע ἀנ᾿ בὐפῆע
shun the shame...
worship of paganism is shame!
Jer_3:24
understanding
shame:
need to go
throughout these hebrew words and put it all together...
H1322
בֶּשׁת
bōšeṯ: A feminine noun denoting shame, humiliation, disgrace. The word depicts the
feelings of guilt, disgrace, and embarrassment persons experience because of
unfortunate acts or words committed (1Sa_20:30; 2Ch_32:21). Humiliation and
disgrace was brought on God's people through the exile at the hands of Babylon
(Ezr_9:7), but He could also
bring shame on one's enemies (Job_8:22). Used with its
related verb bפš, it could express deep shame (Isa_42:17); with the word face
following, it could express a face of shame (2Ch_32:21; Ezr_9:7; Jer_7:19; Dan_9:7-8) meaning their
"own shame." To be clothed with shame is a figurative expression of
the psalmist (Psa_35:26; Psa_132:18). The phrase
"shame of your youth" (Isa_54:4) refers to Israel's
early indiscretions. The biblical authors would sometimes substitute this word
for the word ba‛al in a person's name,
emphasizing the shame of ever recognizing such a pagan god (2Sa_2:8; Jdg_6:32). In other places and
ways, it replaces the word ba‛al that became so
closely attached to the gods of Canaan (Jer_3:24; cf. Jer_11:13; Hos_9:10).
song about dressing modestly
Chapter 1 – AdDressing
Dressing
Modesty or Hell
Choose
Visual Prostitution – Dressing Immodestly Makes You A Prostitute
Repent of Prostitution!
Pro_7:1-27 – dangers of the
strange woman
Pro_7:6-9 – Foolish youth
who is doomed
Pro_7:10 – Clothing of a
Prostitute
Pro_7:11-21 – flattery, kisses, and embraces
Pro_7:21-23 – She kills him
like an animal
Pro_7:24-27 – Strong men
taken down by her
Isa_3:16-26 – haughty and
walk with outstretched necks, glancing wantonly with their eyes, mincing along
as they go
mincing walk is a wanton
walk
Eze_16:30 What a sick heart
you have, says the Sovereign LORD, to do such things as these, acting like a
shameless prostitute –
Refuse to be ashamed
Rev_16:
Rev_17:1 – 18:24
Rev_18:3 – all nations have
drunk the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality
1Pe_3:3-4 – the hidden
person of the heart
1Sa_16:7 – God looks at
heart
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lusts
1Pe_2:11 – abstain from
lusts
Gal_5:13 – no free flesh
indulgence
Gal_5:19 – aselgeia
1Jo_2:16-17 – lust of the
flesh
Rom_13:14 – ESV …But put on
the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh…
Galatians 5:19-21 ESV Now
the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality…
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1Ti_2:8-10 –
2Ti_2:22
1Co_8:9 – no stumbling
block
Ordained Clothes
Gen 3:7, 21 – Adam and Eve
covered themselves with fig leaves, it wasn’t enough. God gave them skins to
cover them
The Hebrew words Moses used
(kuttoneth labesh) means a covering to wrap around the body.
https://www.christistheway.com/a-prostitutes-clothing/
Exo_20:26 – And you shall
not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness be not exposed on it.’
Exodus 39:28 ESV And the
turban of fine linen, and the caps of fine linen, and the linen undergarments
of fine twined linen,
Ezekiel 44:18 ESV They
shall have linen turbans on their heads, and linen undergarments around their
waists. They shall not bind themselves with anything that causes sweat.
Dan_3:21 – ESV Then these
men were bound in their cloaks, their tunics, their hats, and their other
garments, and they were thrown into the burning fiery furnace.
Mat_5:28 –
Mar_7:21-23 –
Heart-Generated Prostitution
Mat_15:
Isa_61:10 – clothed me with
the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness
Pro_31:30 – Charm is
deceptive…
Pro_11:22 – “Like a gold
ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.”
The Body
1Co_6:19-20 – body
temple…flee prostitution
1Co_12:23 – bestow honor on
private parts
Rom_12:1-2 – bodies a
living and holy sacrifice…not conformed
1Co_6:13 – The body,
however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord
1Co_6:20 – For you were bought with a price. So
glorify God in your body.
1Co_7:4 – husband has
exclusive authority over wife’s body
Romans 13:14-15 “Rather,
clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to
gratify the desires of the flesh.”
2Ki_9:30 ESV …Jezebel heard
of it. And she painted her eyes
Jer_4:30 ESV And you, O
desolate one, what do you mean that you dress in scarlet, that you adorn
yourself with ornaments of gold, that you enlarge your eyes with paint? In vain
you beautify yourself. Your lovers despise you; they seek your life.
Revelation 3:18 ESV …white
garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may
not be seen
Galatians 5:16-17 “But I
say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the
flesh. For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit
against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may
not do the things that you please.”
https://biblereasons.com/modesty/
12/26/22
1Th_5:22 – Abstain from
every form of evil.
Luke 17:1-2 ESV And he said
to his disciples, “Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one
through whom they come!
Some historical reading:
https://thetransformedwife.com/acting-and-dressing-like-a-harlot/
anti-absolute-clothing
Heretic
https://www.cbeinternational.org/resource/5-things-bible-does-and-doesnt-say-about-modesty/
“The Bible doesn’t teach a
dress code.”
https://412teens.org/qna/what-does-the-Bible-say-about-modesty.php
Sexual Murder
Ezekiel 16:38 ESV / 2
helpful votes
And I will judge you as
women who commit adultery and shed blood are judged, and bring upon you the
blood of wrath and jealousy.
Isa_47:2-3 – uncovered
shame
Introduction
The Bible is extremely more practical than we’ve ever given it credit for, and one of the most needed teachings of all time, especially in corrupted cultures like perverted America, is a teaching about the Biblical Dress Code. That the Bible would even address such a thing is almost foreign to the minds of those who have so loosely and whimsically treated the Bible for so many years. But here is the reality that lawless grace perverters have always feared and threatened off with charges of legalism. Here is the reality that the Bible actually gives us specifics on how to dress in a way that would please God in True Holiness!
God actually cares about us enough to not let us carelessly continue dressing how it seems best in our own culturally blinded eyes. Get ready to be redeemed from sensuality unto a life style of dressing modestly, protecting your fellow brothers and sisters from sin, and being freed up to live in the pleasing honor and greatness that God has called us too.
If you can believe this truth then it can change your life, right down to the way you dress.
The Right Attitude
Things to Remember
· Pursuing Specific Modesty is better than licensing immorality in the name of
not being legalistic*
· God is trying to cloth us
both physically for our present needs and spiritually for our eternal needs
· God is very merciful toward
our past ignorance when we are humble, but calls us to change once we become
aware of His standards.
· Cutting pieces of clothing
away from the area that God has clothed is to cut away from the Biblical Dress
Code.
· God is not the God of the
whims of our culture but of the clear lines and standards of His Word.
*Read these verses: Jud_1:4 (NO
“licensing” evil); Mat_7:13-14 (God’s way is
restricted)
Jer_6:16
[ _ ]
The Old Paths
Jer_6:16-19 WEB Thus says Yahweh, [the Lord] Stand you in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and you shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk therein. 17 I set watchmen over you, saying, Listen to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not listen. 18 Therefore hear, you nations, and know, congregation, what is among them. 19 Hear, earth: behold, I will bring evil on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
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[ 1Pe_3:3-6 ]
Make Yourself Beautiful the Way the Women in the Past Did
1Pe_3:3-6 KJ2000 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 4 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. 5 For after this manner in former times the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: 6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord [i.e. “Sir” or “master” (κυριον)]: whose daughters you are, as long as you do well, and are not afraid with any terror.
What Can we say to This?
In light of this Scripture: Forget all of the paranoias about “not violating people’s culture.” Instead let us radically over-though all of the unbiblical ways to re-establish a better way which is Biblical and superior to our culture.
God Wants to Clothe You
God is Trying to Cloth Us
· You can be most comfortable not being fully covered when part of your heart wants people to lust after you.
· What would happen to your dress if you truly prayed, “Lord, may no one be attracted to me today.”
· To cover yourself means to pursue honor and to hate participating in lust.
· Being modest physically reflects going after the honor of truth and righteousness that God has called us to Spiritually.
· Consider all the times God said that He wants to cloth His people’s nakedness…
2Co_5:2-4 WEB For most assuredly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven; 3 if so be that being clothed we will not be found naked. 4 For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
Rev_19:8-9 EMTV And to her it was granted that she should be dressed in fine linen, bright and pure, for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. 9 Then he said to me, "Write: 'Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb!' "…
God commissions us to go and do the same to others
physically, (which cloths us spiritually)…
The Good Samaritan
Luk_10:30-37 EMTV …"A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and encountered bandits, who after having stripped him of his clothing and having wounded him, departed, leaving him half dead…. 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled … 34 And coming to him, he bandaged his wounds, …and took care of him. 37 …Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."
Jas_2:14-17 KJVCNT What does it profit, my brothers, though a man say he has faith, and have not works? can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be warmed and filled; notwithstanding you give them not those things which are necessary to the body; what does it profit? 17 Even so faith, if it has not works, is dead, being alone.
Mat_25:34-36, 40 WEB …'Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom… 35 for I was… 36 naked, and you clothed me…
40 …'Most assuredly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'
We do these things to be clothed spiritually
Don’t walk naked in heaven
Rev_3:17-19 WEB Because you say, 'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have
need of nothing;' and don't know that you are the wretched one, miserable,
poor, blind, and naked; 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by
fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe
yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye
salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.
19 As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be
zealous therefore, and repent.
Rev_16:15 KJVCNT Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Cooperate with Modesty!
Immodestly is partial nakedness. Therefore, it is unimaginable when we are “naked” but get offended if someone dares try to “cloth” us and exhort us to modesty! So our commission is to cloth and be clothed: first remove the “plank” then get the “speak” (Mat_7:1-5), and to do this, we have got to completely repent of and dismiss the “don’t judge me” mentality regarding cloths and modesty.
Don’t Flaunt what is Shameful
· Throughout the Bible we are always admonished to flee shame and to pursue modesty.
· We are not to flaunt what is supposed to be shameful: Hos_9:10
Exo_32:25-26 KJ2000 And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had let them be naked unto their shame among their enemies:) 26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD'S side? let him come unto me…
Isn’t it time for the Moses’ of our day to stand up and demand that we no longer flaunt the shame of our nakedness in the immodesty of our bodies?!
1Co_4:14 KJV I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
Eph_5:12 KJV For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
- Notice that he does not go on to make a joke about the shame, but shows us to avoid shame
Php_3:18-19 WEB For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ, 19 whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.
Jud_1:12-13 EMTV These are stains in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves, they are waterless clouds being carried along by winds; late autumn trees unfruitful, twice having died, having been uprooted, 13 raging waves on the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the darkness of the netherworld has been reserved forever.
Remember Rev_3:17-19 and_16:15 above?
Rom_6:21 WEB What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
One of the horrible taints of Lust is the shame and guilt it leaves. If shame is a curse of sin, then let us shun it instead of dressing in it by removing proper clothing!
Mat_6:30 KJ2000 Therefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
We are supposed to be believing God to provide clothing for
us. How can we expect Him to provide the cloths we need when we are not being
faithful with the cloths we already have? By neglecting to put them on and
dress in modestly to cover our bodies we disrespect what God has already given
us.
Prophecy of Judgment
Showing off nakedness is a sign God gave for the Judgment of shame:
Isa_3:17; Jer_13:22, Jer_13:26; Mic_1:11; Rev_3:18; 16:15; 17:16
We should only pursue the same if we are ready to inherit the same judgment.
BIGGEST Disclaimer and Clarifier
This teach addresses an infinitely wide range of cases, many of which are not immediately dealing with salvation as much as they are with refining the hidden an unknown imperfections so that we can pursue God with greater holiness and perfection.
Because many of these cases involve honest ignorance, it does not figure that God is angry with many who are incomplete in this area, but I patient and hopeful for our perfection. God is only harsh to those who are not humble, but condemnation only rests on those who do not Love the Truth enough to change when God makes His will known.
I am sure that God uses all of us who obey Him in spite of the fact that there are MANY things beyond this teaching that we are blind to that we are in constant need of mercy for.
Jas_3:2 WEB For in many things we all stumble…
Just because you have never heard this teaching before does not mean that you should become defensive and feel criticized. I did not know it a lot of it either (in full) until I studied and found it out.
If you have been blind to this teaching, don’t be discouraged at how much you need to change, but be challenged and encouraged that you are being exposed to more of His divine standards rather than being left to your own concepts.
I hope that it would be of some affirmation to the reader that these standards are in many ways are beyond what I would have set. Some of these aspects are “more modest” than what I would think is modest. Therefore I humbly give as well as receive a more perfect understanding of modesty that has been lost and forgotten from our culture, even among practically all of the church.
These standards are not here because they will fit your idea of what it means to be modest, but because all of us are naturally given to such profound blind that we need our understanding radically altered.
We are often found without a clue that we are tempting people and helping them sin because we are desensitized from the desires that others have. If we keep God’s dress code we can avoid most of this.
The main answers is to be humble and open to the standards that God has set in the past admitting that we are blind enough to have missed them, and in need enough to warrant change. I hope you will always receive the admonition with this humility especially because if we say “we see” when we are blind thee “our sin remains!”
Earthly Icons of Heavenly Realities
Man is an icon of God
Woman is not an icon at all in this age, but she is the direct counter part of the assembly
(i.e. your life is hidden with anointed one…. when anointed one, who is our life appears, then you too will appear with him in Glory)
Swords are icons of real, spiritual swords
- angel in front of garden proves that heavenly swords predated our human swords
- Jesus has the truest sword that proceeds from His mouth
The Jewish Temple (lit. house) was an icon of the heavenly kingdom where God lives
>> still need to get Hebrews references for this…
Wis_9:8 Brenton Thou hast commanded me to build a temple upon thy holy
mount, and an altar in the city wherein thou dwellest, a resemblance of the
holy tabernacle, which thou hast prepared from the beginning.
Clothing is an icon of Righteous
- get Revelation refs, and others (OT prophets, some Epistles – that we do not stand naked, etc.)
- Righteous is truly REAL clothing that covers our shame forever
Always remember: when Moses struck the rock, he did not get into the physical Promised Land, and you will never escape if you defile God’s images of holiness hear on earth either.
Basic Principals
Modesty Shame is Actually Good!
Have you have herd of someone being “shameless”? Even though we greatly think of shame as very bad, yet we do not really understand why it is even worse to be “shameless”. It is time to wake up and finally understand the virtue of good shame!
Sir_4:21 Br-Gr For there is a shame that bringeth sin; and there is a shame
which is glory and grace.
Points to Ponder
Culture does affect what is viewed as “appropriate” and even what is considered “modest.”
When we depend on our culture to tell us what is appropriate we find ourselves in conflict with God who is always holding a more conservative view. Why? Because people tend toward sin!
You can continue to choose to base your standards on your culture’s instable perceptions and compromises, or on the ever-lasting Words of the Living God!
BIG Principals
· Don’t show them what you would NEVER want them to touch
· Don’t entice people with the parts of your body that are (exclusively) intended for marriage!
Principal Thoughts
God made cloak of skin as the first (legitimate) clothing (Gen_3:21 & compare Luk_15:22)
Some of us are still trying to wear “skimpy scraps” instead of full clothing, which is not enough for God
God wants us to be fully clothed!
This indicates that such cloaks are all that are necessary for modesty in the home, and God Himself is not offended at this, (& this correlates with the attitude that was held during Bible times)
The insistence on having veils for women is a societal necessity when there is potential for lust – that is, in a coed context!
Perhaps Rachel was covered by a draped cloth especially to shade from the sun, (as middle Eastern camels often are) but she did not put on her veil until Isaac was near
Extra cloths are needed for going out in public
Covering is not so much needed when we are (“unaware”) children just as Adam and Eve where naked during their probationary period of simplicity. When brought to this state of awareness prematurely God “conceded” to give them the cloths that would have otherwise been provided later at the proper time of healthy enlightenment.
God’s goal has always been wisdom and understanding in the proper mode rather than the vanity of “independent” acquisition of knowledge which “puffs us up” in pride as satan said, “you will be as gods knowing…”
So also the Gnostics as well as many University professors appeal to the enticement of “falsely called knowledge” that is perused unsubmitted to the governing of righteousness.
These clothing ideas are not based on temporary shifting principals, but on eternal ones ordained by god Himself even before mankind knew what clothing was.
Psa_119:89 KJ2000 …Forever, O LORD, your word is settled in heaven.
Which is true even for clothing, since the priests clothing was based as an exact shadow of things going on in heaven designed before man fell:
Heb_8:4-5 KJVCNT …there are priests [with their priestly clothing] that offer gifts according to the law: 5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, says he, that you make all things [including the priestly clothing] according to the pattern showed to you in the mount.
We should have reverence for this and fear what God has made and ordained as clothing, because it is an eternal standard that is establish in the heavens forever!
Remember:
Despite what God prescribes to the priests, He still sees all things. He Himself is not offended at the human body, but at our sinful inclination to pervert it having acquired our awareness of the shame of our sexuality prematurely from rebellious means.
God himself knows how we are inclined to perversion, and so to protect us from it He gives us proper clothing that will cover even the perversion we are not aware of:
Who can know his own heart…
There is a way that seems right.. death
Also compare: “we don’t know what we aught to pray for”
We don’t know what’s best for us!!!
Dressing immodestly shows an internal affinity toward that which is dishonorable and detestable toward God. Let us flee from that which is hated and rejected by God and seek honor from Him:
Those who seek honor immortality and life…
Pharisees Love praise from men rather than Loving praise from God…
Jesus looked to the reward…
Don’t deny godly ambitions in the name of being “humble.” Be humble in regards to the flesh but be courageous in Jesus who has called us to greatness.
Pursuing that which is shameful incurs the wrath of God
Foaming out of their own shame…
It is shameful to even mention what they do… (so why is it that we so lightly make jokes about shameful things and play up the sinfulness that God so hates????)
Cry out for wisdom….. to that you will not inherit shame
Women are Special
It should be noted that the Biblical attitude is acknowledge that facial beauty is more of a defining (and tempting) feature in a woman than a man. For some reason God has particularly endowed beauty to the face of women in a way unique to them that is not so with men.
Many men have stumbled at beauty
Because God has entrusted a special gift of representing beauty in a woman’s face it also comes with greater responsibility to manage that gift in a way that is honorable…
So what is the application of all of this concerning the face?
It represents the church:
The king desires your beauty…Forget your people…
This image entrusted to women ought to be taken seriously especially since it reflects the way God feels attracted to His people and loves to beautify them as his bride. This means that tainting this image and representation on earth is a hatful crime because it distorts part of the picture of the very LOVE of GOD Himself!
For this very reason women are particularly admonished to keep holy that which God has entrusted to them for purity.
So why is it?
· Guys usually sweat more than girls (they usually like it cooler)
· Guys are much more visually tempted than girls (yet…)
· Girls typically where skimpier clothing than guys
· Guys (usually) have more going on for a shirt than girls in younger culture, when girls should be all the more modest in this area because of temptation!
· This tenancy toward skimpiness even holds true in the church!
Other Thoughts
Different Lusts
It is one thing if people choose to lust, it’s another in another thing if they are overtaken by unsympathetic seduction.
Some people are overcome and lust unwillingly and are less guilty than those who willingly dress in a
way to cause it.
The way you dress does not always stop those who choose to lust, but it does always mess up people who lust unwillingly! Dress might not alter those who sin willfully, but it will weaken those who sin unwillfully.
Carless dress consistently causes those who are week (and often those who are strong) to stubble into sin against their intentions.
You could make any touch lustful but there are some areas you could not make clean!
Don’t show the world what is reserved for a spouse!
Don’t Cling
God’s priests wore layers of clothing that did not “show off their figure.” And why would they? Clothing is to COVER not to “show off” one’s body.
If “guys are very aware of your body” as Pastor Mike says then don’t show or “hint” it to them.
Women throughout the ages have been more covered in morally sensitive cultures than men in recognition of the greater potential for lust.
Principal:
In all the ways that women have skimpier clothing than men, this is a direction of departure from morality to lust. Without the drive of lust, women would were at least as much or more clothing than men.
Remember: I’m not assuming that these things are done consciously as “willful sin” is done, but I’m bringing them to the light for us to deal with.
With the Biblical Dress Code, the idea is not to make your cloths “cling” or conform to your body, but to COVER your body. The priest had many layers of clothing, we should too if we aspire to be those who belong to Jesus who have been made “kings and priests.”
Don’t be under the
law
For the New Covenant, being under the law means insulting God by trying to do just the minimum requirements of what He has specifically for bidden. Living in the New Covenant means having a heart purified inside that goes beyond the specific external requirements and not even wanting to go the direction of immorality, much less push it to its limits!
So how far is too far? Under the New Covenant the instant you go the wrong direction you’ve gone too far in trespassing God’s purity standard that begins in the heart. Once you’ve got the heart part you’ve kept the fulfilled law by stopping from the need to sin or go in its direction.
Remember that those who sin are condemned, but those who bring in the cause of sin are condemned even greater! Woe to someone who is tripped up in lust, but woe even more to the one who has not prepared themselves and has caused their brother or sister to fall!
Search for:
Makeup
“Cloaks”
God has set priests to be merciful to sins committed in ignorance
Don’t only dress to your own safety standards, but dress in a way that could be righteously imitated by all who are watching you as an example.
Be example to believers…
Come together to stir one another up to love and good works…
Don’t “embolden” another’s conscience to do wrong
None of us lives to himself nor dies to himself (‘no one is an island’)
The Minimum Dress Code
How to Dress around
Family
At least in most cases when possible, it is not even good for family to see too much of family in this way:
Noah
Lev_18
God made them [both] cloaks of skin
Lev_18:6 CAB No man shall draw near to any of his near
kindred to uncover their nakedness; I am the Lord.
REAL Definition
In the Bible, naked does not always mean “fully unclothed,” but it often refers to not having the whole body covered. To God, being “naked” means coming short of the Biblical Dress Code. In the cold it can refer to more than the biblical dress code (see Jas_2:15-16, quoted previously, and 2Co_11:27 quoted below).
Mat_25:35-36 WEB 35 for I was… 36 naked, and you clothed me…
Act_19:16 KJV And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
1Co_4:11 KJV Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
2Co_11:23-27 KJV Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more… 27 …in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
It is safe to say the Apostles had some kind of cloths, but often not enough to cloth them fully as they would desire for dignity sake. These rags being incomplete clothing make the apostles unwillingly “naked.”
2Co_6:4, 10 KJV But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God… 10 …as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Joh_21:7-9 WEB …Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped
his coat around him (for he was naked),
Rom_8:35 KJV Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Jas_2:15-16 KJVCNT 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be warmed and filled; notwithstanding you give them not those things which are necessary to the body; what does it profit?
Others Include:
Possibly Mar_14:51-52 (above)
--- Look up “nakedness” in OT
Ignorant sin
Ignorant sin is certainly a reality, so let us eagerly cry out for knowledge to be found unblamable before Him having forsaken willful ignorance.
Whether or not you are aware of God’s standards, they will remain true and eternal having been established in the Heavens. Please don’t get mad at me because I did not make this up. I am doing you great good by seeking to not let you continue unaware of God’s forgotten standards.
Read Pro_2
The Need For a Himation!
There are so many
countless references for this, and as I may find them I am looking forward to
adding them here…
Exo_22:25-27 CAB
And if you should lend money to your poor brother who is among you, you
shall not be hard upon him — you shall not charge interest from him. 26 And if you take your neighbor's garment
[ἱμάτιον] for a pledge, you shall restore
it to him before sunset. 27 For this is
his clothing [περιβόλαιον
– this is the thing he throws around him], this is the only *covering of his nakedness [*
ἱμάτιον ἀσχημοσύνης
– “nakedness” is fig.; himation (‘cloak’) to properly “arrange” over the frame
of his body so as not to display its shame – it is counted as a “disarrangement”
(ἀσχημοσύνης) to show
the frame of the body when laying down in public (since he has no house or
private room to sleep in)];
how shall he sleep? If then he shall cry to Me, I will hearken to him, for I am
merciful.
A Woman’s “Shape” is Still An Issue?
Sir_9:8 Brenton Turn away [ἀπόστρεψον] thine eye from a beautiful [εὐμόρφου
– good-morphed/good-shaped] woman, and *look not upon [* μὴ
καταμάνθανε –
do not (thoroughly) learn down; i.e. study the qualities of…] another's beauty [κάλλος ἀλλότριον
– i.e. goodness/good looks/beauty that belongs to someone else]; for many have been deceived [ἐπλανήθησαν] by the beauty of a woman [κάλλει
γυναικὸς]; for herewith [καὶ ἐκ
τούτου – and out of
this] *[warm
affectionate] love [φιλία] is kindled as a fire [* φιλία ὡς
πῦρ ἀνακαίεται].
Sir_9:8 Greek ἀπόστρεψον
ὀφθαλμὸν ἀπὸ
γυναικὸς εὐμόρφου
καὶ μὴ καταμάνθανε
κάλλος ἀλλότριον·
ἐν κάλλει
γυναικὸς
πολλοὶ ἐπλανήθησαν,
καὶ ἐκ τούτου
φιλία ὡς πῦρ ἀνακαίεται.
Is
this a woman in Biblical dress code? Or
is this an immoral woman showing off more than she should, making her shape an
issue?
The
purpose of feminine modesty makes it to where men do not have to lust.
Consider: If
a woman is avoiding than prostitution of her own body, men will not always have
to quickly look away to avoid defiling her sexuality. If a man hast a dart his eyes away from a
woman as she walks along, she is prosecuting and cheapening herself. A man only “has to” look away when a woman
shows her fornication in his face.
Lingering
Questions
Because
of these general principles, I wonder what kind of a scene this passage has in
mind. Is she so WELL SHAPED that
absolute modesty still makes her an issue?
Can she ever going public then, if her sexuality is exposed even under
sufficient clothing?
Another
possibility: is this talking exclusively about the body, or could this
possibly be talking about the face and or eyes?
Could this be why Brenton represents this as “beautiful”?
In seeking to answer some of these questions, I found/looked up a two related references.
Wis_7:10 Brenton I loved her above health and beauty, and chose to have her
instead of light: for the light that cometh from her never goeth out.
Wis_7:10 Greek ὑπὲρ ὑγίειαν
καὶ εὐμορφίαν ἠγάπησα
αὐτὴν καὶ
προειλόμην αὐτὴν
ἀντὶ φωτὸς ἔχειν,
ὅτι ἀκοίμητον
τὸ ἐκ ταύτης φέγγος.
But the most helpful Greek passage was probably from fourth
Maccabees…
4Ma_8:2-4 Brenton The tyrant [τυράννου] having given this charge [διαταξαμένου], seven brethren were brought into his presence, along with their aged mother, handsome [καλοί – good (looking) – SAME AS Sir_9:8; (Used for both men and women in Greek.)], and modest [αἰδήμονες – lit. those who are not perceived; i.e. having the character of avoiding perception], and well-born [γενναῖοι], and *altogether [favorably] comely [* παντὶ χαρίεντες]. 3 Whom, when the tyrant beheld [ἰδὼν], encircling their mother as in a dance [καθάπερ ἐν χορῷ