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1 | 3 Questions, please help. | 1 Cor 11:15 | srbaegon | 93162 | ||
Hello SweetT12082, Here's my understanding of it all. Let's start at the beginning. We don't know how long Jesus' hair was. What we know is that shorter hair was typical shown in art pieces of the day. As for 1 Cor 11, understand that the primary teaching is headship and roles in the church. Paul was teaching that a woman would cover heard head to show submission to God and her husband. She is the glory of her man. The man remained uncovered and with short hair to reflect God's glory. To do opposite is in rebellion to God's order. And when you look at the lives of the people who practice the opposite, one can see the rebelliousness in their lives. Just for an historical perspective, the use of a headcovering was standard practice in North American churches until the early 20th century when the women's rights movement began. I do not blame this movement, rather that things went too far. Steve |
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2 | 3 Questions, please help. | 1 Cor 11:15 | Hank | 93169 | ||
Hi, Steve. The only thing that covers most of my scalp is skin, so my choices have dramatically narrowed since early middle age! I wear an old slouchy hat when I venture out in the sun to keep from baking my head, but this has negligible religious significance :-) ..... Hair played a role in the Nazarite vow, of course. Samson and Samuel are two OT Nazarites who come readily to mind. And in the NT John the Baptist and even Paul who took the vow for a specific period of time. The old painters have so conditioned us to think of a long-haired Jesus that it's hard to imagine Him sporting a crew cut, but I don't think it's worth much to ponder on the length of His hair. I'd sooner ponder on the breadth of His teachings. But I don't think that the issue of hair styles in Paul's Corinthian letter is comparable to the Nazarite vow by any means. It's far more likely that Paul was speaking more to the mores of Corinthian culture than he was laying down general principles about hair styles to be observed in every culture and for all time. I generally agree in a very broad sense with your observations, Steve, and believe that you would concur that this is hardly a doctrinal issue of any great import.... Personally, for what it's worth, I've never cared much for long, stringy hair on a man or for hair on a woman so short that it made her look like she'd been scalped. But these hair issues are, I believe, rather minor ones as I've already said. And ephemeral too. I'm living proof of that. With me it's been a matter of hair today, gone tomorrow. I'm not especially popular with the hair stylists or contribute much to their wealth :-) --Hank | ||||||
3 | 3 Questions, please help. | 1 Cor 11:15 | srbaegon | 93172 | ||
Hello Hank, If I had been in the movie "High Noon", I could have just taken a bow, blinded my enemy with the reflected sun, and wounded him before he had a chance to draw. :-D And I do give more import to this than you since we actively teach and practice it in our group. Steve |
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