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==Old Testament== | ==Old Testament== | ||
===Jewelry=== | |||
There are many examples of jewelry being acceptable in the Old Testament. For example, Rebekah was given gold and silver jewelry by Abraham's servant: | There are many examples of jewelry being acceptable in the Old Testament. For example, Rebekah was given gold and silver jewelry by Abraham's servant: | ||
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===Makeup=== | ===Makeup=== | ||
While makeup is only mentioned a few times in the Old Testament, it is not condemned: | |||
:2 Kings 9:30 | :2 Kings 9:30 | ||
::''Then Jehu went to Jezreel. When Jezebel heard about it, she put on eye makeup, arranged her hair and looked out of a window.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), 2 Ki 9:30–31.</ref> | ::''Then Jehu went to Jezreel. When Jezebel heard about it, she put on eye makeup, arranged her hair and looked out of a window.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), 2 Ki 9:30–31.</ref> | ||
Jeremiah | :Jeremiah 4:30 | ||
::''What are you doing, you devastated one? Why dress yourself in scarlet and put on jewels of gold? Why highlight your eyes with makeup? You adorn yourself in vain. Your lovers despise you; they want to kill you.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Je 4:30.</ref> | |||
:Ezekiel 23:40 | |||
::''“They even sent messengers for men who came from far away, and when they arrived you bathed yourself for them, applied eye makeup and put on your jewelry.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ezekiel 23:40</ref> | |||
Ezekiel 23:40 | |||
:''“They even sent messengers for men who came from far away, and when they arrived you bathed yourself for them, applied eye makeup and put on your jewelry.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ezekiel 23:40</ref> | |||
==The New Testament== | ==The New Testament== | ||
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The Bible encourages modesty in dress. Both men and women are to be careful not to dress in a way that flaunts their sexuality or is unnecessarily ostentatious and seductive. But we have no right to condemn others for their wearing of colorful clothing or the use of makeup or a particular hairstyle.<ref>Sam Storms, Tough Topics: Biblical Answers to 25 Challenging Questions (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2013), 312.</ref> | The Bible encourages modesty in dress. Both men and women are to be careful not to dress in a way that flaunts their sexuality or is unnecessarily ostentatious and seductive. But we have no right to condemn others for their wearing of colorful clothing or the use of makeup or a particular hairstyle.<ref>Sam Storms, Tough Topics: Biblical Answers to 25 Challenging Questions (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2013), 312.</ref> | ||
The question must be asked: Where does the New Testament say that wearing makeup and jewelry is sinful? Where does the New Testament teach us to measure sanctification by whether a woman wears slacks or by whether someone goes to the movies? | |||
The answer is nowhere. These rules do not come from the Bible but are part of the “doctrine of demons” (1 Timothy 4:1–5), which Paul summarizes under the slogan, “Do not handle it! Do not taste it! Do not touch it!” (Colossians 2:21). | |||
People like keeping rules like these because it is a whole lot easier than dealing with envy, bitterness, hatred, lust, and other real sins. Moreover, the human heart is very happy to come up with its own rules, but resists submitting to the law of Christ - love one another. We can persuade ourselves that we are holier than others if we don’t smoke or drink. But God is concerned with real holiness, not the superficial pseudo-holiness of the doctrine of demons.<ref>Tabletalk Magazine, September 1992: Statism: One Nation over God (Lake Mary, FL: Ligonier Ministries, 1992), 20.</ref> | |||
=Quotes of William Branham= | |||
William Branham taught that wearing makeup was ungodly, to the extent that he said it was perfectly acceptable to approach a woman wearing makeup and tell her, “Hello, Miss Dog Meat!” But he also admitted that he had '''no scripture''' to base his doctrine on! | |||
==Makeup is ungodly== | |||
''You've took these precious sheep of God, these ladies, that caused them to bob off their hair, and wear makeup, and look like things that the Bible condemns.<ref>THE.MARRIAGE.OF.THE.LAMB_ PHOENIX.AZ SUNDAY_ 62-0121E</ref> | |||
''Don't bob off your hair; don't wear makeup; don't do this; get it rugged. You'll appreciate me when I come to--to the end of the road. See?<ref>WISDOM.VERSUS.FAITH_ JEFF.IN V-3 N-17 SUNDAY_ 62-0401</ref> | |||
==But he admitted he just made that up== | |||
''...Well, there's '''nothing in the Bible to say for you not to wear makeup'''. We just know it's wrong, 'cause it's of the world.<ref>62-0123 FORSAKING.ALL_ TEMPE.AZ</ref> | |||
''But when you pull out your real good teeth, because they're just not as bright as they should be, then you done wrong. If you've got red hair, and you want black, and you go down here and color it black, just because; you done wrong. Yeah, I think so. But the main thing… '''There's no Scripture for that.'''<ref>62-1104M - "Blasphemous Names"</ref> | |||
= | 186 And now, but cutting the hair, I—I—I—I’ll tell you this. I can’t—I—I ain’t got no—no Scripture to say that you can cut so much of it and can’t do the other. I—I haven’t got no Scripture for that, I—I couldn’t tell you that, sister, or brother, ever who it is.<ref>William Branham, 64-0830M - Questions And Answers #3, para. 186</ref> | ||
==Miss Dog Meat== | |||
''Listen, ladies, '''there was only one woman in the Bible that ever painted herself to meet a man, and that was Jezebel'''; and God fed her to the dogs. So when you see them wear that, say, '''“How do you do, Miss Dog Meat?”''' That’s exactly what it was: God fed her to the dogs. You don’t want to be like her.<ref>William Branham, 50-0827A - Prodigal, para. 13</ref> | |||
''Some fellow, the other day, I was talking about some lady; I was quoting a story about some lady up playing the piano. And now you can… Now, this is your own business. That’s up to you. See? But the lady, she had on so much make-up, that woman had enough paint on to paint a barn almost. And there, he said, this man said, “Brother Branham, this is my wife.” Said, “She’s a saint.” I said, “Brother, I don’t want to hurt your feelings; she looks like a haint. She don’t look no saint to me.” That’s what… You know what a haint is? Down in the south, that’s “a spook.” All right. Let me tell you. Listen. The only woman in the Bible that ever painted her face to meet a man, was Jezebel, and God fed her to the dogs. So if you see any of these people that’s supposed to be so good, and got the Holy Ghost. You can say, '''“How do you do, Miss Dog Meat.”''' That’s what God calls her, is dog meat, for him. You see? All right.<ref>William Branham, 52-0810A - I Am The Resurrection And The Life, para. 42</ref> | |||
'''''You see a woman with a lot of paint on her face, you know what you can call her? Say, “Hello, Miss Dog Meat!”''' That’s what she is, like dog meat. Oh, my! Listen, brother, I just turned back from Africa. That stuff come from the strain of heathenism. The heathens paint themselves.<ref>William Branham, 52-0900 - God's Way That's Been Made For Us, para. 75</ref> | |||
''You' | ''So if you see a woman all painted up. '''You just say, “Howdy do, Miss Dog-meat.'''” That’s what God made out of her, just an old dog-meat. So don’t you pay any attention to that; that’s of the devil; right. Where she ought to be: clean up and act like…Like Jacob said to his wife and daughter: “Make yourself like what you ought to be.” Amen.<ref>William Branham, 55-0611 - What Is That In Thy Hand?, para. 162</ref> | ||
'' | ''It used to be wrong for you to wear that manicure, ever, how that’s the wrong name for it, but that stuff you put on your face, paint. There was only one woman in the Bible ever painted her face, and God fed her to the dogs. That’s right. So when you see a lady wearing that, you can say, '''“How do you do, Miss Dog meat.”''' That’s exactly what she is in the Presence of God. Now, that’s the truth. It’s wrong. There’s your example in the Bible.<ref>William Branham, 56-0611 - Hear Ye Him, para. 22</ref> | ||
''Let me tell you something, ladies; I’m not making fun of you. This is no place for that; this is the place for judgment goes forth. And judgment has to go right. And judgment’s by the Word of God. Looky. There was only one woman in the entire Bible that ever painted her face (That’s right.), one woman. And she never painted her face to meet God. She painted her face to meet a man to try to vamp him (That’s right.), Jehu. Jezebel, you know what God did for her? He fed her to the dogs. That’s right. '''So you see a woman wearing makeup, you say that’s “Miss dog meat.”''' That’s exactly what it is ’fore God. He fed her to the dogs. So that’s all she stood for were dogs. He fed her to the dogs. How many knows that’s the truth, say “Amen.” That’s exactly right.<ref>William Branham, 60-0610 - The Rejected King, para. 68</ref> | |||
''... | ''Listen. There was only one woman in the Bible ever painted her face, and that was Jezebel. God fed her to the dogs for doing it. '''Now, when you see a woman with a lot of paint on, say, “How do, Miss Dog-meat?”''' That’s exactly what it was in the Bible. God fed her to the dogs, so He just made dog-meat out of it. It’s exactly right. What we need is a Pentecostal stirring revival to clean all the way from the pulpit to the floor of the church, clean up. We need Christ, brother, sister; we do.<ref>William Branham, 61-0210 - Abraham's Covenant Confirmed, para. 144</ref> | ||
'' | ''So you know, there is only one woman in the Bible that ever painted her face. And she never painted her face to meet God. She painted her face to meet man. That’s right. You know what God did for her? Fed her to the dogs. '''So when you see a woman wearing paint, you just say, “Good morning, Miss Dog-Meat.”''' That’s exactly what it is. That’s awful, isn’t it? But that’s what God thinks about it. She is just made common dog meat for wild dogs. That’s about what she is. Some of these wild wolves that goes around, whistling, you know; what they call wolfing, you know. That’s what it is, just dog meat again.<ref>William Branham, 63-0628M - O Lord, Just Once More, para. 15</ref> | ||
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