╫ Beards & The Bible: Can Men Shave?
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- One of the first questions asked when we realize that we need to be obedient to the whole Bible is: "Doesn't the Bible say men are not allowed to ever cut their beards (Leviticus 19)?"
Should men have long beards? Or are they allowed to shave?
Let's address the question in this short teaching on beards in the Bible.
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Romans 2:28-29 KJV
For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: [29] But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
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Circumcision is a law only for Jews, but this does not mean that these orders we can obey are to be rejected by us.
@@kurdebele rev:22:11
@@kurdebele don't disobey the old testament
You wi regret it
I hate facial hair. It makes me look very unattractive and stupid. I shave my facial hair off every day because I find the reason of men having facial hair highly unsupportive and a dumb reason. I like going beardless because it makes me look cool and attractive.
Part1 In Leviticus 19:26-29, we find God demanding the Israelites to remain separated from their pagan neighbors as their cultures reflected the pagan thoughts based from their myths. One of the interesting statements in this passage is, “neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.” This carries religious pagan practices that continue the thought of gender distinction. Adam Clarke wrote, “The corners of thy beard - Probably meaning the hair of the cheek that connects the hair of the head with the beard. This was no doubt cut in some peculiar manner, for the superstitious purposes mentioned above. Several of our own countrymen wear this said hair in a curious form; for what purposes they know best: we cannot say precisely that it is the ancient Egyptian custom revived. From the images and paintings which remain of the ancient Egyptians, we find that they were accustomed to shave the whole hair off their face, except merely that upon the chin, which last they cut off only in times of mourning.”1) The command again appears in Leviticus 21:5-6 identifying the priests not to profane the Holy God of Israel by adapting pagan practices. “They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.” The command to be holy is reiterated in the New Testament (1 Peter 1:15-16), and it is important to note that the Christian’s concept of holiness is in no wise altered in the New Testament, nor has the emphasis on gender distinction in any passage of the New Testament been nullified, which is very relevant to this discussion.
To the Jewish concept as presented in the Old Testament, a shaved beard was a reason for embarrassment to the Jews (2 Sam. 10:4-5), and to the mid-eastern culture it was to represent defeat (Isa. 7:20). Shaving off ones beard was self-inflicted only for the purpose of cleansing from plagues according the Levitical laws (Lev. 14:9), or mourning (Ezra 9:3; Isa. 15:2). James Freeman wrote, “To make the head bald, or to shave or pluck the beard, was a sign of mourning among the Hebrews and many other nations. See also Ezra ix, 3; Job I,20; Isa. Xxii, 12; Jer. Vii, 29; xvi, 6; xli, 5; xlvii, 5; xlviii, 37; Micah I, 16.”2) A shaved beard was connected to idolatry and apostasy when the Jews were doing it (Isa. 15:2; Jer. 41:5). It was obviously an action that was rare in the culture and drew everyone’s attention (Ezek. 5:1). When one reads through the Bible and pays attention to this concept of facial hair (or hair in general), one will conclude that it is spoken of very frequently throughout the texts of the Old Testament. The Family Bible Dictionary defined the word “beard” as “Badge of manhood.”3)
David had a beard (1 Sam. 21:13), as did Davids servants (2 Sam. 10:4-5), and Mephibosheth (2 Sam. 19:24) who normally kept it trimmed. Amasa had a beard (2 Sam. 20:9), Ezra (Ezra 9:3), Aaron (Psa. 133:2), and Ezekiel (Ezek. 5:1), as did Joseph (Gen. 41:14). This was part of the Jewish culture and is therefore read as a backdrop into the New Testament. Obviously the Lord Jesus Christ had a beard (Isa. 50:6).
In the pagan culture of Egypt, the topic was viwed differently, and this is important to note to day as Hermeticism (i.e. the Egyptian mystery religion) has been exploding exponentially as Christianity is growing more and more apostate today. “The ancient Romans thought that a lack of major body hair was some kind of terrible deformity. But not in Egypt. …priests there believed that body hair was shameful and unclean. Wild animals and barbarian people had hair, not the sophisticated, super-advanced Egyptian civilization….Men, women, and even the children of ancient Egypt all shaved their heads bald…”4)
Hair removal was so important to Ancient Egyptians that kings would have their barbers shave them with sanctified, jewel-encrusted razors. When a king died, he was often buried with a barber and his trusty razor, so he could continue to get his daily shaves in the afterlife. While Dynastic Egyptians eschewed facial hair, they still reverenced the beard as a symbol of divinity and power. Kings during this period were often depicted sporting beards. But rather than embracing the full-on natural beard like their predecessors in the Old and Middle Kingdoms, Dynastic kings sported a small fake goatee called the “osird,” or “the divine beard.” The osird was usually made of precious metals like gold or silver and was worn during religious rites or celebrations. While living, a king’s osird was straight. When he died, an upward pointed curl would be added at the end, denoting that the pharaoh had become a god.5)
Much of the Egyptian custom had to do with their religion. For example, Lisbeth Fried noted in an article for Biblical Archaeological Review entitle “Why Did Joseph Shave?” that the priests of Egypt had to be “pure” to enter a temple or to go before the pharaoh. This “pure” included being circumcised, completely shaved, and not having eaten fish.
Egypt was not the only civilization that required those entering the temples to be completely shaven. The Akkadian term gullubu, literally “shaven,” refers to a type of priest, and the installation ceremony of the high priestess of Baal at Emar (modern Syria) included a day set aside for shaving her, probably her entire body.6)
This is obviously depicting a matriarchal religion. We also see Sennacheric, King of Assyria, in an image receiving his minister who attended his military officers after defeating Israel at Lachish in 701 BC. Notice these officers have beards but the eunuchs behind him have their faces shaved. These eunuchs were most likely castrated, forcefully effeminated so that they do not pose a threat.
Joseph was forced to shave before entering the presence of Pharaoh (Gen. 41:14), which is why his brothers would not recognize him (Gen. 42:8), as they would have expected facial hair worn by any Hebrew man. Bernard Ramm’s classic work on biblical hermeneutics, wrote, “Joseph’s shaving before he saw Pharoh, his receiving Pharaoh’s ring, and his wearing the gold chain about his neck, are now understood as Egyptian practices.”7) Spiros Zodhiates stated, “As an Egyptian leader, he would have been clean-shaven and well-dressed.”8) It is not reasonable to view this one exception as justification for shaving as he had to abide by the pagan custom while in Egypt. Because the Egyptians were involved with worship of the goddess Isis, men became effeminate due to the matriarchal religion. Peter Jones notes the connection between Gnosticism in the early Christian era with Egyptian Isis religion:
The connection is appropriate, since Isis was the Egyptian Goddess of Wisdom….
… Gnosticism serves most admirably as a bridge for paganism to infiltrate Christianity…
Isis was thus the giver of magical, occult knowledge and wisdom through which, like Sophia, she revealed the distant, unknown Egyptian God behind all things, Re….
Through the gender confusion Sophia brings, she deconstructs the God of the Bible. But her ultimate role is to point beyond the feminine gender to the androgynous state of true monism. For, as one Gnostic specialist rightly notes, in Gnosticism “the ultimate image of salvation is neither male nor female but the restored unity of an androgynous Mother-Father, who has passed through diversity.”9)
I appreciate your study on this, my husband is someone who cannot grow a beard well. And I feel some brethren do judge others wrongly on this issue.
It means what it means for god never changes u change for something u don't want to keep
Always say GOD not god. lower case g stands for pagan gods.
men had long hair like super long but they also had long beards interesting! Because they also said men shouldn't have long hair 🤔
Beards were popular until the invention of the safety razor.
If we're not supposed to make marks or cuttings of the flesh for the dead, does that mean it is acceptable to do so for the living?
Being "Eskimo" (we're actually Inupiaq) I can not grow a full beard. I shave my face twice a month, it seems (I neglect regular shaving). Currently, my hair is very short, but toy with the idea of growing it out, but my wife prefers it short. Thank you, PD. Good stuff.
The bible doesn't say Moses had a beard but I know that he did because I saw the movie.
Growing a beard is a work of patience and endurance. Patience to allow the hair to grow. Endure the temptation to shave it off because its itchy and ugly. Patience to comb it out so the hair is trained how to lay in place. I could go on. With the miracle of science and medicine, guys who cant growna beard, theh have produxts to help grow a beard.
not exactly but men and women aren't suppose to look the same. such as earrings, long hair, dresses but not specifically beards
Well, if a guy can't grow a beard that's one thing, but if he can, why shave and destroy something God created you to have and look like a girly man? That's no difference in men trying to get a sex change to make them look like something they are not. Long hair and clean shaven face are not something designed for a man, you might as well go full out and wear dresses.
That’s your opinion. Not scripture.
it is also natural for women to have hairy legs and armpits. if God gave men beards and they shouldn't shave it because it's natural, then your wife/girlfriend should not shave her underarms or legs!
@@yesihavealastname1562 I suspect Eve didn't shave her legs or armpits.
Context is all important.
If we looked at the "context", we would not have to observe even the Ten Commandments because it was originally for Jews. The Torah is for everyone and we should obey as many orders as possible except those directed only at the Jews, such as the special type of celebration the Sabbath, the mess at the entrance to the room, or tefilin.
i'm glad i'm not religious. i have an upward triangle shaped face (which is the opposite of an inverted triangle shaped face). this means my jawline is very wide, and my forehead is narrow, that is, jaw width is greater than forehead width. my face is clean-shaven and my hair is moderately long to bring balance to my face. if i kept my hair short and grew a full beard, my face would look even more disproportionate than it is now.
also, isn't a strong jawline a masculine feature. therefore, why would i grow a beard to conceal a feature that is identified as masculine?
Not even if God says to grow one?!?!?
I shave my facial hair off my face every single day and because facial hair makes me look stupid and I hate it very much and I would rather be beardless because it makes me look cooler and that’s how I like my face to be.
Part3:
The late third century Christian author, Lacantius, stated, “Then the nature of the beard contributes in an incredible degree to distinguish the maturity of bodies, or to the distinction of sex, or to the beauty of manliness and strength; so that it appears that the system of the whole work would not have been in agreement, if any thing had been made otherwise than it is.” (italics added)19) Arnobius questioned why men “should acquire gems, precious stones, pearls, at the expense of their purity; should entwine their necks with these, pierce the tips of their ears, bind their foreheads with fillets, seek for cosmetics to deck their bodies, darken their eyes with henna; nor, though in the forms of men, blush to curl their hair with crisping-pins, to make the skin of the body smooth, to walk with bare knees, and with every other kind of wantonness, both to lay aside the strength of their manhood, and to grow in effeminacy to a woman’s habits and luxury?”20)
The word “effeminate” in Greek μαλακος literally means “soft.” Aristotle recognized the word as “uttering some insult … as being effeminate“21) Demosthenes expressed it as an insult, saying “so effeminate and so cowardly”22) Polybius spoke of “a man of disgraceful and effeminate character”23) Thayer’s lexicon defines the Greek word as “soft,” and also states “of a catamite, a male who submits his body to unnatural lewdness”24) James Strong also indicated “catamite” as one of the definitions. The term “catamite” refers to young boy slaves who were forced to adopt an effeminate appearance and be sodomized by the master or served as prostitutes at the pagan temples in a similar fashion. Historian Robin Lane Fox refers to the Greece-Roman culture of the New Testament era, saying, “In civic life, homosexuality between young men, or an older and younger partner was socially acceptable.”25) If one was rich enough to afford a catamite, pedophilia and sodomy was social acceptable as well.
The gentile Mediterranean world of the apostle Paul’s day viewed men without beards as effeminate. This opinion went further than just the Jewish culture. It was practically worldwide in the ancient cultures with Egypt as the primary exception. Aretaeus spoke of manhood beginning at puberty, said, “For it is the semen, when possessed of vitality, which makes us to be men, hot, well braced in limbs, hairy, well voiced, spirited, strong to think and to act, as the characteristics of men prove. For when the semen is not possessed of its vitality, persons become shrivelled, have a sharp tone of voice, lose their hair and their beard, and become effeminate, as the characteristics of eunuchs prove.”26) Quintilian discussed “For just as the slave-dealer regards strength and muscle, and above all, the beard and other natural characteristics of manhood as blemishes… But I take Nature for my guide and regard any man whatsoever as fairer to view than a eunuch, nor can I believe that Providence is ever so indifferent to what itself has created as to allow weakness to be an excellence, nor again can I think that the knife [for shaving the beard] can render beautiful that which, if produced in the natural course of birth, would be regarded as a monster. A false resemblance to the female sex may in itself delight lust, if it will, but depravity of morals will never acquire such ascendancy as to succeed in giving real value to that to which it has succeeded in giving a high price. Consequently, although this debauched eloquence (for I intend to speak with the utmost frankness) may please modern audiences by its effeminate and voluptuous charms, I absolutely refuse to regard it as eloquence at all: for it retains not the slightest trace of purity and virility in itself, not to say of these qualities in the speaker.”27) Aulus Gellius ” reproached Publius Sulpicius Gallus, an effeminate man” by citing Publius Africanus who wrote about Publius saying, “For one who daily perfumes himself and dresses before a mirror, whose eyebrows are trimmed, who walks abroad with beard plucked out and thighs made smooth, who at banquets, though a young man, has reclined in a long-sleeved tunic on the inner side of the couch with a lover, who is fond not only of wine but of men-does anyone doubt that he does what wantons commonly do?”28)
Also the beard represents the mercy of God.
I had a rapture dream last year that I saw Jesus in the clouds and he had no beard it bothered me for a while why he didn't have a beard then I realized he wasn't coming in his Mercy he was coming in his judgment.
Part4:
This matter of Christians rejecting the biblical truth of gender distinct is essentially a form of Gnosticism reviving in these last days.29) As mentioned above, Hermeticism is a growing fad in contemporary apostate Christianity. Gnosticism taught that man was originally created androgynous (that is as a hermaphrodite-both male and female) and the fall was not the sin of rebellion but separation of genders, hence salvation is to merge them together once more. In the Gnostic scripture entitled The Secret Book of John, it is stated, “Adam became a mortal person, the first to descend and the first to become estranged.”30) Adam is reported to have said, “God, the ruler of the realm and powers, angrily divided us. Then we became two beings, and the glory in our hearts departed from your mother Eve and me, as did the previous knowledge that breathed in us.”31) Jesus allegedly says “…when you make male and female into a single one, so that the male will not be male nor the female be female… then will you enter [the kingdom].”32) And “I will guide her [Mary] to make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling you males. For every female who make herself male will enter heaven’s kingdom.”33) Thus, woman desiring the salvation of Gnosticism are seeking to make herself resemble a male. Excerpt from the Perfect Discourse related it this way: “If you wish to see the nature of this mystery, consider the marvelous image of sexual intercourse between male and female.”34) That is to identify the two genders becoming one flesh. A text entitled Zostrianos tells women, “Flee the madness and the bondage of femininity and choose for yourselves the salvation of masculinity.”35) So the female role of submission is bondage and this bondage is identified in her long hair and clothing. Even today men crack jokes on each other about their wife wearing the pants in their house. Such jokes represent a remnant of biblical thinking in our culture is being reversed when women rejected their “bondage of femininity” and begin to dress and act like a man whom they should be submitting to. Women wearing pants is the symbol of them dressing like men, which they should not be doing (Deuteronomy 22:5).
This is not to be understood as focused on masculinizing women only, but also feminizing men. “Hippolytus witnessed it and documented the fact that the Naassenes [a Gnostic sect] he knew openly attended the pagan worship ceremonies of the Goddess. There they sought spirituality what the pagan priest realized physically, namely androgyny through castration.”36) Of course it is well known that castration was widely practiced in pagan religions which Hippolytus discussed in his ten books entitled Philosphumena or A Refutation of All Heresies in which he identified the “pagan origin of all heresies”37) that infiltrated the churches of his day through Gnosticism. Strangely, the few churches and Bible colleges today that remain biblical in the teaching of gender distinction of women wearing modesty dresses ignore the topic of a man’s facial hair as part of this doctrine. Every Bible school that I am personally aware of that teaches gender distinction also implement rules that the men must be clean shaven. Where does such thinking come from? Where is the consistency when it is taught women have to dress like women but men can claim “christian liberty” when it comes to shaving off the God given mark of masculinity? Adam Clarke (1762- 1832) commented on Deuteronomy 22:5, “It certainly cannot mean a simple change in dress, whereby the men might pass for women, and vice versa. This would have been impossible in those countries where the dress of the sexes had but little to distinguish it, and where every man wore a long beard. It is, however, a very good general precept understood literally, and applies particularly to those countries where the dress alone distinguishes between the male and the female. The close-shaved gentleman may at any time appear like a woman in the female dress, and the woman appear as a man in the male’s attire. Were this to be tolerated in society, it would produce the greatest confusion.”38)
The early years of Christianity utterly opposed any art forms depicting the Lord Jesus Christ as being condemned by the second commandment (Exodus 20:4). Only Gnostics produced images and art of Christ. “Only one group of early Christians, the heretical Carpocratians, are known to have owned portraits of Christ… By the mid-third century, variable figures of Christ, with and without a beard, could be seen in wall paintings of the house-church in Dura…”39) An interesting note is that the earliest dated depiction from art produced considered within orthodoxy of a “Christian” with a shaved face is the emperor Constantine. He obviously was influenced by paganism as every author would acknowledge to varying degrees. Why should we not assume it is the influence of paganism on Christians today? The problem is most Christians have simply never thought of the topic of facial hair from a gender distinction or pagan influenced perspective.
A coin depicting Emperor Constantine the Great, minted between early 307 A.D. to May 22, 337 A.D. This represents the earliest depiction of a “Christian” without facial hair. However, Constantine has always been doubted as having a true conversion. Interestingly, the Christian author Lacantius quoted above (see footnote 19) was hired by Constantine as a tutor, so Constantine would have been aware of the Christian’s teaching on this topic.
Many strain out a gnat by splitting hairs on man made commandmnets like we MUST grow a beard and never shave, and Swallow a camel by never preaching the Gospel to the lost and helping the poor. Good Video.
I think men should grow beards. God wants us masculine and the context is simply God's men.
Jesus had a beard and we are to be like Him. I don't look down on those of you without one, but I do believe it should be done
What about those who Cant grow a beard
Great teaching sir. I am growing a beard and think all men should let their grow. Great teaching.
Part2.
Indeed, the Egyptian creation myth taught that their creator god was androgynous (meaning hermaphrodite) that impregnated him/herself to give birth to creation. “Since one of his names was Ra-Atum he was necessarily connected with the sun which was so important in the religion of ancient Egypt. He created more gods by mating with himself-the Pyramid Texts of the fifth century BC suggest that he was regarded as bisexual or, so to speak, both-sexual; the Egyptians saw the process of creation in sexual terms so the first god would logically be of both sexes.”10) Thus in Egypt, being godly was what today is called gender confused, or transgendered as imitation of this androgynous god. The claim that Joseph shaved without being condemned in Scripture gives justification as “christian liberty” to shave today, is not valid for a number of reasons when understanding this Egyptian historical background.
He shaved as partaking in a practice of a pagan cultural custom (Romans 12:2). “By shaving his beard, Joseph immediately transforms himself from a foreigner to an Egyptian.”11)
This custom was embedded in their idolatrous worship (1 John 5:21). Herodotus tells us that the Egyptian “priests shave their whole body every other day… when they are engaged in the service of the gods.”(Herodotus, The Histories, Book II, chapt. 37; (trans. George Rawlinson), Alfred A. Knopf (New York, NY: 1997), p. 140))
There is no reason to think Joseph desired to be shaved. The fact that he had to shave before going to Pharaoh shows that while he was in prison he did not shave (Genesis 41:14).
Since his brothers did not recognize Joseph, it is obvious that men shaving was not a normal custom for Joseph’s culture. His family was from a culture which understood the true creation account of distinct genders created by the true God (Genesis 42:8).
In our current culture, the progressive trends of gender confusion and transgenderism is all the more reason we should uphold the biblical picture of a masculine man by having beards to stand separated from the pagan culture of today.
Being recorded in a historical narrative needs to be understood as often such narratives simply record the events that took place without condemning the individual involved. An example is that David is never condemned for having multiple wives, but we know he was wrong for doing so because the kings were commanded not to multiply wives (Deuteronomy 17:17). We can find fault with Joseph as shaving the beard is condemned in Leviticus 19:27. Dennis Jowers mentions Herod’s massacre of children in Bethlehem (Matthew 2:16-18), stating “Scripture, after all, never explicitly condemns it or countless other manifestly unlawful deeds.”12) He references many other examples (2 Kings 3:27; 8:15; 15:10; 15:14; 15:25; 15:30; 19:37) concluding “These are only a small fraction of the crimes that Scripture reports, but does not explicitly condemn.”13) It is reasonable that Joseph could be included in this list.
Though Leviticus 19:27 condemns shaving, the principle of progressive revelation must be understood to accurately interpret Scripture. The command to not shave was given hundreds of years after Joseph was dead. A codified law against shaving could not have been established for the Jewish people at this early of a date since Israel became a nation in Egypt and their law was given to them after the exodus. This means if one seeks to say Joseph was not wrong for shaving, he was unaware of the command and it still would not relieve anyone after the command was given.
Joseph is not depicted in Scripture as innocent as people attempt to make him. Note that Ezekiel referred to Noah, Daniel, and Job (Ezekiel 14:14, 20) as righteous men but does not mention Joseph. The Bible does indeed acknowledge Joseph having sinned. In Genesis 44:5 and 44:15; Joseph placed a cup in Benjamin’s bag and claims it was his cup that he practiced divination with. Either he actually did perform occultism, which is an abomination (Deuteronomy 18:9-12); or he lied, which is an abomination (Proverbs 12:22).
Most likely, the command to not shave was given in a polemic sense for separation from pagan cultural customs, specifically those of Egypt which the Israelite’s were just escaping from when receiving the command to not shave. The evidence for this is seen in that the command is placed in the contexts of other pagan customs that the Israelite’s were not supposed to copy (Leviticus 19:26-31). J. Vernon McGee commented on verses 26-28 stating “There are six commands here that condemn the practices and superstitions of the heathen.”14) Being repeated in Leviticus 21:5-6 for the priests to remain holy [the root for “holy” means separate] “and not profane the name of their God” further indicates this was to separate them from the Egyptian pagan custom. Manethos, an ancient Egyptian priest that is quoted by Josephus, wrote, “When he [Moses] had made such laws as these, and many more such as were mainly opposite to the customs of the Egyptians…”15)
The early church fathers took appropriate reactions against pagan ideas and practices from infiltrating their new faith by recognizing obedience to the biblical principle of separation ignited by the perverse culture they lived in. Such response to the gender confused culture confirms that a clean-shaved face on men was never part of the historical Jewish or Christian heritage. Clement of Alexandria wrote of on what basis a man’s facial hair should be cut: “that of the moustache similarly, which is dirtied in eating, is to be cut round, not by the razor, for that were not well-bred, but by a pair of cropping scissors. But the hair on the chin is not to be disturbed, as it give no trouble, and lends to the face dignity and paternal terror.”16) He also wrote, “About the hair, the following seems right. Let the head of men be shaven, unless it has curly hair. But let the chin have the hair.”17)
Paul approach this discussion in 1 Corinthians 11, speaking of gender distinction as observed in men having short hair and women having long hair. He makes the brief comment, “Doth not even nature itself teach you” (1 Cor. 11:14). Paul’s discussion on gender distinction address how one wears their hair, but nature does not tell us that a man’s hair is short since it is not nature that cause short hair on men, but the intervention of the hair’s growth by implementing a scissors. The backdrop of a Christian morality assumes modesty (as does the contextual discussion of virgins in the earlier chapter), so it is not indicating hair on one’s chest is the evidence nature gives for gender distinction. No, the hair that nature gives to identify gender distinction is on their face-men have it there, women do not. A late second century Christian author, Tertullian, wrote with acknowledgment of this implication in Paul’s words about nature teaching us: “If it is true, (as it is,) that in men, for the sake of women (just as in women for the sake of men), there is implanted, by a defect of nature, the will to please; and if this sex of ours acknowledges to itself deceptive trickeries of form peculiarly its own,- (such as) to cut the beard too sharply; to pluck it out here and there; to shave round about (the mouth); to arrange the hair, and disguise its hoariness by dyes; to remove all the incipient down all over the body; to fix (each particular hair) in its place with (some) womanly pigment; to smooth all the rest of the body by the aid of some rough powder or other: then, further, to take every opportunity for consulting the mirror; to gaze anxiously into it:-while yet, when (once) the knowledge of God has put an end to all wish to please by means of voluptuous attraction, all these things are rejected as frivolous, as hostile to modesty.” (italics added)18)
i read both parts. very interesting read. thank you.
Excuse, excuse and excuse! Every religion urges a beard, and three Abrahamic religiins command to have a beard, show me a religious Muslim or Jew who will not have a beard ... Peyos are for Jews but a beard for anyone who wants to follow our God!
Everyone around you does something, so therefore it must be true? That is a dangerous principle of determining truth to follow.
ben shapiro.
Shalum Brother, just wanted to share some pearls with you as also you share with us, YAHUAH - YAHUSHA
Love man ! I'm watching this video now. God bless . Sorry if my previous comment offended you my dude !
No offense was taken. Blessings to you :)
Rise On Fire you're a great teacher young man may the LORD bless you and keep you! stay humble!
Hey PD, Hope everything is going well, I have a question in regards to this. like you read about the cuts and tattoo, if you are not doing it for the dead, is it still sin?
someone once mentioned if a commandment is not found in 2 or three places in the Bible it should not be deemed as law for today, but more a way of living for the Israelite's in their time?
any light you can give on this will be greatly appreciated.
lots of love.
The Bible does not say a ton about tattoos, hence why there is a lot of confusion sometimes regarding it. But we need to lean on the principles given by the scriptures to understand God's heart behind it.
We are instructed by Father to be holy and set apart, not to be conformed to the world. Tattoos originate from ancient pagan practices, often as rituals to worship their gods and even still today in witchcraft to make occultic covenants. While as believers we do not have that heart behind it, God still calls us to be different and not worship Him in the way pagans use to (Deut 12:31). All we do is suppose to be worship to God in some form.
1. The origin of tattoos is certainly not of believers practicing it at first, but rather adopting it from the world.
2. There are various prohibitions in scripture against cutting yourself in any way or causing any kind of destruction to your body. Tattoos have dangers in terms of poisoning and harming the body, not to mention the act is an act of cutting artistic works into the flesh.
3. There is not one example of God approving of it among believers in scripture, while there is more than one example against any kind of harm to our temples.
4. Remember that the Leviticus 19 "for the dead" commandment is against self-harm in essence. People were doing this during mourning, so to help with the hurt of their hearts, they would impose another hurt like ripping out beards/hair, or tattooing themselves. Just like today, getting a tattoo is physically painful. This was what God was against - inflicting any pain/damage to your body willfully. You cannot get a tattoo without doing this, regardless of the reason. The reason just happened to be that pagans did it primarily to deal with their pain when someone passed away, in this instance of scripture anyway.
So, the question would be, would Yeshua and His disciples go to a tattoo parlour and get a tattoo? And if so, why didn't they, since tattoos were around in the first century too?
Php 4:8 For the rest, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is righteous, whatever is clean, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good report, if there is any uprightness and if there is any praise - think on these.
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"On your second question: Someone once mentioned if a commandment is not found in 2 or three places in the Bible it should not be deemed as law for today, but more a way of living for the Israelite's in their time?"
Remember that we are to live as God's people, and become grafted into Israel upon coming to Christ, watch my teaching "Scattered & Regathered" if you haven't heard of this before.
By the way, I have certainly no judgement at all on anyone who has tattoos.
Blessings & shalom Gerhard :)
@@RiseOnFire I take the same veiw of Orthodox Christians on beards and hair even though I am a Methodist. I think all men should grow their beards out as a symbol of the faith like it was supposed be. Almost all men can grow a beard. If you can't grow a beard it literally means hair will not grow hair from your face. Many men can't grow a full beard but can grow goat beards, mustaches, mutten chops, and side burns or patchy full beards. If you physically can't grow hair from your face it will be understandable.
Man looks at the outward appearance. God looks at the heart.
If you think shaving a beard is a sin, then why does God command the priests to shave their beard off? Why does He command someone who is unclean to shave it off?
Thus the act of shaving your beard is not a sin. God does not contradict himself
I still dont understand, what does a beard have to do with having our faith in God?
Shouldn't believing thatbJesus rose from the grave be important?
Sil confused.
Peace ✌🏻
@@JayDuron-in1hj AMEN brother!
@@JayDuron-in1hj God only has plans
@@ganggab
Okay, and your point?
@@JayDuron-in1hj amen
I disagree.
You mainly talk about beards but you also mention hair of the head.
1 Corinthians 11: v1 thru v15 ... Understand these verses are in a section talking about hair length.
Hair length on a man should be moderate at most and trimmed regularly. Hair length on a woman should be untrimmed allowing it to grow as long as it can.
This is the only part a man or a woman controls which easily shows if they are obeying the order of creation: God - Christ - Man - Woman. Hair length in those early Christian days easily distinguished men from women. Beards help with that distinction. All you have to do today is look around and see how backward and upside down even just this issue over hair of the head is in our society. Not hard to figure out Lucifer has many convinced to go against this doctrine.
As well, the head of Christ's humanity is God the Spirit. Chirst and God are not two separate things: Lord Jesus is Son of man and Son of God and God at the same time. Just as a person's hair is not something separate from themselves.
Moving on.
As well, friends: the doctrine of Lord Jesus being one God is the oldest doctrine in the Holy Bible. Period. Lord Jesus is not a three-in-one god nor is He a two-in-one god like trinitarians and binitarians would have you believe. No.
Lord Jesus is one God. He spoke a one-word universe into existence and has more rules since coming in the flesh than the rules/commandments given to Moses. Believe that.
Moving on.
You also mention being in a relationship with Lord Jesus but don't mention how someone must start that personal relationship.
Lord Jesus makes things very simple friends, start with proper water-baptism in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins per Acts 2: v38
That means being properly water-baptized in the name of Jesus must be done by a man of God not a woman of God, but a man of God who completely submerges you under water and uses this exact phrase, "I baptize you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins."
That phrase is in keeping with Acts 2: v38 and Acts 19: v1 thru v7 ... etc, etc.
Friends, let Lord Jesus Himself through His Holy Spirit be the greatest Holy Bible Teacher you could ever imagine. Yes, Lord Jesus can and wants to teach you His Holy Bible and much more. All you need to do is get properly water baptized then continue to study and share what He teaches you for the rest of your earthly life. Cry Hallelujah ! when you come up out of the water. Speaking or even singing in tongues is a sign you are being filled with the Holy Spirit. Make it a point to speak and sing in tongues everyday to draw closer to Lord Jesus. He will respond to you by sending His Holy Spirit as He sees fit. Once you receive that second and separate Spiritual baptism. Consider yourself born-again as commanded in John 3: v5
Plenty more to do beside being born-again: lay hands on the sick, visit the prisoner, give generously to God, sell what possessions you have, lend without wanting anything in return, wash each other's feet, feed the hungry, fast more than twice per week and not just from food, etc, etc. Plenty more beside these things friends. Believe that.
As for those causing others who're wanting to get into heaven to stumble. Whoa, to them. Special place for false-teachers. As they say, Fire Lake ... awaits.
The hair on the head that paul talks about in corinthians has to do with “angels in heaven”, and the sex. Look up Dr. Michael Heiser’s video on this.
@@jordan7985 oh
Hey Dave, do you think that Israelite men should grow their beards to keep kosher?
@@theLORDisOne
Growing a beard to keep dietary laws?
The word kosher literally means "clean" or "pure." It comes from the Hebrew word kasher, meaning "proper" or "lawful"
what does the bible say about using the internet or youtube? it the internet considered magic?
I have to say that's a pretty handsome old man with a beard!
Normally shaving is a sin. However there are a few exceptions. If you were healed of leprosy you were to shave all your hair off, including your eyebrows. It was a cleanness issue. A leper would have traces of the leprosy in the hairs that were grown during the time he had the leprosy. Another exception is upon the completion of a vow such as a Nazarite vow. And another time shaving occurred in the Bible was at a time of a death of a family member etc. Where someone shaved their head and put ashes all over them. But in all cases shaving a person's head or face was a one time thing, not an everyday thing. It was the exception not the rule. People who are shaving regularly are definitely sinning according to the Bible. Why would any man shave off his beard? Why would a real man want to do away with his manhood? Facial hair is to a man like a mane is to a lion, like horns are to a buck deer. Fact is a clean shaved face on a man helps him look more like a woman. Men should not want to look like a woman. I repented of my years of shaving. Men should look like men and women should look like women. Thank YAHUWAH the God of the Bible for his word.
yea at least keep your chin hair and mustache
that's why I will NEVER cut my hair short!
Look we are new testament new covenant, the Jesus Love one another covenant.
We keep the obvious commandments don't kill don't steal and if you want or don't want a beard great, love one another.
Many strain out a gnat by splitting hairs on man made commandmnets like we MUST grow a beard and never shave, and Swallow a camel by never preaching the Gospel to the lost and helping the poor. Good Video.
Can? Yes. Should? No.
Hi Pd, I have a question. Is any method of body hair removal that is ripping out hair wrong? I'm a woman and instead of shaving my lower legs I use a method called sugaring where you use a sticky paste to rip out the hair. Do I need to stop using this method?
It does not say anything about leg hair but it does talk about the hair on your head.
The clean well kept natural beard has benefits that go beyond the natural way for those who can grow one, it keeps vanity out and works like a social filter.
Amen brother!!!
Will you go to Heaven?
Here’s a quick test: Have you ever lied, stolen, or used God’s name in vain?
Jesus said, “Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
If you have done these things, God sees you as a lying, thieving, blasphemous, adulterer at heart, and the Bible warns that one day God will punish you in a terrible place called Hell. But God is not willing that any should perish.
Sinners broke God’s Law and Jesus paid their fine. This means that God can legally dismiss their case: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have you life.”
Then Jesus rose from the grave, defeating death. Today, repent and trust Jesus, and God will give you eternal life as free gift. Then read the Bible daily and obey it. God will never fail you. (living waters/ray comfort)
God bless
Well said. Thank you for this. Context is so incredibly important.
Good explanation
It was common for Jews who are the ancient descendant of the Hebrews to dawn a beard. The Egyptians did not commonly dawn beards. We see Jesus having a beard which the Roman plucked out as they mocked him before they crucified him, David,Aaron, Moses and mostly all men had beards. It is a sign than men are men and women are women. We have slowly feminized men that today we have no absolutes. Although we are a new creation in Christ there is a distinction physically between men and women. If God created men with beards then why do men cut them off. Women cannot grow beards. The explanation that Ezra plucked out his beard in the same way as the Pagans is absurd. It was a sign of mourning and not that he followed heathen practices. It the text of Leviticus19.28, the law for men was not be like the heathens who rounded the sides of their heads and cut their beards. It does not say anything about this being a sign of mourning for the dead. In Lev. 21.5 The priest were told, 5They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
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women can though i dont understand
God created man. Men have hair follicles on their face. Nuff said?
women do too
@@soywho9837 facial fuzz ain't hair ;)
@@NicholasPOGM yeah but they can get more than facial fuzz.
@@soywho9837 Are you trying to claim women are men like so many others?
@@NicholasPOGM no... you jumped to conclusions because you were losing the argument. But i do recommend being kind to trans individuals, even if you dont agree with them no need to hate.
Awesome clarification. Thank you!!!!❤️
A man that shaved everything off can tell you about beards in the Bible? Blind leading the Blind 😂🤣
But you don't have a beard in your profile pic?
When I learned the truth, I now have a beard.
Cheesy pasta
I used to serve Jesus until I learned the truth about Yahawshi and the Italian man that changed his name with the letter J in 1524
Lee Time
Jesus is the same as his Hebrew name. Demons are literally cast out of people in Jesus’ name, I myself have casted out many demons (in my dreams [sleep paralysis]) in the name of Jesus. It has the same meaning and everything.
@@thomas7571 uhhh no
Where are we on killing birds and lambs?
What the word really says is that it is shameful not to have a beard. You my friend are in shame. Don’t be a fool and teach others to be fools.
Grow a beard man LoL 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Carefull what you say. The lord god is an unchanging god.
You can grow a beard. Give me a break. Lol you have a bun too.
Actually, all the Bible isn't for today.
exactly
Know the Bible is the black people history book in the 12 tribes