TRUTH or TRADITION
A
Closer
Look
At
The
Plural Wives Question
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Chapter
5 - Nakedness
When
Adam and Eve partook of the tree of knowledge of good and evil their eyes were
opened and they knew they were naked. Their
nakedness had to be covered through death (the dying of animals to retrieve
their skins) and blood.
Many
Bible scholars theorize that prior to their sin they were covered with the glory
of God. When they sinned they lost
that glory which was their covering.
In
the book of Mark chapter 14 verses 51-52 we see a strange thing.
When Jesus Christ was taken away a disciple in a linen cloth was
following. They attempted to
apprehend that disciple, but he left the linen cloth in their hands and fled
naked. Why does the Bible make
mention of this? I think it is
because it shows us that without Christ to cover him, man is naked.
The church
without Christ is naked.
The
soul without the spirit is naked.
The
woman without the man is naked.
That
the church without Christ is naked is represented in Mark 14 when they came and
took Christ away and they attempted to lay hands on a young disciple who fled
naked, leaving his clothes behind.
That
the soul without the spirit is naked is depicted in what Paul said in 2
Corinthians 5:1-3 “Not that we might be unclothed but that we might be clothed
. . .”
That
the woman (which is a type of the soul and a type of the church) is naked
without the man is depicted in what Paul the Apostle says in I Corinthians
11:1-10:
Be
ye followers of me, even as I also am
of Christ. Now I praise you,
brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I
delivered them to you. But I
would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the
woman is the man; and the head of
Christ is God.
Every
man praying or prophesying, having his
head covered, dishonoureth his head. But
every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her
head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were
shaven. For if the woman be not
covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be
shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
For a man indeed ought not to cover his
head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory
of the man. For the man is not of
the woman; but the woman of the man. Neither
was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
For this cause ought the woman to have power on her
head because of the angels.
The
church without Christ covering becomes a babylonish organization and becomes the
habitation of every foul spirit. See
Revelation 18:2.
The
soul without the spirit is open to the attack of unclean spirits.
The
woman without the covering of a man (a husband) is vulnerable to fallen angels.
When
God tells us to be covered for our own protection, then the only wise thing to
do is to be obedient. Since there
are usually more women than men in the church, it becomes obvious that some men
will need to protect and cover more than one woman.
