Revelation of Heaven and Hell, Othusitse Mmusi [ebook reader with highlighter txt] 📗

all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

 

The common interpretation from these false revelations is that, earrings are ‘strange gods,’ which is why Jacob commanded his household to remove and bury them; therefore Christians are not allowed to put on earrings. However there is problem with that kind of interpretation because this scripture did not say earrings are strange gods, that is why he listed strange gods and earrings separately, strange gods were carved idols which used to be worshipped by pagans, also notice they removed 1) earrings, 2) strange gods, not only that but, 3) old clothes also, so if earrings were a sin, old clothes would be too.

To make my point clearer, remember at the burning bush, Exodus 3:5: And HE said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

 

Then at the Passover, when the children of Israel were about to leave Egypt, Exodus 12:11: And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's Passover.

 

In one instance GOD tells Moses to remove his shoes, in another instance HE tells the Israelites to put on shoes. So the issue is not the shoes, the issue was the circumstance, the place and instruction given by GOD. Someone will ask: “So what does this have to do with earrings? Well…everything. GOD told Moses to remove his shoes because he was standing in the holy place, the same as when GOD visited the children of Israel. Exodus 19:10: And The LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes. And be ready against the third day: for the third day The LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai…14: And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.

 

HE told them to wash their clothes, not to touch their wives, in the Old Testament there were things you did not do or put on as you went before the Presence of GOD, like shoes, old clothes, etc… But this they could use in their daily lives. Learn to read scriptures in context, the same Book of Genesis, Sarah, Rebecca, and other holy women of old used jewelry, bracelets, etc… in Exodus GOD commands Israelites to WEAR jewels of silver and gold. Exodus 3:22: but every woman shall borrow of her neighbor, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.

 

So you see it’s not the jewelry that is the problem, BUT THE STATE OF YOUR HEART WHILE USING SUCH: Have you made them an idol in your heart or not? Like I have shared before, one thing The LORD has told me that Christians must not wear in an immoral or worldly manner this does not mean not to use make up, pants, jewelry, etc… It means wear in such a way that does not cause people to LUST at you, cover your body and be decent. So you see, it’s modesty and appropriateness in adornment, while avoiding all idolatry, vanity, pride, and lust, and also to avoid ‘legalism’ that goes beyond the Word of GOD.

Let’s see two more verses:

 

1 Timothy 2:9: In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

 

1 Peter 3:3: Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 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. For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in GOD, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands.

 

I want us to read these two verses together and observe some few things, because the Bible says in the mouth of two or three witness shall every word be established. If we are to say braiding hair and jewelry is sin, because of these above verses, then apparels (clothes) will be a sin too, because Peter did not just mention braiding hair and jewelry but apparels also. How many people will like to go around naked because some interpretation says the Bible says using jewelry, braiding, and clothes is a sin? That is ridiculous. Also did you notice that he mentioned Sarah and women of old? These same women used jewelry, bracelets, and adornments. So the problem is not the jewelry, but the state of the heart that is the context of these scriptures. Focus on inward beauty, the state of your heart and not just outward beauty.

 

Let’s see another verse used against women wearing pants or trousers:

 

Deuteronomy 22:5: The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto The LORD thy GOD.

 

Someone sent me a message with this scripture that women are not supposed to wear pants because of that verse. My first comment to them is: “Give me a verse that says women must wear dresses or skirts and men should wear trousers. Mankind created all this things, not GOD.” What I know is this: people in the Bible used to wear robes, including men, so if one wants to use that scripture against pants for women, so men also must go back to the Bible and start to wear robes. My questions also to them about Deuteronomy 22:5: does it refer to New Testament SPIRIT-filled believers or Jews under the Law of Moses? Deuteronomy and other books of Moses have many other laws besides issues of garments. Leviticus 19:27: Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. Leviticus 20:27: A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.” Deuteronomy 22:11: Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woolen and linen together.

 

How many know that 90 percent of our clothes today are polyester? The very thing that is unacceptable according to that verse? Do you follow and obey these laws too? If you don’t, then you are a hypocrite and under a curse. Galatians 3:10: For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

 

You must keep the WHOLE Law if you want to keep the Law. Don’t take parts you want and make a false doctrine out of it: following false revelations without The HOLY SPIRIT. Just know this: the Law was given to the Jews not the gentiles. It is not the works of the Law that can perfect the New Testament SPIRIT-filled believers in holiness. It is ONLY FAITH. Galatians 2:16: Yet we know that a person is justified not by the works of the law but through faith in JESUS CHRIST. And we have come to believe in CHRIST JESUS, so that we might be justified by faith in CHRIST, and not by doing the works of the law, because no one will be justified by the works of the law.

 

What we need to know is this: the SPIRIT-filled New Testament believer is not under the Law:

Romans 7:6: But now we are discharged from the law, dead to that which held us captive, so that we are slaves not under the old written code but in the new life of The SPIRIT.

 

Galatians 5:4-6: You who want to be justified by the law have cut yourselves off from CHRIST; you have fallen away from grace. For through The SPIRIT, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. For in CHRIST JESUS neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love.

 

The believer has died to the Law:

Romans 7:4: Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of CHRIST; that ye should be married to ANOTHER, even to HIM WHO is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto GOD.

 

The believer is discharged from the Law:

Romans 7:6: But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

 

And, the believer is set free from the Law: 

Romans 8:1-4: There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in CHRIST JESUS, WHO walk not after the flesh, but after The SPIRIT. For the law of The SPIRIT of Life in CHRIST JESUS hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, GOD is sending HIS Own SON in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after The SPIRIT.

 

The Law and its demands have been nailed to the Cross and taken out of the way:

Colossians 2:13-15: And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath HE quickened together with HIM, having forgiven you all trespasses; Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to HIS Cross; And having spoiled principalities and powers, HE made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

 

People who want to bring back the law and keep it as a way of attaining righteousness are Transgressors:

Galatians 2:15-21: We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of JESUS CHRIST, even we have believed in JESUS CHRIST, that we might be justified by the faith of CHRIST, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. But if, while we seek to be justified by CHRIST, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore CHRIST the minister of sin? GOD forbid. For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. For I, through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto GOD. I am crucified with CHRIST: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but CHRIST liveth in me: and the Life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of The SON of GOD, WHO Loved me, and gave HIMSELF for me. I do not frustrate the grace of GOD: for if righteousness comes by the law, then CHRIST is dead in vain.

 

Under a curse:

Galatians 3:10: For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the