Probably why some fundamentalists don't let their womenfolk wear pants.

Probably why some fundamentalists don't let their womenfolk wear pants.

 

Makes sense.

What is missing is a description of men and women's clothes---unless that is in there as well?

What is missing is a description of men and women's clothes---unless that is in there as well?

Was there actually much difference in men and women's clothing during the Biblical writing times? I'm not an authority on the subject but just basing an assumption on the many paintings and drawings of the period that were done many years later.

Regardless, the clothing styles of Biblical days and the styles of today are as different as daylight and darkness. The writers were writing about the culture and types of clothing that were popular then. There was a time even in the U.S. that the clothing styles for women were that the ankles shouldn't be visible. That changed with the Roaring 20's era.

 

My guess is that the writer of that particular passage in the Bible was just echoing the customs of the time and tying it in with a Devine message to give it some punch.

My dad would have tried that with my long hair in the late 1960s if he would have thought about it. I can still hear him saying, "You're wanting to be like them sorry hippies!" :lol2:

I think the passage goes much deeper than that. I believe what the writer was trying to say is that men should not dress up and try to be a woman and women should not dress up and try to be a man.

I could not find a cute picture like the one above but Colossians 2:13-15 tells us that these Old Testament laws were nailed to the cross with Jesus.

 

I always understood this particular law to be affiliated with prostitution. Male prostitutes would dress up like women and vice versa. So if you wanted to follow this law today, you would look at how prostitutes today dress.

 

But I really don't know if what I just said is actually true. It is just what I always heard.

 

But Colossian 2:13-15 is pretty blunt and straightforward.

That's in the old testament, right?

Sometimes I like to wear Mr. Cat's t-shirts to bed. Am I in trouble?! :confused:

It also says this:

 

Leviticus 11 The Lord told Moses and Aaron 2 to say to the community of Israel:

 

You may eat 3 any animal that has divided hoofs and chews the cud.[a] 4-8 But you must not eat animals such as camels, rock badgers, and rabbits that chew the cud but don’t have divided hoofs. And you must not eat pigs—they have divided hoofs, but don’t chew the cud. All of these animals are unclean, and you are forbidden even to touch their dead bodies.

Sometimes I like to wear Mr. Cat's t-shirts to bed. Am I in trouble?! :confused:

 

Only if you wear pants too.

Sometimes I like to wear Mr. Cat's t-shirts to bed. Am I in trouble?! :confused:

 

So, does he...

 

 

...never mind. I sleep fitfully enough as it is.

Colossian 2:13-15

The way I would describe it is like this: The Old Testament system of sacrifices was done away with when Jesus died on the cross (hence, the temple curtain being torn in two upon his death). As a part of that sacrificial system there were purity laws, or what the Bible calls clean & unclean laws. You could not worship in the tabernacle/temple if you had eaten certain foods, wore certain clothes, touched certain objects, etc. You had to purify yourself, or be declared clean, if you had violated a clean/unclean law. Only then could you worship.

 

So when Jesus dies on the cross, that system of sacrificing is done away with because he is now the only sacrifice needed. And the clean/unclean laws were also done away with, being that they were a part of that Old Testament sacrificial system (the New Testament book of Hebrews is a good place to read about this).

 

But much of the moral code or law of the Old Testament is still in place, simply because of New Testament reaffirmation. The Old Testament commands us to care for the poor, as does the New. The Old Testament forbids murder, adultery, and theft, as does the New. And with regard to one area where this issue comes up a lot (homosexuality) the New Testament has the same condemnation as the Old.

The way I would describe it is like this: The Old Testament system of sacrifices was done away with when Jesus died on the cross (hence, the temple curtain being torn in two upon his death). As a part of that sacrificial system there were purity laws, or what the Bible calls clean & unclean laws. You could not worship in the tabernacle/temple if you had eaten certain foods, wore certain clothes, touched certain objects, etc. You had to purify yourself, or be declared clean, if you had violated a clean/unclean law. Only then could you worship.

 

So when Jesus dies on the cross, that system of sacrificing is done away with because he is now the only sacrifice needed. And the clean/unclean laws were also done away with, being that they were a part of that Old Testament sacrificial system (the New Testament book of Hebrews is a good place to read about this).

 

But much of the moral code or law of the Old Testament is still in place, simply because of New Testament reaffirmation. The Old Testament commands us to care for the poor, as does the New. The Old Testament forbids murder, adultery, and theft, as does the New. And with regard to one area where this issue comes up a lot (homosexuality) the New Testament has the same condemnation as the Old.

 

Exactly. Colossians 2:13-15