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Jezebel painted her eyes [eyelids] (II Kings 9:30), although I don't know that we should be emulating Jezebel.
Cosmetics are not mentioned per se in the Scriptures. However, there are allusions to cosmetics and make-up. In I Tim. 2:9 Paul tells the women to "adorn themselves in modest apparel....."
Adorn means to decorate, and it could apply to fixing the hair and ointments, perfumes, cosmetics, and the like. The point being that the "decorations" are to be modest and in good taste. Jer. 4:30 says, "...though you deck yourself with ornaments of gold, though you [Heb: 'enlarge your eyes with paint'] , in vain shall you make yourself FAIR; your lovers will despise you, they will seek your life."
God doesn't say that it was WRONG to put on cosmetics and improve the eyes, He merely says that IT WILL NOT WORK. It won't achieve the desired result. My personal feeling is that most women look a little better with a little make up, but a lot worse with a lot of make-up.A little modest makeup improves virtually all women's appearance, but too much makes them look like ancient pagan Egyptian women--the sporting kind.
Cosmetics are not mentioned per se in the Scriptures. However, there are allusions to cosmetics and make-up. In I Tim. 2:9 Paul tells the women to "adorn themselves in modest apparel....."
Adorn means to decorate, and it could apply to fixing the hair and ointments, perfumes, cosmetics, and the like. The point being that the "decorations" are to be modest and in good taste. Jer. 4:30 says, "...though you deck yourself with ornaments of gold, though you [Heb: 'enlarge your eyes with paint'] , in vain shall you make yourself FAIR; your lovers will despise you, they will seek your life."
God doesn't say that it was WRONG to put on cosmetics and improve the eyes, He merely says that IT WILL NOT WORK. It won't achieve the desired result. My personal feeling is that most women look a little better with a little make up, but a lot worse with a lot of make-up.A little modest makeup improves virtually all women's appearance, but too much makes them look like ancient pagan Egyptian women--the sporting kind.
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Wearing makeup is like telling God we are not satisfied with how he made us look.
It is also very deceptive because no one is really seeing the real you.
I believe God gave us a natural beauty and he is displeased when this is not enough for us.
plus why would any professing Christian woman want to look anything like a jezebel.
I believe when God looks at us he wants to see what he created without any attempts at beautifying ourselves with makeup which can actually be intended to entice and seduce.
It is also very deceptive because no one is really seeing the real you.
I believe God gave us a natural beauty and he is displeased when this is not enough for us.
plus why would any professing Christian woman want to look anything like a jezebel.
I believe when God looks at us he wants to see what he created without any attempts at beautifying ourselves with makeup which can actually be intended to entice and seduce.
nowhere does God say "all who wear makeup are an abomination" or anything like that, but certainly in view of eternity, it's vain & meaningless.
in 1 Peter ch. 3 and 1 Timothy ch. 2 the apostles encouraged the believers to 'adorn themselves with righteousness' rather than with braids & earrings - and as quoted above this post, "modestly" -- and in Isaiah ch. 3 God, wroth with Israel for her sins & prophesying judgement, draws a contrast with the Hebrew women adorning themselves with all kinds of jewelry on the outside and the state of their hearts on the inside.
is it sin? it can certainly be an idol. in that, though, it's not lipstick and mascara that would condemn a girl, but the pride and vanity in her heart behind it. i don't think wearing makeup in and of itself is any more a sin than a man ironing his shirt and wearing his best suit to church on sunday morning - vain and meaningless, maybe, neither commending us nor condemning us before God, able to become a sin, but not something we are strictly commanded not ever to do. i think there's a difference in making yourself presentable and making yourself seductive. in some people's hearts it is out of respect, in others out of pride. we have to examine ourselves.
in Matthew 6:16-18, giving instructions for fasting, we're told not to look somber & 'disfigure our faces' but to 'wash our faces and put oil on our heads' -- so our devotion is to God and not to men. i think the answer to the Q is temperance, keeping in mind the purpose that we have in dressing up or down.
in 1 Peter ch. 3 and 1 Timothy ch. 2 the apostles encouraged the believers to 'adorn themselves with righteousness' rather than with braids & earrings - and as quoted above this post, "modestly" -- and in Isaiah ch. 3 God, wroth with Israel for her sins & prophesying judgement, draws a contrast with the Hebrew women adorning themselves with all kinds of jewelry on the outside and the state of their hearts on the inside.
is it sin? it can certainly be an idol. in that, though, it's not lipstick and mascara that would condemn a girl, but the pride and vanity in her heart behind it. i don't think wearing makeup in and of itself is any more a sin than a man ironing his shirt and wearing his best suit to church on sunday morning - vain and meaningless, maybe, neither commending us nor condemning us before God, able to become a sin, but not something we are strictly commanded not ever to do. i think there's a difference in making yourself presentable and making yourself seductive. in some people's hearts it is out of respect, in others out of pride. we have to examine ourselves.
in Matthew 6:16-18, giving instructions for fasting, we're told not to look somber & 'disfigure our faces' but to 'wash our faces and put oil on our heads' -- so our devotion is to God and not to men. i think the answer to the Q is temperance, keeping in mind the purpose that we have in dressing up or down.
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julianna adam and eve did not wear clothes BEFORE THE FALL.
After the fall they tried to cover their nakedness with fig leaves which God deemed inappropriate so he covered them further with coats of skin.
gen 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
After the fall they tried to cover their nakedness with fig leaves which God deemed inappropriate so he covered them further with coats of skin.
gen 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
HMMMM itis really amazing how everyone view things in the bible hmmmm did Adam and Eve wore a robe of righteousness hmm
i wonder where did Jesus got His clothes from hmmm or wait the saints in the kingdom hmmmm probaly we shall all be naked papayooo hmmmm talk about madness in Gods kingdom alot of naked people walking around hmmmmmm
i wonder where did Jesus got His clothes from hmmm or wait the saints in the kingdom hmmmm probaly we shall all be naked papayooo hmmmm talk about madness in Gods kingdom alot of naked people walking around hmmmmmm
Revealtion 19
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.