Note: "It is a
rule in the UPCI that no licensed Minister may publicly contend for
any view that may bring disunity to the organization, the mouths of
Prophets within this group are gagged and the pens of scribes are
forbidden to write. With this form of ecclesiastical censorship
lording over the rank and file of this organization, there will never
be a public questioning of Dr. Segraves's beliefs which he publishes
to be true when they are false. Since there can be no publicized
dissent of his opinions and theories from within the ranks of the
UPCI, someone outside of this organization must take up the
responsibility to call his prophetic beliefs false." - Pastor
Rev. Reckart [sic]
"Over an altar or over another person or by letting it blow in the wind..."
Holy
Magic Hair “the Power of Angels”
Christian churches are
filled with passionate men and women of all ages who love God with
all their being, and have a deeply genuine love for other people.
Many "Bible believing Christians" believe many unbiblical
heresies. The wide acceptance of the beliefs within Christendom does
not make it biblical.
*
Holy Magic Hair “the Power of Angels”
David K. Bernard, the
recently elected General Superintendent of the United Pentecostal
Church International, has seemingly put his stamp of approval on the
increasingly popular practice of laying hair among Apostolic
circles.?
While condemning the
practice under certain conditions, the following quote is being
termed as a “free pass” legitimizing HMH doctrine :
There have been
reports of women letting down their long hair as part of making a
specific, urgent prayer request. If the idea was to obligate God to
answer prayer or to create a new method of praying, then this action
was misguided. If instead it was a spontaneous act to confirm their
consecration, then it could have been a legitimate means of
expressing and focusing faith.
Holy Magic Hair
As an introduction, we
encourage you to listen to the following videos of a June 29, 2008
sermon by an evangelist named, Lee Stoneking, who teaches a Holy
Magic Hair Doctrine.
Holy Magic Hair- Taught by Lee Stoneking
Power of Angels
God compelled to pour
out his gift of the Holy Spirit because of uncut hair?
Receiving the Baptism
of the Holy Ghost through the laying of hair?
A distinct anointing?
No results in prayer?
Losing authority in prayer?
The devil knows we
carry the glory of God in our hair?
A woman can gain power
with God by having her hair grow long?
Cutting hair is a
salvational matter?
Bernard’s
symposium paper regarding hair doctrine
The Bible’s Teaching
about Hair Length: Culture or Command?
Presented by David K.
Bernard
The New Testament
contains teaching about the respective hair lengths of men and women.
Most denominational churches consider it to be merely a cultural
teaching that does not apply today. Some interpret the passage in
question to mean that women must pray with a type of cloth on their
heads. Most conservative churches at one time taught women to have
long hair, and some continue to do so today.
All Scripture is given
by the inspiration of God** (II Timothy 3:16). We should not ignore
any passage of Scripture, for each is precious and important. We should especially heed instructions to the
New Testament church, for we are part of that church. Let us analyze
this passage of Scripture in that light.
[Note: The only Scripture Sha'ul (Paul) is referring is the TaNaCH, the Old Testament. There was not a NT bible written, these letters were compiled much later.]
Bear in mind, the
Jewish Scriptures were written in Hebrew, not in seventeenth century
King James English. What has made Christian believers so vulnerable
to Bible tampering is that almost none of them can read or understand
the Hebrew Bible in its original language. Virtually no Christian
child in the world is taught the Hebrew language as part of a formal
Christian education. As he and countless other Christians earnestly
study the Authorized Version of the Bible, there is a blinding yet
prevailing assumption that what you are reading is Heaven-breathed.
Tragically, virtually every Christian in the world reads the
translation of men rather than the Word of God. On the other hand,
every Jewish child in the world who is enrolled in a Jewish school is
taught to read and write Hebrew long before he or she even heard the
name of Luther.
One of many examples of Scripture Tampering.
Unbeknownst
to Mr. Bernard and parishioners worldwide, the King James Version and
numerous other Christian Bible translations were meticulously shaped
and painstakingly retrofitted in order to produce a message that
would sustain and advance Church theology and exegesis. This
aggressive rewriting of biblical texts has had a devastating impact
on Christians throughout the world who unhesitatingly embrace these
corrupt translations. As a result, Christians earnestly wonder why
the Jews, who are the bearers and protectors of the divine oracles of
God, have not willingly accepted Jesus as their messiah. [1]
Truth-Seekers
Note:
2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.
2Pe 3:16 Indeed, he [Paul] speaks about these things in all his letters. They contain some things that are hard to understand, things which the uninstructed and unstable distort, to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.
Act 17:11 Now the people here were of nobler character than the ones in Thessalonica; they eagerly welcomed the message, checking the Tanakh every day to see if the things Sha'ul was saying were true. CJB
Shaul preached for three Sabbaths in the synagogue in Thessalonica. He preached from Scriptures (Old Testament, including Torah). It’s important to understand synagogue worship a bit. The synagogue read from the Torah, and the Writings, and the Prophets on every Shabbat. Shaul was preaching from JEWISH scrolls kept only at the synagogue, as they were too expensive for most to have personal copies of them.
The synagogue was the place where the scriptures were kept and studied DAILY (Acts 17:11) , and especially on Shabbat. The message of Jacob in chapter 15, therefore, is that MOSES would continue to be declared on the Sabbath, and the new Gentile converts would have plenty of time to learn to live their new life.
Verse 11 shows Paul in another synagogue. Verse 17 shows him in yet another in Athens.
Acts 18:1
Next, he’s in Corinth, reasoning with Jews and gentiles in the synagogue on EVERY SHABBAT. Reasoning over what? What scriptures did he expound? What was he teaching them? He was teaching Messiah from the OLD TESTAMENT. At this point, the gospels we know had not even been written! The gospel was preached from the Torah! [the Tanakh ]
....Culture
or Command continued
I Corinthians 11:1-16Verses 1-2. Paul admonished believers to follow him and to keep the ordinances or teachings that he had delivered to them. Among these ordinances is his teaching concerning hair in the subsequent verses.Verses 2-3. God is the head of Christ. As a human, Jesus **submitted to the eternal Spirit of God that dwelt in Him, thereby setting an example for us. Christ subjected His flesh to the plan and purpose of God, even to death (Philippians 2:8).Similarly, Christ is the head of the man, and the man is the head of the woman. God intends for the man to be the leader of the family. He is to be the spiritual representative of the home. A woman is to respect the leadership of her own husband (Ephesians 5:22; Colossians 3:18; I Peter 3:1).Verse 4. A man should not have his head covered when he prays or prophesies (which here includes anointed preaching and testimony). If he does, he dishonors his head or leader, namely, Christ.Verse 5. A woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head or leader, which is the man. In other words, the sexes should not try to change places. The woman’s covering is sign of her role in God’s plan. According to verse 15, long hair is the symbolic covering that God has given her.Verse 6. If a woman is not going to cover her head (by letting her hair grow long), then this is equivalent to cutting off her hair. But this is a disgrace or a shame to her. It signifies the taking away of her glory in God’s sight. Since it is a shame for her hair to be shorn (cut) or shaved, she should be covered (let her hair grow long). Verses 5-6 use the Greeks words xuraō, meaning to “have oneself shaved,” and keirō, meaning to “cut one’s hair or have one’s hair cut.”1Verses 7-9. Adam was created in the image of God and subsequently Eve was also (Genesis 1:26-27). The man is the representative of the family before God, with the authority and responsibility to provide for, protect, and lead his family. As a sign of his position, his head should not be covered (with long hair, verse 14).The woman originally came from the man (Genesis 2:22). She is his partner, a helper comparable to him (Genesis 2:20), who respects his position and follows his godly leadership. Woman is the crowning glory of man. To demonstrate this relationship, her head should be covered (verse 6) with her glory, which is her long hair (verse 15).In short, male and female are equally important in God’s plan, but their roles are distinct. God wants this distinction to be displayed and preserved outwardly by their hair.
"In some religions, women choose to cover their hair. While this practice is often tied to modesty, in some traditions it relates to the restraint of power. Although not a specifically Wiccan or Pagan custom, there are some individual Pagans who have incorporated this into their belief system. Marisa, a California Pagan who follows an eclectic path rooted in Eastern traditions, says, “I cover my hair when I go out, because for me, it’s a matter of keeping the power of the crown chakra contained. I uncover it when doing ritual, because then the crown chakra is open and uninhibited, and allows me to commune directly with the Divine.”
In a number of traditions of folk magic, hair is strongly associated with the human spirit, and can be used as a way to control an individual. There are countless recipes found in hoodoo and rootwork that involve the use of human hair as part of a spell or “trick,” according to Jim Haskins in his book Voodoo and Hoodoo."
In addition, there are a number of superstitions and customs about hair, particularly when it comes to cutting. It is believed in many areas that if you cut your hair at the time of the full moon, it will grow much faster – but hair cut during the dark of the moon will grow thin and possibly even fall out! SeaChelle, a practicing witch whose family has roots in Appalachia, says, “When I was a little girl, my grandmother used to tell me that after she cut our hair, we had to bury the clippings in the ground. You couldn’t burn it, because it would make the hair you had left grow brittle, and you couldn’t just toss it outside, because birds would steal it to use in their nests, and that would give you a headache.”
"A picture snapped surreptitiously and posted to Reddit's r/funny thread has drawn attention to a little known tenet of the Sikh faith. "Yes, I'm a baptized Sikh woman with facial hair," Balpreet Kaur, a college student, wrote in response to her picture. Kaur, an Ohio State University sophomore studying neuroscience and psychology, is a baptized Sikh, and as such follows the so-called "5 Ks," or five physical symbols that date back to the creation of the faith by Guru Gobind Singh in 1699, according to BBC. One of the tenets is kesh, or uncut hair...".* Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola (host of TYT University and Common Room) break it down on The Young Turks.
In addition, there are a number of superstitions and customs about hair, particularly when it comes to cutting. It is believed in many areas that if you cut your hair at the time of the full moon, it will grow much faster – but hair cut during the dark of the moon will grow thin and possibly even fall out! SeaChelle, a practicing witch whose family has roots in Appalachia, says, “When I was a little girl, my grandmother used to tell me that after she cut our hair, we had to bury the clippings in the ground. You couldn’t burn it, because it would make the hair you had left grow brittle, and you couldn’t just toss it outside, because birds would steal it to use in their nests, and that would give you a headache.”
Verse
10. The angels are involved with this subject, as they observe
the obedience or disobedience of humans to God’s plan. A woman
should have “power” on her head as an example to the angels. The
Greek word here is exousia, meaning “authority,” and
in this context it indicates a mark or sign of authority. The angels
look to see if women have the sign of consecration, submission, and
power with God, or if they are rebellious like Satan. Women’s hair
shows the angels whether or not the church is submissive to Christ,
the head of the church.
Verses
11-12. Women are not inferior to men, and men are not complete
without women. Both depend on each other. This principle of
complementarity and interdependence is especially true in the church.
The roles are different, however, and God has designated the man to
be the leader of the family.
Verse
13. Paul used a question as a part of his teaching method. Is it
proper for a woman to pray to God uncovered? His answer is no; it is
a shame for her to do so (verse 5).
Verse
14. Nature, not just custom, teaches a man to have short hair but
a woman to have long hair. Since God is the Creator of nature, the
teaching of nature in this situation comes from God. God’s purpose
is to make a distinction of the sexes in this area.
Verse
15. A woman’s hair is given for her glory and for a covering to
satisfy the requirements of the preceding verses.
The
Greek word for “have long hair” here is komaō, which
means to “wear long hair, let one’s hair grow long…. (Greek men
do not do this),”2 or to “wear tresses of
hair.”3 The word for “covered” in verse 6
is katakaluptō, meaning “to cover wholly, i.e.,
to veil.”4 The word for “covering” in verse 15
is peribolaion, which is “something thrown around
one, i.e., a mantle, veil.”5 Thus, verses 5-6 teach
that a woman’s head should be covered wholly or veiled. Verse 15
says her hair is a mantle or veil; it is a symbolic article of
apparel for the head. Clearly, long hair is the covering that meets
the requirements of verses 5, 6, and 13.
Verse
16. The church has no custom of being contentious over the
teachings of God’s Word. It has no custom regarding hair other than
what Paul had just described. Some say this verse means that if
anyone disagrees with these teachings then obedience is not required.
If this were true, however, then Paul’s entire teaching in this
section would be in vain, and he would be condoning contention and
disobedience to God’s Word and the ordinances of the church.
Reading verses 2 and 16 together, the message is that we should obey
these teachings instead of being contentious.
Symbolism
of the Teaching
As
Paul explained in this passage of Scripture, hair symbolizes the
relationship of husband and wife, which in turn represents the Lord’s
relationship with the church. A woman’s
long hair symbolizes that she submits to God’s plan and to the
family leadership of her husband. It is her glory. It
is a sign to the angels of her commitment to God and her power with
God. It is a covering so that she can pray and prophesy publicly
without being ashamed. Similarly, a man’s short hair symbolizes
that he submits to God’s plan and accepts the family leadership
position. For both married and unmarried, this symbol indicates
obedience to God’s will.
Paul
further explained that even the nature of things teaches us on this
matter. How so? First, nature teaches that there should be a visible
distinction between male and female. Second, in almost all cultures,
men have worn short hair in comparison to women. Third, men are ten
times more likely to grow bald than women. It is natural for a man
not to have any hair but unnatural for a woman not to have hair. In
addition, the Old Testament indicates that it is shameful for a woman
to cut or lose her hair (Isaiah 3:17, 24; Jeremiah 7:29).
When
men and women follow the biblical teaching on hair, they follow God’s
plan as established in creation. Hair length makes a distinction
between the sexes, which God considers to be important. (See Genesis
1:27; Deuteronomy 22:5.) Since to a great extent the world has
abandoned this divine symbolism, it is also a mark of separation from
the world (II Corinthians 6:16-17).
In our
day, it has become fashionable to reject God’s creative purpose, to
state that gender identity is socially constructed and that people
can self-identify as male, female, both, in between, neither, or
transgender. Some anthropologists and sociologists claim there are
three, four, or many genders. In this social context, it is even more
important to uphold scriptural teachings concerning male and female
identity in outward appearance (hair and dress).
God
always gives us a choice to do His will or not. He never forces us to
be what He wants us to be. We did not choose to be male or female,
however; that choice was determined for us at conception. By our
choice of dress and hairstyle, we show acceptance or rejection of
God’s plan for us as male or female, husband or wife, father or
mother. The roles are equally important in family, church, and
society, but they are different. God wants us to demonstrate our
willingness to accept the roles He has chosen for us.
The
relationship between husband and wife is like that between Christ and
the church. The husband is the head of the wife as Christ is head of
the church (Ephesians 5:22-23). Therefore, when Christian men and
women demonstrate their acceptance of God’s plan by their hair,
they also demonstrate the church’s submission to
Christ.[sic]
by David K. Bernard General Superintendent
by David K. Bernard General Superintendent
Another look at i Corinthians 11:2-16. presented by Daniel l. Seagraves... if over an altar or over another person or by letting it blow in the wind.
Segraves,
who wrote what is deemed as the first official response by a UPCI
theologian denouncing this dangerous heresy in an November 2009,
Pentecostal Herald, is adamant in his disapproval of this liturgical
or prayer practice.
"It is a rule in the UPCI that no licensed Minister may publicly contend for any view that may bring disunity to the organization"
"Over
an altar or over another person or by letting it blow in the wind."
In
Segrave’s 2009 UGST symposium paper, in response to Bernard
and those who have taken license to teach this heresy, he writes :
I
Corinthians 11:10 is interpreted by some to mean that if women have
long hair it gives them some kind of power or authority in the
spiritual realm. It has even been suggested that women should let
down their long hair, laying it on the altar, on another person, or
shaking it in the wind in order to evoke this power. Support for this
view is found in anecdotal evidence and reference works related to
witchcraft and occultism. To interpret Scripture by anecdotal
evidence is dangerous; our final authority is Scripture, not
experience. To interpret Scripture by reference to witchcraft and
occultism is even more dangerous. Scripture warns us to avoid the
influence of these ideas; we are to be simple concerning evil and
wise concerning what is good. (See Romans 16:19.)
Concerning
the meaning of I Corinthians 11:10, we can say with certainty that it
says nothing about evil spirits, it says nothing about how a woman’s
hair is arranged, and the word “hair” does not appear in the
verse. I will forego further discussion here in view of the fact that
my article “Another Look at I Corinthians 11:10: A Plea for
Caution” appeared in the November 2009 issue of the Pentecostal
Herald just before this symposium. The article addresses this subject
in detail, and I commend it to those who are interested in this text
and/or concerned about this novel interpretation.
In
response to the idea that there is a “magic formula in prayer that
enables us to obtain whatever we want when we want it,” David
Bernard writes,
Some
women have let down their hair as part of making a specific, urgent
prayer request. If the idea is to obligate God to answer prayer, then
this action is misguided. If the purpose is to confirm their
consecration, then it could be a legitimate means of expressing and
focusing faith. We can draw an analogy to the positioning of the sick
so that Peter’s shadow would fall on them . . . and the use of
handkerchiefs to pray for the sick . . . . Such practices were not
mandatory and probably not even typical, but they were legitimate
expressions of faith in the apostolic church.
I
completely agree that we cannot obligate God to answer prayer and
that there is no “magic formula” enabling us to obtain whatever
we want when we want it. I can also appreciate the desire to
acknowledge the genuineness of any act of faith, no matter how
bizarre it may seem or whether or not there is any biblical warrant
for it. But my concern is that the teaching that is currently
circulating among us does not see the letting down of a woman’s
long has as a simple confirmation of consecration. Rather, it is
being presented as a technique guaranteeing all kinds of miraculous
results from the salvation of lost loved ones to the healing of
diseases to the protection of children from any harmful effects of
immunization to the ability to win back lost romantic affections.
This is in addition to the idea of power over evil spirits. It seems
there is no end to this; in one meeting the speaker suggested that
God only knows what would happen if all of the Pentecostal women in
the world would let down their hair and allow it to blow in the wind.
As my
wife and I discussed this teaching, she reminded me of an episode in
our life when our daughter was very young and contracted some kind of
respiratory ailment. As we rushed to the hospital with our daughter
gasping for breath (and with the brakes of our car going out on the
way), my wife screamed at God, “You’ve got to heal our daughter!
We’ve always paid our tithes!”
We
have biblical precedent for the use of prayer cloths, even though we
probably don’t use them in the same way that the handkerchiefs and
aprons taken from Paul’s body were used. We even have biblical
precedent for the possibility that someone could be healed as the
shadow of a person of faith passes over them. We have no
biblical precedent for a woman letting down her hair as a
confirmation of consecration or to express and focus her faith. I
do believe that there are such things as “special miracles” (Acts
19:11), and I don’t think the biblical record exhausts the ways
miracles may occur. If it were not for the current abuse of I
Corinthians 11:10, I might agree to the legitimacy of a woman letting
down her hair to confirm her consecration, although God certainly
knows of her consecration no matter how her hair is arranged.
But
the current climate on this issue is so troubling, so divisive, and
so potentially harmful that I do not wish to suggest any degree of
legitimacy to a practice that is based on misinterpreting a text,
that draws on the claims of the occult, and that promises the ability
to control outcomes. Instead, I would rather point people to simple
faith in God that requires no props and that avoids any appeal to
non-biblical sources for insight. I am concerned that some women,
thinking they have found new depth of meaning in Scripture, will
be tempted to look further into the realm of the occult for
new insights on spirituality.[1]
Question: Hair
Length and Religion (Pagans View)
A reader
asks, “I recently explored the option of joining a local Wiccan
coven, and was floored when the High Priestess told me that if I
became part of her group, I’d have to let my hair grow long.
Because of my job, I have to keep my hair fairly short – it’s a
safety issue – but she said that it was a tenet of “our religion”
to let our hair grow long. She went on to tell me it was a way that
Wiccans pay tribute to the goddess and embrace the sacred feminine.
Is this true? Will I never be able to join a coven unless I grow my
hair long? Help!”
Answer:..."The notion of hair as tied to religious belief is actually a pretty complex one. In some belief systems, hair is associated with magical power. Why is this? Well, it may be purely psychological. Take, for instance, a woman with long hair who wears it up in a neat bun, pulled back from her face, while she is at work. Her hair is kept tidily out of her way while she does her job, tends to her family, and so forth. And yet once this woman steps into a magical setting, she removes the pins and combs, setting her hair free – it’s a liberating feeling, to literally let your hair down. It brings a primitive sense of wildness and raw sexuality to the moment, and that in itself can be very powerful indeed." From: Does hair length impact our religious practice?
…for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.
Christianity
turns the Word of God into a carnival magic act where the phrase, now
you see it, now you don’t, perfectly describes the antics that
Christian theologians, preachers, apologists, and street operatives
use to eviscerate the Law of God.
They
do this to promote and sell a new and improved religious product,
which they insist is the only “truth”. [sic]
Is
it worth losing the Power of Angels?
“You
cannot AFFORD to cut your hair. Is
it worth losing the power of angels? Is
it worth losing authority in prayer? Is it worth losing your identity
as an apostolic woman? We are known for uncut hair because it is
what the bible teaches. My sister in love Courtney told me a
story about a lady in her church,A blogger, by the name of Kendra,
has joined the ranks of deceived believers who have fallen prey to a
heretical doctrine that attributes power of angels and anointing to
one act of obedience … in a plea initially addressed to herself,
she states extra-biblical reasons taught by several in recent years,
for why she NOT should commit this act. In the following post
she also shares a “miracle” in which God is compelled to pour out
His Spirit through the reminder of personal consecration and the
laying of hair:
Her son was trying so hard Sunday after Sunday to get the Holy Ghost. For some reason he could not pray through. Finally one Sunday she took her hair and laid it on her son. She began to remind God of the power that she had because her hair was uncut, and you know what happened almost instantly? Her son received the Holy Ghost!!!
What, does God come on the scene immediately for you?
"I
know personally of apostolic women who gave in and cut their hair. As
a result, they were miserable, depressed and regreted ever going
it. You undergo a major spiritual catastrophe by cutting your
hair. You will not receive the same results in prayer. You will not
have the same anointing you once possessed. Uncut hair is
serious business. OH GOD give us revelation and understanding!"
"Sister,
DO NOT cut your hair, I repeat PLEASE don’t do it!" [sic]
"Consider
this: why is it that when a woman backslides, the first thing she
does is cut her hair?? The devil knows that we carry the glory of God
upon our uncut hair. The devil knows that there is POWER in our hair.
We have a distinct anointing when we have uncut hair. I remember the
first time I walked into a Pentecostal church where the ladies had
uncut hair, you could FEEL the difference in anointing on the women!
There was something about them that was so beautiful, holy and
radiant. They almost looked like angels to me (that is no
exaggeration). ” [3]
This
has drawn the attention, criticism and ire of those who believe this
free pass may threaten Bernard’s vision of a return to
“Apostolic Identity”.
Note: "It is a rule in the UPCI that no licensed Minister may publicly contend for any view that may bring disunity to the organization, the mouths of Prophets within this group are gagged and the pens of scribes are forbidden to write. With this form of ecclesiastical censorship lording over the rank and file of this organization, there will never be a public questioning of Dr. Segraves's beliefs which he publishes to be true when they are false. Since there can be no publicized dissent of his opinions and theories from within the ranks of the UPCI, someone outside of this organization must take up the responsibility to call his prophetic beliefs false." - Pastor Rev. Reckart
The post
encapsulates what effect the teachings of men, like Lee Stoneking,
are having on some within the Oneness Apostolic movement. A
woman by name of Harvelia testifies on Kendra’s site that it was
Stoneking’s influenced her towards similar views:
“Just
recently I attended a conference where Bro. Lee Stoneking was
speaking. His message was coming from 1 Cor. 11:5 and he was speaking
about how the woman’s uncut hair being their glory – I was not
raised in Pentecost/Apostolic; however, about three years ago the
Lord led me to leave my former church which was is a prodominately
[sic][ black apostolic church which I was a part of for over fifteen
years. I had never receive such teaching - and it just left me
wondering why the black apostolic churches are not teaching this. I
had to call my sister because she's been apostolic/pentecost longer
than I have - but she's never receive the teaching. I currently wear
my hair naturally and have done so off and on for years. I felt bad
when Bro. Stoneking was teaching because I recall cutting my hair -
but this was never taught in my former church.Then it also leaving me
wondering why it is not being taught in the african/black churches.
"
(http://kendrathaler-hair.blogspot.com/p/hair-testimonies.html)
"Error
begets error. The pat answer given by some who tell the Body of
Christ that these forms of consecrations and personal convictions are
not salvific … may need to reexamine what is really being taught in
their ranks." [sic]
Power
of angels?
God
compelled to pour out his gift of the Holy Spirit because of uncut
hair?
Receiving
the Baptism of the Holy Ghost through the laying of hair?
A
distinct anointing?
No
results in prayer? Losing authority in prayer?
The
devil knows we carry the glory of God in our hair?
A
woman can gain power with God by having her hair grow long?
Ask yourself,Holy Magic Hair or Witchcraft?
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| This
picture was taken at the Alabama’s Ladies retreat. Sis Patty
Twyman took down her hair to summon the power of the angels over
the prayer requests. Many prayers were answered. |
One of the endearing points of HMH advocates is that the idea that there is power in uncut hair can be verified in the wicca religion where the witches believe there is power in uncut hair.
Such proof can be seen in the message that is pro-HMH that I posted under the HMH post....Another HMH advocate posted in her blog:
Did you know that witches won't cut their hair because they try to tap into the power promised to us in 1Cor 11? Do you know why Indians used to scalp their enemies? Do you know why Nuns and Buddhist monks shave their hair? What does tar and feathering mean? Do you know who it was that first starting the hair cutting trend? What date was that? What about the hippie movement?
What significance is there when hair is found at the scene of a crime?Daniel Alicea, the man who operates holymagichair.com, found in his research that...
"Most wiccan witches agree that there is no added or extra power in uncut hair while recognizing it is used in ritual magic...but so is eye newt, toe of frog...wool of bat and tongue of dog."
He even quotes one wiccan saying "Hair does not give you extra power and you don't lose power if it's cut."
Keeping in
mind, believers on both sides are united against this magic hair
heresy.
Some prevailing
doctrines in certain circles that I believe have led to the extreme,
present-day HMH doctrine can be traced to the teachings of
men like of S.G. Norris and Murray Burr.
As early as the
PAJC days in 1945, S.G. Norris, former president of Apostolic
Bible Institute, General Presbyter and author, proposed elements now
found in modern-day HMH doctrine.
On
pages 3 and 12 of The Pentecostal Outlook, Volume 14, Number 9,
September 1945, S.G Norris suggests that uncut hair results in
a “special blessing” and power with God because of the angels.
He also proposes that women have always been the leaders in prayer
and power with God.
Here are
a couple of the quotes from SG Norris’ Back
to Holiness article
:
Then Paul tells why a woman can either gain power with God by having her hair grow long or why she loses power with God if she cuts or bobs it (Verse 7 of this same chapter 1 Corinth. 11) (pg.3)
But, you women say,why should I leave my hair grow when most all other women are having theirs cut? My answer to you is a wonderful promise of God found in this same chapter we are considering today. First Corinthians chapter 11 and verse 10. Don’t forget that God never asked any of us to pay a price of holiness without offering some grand reward for our obedience, Listen …
“For this cause, or because of this allowing your hair to grow and using your hair as your covering when praying or worshipping at the house of God, then for this cause ought the woman to have power because of the angels.
” Now maybe you never just considered this verse before, but God has angels on this earth not visible to the naked eye, but present just the same, around and near those who far the Lord … the angels encamp around them that fear Him.
So there is a special blessing –a grand reward of power with God and the presence of holy angels around about a godly woman that does NOT cut her hair.
Here is a promise that I wish every woman listening in today would remember. First of all Christ needs you! … the womanhood of any generation that knew God have always been the leaders in prayer and power with God … So women, here is a promise to every godly woman, that you will have power with God because of the presence of angels, providing you use your hair for a covering and not cut it or bob it off. [sic]
Burr, in a
October 1954 Pentecostal Herald article entitled “The Hair
Question” asserts the following views:
1. Cutting
hair is a salvational matter.
“This a matter of life or of death, eternal salvation or eternal condemnation”.
2. Short
hair affects spirituality.
“Mark these words, you will never find a really spiritual woman with short hair”
3. Cutting
affects God’s favor over one’s life
” It is a shame for a woman to pray with short hair. You may not need God now; but one day you will need him more than anything else in this world. Perhaps in sickness, your baby, your husband, yourself. In death, in distress, how will you be able to kneel before him in sincerity with your short hair, a very banner of rebellion, mocking Him even as you try to lay hold of him in prayer’ [4]
Although
the belief in the unity of God is taught and declared on virtually
every page of the Jewish Scriptures, the doctrine of the Trinity is
never mentioned anywhere throughout the entire corpus of the Hebrew
Bible. Moreover, this doctrine is not to be found anywhere in the New
Testament either because primitive Christianity, in its earliest
stages, was still monotheistic. The
authors of the New Testament were completely unaware that the Church
they had fashioned would eventually embrace a pagan deification of a
triune deity. Although
the worship of a three-part godhead was well known and fervently
venerated throughout the Roman Empire and beyond in religious systems
such as Hinduism
and Mithraism, it
was quite distant from the Judaism from which Christianity emerged.
However, when the Greek and Roman mind began to dominate the Church,
it created a theological disaster from which Christendom has never
recovered. By the end of the fourth century, the doctrine of the
Trinity was firmly in place as a central tenet of the Church, and
strict monotheism was formally rejected by Vatican councils in Nicea
and Constantinople.2
When
Christendom adopted a triune godhead from neighboring triune
religious systems, it spawned a serious conundrum for post-Nicene
Christian apologists. How would they harmonize this new veneration of
Jesus as a being who is of the same substance as the Father with a
New Testament that portrays Jesus as a separate entity, subordinate
to the Father, and created by God? How would they now integrate the
teaching of the Trinity with a New Testament that recognized the
Father alone as God? In essence, how would Christian apologists merge
a first century Christian Bible, which was monotheistic, with a
fourth century Church which was not?
Bear
in mind, Jesus never said he is God.
The
answer may come as a shock to many Christians but Jesus never said he
is God. Actually, he said over and over that he is the son of God,
which means that he is not God. Jesus made it clear in many ways that
he is not God; that God is greater. “If you truly loved me you
would rejoice to have me go to the Father, for the Father is greater
than I” (John 14:28). Jesus taught the mankind to pray to the
Father, our Creator, not to himself. In fact, he did not mention
himself in any way, nor did he indicate that we should pray in his
name. His instructions were very specific: we are to pray to God
alone.
Apostolic's use John 8:58 as proof text of Jesus saying he is God.
"I AM" It is one of the most famous verses in Torah.
Hayah (I AM) means "existed"
"I AM" It is one of the most famous verses in Torah.
Hayah (I AM) means "existed"
Joh
8:58 Jesus said unto
them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I AM
Joh
8:59 Then took they up stones
to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple,
going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
“Hayah means "existed"
As Rebbe Y'shua told us (John 8:58) he existed before Avraham avinu (father Abraham). He existed from the beginning. This is what John is telling us as well. Y'shua existed prior to his birth as the son of Miryam (Mary) and he perfectly manifests or reflects the Torah of HaShem, our Father (Hebrews 2:11).
The word Torah has a few different meanings depending on the context. The most common reference is to the first five books of the Bible (the Written Torah: Genesis - Deuteronomy). Torah is more than that however. Torah is the Wisdom of HaShem (God): the Mind of God. His Torah is revealed in various ways.
Manifesting Torah was the first act of creation. Elohiym (the Creator) spoke existence into being (Genesis 1:3 etc). It is in this context that Torah is the Word.
As Rebbe Y'shua told us (John 8:58) he existed before Avraham avinu (father Abraham). He existed from the beginning. This is what John is telling us as well. Y'shua existed prior to his birth as the son of Miryam (Mary) and he perfectly manifests or reflects the Torah of HaShem, our Father (Hebrews 2:11). eg: It is one of the most famous verses in Torah.
"For all the prophets and the law have prophesied until John. And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who was to come." (Matthew 11:13-14)
The Old Testament prophesied that Elijah himself not someone "like" him or
someone "similar" to him, but Elijah himself would return!
It is vital to rouse you from your sleep, but this is only possible if you first begin to stir on your own. Otherwise you could sleep away all your days, God forbid.
The passage Isaiah 9:5-6[6-7] is an important "proof text" in the portfolio of Christian missionaries, one that is claimed to foretell the advent of Christianity’s Messiah, Jesus.
A detailed analysis of the Hebrew text of Isaiah 9:5-6 within its proper context
demonstrates how this passage describes historical events that occurred during the
era in which these words were spoken by Isaiah, and is not a messianic prophecy.
The
Nature of the Only Begotten Son: The
Primal Cause of all manifest life, Elohiym is described in the
Written Torah as the One and Only God (Echad Elohiym) consisting of
dual gender, both male and female. It was this dual nature that gave
birth to the one and only begotten Son of Elohiym. While an
inestimable number of beings have since taken birth, only one was
directly "begotten" by Elohiym. Of this we read:
KJV: Colossians 1:13: [GOD] Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son...
1:15: ... who 1:15: ... who [i.e. the Son] is the image [eikon: representation or resemblance -- Strong's G1504] of the invisible God, the firstborn [prōotokos: first born, first begotten -- Strong's G4416] of all creation.
This verse in the Greek and Link: Latin of every source document (i.e. Textus Receptus, Codex Bezae Cantabrigensis, Codex Vaticanus Graecus and so on) is precisely as the King James Version (translated directly and in the vast majority of cases accurately from the superior Textus Receptus source materials) translates it: the Son was "the firstborn of all creatures."
Linguistic attempts to explain away this clear statement -- for instance saying it really means first in importance even though that's not what it says -- are reflected in most modern paraphrases and translations because this verse is the "final nail in the coffin" of those who seek to defame the absolute Oneness of HaShem, the Echad Elohiym and let's face it, money talks. Many of the new versions focus more on sales than on accuracy.
So, according to our Scriptures and understandings, the "Father" (Echad Elohiym) produced a "Son." As GOD is unborn, this is clear proof that the Son is not his own Father even as Bishop Arius (250 or 256 – 336 CE) and other 1-4th century CE Messianic Jews boldly proclaimed in opposition as these Nicolaitan heresies were being canonized. [5]
A
much-used analogy to describe this is that of an ocean. If God is
like an ocean, then our soul is like a drop of water taken from the
ocean. The drop of water can become one with the ocean but can never
be label as the ocean itself. A human soul can become one with God
and attain salvation but can never be label as God Himself. Jesus
could have been one with God but not God Himself.
See The
Nature of
G-d http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/g-d.html
United Pentecostal Church International, a sister denomination of the Catholic Universal Church, known as UPCI, a oneness (Jesus Only) form of Nicean Christianity. As sincere as many of these followers are in their beliefs about the deity of Jesus being God and their heretical belief that the UPCI has taken the place of the Jews (the Tribe of Judah) as the elect of HaShem, they miss the understanding of the oneness of God, the roll of the Jews in the last days and where their beliefs and doctrines actually come.
The fundamental idea that God is incorporeal, meaning that He assumes no physical form. God is Eternal, above time. He is Infinite, beyond space. He cannot be born, and cannot die. Saying that God assumes human form makes God small, diminishing both His unity and His divinity.
As the Torah says: "God is not a mortal" (Numbers 23:19) Num 23:19 "God is not a human who lies or a mortal who changes his mind. When he says something, he will do it; when he makes a promise, he will fulfill it.
Oneness denominations DO NOT go back to the original doctrine of the Talmidim (Disciples) of the first century but, are theories of men from the late 1800's and early nineteenth century. (1914)
SEARCH the Roots of your faith. A good starting point, does your assembly worship on Sunday, keep pagan festivals - Christmas and Easter? You might be worshiping Idols.
The UPCI emerged out of the Pentecostal Movement, which traces its origins to the teachings of Charles Parham in Topeka, Kansas, and the Azuza Street Revival led by William J. Seymour in 1906. Rejected by the mainline churches, Pentecostals began to form organizations of their own. One of these new groups was the Assemblies of God, which formed in 1914. In 1925, three new Oneness churches were formed: the Apostolic Churches of Jesus Christ, the Pentecostal Ministerial Alliance, and Emmanuel's Church in Jesus Christ. In 1927, steps were taken toward reunifying these organizations. In 1932, the Pentecostal Ministerial Alliance changed its name to the Pentecostal Church, Incorporated to reflect its organizational structure. In 1936, Pentecostal Church, Incorporated ministers voted to work toward an amalgamation with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Christ. Final union, however, proved elusive until 1945 when these two Oneness Pentecostal organizations combined to form the United Pentecostal Church International.
Pentecost: A feast of the universal Church -the Catholic doctrine,
We are Apostolic by our belief. Pentecostal by our experience. And saved by the blood of Jesus?
Over
the centuries—in fact, from the earliest Christian times—Mithraism
has been compared to Christianity, revealing numerous similarities
between the two faiths' doctrines and traditions, including as
concerns stories of their respective godmen. In developing this
analysis, it should be kept in mind that elements from Roman,
Armenian and Persian Mithraism are utilized, not as a whole ideology
but as separate items that may have affected the creation of
Christianity, whether directly through the mechanism of Mithraism or
through another Pagan source within the Roman Empire and beyond. The
evidence points to these motifs and elements being adopted into
Christianity not as a whole from one source but singularly
from many sources,
including
Mithraism.
Ask yourself,Holy Magic Hair or Witchcraft?
The history of hair goes back to the times of the Bible and beyond. The Bible talks of a man called Sampson who obtained supernatural powers through his long hair. His hair was later cut and consequently he lost his powers.
G.A. Gaskell writes,
‘Hair of the head is a symbol of faith,
intuition of truth, or the highest qualities of the mind.’
Dictionary of all Scriptures
Bhagwan Shiv also had long hair and Hindus bathing in sacred Ganga is produced through these long hairs. Even Brahma, Vishnu and other deities also have long hairs.
Prophet Mohammad and other prophets in Muslims also have long hairs and beard also.
Zorothustra of Zorrostrians also have long hair and beard also.
Even Jesus Christ had long hair and a beard.
The 10 Gurus of Sikhism all kept their hair uncut .
Even Sidhs and Jogis in Hindism keep hair uncut. You can see qazis and peers in Islam who also wear long hair.
Everybody believe God to be a perfect creator. It therefore follows that whatever He creates is perfect. The keeping of uncut hair is therefore, recognition of God’s perfection and the submission to the Will of God. (Hukam) This includes Arm pit hair, Leg hair, Facial hair, ladies!!! "Un-Cut" as the Reverend Lee Stoneking said...he looked it up in the Greek. ?!
Witchcraft (also called witchery), in historical, anthropological, religious, and mythological contexts, is the use of alleged supernatural or magical powers or spells.
SEE ALSO: "Why the Church Teaches Jesus is not the Messiah" link
The actress who plays the witch in geico commercial... Jordana Oberman
I believe with perfect faith that God is one.
There is no unity that is in any way like His.
He alone is our God.
He was, He is, He will be.
There is no unity that is in any way like His.
He alone is our God.
He was, He is, He will be.
Exodus 20:2-3 - The First of the Ten Commandments
“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, and of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before Me.” (See also Deuteronomy 5:7)
Numbers 23:19
“God is not a man that He should lie, nor a mortal that He should change His mind.”
Deuteronomy 4:11-12
“You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain while it blazed with fire to the very heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness. Then the Lord spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but saw no image; there was only a voice.”
Deuteronomy 4:35
“You are the ones who have been shown, so that you will know that God is the Supreme Being, and there is none other besides Him!”
Deuteronomy 4:39
“Know therefore today, and take it to your heart, that the Lord, He is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other!"
Deuteronomy 6:4
“Hear O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one.”
Deuteronomy 6:14
“You shall not follow other gods, any of the gods of the peoples who surround you!”
Deuteronomy 32:39
“See, now, that I, I am He - and no god is with Me...”
I Samuel 2:2
“There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside Thee; neither is there any Rock like our God."
I Samuel 15:29
“The Eternal One of Israel will not lie nor change His mind: for He is not a man that He should change His mind.”
I Kings 8:27
“For will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee; how much less this house that I have built?”
I Kings 8:60
“So that all the nations of the earth may know that the Lord is God and that there is no other!”
II Kings 19:19
“Now, O Lord our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all kingdoms on earth may know that You alone, O Lord, are God.” (Psalm 113:5)
Isaiah 40:18
“To whom then will you liken God? To what likeness will you compare unto Him?”
Isaiah 40:25
“To whom will then you liken Me, that I should be his equal?” says the Holy One.
Isaiah 42:8
“I am the Lord, that is My name, and My glory will I not give to another. Neither My praise to graven images!”
Isaiah 43:10-11
“You are My witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, nor will there be one after Me. I, even I, am the Lord, and besides Me there is no Savior.”
Isaiah 44:6-8
This is what the Lord says, Israel’s King and Redeemer, the Lord Almighty, “I am the first and I am the last; apart from Me there is no God! Who then is like Me? Let him proclaim it. Let him declare and lay out before Me...Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are My witnesses. Is there any God besides Me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one.”
Isaiah 44:24
So said the Lord, your Redeemer, the One who formed you from the womb, “I am the Lord Who makes everything, Who stretched forth the heavens alone, Who spread out the earth by Myself.”
Isaiah 45:5-6
“I am the Lord, and there is no other; besides Me there is no God... I will strengthen you...I order that they know from the shining of the sun and from the west that there is no one besides Me; I am the Lord and there is no other!”
Isaiah 45:18-19
For this is what the Lord says – He who created the heavens, He is God; He who fashioned and made the earth, He founded it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited – He says: “I am the Lord, and there is no other. I have not spoken in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness; I have not said to Jacob's descendants, ‘Seek Me in vain.’ I, the Lord, speak the truth; I declare what is right.”
Isaiah 45:21-22
“...who announced this before, who declared it from the distant past? Is it not I, the Lord, and there is no God apart from Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me. Turn to Me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other!”
Isaiah 46:5
“To whom shall you liken Me and make Me equal and compare Me that we may be alike?”
Isaiah 46:9
“Remember the first things of old, that I am God and there is no other; I am God and there is none like Me.”
Isaiah 48:11
“...And My honor I will not give to another.”
Hosea 13:4
“And I am the Lord your God, Who brought you out of Egypt. You shall acknowledge no God but Me, no Savior except Me!”
Joel 2:27
“And you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and I am the Lord your God, there is no other; and My people shall never be ashamed.”
Malachi 2:10
“Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why should we betray, each one his brother, to profane the covenant of our forefathers?”
Psalm 73:25
“Whom have I in heaven but You? And earth has nothing I desire besides You.”
Psalm 81:8-9
“Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me! Let there be no strange god among you; nor shall you worship any foreign god."
Psalm 146:3
“Do not put your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation!”
Nehemiah 9:6
“You alone are the Lord; You made the heavens, the heavens of the heavens and all their host, the earth and all that is upon it, the seas and all that is in them, and You give life to them all, and the heavenly host bow down before You.”
I Chronicles 17:20
“O Lord, there is none like You, neither is there any God beside You, according to all that we have heard with our ears!”
http://natzrim.blogspot.com/2012/05/why-church-teaches-jesus-is-not-messiah.html
[5] The Way of Rebbe Y'shua http://www.allfaith.com/Religions/way/
http://thejewishhome.org/counter/Isa9_56.pdf
http://thejewishhome.org/counter/Isa9_56.pdf
This is an old blog but this cult seems to have many rules toward women yet the ordained ministers have given themselves to much gluttony by the way of overeating. I guess we pick and choose what is sinful
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