THE MEANING OF GOLD/JEWELRY AND THE PURPOSE FOR THEIR PROHIBITION

TEXT: 1TIMOTHY.2:8-10

Key verse: 1Peter 3:3 “Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, or of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel.


The word ‘gold’ in the above passage and in 1 Peter 3:3 means jewellery.
Numbers 31:50-51
50 “We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.
51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.”
What is jewellery? The Bible uses the word gold or jewellery to denote items of ornamentation or adornment used by both men and women, especially women.
They are items of decoration and charming beauty. These include earrings, nose rings, necklace, chains, bracelets, rings. The jewels and other materials used in the manufacturing of jewellery constitute precious stones, metals, etc.
Earrings are being made of various sizes, shapes, and materials. They are made from gold, silver, brass, ivory, stones and wood. They are sometimes plain and sometimes adorned with precious stones.
Some are small and stick closely to the ear, leaving no intermediate space, while others are large and heavy and drop some distance below the ear. Some of these by their weight leave a large hole in the part of the ear where they are hung. They pull down the ear, making the hole visible.
The word jewellery is an all-inclusive word covering these items of adornment or bodily beauty used by women and men.Those who use jewellery in their dressing give various reasons for their use.
To some, the use of earrings and nose-rings by women differentiate them from men and serve as feminine identification mark. Some claim that use of rings on various fingers and maybe toes too, have significance.
They say that the public may need to be informed that they are not yet married or have married or are engaged or are in widowhood, etc.
This information is conveyed to those they interact with using rings on fingers and toes. Some claim that the use of golden jewellery by God's children show that they are not children of poverty but of the rich and wealthy.
By this conviction, they hang golden chains, necklaces, earrings, bracelets, to appear flamboyant and ostentatious in their adornment.
Some use these things innocently and ignorantly; not for any reason, but because they see them on other men and women and consider them as articles of human adornment. Don't fall a victim

Thought for the day: Jewelleries defile your body and will hinder your heavenly race
Song for the day: I will never, never, go back to the world…

Bible reading for the day: Numbers 11-13; Mark 5:21-43