Wedding Rings/Jewelry
Wedding rings are jewelry worn by
the groom/bride adopted from paganism by the Catholic Church
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The
word "ring" is first found in Genesis 41:42 where Pharoah took his
off and put it on Joseph's hand. This was not a wedding. The ring
was used as a symbol of power and authority. But notice it is upon the
hand of an idolatrous pagan ruler.
Ancient idols wear jewelry. Some
would say God approves of idols wearing jewelry.
In Exodus 32:3-4 Aaron made a golden
calf from the ornaments of jewelry given to him by the Israelites.
In Exodus 33:5 God told them to
strip: "For the LORD has said unto
Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, ye are a stiffnecked people: I will
come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now
put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee."
If a person has never heard God tell
them to strip their jewelry off, they have not heard from God on the issue!
God cannot be contradictory. He will not require of one what he does not
require of all.
There
is no Scripture where God ever told the Israelites they could put jewelry back
on! If God said to take it off and gave no authorization to put it back
on, then these ornaments of jewelry are forever to remain off the body of God's
chosen people.
Exodus 33:6--"And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their
ornaments by the mount Horeb."
One of the sins of king Saul was he
allowed the women to put back on ornaments (2Sam 1:24).
The next mention of these ornaments
is in Isaiah 3:18 where God strips Israel again, but this time will send them into
captivity into the land of the pagans whom they lusted after. What
happens when a person rejects the ways of God? They end up a captive
among the unsaved heathens and there with their ornaments they forget God until
the day of their calamity. Then, to get God's attention they will strip
off their ornaments of bravery, put on sackcloth, and begin to wail.
In Jeremiah 4:30 the daughters of
Israel decked themselves again with ornaments of gold, painted their faces,
made themselves beautiful (fair), but God said even with all this her lovers
would despise her. Rings on the hands of a whore or harlot do not
symbolize holiness or purity. These symbolize more the spirit of a witch,
a woman who uses all available powers to seduce her victim to lust after her.
Such fornication and adultery profanes the sacrifice of purity and holiness
(read Ezk 16:10-15 then follow-up the end of this jewelry in Ezk 23:40).
Even if God would allow jewelry, look at what people would do with this
liberty!
There is no wedding ring in the Old
Testament.
The wedding ring comes from
paganism. It cannot be found in the Old or New Testaments. There was no
practice among early Christians to wear finger rings as a sign of marriage or
an engagement. Pope Gregory 1, in 860AD decreed that as a required
statement of nuptial intent, the groom to be had to give his intended an
engagement ring. He further decreed the ring be of gold to signify financial
sacrifice. The first diamond engagement ring is the one given by King Maximillian in 1477 to Mary of Burgundy. Wedding rings can be traced to idols and heathen
religions. It is not just the image of the idol we are commanded not to
possess, but rather any part of the idol itself. Thus, to make ones self
after the image of the idol is to practice idolatry. All images of false
gods and goddesses show the use of earrings, finger rings, bracelets, nose
rings, and other jewelry. Where do we find this same practice associated
with the God of the Bible? Did Jesus wear jewelry? Did the Apostles
and early Christians? The answer is no!
The
wedding ring is first a circle which is said to mean eternal or unending.
Marriages were never eternal in the Scriptures but rather until death.
Afterward a spouse could be married again. The idea then of eternal
marriages symbolised by the ring is not Biblical. This meaning of the ring is
false. So the ring gives a false testimony. The wedding ring then is not
representative of the true union of the bridegroom and his bride. The home of
the couple is more a witness and testimony of marriage then a wedding ring. For
it is in the home the marriage is honored and sustained.
The wedding ring originated in
Babylon, the cradle of civilization. The most ancient ring discovered
there is in the shape of the eternal serpent. The image of the serpent biting
its tail to form the circle of the ring is an ancient satanic symbol (***satanic ouroboros) . The same symbol is used by the Theosophy Cult.
Satan as the serpent, that great dragon of Revelation 12, has by this symbol
joined a man and a woman under his cult. God is not the serpent symbol of
any wedding ring, nor is he the symbol of the wedding ring in any fashion. We
may trace the ring not to the God of the Bible but to the accuser of the
brethren. Where is there any ring that symbolizes God? Did God provide wedding
rings for Adam and Eve? Remove this idolatrous symbol from the Church and the
Pastor is accused of being legalistic, against marriage, incouraging adultery
and lust. The Pastor's Church is labeled a cult. The fact is, over
70% of married spouses who commit fornication do not remove their wedding rings
prior to the act, during the act, or after the act. Wedding rings have
not stopped one act of adultery. Not one husband or wife has said: "I
cannot commit adultery because I have my wedding ring on."
The pagan origin of the wedding ring
raise questions about its adoption by Christians to represent the marriage
union. The value of symbols is determined by their origin and meaning. The
Menorah, the Cross, the Lord’s Passover emblems of bread and wine with
footwashing, and baptism, are all acceptable symbols, because they have been
established by God to help us understand spiritual truth. Their value is
derived from their divine origin and not from man-made paganism. By contrast,
the meaning of the wedding ring as a symbol of marriage commitment finds its
origin not in Scripture, but in pagan mythology and superstitions. To give a
pagan superstitutious symbol a Christian meaning leads to perversion of the
right ways of God. The fourth finger DOES NOT contain a special nerve to
the heart. It is superstitutious to believe if a person removes their wedding
ring that evil will befall the marriage. Did a ring join them together or was
it GOD? When a ring is made to join two people, God is CAST OUT and
replaced by a piece of jewelry. This is exactly what has happened with the use
of the wedding ring, superstitution is believed and this is borderline
witchcraft. Many claim they need to wear the ring to ward off men or
women who might think they are otherwise available. This is not true, the
man or woman who is married will not be a flirt, will not entice lust, and will
come out plainly and say "I am married." There is no need to
allow a pagan superstitutious symbol say what should be said with lips and
conduct.
Christian religions
that originally rejected wedding rings:
The Methodist followed the teachings of John Wesley that wedding rings
were pagan and should not be worn. Mennonites likewise rejected the wedding
ring as pagan. All early Baptist in America rejected use of the pagan wedding
ring. The original Seventh Day Adventist abstained from use of the
wedding ring because of its pagan origin. All the holiness movements, including
the more devout Apostolic Pentecostals rejected wedding rings as pagan. There
was a time in America when the majority of Christians did not wear jewelry of
any kind including earrings and wedding rings. But this was to change
when Pastors wanted their Churches to be more world friendly. The theory behind
this relaxation was that Christianity was more then holiness and wearing of
jewelry. The emphasis on personal holiness fell into decline in the later
1800s and from that time wedding rings became more and more accepted.
This leavening process brought other
backslidings: casual drinking of alcohol was permitted; smoking of tobacco was
allowed, dipping snuff was ok, chewing tobacco was left up to the person's own
convictions; card playing and use of dice games came into homes; women began to
wear slacks/pants, and having their hair bobbed (cut) was no longer frowned
upon or preached against. Makeup was no longer seen as a Jezebel practice. The
focus switched from being Godly to being self-centered. What has
happened? Christians use Biblical terms like holiness but they no longer mean
by this word what the Scriptures mean. The greater problem with wedding rings
is the next step in spiritual maturity of forsaking all paganism and
worldliness. Those who wear pagan wedding rings are not likely to make a stand
against any other paganism practiced by Catholics and Protestants. We
have a generation who now walk by sight and not by a holiness faith.
Many claim jewelry and rings are a
minor thing. Indeed they are minor. There is much more to living for God then
wearing jewelry and rings. But, if they are such a minor thing why is it
so hard to get people to pull them off? The Bible reveals that use of
jewelry results in spiritual decline and apostasy. It is time to let God strip
us down and let him dress us. What is wrong with that? Let God in your
closet. Let God strip you of these pagan ornaments. Since wedding rings
are such a minor thing, why not remove them and let your holiness and purity
speak for your marriage?
At last, where are those who wear
earrings, wedding rings, bracelets, necklaces, nose rings, any different then
the idols pictured above. Have people made themselves after the image of
their idols and not after God? Now someone prove God wears jewelry and this
page will be retracted.
Those who wear wedding rings will
also backslide in the wearing of apparel and eventually on all matters of
Christian holiness
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***Ouroboros ( Auroboros ) Sign of Totality
The snake swallowing its own tail
represents; rebirth, immortality, the round of existence, evolution,
continuity, and perpetual movement of the universe. It symbolizes unity and
infinity, with no beginning and no end. The cycle of day and night, life and death,
eternal marriage, heaven and earth, good and evil are all represented by
the endless turning on itself. A symbol in both Egyptian and Greek mythology.
---In his booklet Light on the
Wedding Ring, Methodist F. B. Annable writes: "Even in these times of
looseness a woman with no earthly adornment. emblem, or symbol. but modestly
clothed . . . and with the grace of God in her heart, may walk the streets of
our land unashamed and unmolested. Her long dress, with sleeves, and
decent-shaded hosiery, plus real womanly dignity and deportment, will proclaim
everywhere that she belongs only to God and to her husband. Sinners will
know a block away that she does not belong to them! Here is genuine protection
[more visible than a tiny metal loop], and recommended by a Power . . . greater
than all worldly symbols and customs put together."
Thanks for the info.
ReplyDeleteGod Bless You
Pastor Micah
We live is a fallen world filled with false teachings. I left the catholic church once I started to study GODS WORD in his Bible and now clearly see the pegan customs of statues idols. I wear a symbol of CHRIST on my neck . I do not have any tattoos and U spent 1o years in the US Navy both active and reserve. When I go out or to business meetings I wear a watch. Otherwise I do not wear any jewelry. Steve H. NJ
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