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Does God Care About Attire?
Many people have told me that God does not care what we wear. Then why would God tell us not to wear clothing of the opposite sex? We can read in the book of Deuteronomy 22:5 “The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.” God designed clothing that only men are to wear. For time immemorial men have exclusively worn pants (at least until the New World of the America’s was born). Trousers or breeches, sometimes called britches, are mentioned three times in the Bible, always attributed solely to men. Ex. 28:42, Leviticus 6:10, 16:4. There is really no such thing as gender pants for women, they amount to no good thing. Such an idea is sin. There is really no difference between them and pants for men, except perhaps that they are cut to be tighter and more revealing, which is immodest and worse. Tight clothing makes it unnecessary to imagine what is underneight as practically everything is then out in the open. It is really misogynistic, hateful and unloving to allow women to wear pants. What a terrible example for the raisong of children too. Clothing was given to us in order to assist us in humility, as a reminder of our sins. We are never to forget sin, willingly accepting clothing as a needful suffering. The restroom sign, which everyone recognizes, shows women as wearing pants (although not necessarily sufficiently long enough, a dress should go to the ankles). 1 Timothy 2:9 says, “...that women adorn themselves in modest apparel...”
Also, why would any one want to follow the example of traitors, like Judas. Judas is known for having a knot (noose) under his chin, yet men think it is allowable to go around wearing a necktie which follows the example of satanic
Freemasons who require a suit a tie to attend their meetings. A necktie is known as a noose. Also, one good sign as to whether or not a group of peole is really Christian or not is to see how the women worship. Many impostor Christians allow women to wear scarf with a knot under their chin as Judas is noted for doing. They are too lazy to properly pin the scarf under the chin, so they do it the quick, easy and lazy way.
The 14th paragraph of the web page at the next link explains how women must wear a large kercheif over their hair and pinned under the chin. It is forbidden to enter a worship house with a knotted kercheif, from the Estonia Pomorsky Web Page. Knots are something to avoid because they are not easy to undo. St. Irenaeus offers this example, “The knot of Eve’s disobedience was loosed through the obedience of Mary; for what Eve, a virgin, bound by her unbelief, that Mary, a virgin, unloosed by her faith” [Against the Heresies, III, xxii, 4].
There are also Rules for Hair and Beards which should be followed.
Yes it is true, we can tell a Christian just by looking at them. With the world becoming so crazy there are times when even those who work to obey God find themselves in situations beyond their control. Still, we can know by a persons fruit who they are. Actions do speak louder than words. The sad truth is that people are dressing more provocatively than ever. St. Clement of Alexandria has written
On Clothing. It will be better for Sodom than this generation. These days the normal operating procedure seems to be unisex all around. Men shave their faces to look like women and otherwise feminize themselves while women cut their hair all butch, go around wearing pants and attempt so often to take control of situations wherever they are.
In the Temple of God we are to be completely attired, lacking nothing. We are to understand that we ourselves should be the very Temple of God. This means that short or revealing clothing is never appropriate to be going around in. Judgment Day is approaching fast, so let us never be negligent in our appearance, being particularly careful to not expose ourselves indecently, but rather exercising all modesty amd humility. If we lose this first reverence then we will lose everything else as well. Casualness is not an option for the House of God, today the House of God is the Church and our bodies are the Temple of the Lord. Let us not be frivolous about ourselves. The NASB English Bible translates (for what it is worth) Psalm 96:9 - Worship the Lord in holy attire, tremble before Him all the earth.
We certainly would not want to go around looking like a heretic, so we should obey God who spoke by the Holy Spirit in the Stoglav Council saying not to wear the style of clothing invented by the western apostates, such as their pointed collar shirts, etc. Who would want to appear being like them anyway? There is nothing quite like a handmade rabukha (Russian for their particular extra lengthy syle of a shirt for men). It is important to understand many other things about clothing. Such as using flax for the material. Rahab used flax to hide and protect the men of God. Mohair too was used by the prophets who were noted for wearing sackcloth made from it. Even though flax may not seem as comfortable as cotton, comfort should not be our priority. We should not go anywhere without our sash (or poyas), only the devil goes around ungirded. There is of course an
inner and outer belt, the inner one is never to be removed.
With such antichrist ways as RFID chips which are as small as the dot of an "i" it is more necessary than ever before to avoid immitating the false christian practices. The antichrist can track us these days by machined made clothing, microchips are everywhere. Also, we should not use pockets as they only hold earthly cares anyway. It is forbidden to bring anything worldly into worship, so pockets are unneeded there. We are not to bring in anything unnecessary to worship, so no pockets are allowed, lest we bring in something unwarily into prayer that should not be there. Holy places are to be a place of attention, not of slackness, so putting our hands in pockets or comfortably sitting cross-legged is totally inappropriate. Below is an example of the older style pants, they do not have pockets in them. If men need to carry something small at work it should be tucked into a bag on the outer belt, or larger things might simply be folded over the belt. Then there is the outer worship garment known as a koftan, it is made with 33 buttons to better be remembering the life of Christ with.
Speaking about the appearance of the Old Believers in Canada, the book, ‘in the shadow of Antichrist’ says, “Unlike their Canadian counterparts, the Russian women cannot wear pants, short hair, T-shirts or make-up. Even at the height of summer, their arms remain hidden under long sleeved blouses, and a carefully tied kerchief covers most of their hair. The dresses and aprons are sewn at home, using patterns, colors and fabrics which seem strange to North American eyes. Their purpose is clearly to conceal rather than divulge characteristics of the bodies draped in them. What is visible of the female frame is the unfashionable robustness which develops from multiple births and a lifetime of hard physical work. The men are easily recognizable by their physique, which tends towards the gigantic. This impression is underlined by long, straggling beards which frame furrowed and weathered faces.” p. 59-60.
In the book, Fathers of the Third Century in the section, On the discipline and advantage of chastity, we read, “why is the looking-glass consulted, unless from fear lest a woman should be herself? Moreover, the dress of a modest woman should be modest”
Bast shoes are something Old Believers have worn
Felt boots were common in Old Russia
There are many records, like the historian Eusebius, who confirm that the Apostle’s wore the attire of Temple priests. Another reference is in the book
History of the Origins of Christianity - Book IV - The Antichrist which tells us that both James and John bore the petalon (the gold head piece of the priests).
In Arabiya they are somewhat more strict about the proper clothing practices, wearing pants in public could land a woman 40 lashes for violating public morality. Mind you, the lashes are not normally very strong. It is more of a kind of teaching through humiliation than something really harmful. But this is what can happen should somebody dress up indecently. We should all be careful what we are doing.
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