Questions & Answers On Hebrews, Part 3
Questions 73 (COD Page 329)
Why hair because of angels of First Corinthians?
754 Now somebody get me First Corinthians, the-the 11th chapter, and we’ll see there, that you’ll find out that the-the... In First Corinthians, the-the 11th, we find out that Paul is speaking. Let me get over to it just a minute, and then we’ll read it right quick and then we’ll-we’ll have it down.
755 I got something to say on this other verse here, that I hope the Lord gives it to us the way we should have it. If somebody find it... I think that’s the 11th chapter, yeah, all right. Now listen close, real close now, so that you’ll understand. Now take all your conscience and put it in your vest pocket till after I read this, you see, comment on It. Listen real close, this is THUS SAITH THE LORD:
Be ye followers of me, even as I... am of Christ. (Paul said, “You follow me, just as I follow Christ.”)
Now I praise you, brethren, that you remember me in all things, and keeping of the ordinances, as I delivered... unto you.
But I would have you to know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
756 See how it is? God, Christ, man, woman. Now: Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors Christ.
But every woman praying or prophesy with her head uncovered dishonors her head:...
757 Now we get just a minute, and show you that the hair to the woman is her covering:
... for that... even all one as if she was shaven. (That means that if-if she’s going to cut her hair, then shave it off.)
For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: (shorn means shaven, see)... but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
758 Now we’re getting right down to the question here you’re asking. See? All right, now it is wrong for a-a lady to cut her hair, according to the Bible. Now you listen right here and see if the Bible don’t give a man a legal right to put away his wife if she cuts her hair, see if this is right or not.
If a man... For a man indeed ought not to cover his head (that’s, have long hair), forsomuch as he is in the image and the glory of God: but the woman is in the glory of the man. (Did you ever think of that?)
759 Now I want to stop here, ’cause I want this to soak in real good, see. And now remember, I’ve seen tens of thousands of lovely women (know them right now, and plenty of them setting in this church) that has short hair, that’s Christians. And what I lay it onto is not you, it’s the way you been taught. See? That’s it. Your preacher never told you this. But if any of the women around the tabernacle like that, then they’re guilty. See, ’cause we sure tell them about it.
760 Now, now watch this:
... a man... For... (7th verse)... For a man...
761 Now, who’s speaking here? Now, sometime a lady say, “Oh, Paul was an ol’ woman-hater.”
762 Well, now while we’re at that, let’s just turn over here to Galatians 1:8, and see what Paul says about this, see, in Galatians 1:8. You’ll find out that Paul said here in Galatians 1:8:
... though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel than this you’ve already heard, let him be accursed.
763 Now don’t blame me, you blame Him, see. For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forsomuch as he is in the glory and the image of God: but the woman is in the glory and the image of man.
764 Now watch the next verse:
For the man is not of the woman; but the woman is of the man. Neither was the man created for a woman; but the woman was created for a man.
765 Now, I mean this now with real love and sweetness, and I hope you understand it the same way I say this. But America... As an international traveler, America has some of the most low-down, degraded rules for their women of any nation in the world. Paris, France could be a sky high scraper up the side of the way America lets their women do. It’s a disgrace!
766 Did you realize that the god of America is woman? I can prove that to you by this Bible. That’s right. Do you realize it has to come that way so the Catholic church can bring in their doctrine of the virgin Mary?
767 Now, if a woman was made not for a man, not... If a man was not made for a woman, but woman made for a man, then how you going to worship a woman? See? Now, what did it, it started in Paris and landed in Hollywood. Now Paris has to come to Hollywood to get their models and get their fashions and things, it’s the degrading of our American women.
768 What is it? Our nation has come so little until they’ve even taken the jobs away from the man, and put women out here in these places, till ninety percent of them, nearly, are prostitutes.
And talk about men being gone, sure, it’s because they got women out there in their jobs. And they got so low-down till they put women as peace officers on the street. That’s a disgrace to any nation! Yes, sir. What are you going to do about it?
769 “What do you do about it, Brother Branham?” I have to respect it, I’m an American citizen, I do what the big boss says do. If I ever... If a-if a family ever loses its respect for the family (the children lose the respect to the parent), that family’s tore to pieces. If a-if a church ever loses respect of its pastor, why that church is gone. And if a nation ever loses their respects of the supreme court and its decision, that nation is gone to pieces. That’s exactly right. We got to respect those things because they’re the big boss, see. But it isn’t right in the beginning. Absolutely!
770 Did you know that a man in the Bible... of Genesis, the 1st chapter, when God created woman and-and man, and made the man and women, and God told Eve that “your husband will rule over you, be your ruler”? Speak that in America and see where you’ll get! Boy, it’s not that, the woman rules over the man; they have to do that, the public places are set up...
771 I could bring women, if I had to, from my room there, by the dozens, of decent women... I don’t say all women shouldn’t sometime have to work; maybe they got a sick husband or something, and they have to work. But if they don’t have to, they shouldn’t do it. Their place is at home, their little castle, that’s exactly where they should be.
772 And our American women’s been privileged to go and eat hog or die. Even in all animals and so forth, when that thing prevails, it takes place and it degrades the whole race of it.
773 There’s a little bird in Africa, and she’s a little pick bird.
774 Now, usually, the female is always the ugliest of the two. The male’s always the most beautiful, the male deer, the male elk, the male pheasant, the-the male chicken, and always is the most... Because, the female is the home bird. She sets on the nest, she raises her little ones. She’s disguised from the hawk, the snake, the coyote, whatever more, see, to raise her little ones.
775 But in the race where that the... or in the sex that-that-that woman, or the female, prevails in beauty, it’s always a degrading type. In Africa, you take a bird... There’s a little bird there, and the only one on the continents that I know of, that the female is more prettier than the male. And when it does... That-that bird is a constant prostitute. She’ll run around and find a mate, and run out and lay the bunch of eggs after she’s mated with one, and lets the mate set on the eggs while she goes and hunts another mate. That’s exactly right. See? See what I mean?
776 In, now look, in America today, of our women. A young man from Kentucky told me, a few days ago, that there was eight hundred women working at a certain plant here in Kentucky. And he said, “I could possibly feel safely in swearing that four hundred of them is absolutely street prostitutes, and married women with children.” One guy took his wife out there and worked her up with a board, and then he liked to killed her. And another one went on to shoot a man. And another one cutting and fighting. That shouldn’t be. That’s not right.
777 Put the woman back in the kitchen where she belongs, then everything will be all right. But you put her out there in public work, she’s gone. Abso-... I don’t say that...
778 The American women snicker up their nose and say, “There’s nothing to That.” And, “You show me.” Certainly, you’ve got to do it, because the Bible predicted you would do it. You have to do it.
779 And here when... It used to be, a long time ago, in a Methodist church, if a woman cut her hair, she was put out of the church. Certainly, they did it. Yes, indeedy. Nazarenes, Pilgrim Holiness, Pentecostals, all of them used to do it. What happened?
780 You know why? You got some sissies behind the pulpit. That’s exactly right. Somebody’s afraid their meal ticket... afraid you’d excommunicate them, run them out of the church.
They didn’t have the very audacity to stand, stand on God’s Word whether It hurt or whether It didn’t. That’s exactly right.
781 Listen here, the man is the ruler. Don’t you think you’ll rule the house. You’re not the ruler of the house. You’re absolutely... You’re not a slave now, but you’re a helpmate. And Adam... The man has the rule over his wife, and he’s responsible solely for his wife. God makes the man answer for his wife. Now, read and see if God says that now.
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forsomuch as he is in the image and the glory of God:...
782 God is not a woman, God’s a man. You know when they make virgin Mary and all that, and interce-... or intercessions and everything like that, and pray to the virgin Mary, you know what it reminds me of? The great goddess Diana, who Paul rebuked and run out. That’s right. He said, “Why, God ain’t no woman!”
783 A rock fell out in the field, and they said the goddess throwed down their image, that’s the reason woman at Corinth, and up into there, the... that worshipped Diana, they wanted to become preachers.
784 They said, “Why, the spirit told us we could preach.”
785 He said, “What? Came the Word of God out of you, and came it from you only? If any man thinks himself to be spiritual or a prophet, let him acknowledge what I say is the commandments of the Lord: let a woman keep silent and be under subjections in the church, not to teach or to have any authority.” That’s exactly! That’s what the Scripture said. See? And God’s going to make a bunch of preachers answer for that at the Day of Judgment.
786 Well, listen! You say, “Well, I tell you, I was taught that.”
You know better now! That’s right. If you or somebody start
to take a dose of medicine, and somebody tells you it’s arsenic,
and you-and you go ahead and take it anyhow, that’s your
own fault after that. See?
787 Now listen to this:
For the man is not of the woman; but the woman is of the man.
For this cause ought a woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
788 Any of you reading it? First Corinthians, the 11th chapter, and the 10th verse. If you notice, “power,” (Why?) “of the angels,” First Corinthians, because the angels is the man, the messenger. Look, it’s a little “a” again. Where Angels are concerned, of Heavenly Angels, it’s a big “A,” capital “A.” Where it’s a little “a,” it’s man angels.
Nevertheless neither is there man... or woman,... neither is the woman without the man-the man, in the Lord.
For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman;... all things are of God.
Judge... yourself: is it comely for a woman to pray to God (with short hair) uncovered? (think of it now)
789 Now watch:
Does not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair,...
790 Say, “What did it pertain to?” Hair. Don’t you see what Paul’s talking about? Hair, long hair! If... The woman ought to have long hair. 14th verse now:
Does not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man has long hair, it’s a shame to him?
791 You get it? It’s a shame for a man to have long hair, but a wom-... that’s a woman’s place. God made a man different from a woman, sex and in looks, and in everything else. She oughtn’t to wear a garment... The Bible said that “If a woman will put on a pair of slacks or any garment that pertains to a man, it’s an abominable and dirty and filthy sight in the front of God.” And God will make her pay for it. Who you going to listen to? But this is the Bible!
792 And you run around and say, “Why, I think it’s nice for... see women wearing slacks.” But God made them different, He wants them dressed different.
793 And the Bible said, “If a woman will even put on a garment that pertains to a man, it’s an abomination.” You know what abomination is? It’s “something that’s filthy in the sight of God.” And the Great Jehovah who looks down upon you as being a filthy thing... And the Bible said...
794 And you that says... Some of you ladies now, to your young girls around teenage, eighteen, twenty years old, letting them run out here dressed like she is!
795 And you, too, mama! See? When you go out and wear those slacks and things and live... and get on the street, and-and have those old clothes that they’re making nowadays, and make you look like something that you’re not. See? And you go out there on the street all sexually looking, you might be just as innocent and pure before your husband and everything, but if you go out on the street and a man looks upon you because you presented yourself like that, you’re guilty, and going to answer at the Day of Judgment for committing adultery with every man that looked at you like that. That’s what the Bible said.
796 The Bible said, “Whosoever looketh upon a woman to lust after her, has committed adultery with her in his heart already,” and you’re guilty and will...
797 You come to the judgment and say, “Lord, You know my heart; I never committed adultery, I lived true to my husband.”
798 But here’ll be a man, here’ll be another one, here another one, another, another, fifteen, twenty, thirty, forty of them standing there saying, “Guilty of adultery!” Why? Some man looked upon you.
799 “Well, I had nothing to do with it.” Well, why’d you present yourself like that for? When God told you not to put them on, it was an abomination to do it, and you go listen to Who Loves Susie? Or what’s that...
800 Did you find out what taken place with that Who Loves Susie?’s husband? You all seen that here recently in the paper.When we was out in the Casper, Wyoming, it come out. Andwhat’s his name? That guy that... on that We Love Susie, orwhat in the-what in the world was that? The... Oh, what youall stay at home Wednesday night and miss prayer meeting tosee. What is that now? We Love... What is the name of that?[A sister says, “I Love Lucy”-Ed.] I Love Lucy, her husbandsupposed to... beats around, has been caught out yonder atReno, Nevada, with a colored girl, been living with her foryears. And that’s what you stay home to see instead of going,hearing the Gospel. The woman confessed it. Oh, mercy!There’s nothing clean outside of Jesus Christ!
801 Bless your heart, brother, I-I’ll tell you-you guy, some of the... You say, “Oh, my, look at the class.” Some of the-the very worst vultures we got, the scavengers, are pretty birds. You can’t judge a bird by its feathers, see. So just remember that. Oh, my!
802 Now watch:
Does not even nature... (that’s that 14th verse)... teach you, that, it’s a shame for a man to have long hair? (That belongs to a woman.) But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her:...
803 Now what’s he talking about? A hat that you Catholic people wear in church? No indeedy! A little covering over top of your head, with a handkerchief? He’s talking about your hair!
804 Now! And if a woman cuts off her hair, she cuts off her glory, and is not permitted to the altar to pray. See, just what it said here, “Is it a common thing for a woman to go pray with the head uncovered?” Says here, says, “Well, she got to cut her hair.” So let her be shaved off slick then. “And if she’s going to be shaved off slick,” said, “that’s a dishonor, it’s a shame for a woman to do that.” Then said, “She ought to be covered.” Now, I’m just-I’m just reading Paul’s letter. You all, it’s up to you, see.
But if the woman has long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given to her for a covering.
805 Did it say she’d be given a hat? You Catholic people or you Protestants, either one, that goes to church and wants to wear a hat, say, “Well, I’m going to church, ought to put on a hat.” No, you ought to let your hair grow. That’s the difference. See? ... for her hair is given to her for a covering. (And it’s a shame for her to come in church without covered, to go to the altar to pray.)
But if a man seem to be-to be... (I don’t believe I can pronounce that word, c-o-n-t-e-... )... Contentious-contentious (you know what contentious is), we have no such custom, neither the Church of God.
806 Now if you want to argue about it, you argue with That. All right, if you want to be contentious about it, “Oh, it don’t make any difference. Let’s let them go ahead. Why, I think it’s nothing. I... It’s not what the hair is, anyhow, it’s what the heart is.” That’s true; if the heart’s right, the hair will be right (Uh-huh).
807 Go ahead, if you want to be contentious, Paul said, “We have no such custom, neither the Church of God. Said, “If you want to belong to Cain’s side, well, just go ahead.” But This is
what Paul was saying.
808 Oh, and I don’t mean to laugh, ’cause it’s not a laughing matter. But I tell you friends, it’s a shame to see the way that these things has been permitted to do. I...
809 Listen! To you, my dear sisters, I want you to look your best and be your best, that’s what you ought to be. That’s what you ought to be. And you ought to be as sweet and fresh and everything as you can when you husband comes, just the same as that was your sweetheart. And you ought to meet him at the door with just-with just with a kiss as sweet to him as it was the day you kissed him at the altar to be your husband. That’s right. I don’t blame you for looking your best and being your best. And I want you to be that way, God knows I do.
810 Here some time ago, I was talking to Jack Shuler. Whoever heard of Jack Shuler? The most famous preacher the Methodist has got. He said, “A woman come and said... hair all dirty, and chewing chewing-gum, and her clothes half on her, said, ‘You know, my husband won’t even put up with me anymore.’”
811 He said, “I don’t blame him.”
812 That’s right. Now, but what you’ve got to do, you’ve got to be in the right way. Don’t take your freshness and beauty out of Hollywood, take it out of the Bible, before God. Be a lady, act like a lady, dress like a lady, be clean. Act like a lady, don’t wear those...
813 Any man that lets his wife get out and wear those little of things before man, and them little ol’ things... get out on the lawn and mow the yard, and things like that, mister, I’m telling you, brother! I don’t-I don’t mean to be mean, I... God knows that that’s my heart. But I’ll have to... I’m going to have to change a whole lot before I’d let mine do it. I’m going to be boss up on the hill up there as long as I can, you see; and when I can’t, I’m going to move off from there. That’s right.
814 Oh, brother, that’s a shame and a disgrace for women to do that. And I-I don’t mean, sister... I-I’m not degrading you, I’m just trying to say... Our church here has no members, people just come here. But this is a house of God, and we absolutely tell people not to wear those things. That it’s... you’re going to answer for it at the Day of Judgment. Now watch here. And let your hair grow out, see, and be a lady.
815 Now:
Now in this that is... I declare unto you I praise you not, for that you come together for... not for the better, but for the worse.
For first of all, when you come together in the church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and so forth,... (it goes on now to the communion table)
816 Now listen to That. That’s why that the angels...
817 Now, Brother Palmer, I ain’t telling you on this tape you preach the same thing down there that I’m doing here. But you know good and well, and you being a preacher, you know that’s the Truth, brother. All right.
818 So the angels here are the “man.” If you notice it, Brother Palmer, it’s in the little letter, the “angels.” And the Bible goes ahead... He’s talking about the man and his wife, see, that’s what the subject is.
819 That’s the way people get so confused in the Bible, they say, “Well, God says one thing here, and one... ” No, you-you get off the subject. Stay right on the same subject, that’s all. He’s talking about man and wife.
820 Now one more thing I want to hit just before we close, it’ll take me about two minutes: