Meat Shame, Reproach and the Image of Marriage

[PeteR]

A little while ago, I posted a fairly long article on my blog that most here will be interested in. Special thanks to @Pacman , @Robhar and @Shaul for editing help and input/insight. One other key person helped with editing as well...

https://natsab.com/2020/01/02/shame-reproach-and-the-image-of-marriage/

Would love to hear thoughts here or leave comments on the blog, though remember, my audience is being exposed in measured doses...

 

[rockfox]

Good excerpts...

"anytime a woman is uncovered, or, not the help meet of a man, it is a matter of shame or of reproach. Culturally, we now accept it as perfectly normal for a woman to be divorced, single, on her own, etc. But Scripture never paints this picture; in fact, quite the opposite. She is in a state of shame that can only be removed by coming under the protective covering of a man, whether father, son, or husband. (e.g. Numbers 30) This is part of the reason why Paul says young widows are to be married, lest they give the enemy occasion for reproach!! I Timothy 5:14 (see 1-16)"

"I have additional thoughts exploding in my head right now regarding the fact that the men were circumcised, not the women… Men are under the headship of God/Messiah (I Cor. 11:3), but women are under the headship of a man. When a virgin is taken into her husband’s house, she has a bloody show at the time she enters into covenant with him. So it is when a man is circumcised and brought into the bond of the covenant with Yah!"