Isaiah 4:1 states that 7 women will take hold of 1 man and buy there own food and clothes if the man would allow them to be called by there last name,would you do it?hahaha weird huh?
2007-12-19 08:30:06 · 13 answers · asked by loveChrist 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Swe... simple joke to break the monotony..thank you your answer it was right and very thorough but even God has a sense of humor
2007-12-19 10:44:28 · update #1
The male population would be so devastated in the coming invasions of Assyria and Babylonia that women would be seven times as numerous as the remaining men.
That's what was going on at that time.
2007-12-19 10:21:36 · answer #1 · answered by Califiyah 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The answer I found in researching the question says this is believed to be of a parable-like nature. Visiting the Website below is one interpretation.
The second is another interpretation saying that the man is Christ and the 7 women are the many churches or daughters/wives of the coming lord. Remember that the Jewish religion is established based upon the maternal bloodlines as a claim to being considered Jewish.
2007-12-19 08:59:53 · answer #2 · answered by nuzlady_29388 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-04 01:43:04 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to look at the context of the previous chapter. The "women of Zion" have been afflicted because of their behavior, and they're looking for a way to escape that affliction. Changing their names seems (to them, at least) a reasonable out.
Would I do it? Not on your life.
2007-12-19 08:34:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Times were certainly different back then, weren't they?
2007-12-19 08:32:46 · answer #5 · answered by They call me ... Trixie. 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
lol no not me!
But I'm holding my hubby more tighter then ever!:)
2007-12-19 08:33:00 · answer #6 · answered by ♥Lily♥ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To understand the meaning of this verse in the Book of Isaiah; take a look back at the end of Chapter 3, God described the ‘desolate’ state of Jerusalem, due to the worship of false idols, and basically, things foreign to The Word of God. The leaders, spiritual and political, and the deceived peoples, were causing this state of degradation by not following The LORD. By continuing this state in Jerusalem, they will allow the ‘abomination of desolation’ written of by Daniel to sit in the rebuilt Temple on Mount Moriah. The last verse of that Chapter 3 of Isaiah therefore refers to a condition in the near future. Now we look at that prophecy with Isaiah Chapter 4 verse 1:
Isa 4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, "We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach."
The analogy of 'spiritual harlotry' from Isaiah 3 continues, but the analogy here is about the true Bride of Christ, holding to "one man" as The Bridegroom, being Christ Jesus. The key word in this verse is ‘seven women’ who eat their ‘own bread’. This ‘bread’ is spiritual, in that it means Christ, for He is the True Bread of Life. These seven refer in the spiritual sense to God's elect, per the ‘seven thousand’ spoken of in I Kings 19, where Elijah was reassured of a remnant by God. The Lord told Elijah:
I Kings 19:18 "Yet I have left Me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him."
Again, ‘women’ is used to refer to the ‘daughters of My People’, or the elect. The part ‘We will wear our own apparel’ is put for clothing of ‘righteousness’ in a sense, different from the clothing of the ‘harlot’ of the last Chapter of Isaiah, which those wear who are ‘in bed’ with Satan by following him instead of our Father through Christ Jesus. That harlot clothing is in the spiritual sense, idolatry, or ‘spiritual adultery’ away from Christ our Lord.
You should realize who that ‘one man’ is above in Isaiah 4:1, which the ‘seven women’ take hold of, for He is Christ, and by His Name they are also called. Only by studying God’s Word chapter by chapter, and verse by verse will you learn to recognize these spiritual ‘key’ words, or phrases. In this one verse we have: ‘ in that day’ to refer to the return of Jesus Christ on earth; ‘seven women’ referring to God’s remnant, or elect; ‘our own apparel’ put for the righteous clothing of the elect, which is symbolic of good works here on earth (Rev. 7:9-17; 14:13); ‘bread’ is put for The Bread of Life; and ‘called by thy name’ is put for that ‘new name’ that Christ will write upon His elect in the eternity (Rev. 3:12).
This is how God communicates, so get used to it, sharpen up; these Biblical ‘key’ words should get your attention immediately, knowing that they refer to other parts of The Word. As stated before, chapter by chapter, verse by verse study will reveal these meanings, if you have ‘eyes to see and ears to hear’. If you’re locked into jumping around in The Word every Sunday, never covering It so that It flows in the mind, the most important part will be missing. If your Church is not teaching God’s Word this way, then it’s up to you to fill in the gaps.
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2007-12-19 08:56:02 · answer #7 · answered by ♥Šωèé†íé♥ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't know the context so it doesn't mean anything.
2007-12-19 08:33:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anna P 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes this is a weird question.. gosh, haha
2007-12-19 08:32:48 · answer #9 · answered by Beautiful - 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
W H A T?
2007-12-19 08:33:52 · answer #10 · answered by vixxen 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋