

This is one of those examples of when we need to just read the bible plainly and do it. A woman’s long hair is her glory and a covering for her. When she cuts it off, she loses her glory, and she loses her God given covering. It’s as simple as that.
Pastor John helped me see that if God is not sovereign over salvation, then God is not sovereign.
The church, for too long, has neglected this reality and has been too comfortable cozying up to the culture and adopting its ideas. Certainly, Israel took from Egypt (Exodus 12:36), but only their material possessions as God instructed them.
A covenant serves as a way for man, not to fully comprehend God, but to know Him to the extent that he is willing to reveal Himself to us (Deut. 29:29).