*THE BEARD IN SCRIPTURE: To Mar, To Dress, and To Cover* *1. The Command - Do Not Mar* > "Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard." - *Leviticus 19:27 KJV* > "They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh." - *Leviticus 21:5 KJV* That word *"mar"* is everything. Hebrew is *תַשְׁחִיתוּ - tashchitu*, from root *שָׁחַת shachath*. Shachath does not mean to trim. It means *to destroy, to ruin, to corrupt, to spoil, to make waste.* It is the same word used when: - The earth was _corrupted_ before the flood - Gen 6:11 - God says do not _destroy_ the fruit trees - Deut 20:19 So God is not saying do not cut your beard. He is saying do not *destroy* it - shave it bald to nothing. *2. All Witnesses Agree* *LXX Septuagint - Greek:* Uses _phtheiro_ - to corrupt, spoil, destroy. Very literal for shachath. And _...
Before Adam was created, this is what the Creator said: *"Let Us make man in Our image"* - Gen 1:26 What image? Man is a twofold being: *1. Body* *2. Spirit* - which when combined become a living soul. Angels are also twofold: *1. There is a heavenly body and an earthly body - 1 Cor 15:40* *2. Angels are ministering spirits - Heb 1:14* The Ancient of Days is the angelic manifestation of Yehowah in heaven, sitting in judgment over the angels - Dan 7:9. Thus, He is also a twofold being: *1. Heavenly body* *2. Omnipresent Spirit* So when the Ancient of Days spoke to the angels He said: *Let US create man in OUR image* - right immediately, this meant as a twofold being. Yet this is not complete, because we are still being conformed to God's image. We are on the potter's wheel right now being shaped and molded into that perfect image - Rom 8:29. And the angels are just like the parent who tells their child: *WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BABY!* Making the child a part of...