EARRINGS and Body Piercings

Evil spirits, based on information from Magical Arts, were thought to be able to enter the human body through any of its openings and take control. The first earrings were probably worn to bar the way to these spirits and so was the use of lipstick originally.

Earrings are rings that are worn in the ears. Piercing the lobes to allow the wearing of earrings is a very ancient practice still extant today.

This piercing of the flesh is mentioned in LEV 19:28 along with the issue of tattoos, etc.

Most body parts have been pierced for various and sundry magical and “religious” reasons throughout the ages. Ears may have been among the first to be pierced, along with the nose, which is still pierced in INDIA for protective as well as cosmetic reasons.

Folklore abounds this practice of piercing. Pierced earrings in general are often recommended to strengthen weak eyes and if set with emeralds they become very effective, so some say. Gold earrings are worn many times by people who wish to cure headaches. Others will wear one gold and one silver earring for the same purpose.

GEN 35:2-4 ..So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods which are among you, and purify yourselves and change your garments; and let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.” So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which they had and the RINGS which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the oak which was near Shechem.

When Jacob’s household was ready to seek God, they got rid of all their earrings and idols. What people fail to realize is that Satan is a total liar and a deceiver. Instead of these piercing items protecting an individual from evil spirits they actually attract the evil spirits and problems occur.

HOSEA 2:13 …”I will punish her for the days of the BAALS when she used to offer sacrifices to them, and adorn herself with her EARRINGS and jewelry, and follow her lovers, so that she ‘forgot Me,’ declares the Lord.”

1 TIMOTHY 2:9-10 …Likewise I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments, but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim for godliness.

There is a time coming when the LORD will dress His bride and adorn her with jewels of many sorts. In the meantime it is not good to void scripture and “cut the flesh” to insert rings into any part of the body. In deliverance ministry there are documented cases where Bell’s Palsy and female troubles have resulted from women using pierced earrings. Not in every case … but why take a chance and play with danger! One can only imagine what is happening to men who cut their flesh and insert rings.