Laceration, piercing and tattooing of the body is found in many parts of the world, they used to common in Africa but they are phasing out but now it is a major fad in the west. The current craze for tattooing, piercing and other forms of lacerations are not at all new. These are all revived ancient customs.
Religious, traditional, decorative and tribal scarification or marks were common in the ancient world too. In some regions every ethnic or tribal group have their unique marks. Sometimes the marks can tell you who a person is or where they come from or belong. Some marks are accompanied with religious rituals that may involve animal sacrifice. In some communities their leaders, chiefs and kings are inaugurated in high level religious …show more content…
Some people have multiple scarifications in different parts of their body for different reason. Religious, traditional, decorative and tribal marks not only define a person in the natural but in the spiritual also. In some of these communities these marks are taken very seriously and if by any chance someone fails to receive the mark he or she can be ignored in many aspect of community life or even completely ostracized. King Solomon tells us in the bible that, "What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun" - Ecclesiastes 1:9 …show more content…
Sometimes however, there may still be what I would call 'shadow ' or 'remnants ' of initiation or dedication to false gods in a person 's life even after their are born again sometimes depending on how deep his or her involvement. For example, when someone who was initiated as a heathen priest receives Christ his entire being is delivered through his spirit. We are saved in our spirit because the real you is your spirit. As a result of natural exposure your soul and your spirit remain vulnerable to Satan and sin or any of those things that you used to do before you gave your heart to Christ. A person whose body and mind has been engaged in immoral sin may still find themselves to be under influence of lust. A chain smoker or a drunk may still be struggling to leave the habit. Often people will need to be delivered medically or from demonic bondage. To close all entry doors of evil, God seeks to do a wholesome work in man if he allows Him. This is the reason why Hebrews 4:12 declares,
"For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
Religious, traditional, decorative and tribal scarification or marks were common in the ancient world too. In some regions every ethnic or tribal group have their unique marks. Sometimes the marks can tell you who a person is or where they come from or belong. Some marks are accompanied with religious rituals that may involve animal sacrifice. In some communities their leaders, chiefs and kings are inaugurated in high level religious …show more content…
Some people have multiple scarifications in different parts of their body for different reason. Religious, traditional, decorative and tribal marks not only define a person in the natural but in the spiritual also. In some of these communities these marks are taken very seriously and if by any chance someone fails to receive the mark he or she can be ignored in many aspect of community life or even completely ostracized. King Solomon tells us in the bible that, "What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun" - Ecclesiastes 1:9 …show more content…
Sometimes however, there may still be what I would call 'shadow ' or 'remnants ' of initiation or dedication to false gods in a person 's life even after their are born again sometimes depending on how deep his or her involvement. For example, when someone who was initiated as a heathen priest receives Christ his entire being is delivered through his spirit. We are saved in our spirit because the real you is your spirit. As a result of natural exposure your soul and your spirit remain vulnerable to Satan and sin or any of those things that you used to do before you gave your heart to Christ. A person whose body and mind has been engaged in immoral sin may still find themselves to be under influence of lust. A chain smoker or a drunk may still be struggling to leave the habit. Often people will need to be delivered medically or from demonic bondage. To close all entry doors of evil, God seeks to do a wholesome work in man if he allows Him. This is the reason why Hebrews 4:12 declares,
"For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the