A NEW NAME REMOVES REPROACH
*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 your SHÉM (name, reputation, fame, glory, the Name (as a designation
of God, memorial, monument) to take away our reproach (disgrace, shame,
rebuke).*
Many modern, unlearned women question why they should discard their
father's surname upon marriage, labelling it as merely a "white man's
culture." Yet ironically, these same women readily embrace other Western
constructs like court marriages and church weddings without a second thought.
However, the prophet Isaiah spoke clearly on this matter over 2,700 years
ago - long before their familial village lineages existed. In 740 BC,
Isaiah revealed it was a profound source of pride for women to take their husbands'
names as proof of their marital covenant. This very act removed the reproach
they would otherwise bear.
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By clinging to their birth names after marriage, modern women unknowingly
reject this biblical injunction and embrace a posture of reproach - the very
state Isaiah prophesied the taking of a husband's name would deliver them from.
Their objections stem from ignorance of the "ancient paths" where
Yahweh's people found wisdom.
While frivolously adopting court marriages and church ceremonies -
themselves rooted in pagan traditions - these women hypocritically scoff at the
idea of taking their husband's surname, a profoundly scriptural concept rooted
in the culture of Israel's covenant with the Most High.
Reclaim the high calling of biblical marriage by joyfully taking your
husband's name as your new identity, cleaving to the purest Scriptural ideals
over modernist misconceptions rooted in profound darkness and rebellion.
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