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      This is a question, which arises often, but what is our answer; “my heart tells me……, or the scripture says the following”? First of all, let me say that I do not believe that just because a woman is wearing pants that it is necessarily a sign of rebellion, although as we will see that is definitely where the modern custom has come from.

      I believe in our western world that women wearing pants has become part of the culture and that is part of the very essence of the problem with Babylon; CULTURE! If one is honest with themselves, they must admit that the culture of Babylon is not the Elohim mandated culture that He Himself set down in the Garden of Eden. Actually, you could not get a more opposite culture from the biblical mandate than in Babylon/ USA.

From women working away from their homes and sending their children to be trained in the public- school system, to having women as Pastors, prophets and leaders, one must admit the culture of Babylon is Not conducive to returning to the Elohim given mandate in Eden. Divorce in the west in at almost 60%, and is only not higher because many in these illicit end times are choosing to simply live together and abandon the marriage covenant completely. If you are looking at the culture of Babylon around you for how you should act, then most assuredly you will not be fulfilling the mandate of the biblical woman. Let’s look at what the Apostle Peter wrote how the biblical woman ought to behave.

1st Peter 3:1 Likewise, wives, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if any disobey the Word, through the behavior of the wives, without a word they will be won,

1st Peter 3:2 observing your pure behavior in fear.

1st Peter 3:3 And adorn not yourselves with the external ornaments of curls of the hair, or the wearing of golden trinkets, or of costly garments.

1st Peter 3:4 but the hidden man (person) of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of the meek and quiet spirit, which is of great value before YAHWEH.

1st Peter 3:5 For so once indeed the holy women who were hoping on Elohim adorned themselves, submitting themselves to their own husbands,

1st Peter 3:6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Master; whose children you became, doing good, and not being confused by false (Gen 18:12)

The question then arises were does it say in Torah that a woman should not wear pants. But I would also ask wear does it say in Torah that a believer should not smoke cigarettes, take drugs, or watch evil Hollywood movies? The point is that the Torah is a lamp to my feet (Psalm 119:105) and it is a guide that we need to use for every aspect of our life. We need to look at Torah and see what the spirit of the Torah is saying, and make our daily living model based on the principles that the Torah clearly outlines.

Deut 22:5 “Women are not to wear men’s clothing, and men are not to wear women’s clothing; YAHWEH your Elohim hates people who do such things.

Now, I believe from this scripture that we can safely conclude that a woman should not wear pants. Some may ignorantly say, ‘well why is pants man’s clothing?’ In Yahshua’s day men even wore dresses. This is not an accurate statement as a man’s garment in Yahshua’s day was far from a dress and very masculine looking, and I have actually studied remains of garments from archaeological research that shows clearly, men and women ‘s garments were very different from each other.

Now back to pants. It is very interesting that an older man was talking to me about this while being in the US, and he said to me that when He was younger, in the Baptist church every woman without fail wore dresses, but you don’t see that today. Without a doubt, from as early as pants became a garment for humans, they were only worn BY MEN, NOT WOMEN, and when did women start to wear the pants in the family;

Starting in the 1960’s when the whole women’s lib movement came in and totally perverted our society and our dear poor sisters. This is a fact. And, as a matter of fact, that is where the statement “she wears the pants in that family” came from. Wearing the pants was a sign of masculine authority. (1st Tim 2:12) And women should not usurp the authority of a man.

Now, back to culture. Do you know that in most third world cultures, such as Africa, where the women’s lib movement has not corroded their society, that all women still wear dresses? As a matter of fact, I was told in Kenya, that more than anything else, that if Sister Petra came to Kenya wearing pants the brethren would not even have listened to me. You see, besides being immodest, when you wear pants people can see the womanly shape of your body; wearing pants is a product of the western Babylonian society that has produced the self-existent, totally vain, self-centered, women of America and the west.

As believers, we have a great responsibility of not causing our brothers to stumble by wearing provocative, revealing, clothing that can cause lustful thoughts. We also should make sure at all times that our brothers minds can stay focused on YHWH Himself and not on our bodies. Also, remember that our bodies are the sanctuary of the Holy Spirit, and we should want to keep our look as modest as possible, without ever dressing immodest or purposely trying to show the outline of our body.

1st Cor 6:19 Or do you not know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which you have from YAHWEH, and you are not of yourselves?

1st Cor 6:20 You were bought with a price; then glorify YAHWEH in your body, and in your spirit, which belong to YAHWEH.

We as believers are working toward restoring all truth back to this earth in preparing for Yahshua’s soon coming Kingdom. Do we want to just get by or do we want to raise the bar? Do we want to teach our children about Eden or do we want to teach them old habits of Babylon?

Yahweh made the natural femininity of a woman one of her greatest gifts to mankind. One of my most pleasant memories of Hayahad was each morning, as I would come to the community building, I would see the ladies gathering in their laundry from the clothes line with their long modest dresses on with their clothes buckets, walking in the grass, the slow breeze behind them, and I just smiled each time I saw this.

Yahweh made a natural beauty to a woman in the feminine style that she carries herself. The Elder in Kenya told me that Petra was the first woman that ever visited them and the sisters just loved to sit with her and talk to her because she has an old-fashioned biblical view of womanhood.

Jer 6:16 So says Yahweh, Stand by the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; and you shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in it.

I know we are not to judge by appearance, but if we are honest with ourselves, we know that first impressions mean a lot, and don’t our sisters want to be a good witness by being modest and trying to be the example of our beloved Matriarch Sarah. It really is a cultural issue; do women want to portray the culture of Babylon or Eden; the choice is each sister’s to decide?