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COVER, COVERING
There is a great
deal said today in Christian circles about “covering” and the need
for every believer to be “covered” by some person or some
organization. A question one often hears is, “Who is your covering?”
What is implied, but not spoken, is that if one is not covered by an
other person or organization, they are in rebellion. It is a blatant
attempt under the guise of being spiritual to control someone else
or to have them under one's authority.
But what does the
Bible have to say about the subject “to cover” or “covering?”
It should be noted
how little the Scripture actually speaks of “cover” or “covering,”
but the few times the word is used, it never
speaks of it in the way it is used today.
Hebrew:
sakak meaning
to cover,
hedge in kasah
meaning to cover,
conceal messakah
meaning a covering
Greek:
kalupto meaning to cover
katakalupto
to cover fully
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Psalm 85:2
“Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast
covered (kasah)
all their sin.”
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Psalm 91:4 “He
shall cover
(sakak)
thee with his
feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall
be thy shield and buckler.”
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Isaiah 30:1
“Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take
counsel, but not of Me: and that cover with a covering
(messakah),
but not of My Spirit, that they may add sins to sin:”
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Isaiah 51:16
“And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have
covered (kasah)
thee in the shadow of Mine hand, that I may plant the heavens,
and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou
art My people.”
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Romans 4:7
“Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins
are covered
(epikalupto).”
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I Peter 4:8
“And above all things have fervent love among yourselves: for
love shall cover (kalupto) the multitude of
sins.”
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