Day 290..."The Lord's Anger...Hats in Church"

In Hosea 13:11 we read of the expression of God's anger and consequently the key reason for the exile..." I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my wrath." God's anger is holy anger of course. If you have taken Disciple 1, you may remember the two weeks regarding..."The people without a king" and "the people with a king." All thoughts of earthly kingdoms aside...Chapter 13 makes biblical case again of honoring God first with our lives. This worship of God is what is needed the most. Jeremiah yoke of submission was broken in chapter 28, so that he could speak freely again..."Sometime after the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke-bars from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah." I Corinthians, chapter 11, regards customs of the day of covering or uncovering heads. Men are to not cover their heads but women are to cover their heads. I read this as contextual obedience. Recently, we read of not doing things to cause others to stumble. There are, of course, some who observe this custom today. We in the mainline position usually even show our respect by men removing hats in places of worship. Hats and women tend to be more fashion driven than for religious reasons. There are also some teachings about Holy Communion and not disrespecting the Lord's Supper. Apparently there was problem of getting drunk and gorging food at the Lord's Supper. One commentary (NIV) said the rich left stuffed and the poor hungry. Obviously, this is not in the spirit of Holy Communion.