Any discussion of modesty and adornment in the Bible should start with Jezebel.
When we looked at Paul’s statement regarding himself as “chief of sinners” we looked at Jezebel’s husband – Ahab – who is quite possibly the worst sinner in the OT (1 Kings 21:25 “There was none who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife incited.”)
Omri, Ahab's father, is an “anti-David” and Ahab is an “anti-Solomon” – the house of Omri is “anti-Christ.
This attitude is reflected in the book of Revelation which refers to “Jezebel” as encouraging sexual immorality and eating food sacrificed to idols. In the same way that Omri and Ahab are antichrist – Jezebel is anti-church. She is the one who dresses herself up in great finery – but she is a harlot – she is the woman Folly of Proverbs 9.
Jezebel is not evil because she paints her eyes and adorns herself. She is evil because she knows how to use her womanly arts to seduce and destroy. She adorns herself to manipulate – to exert power and control...
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