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According to 1 Corinthians 11:10 should a woman cover her head when she is praying or prophesying for the reason of signaling to the heavenly host that she is not exposed but is covered (protected) under a higher authority?
1 Corinthians 11:10
This is why a woman should have authority over her own head: because of the angels.
It seems unusual that Paul would make mention of angels in relation to a woman covering her head.
According to the scripture, could it be that angels are a potent reason why women ought to accept Paul’s instructions regarding head covering?
Veiling oneself appears linked with glory.
- Moses veiled himself. Exodus 34 and 2 Corinthians 3.
- We are beholding the glory of The Lord with unveiled faces as in a mirror 2 Corinthians 3:18.
- When a man falls in love with a woman and pursues her above all else, to betroth her to himself, she veils herself (her glory) from all other suitors, to shield herself for the one her heart loves. We see this symbolically when a bride is veiled.
- God created men and women differently. A woman often has a softer and more trusting nature, therefore she can more easily be targeted by spiritually deceptive methods just like Eve was. If she comes to understand the beautiful but vulnerable way that God created her, she will understand the wisdom of submitting herself under the covering, authority and protection of her husband.
This is symbolised by covering her head when praying and prophesying. Activities that intentionally intersect through the spiritual realm.
- The benei ha-elohim desired earthly women.
Genesis 6:1-4
1 And it was, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, 2 that the benei ha-elohim (lit. “sons of God”) saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took wives from whomever they chose.
3 And YHWH said: “My spirit shall not abide in man forever, for that he also is flesh; and his days be a hundred and twenty years.” 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also after that, when the benei ha-elohim came to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; these were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown
