Covering

The Lord Recently Talked to me about the concept of spiritual hierarchy and head coverings, in relationship to 1 Corinthians 11:3-15.

1 Corinthians 11:3-15 3 But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. 4 Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head,

• Man is the spiritual head, he needs no head covering. If he acts as if he needs a head covering, he is acting like a woman; that would indicate something is out of order.

• A man leaves the spiritual covering of his parents and becomes the spiritual head of his own home, becoming the spiritual covering for his wife.

• Matthew 19:5 and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?

• He holds fast to his wife because he now covers her, not her father. The man can be without a head covering / spiritual covering as his direct covering is Christ. The wife's direct covering is her husband.

• Throughout this think of head covering as spiritual covering.

5 but every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven. 6 For if a wife will not cover her head, then she should cut her hair short. But since it is disgraceful for a wife to cut off her hair or shave her head, let her cover her head.

• A wife who prays and prophesies with her head uncovered -- head uncovered meaning not properly submitted to her husband ... prays and prophesies means she is engaging in exchanges on the trading floor of the spirit realm, so to speak.

• She dishonors her head -- she dishonors her husband. Since it is the same as if her head were shaven -- because it's as if she does not even have a head covering / spiritual head / spiritual covering from a husband.

• For if a wife will not cover her head -- wife says she is married; not a single woman who refuses to marry. And she will not, meaning it's available to her but she refuses it.

• She may as well be a man herself. She is operating in the spirit realm as a man does, without her head covered / without spiritual covering.

• She should cut her hair short -- might as well cut your hair short and just overtly pretend to be a man; since that's how she is engaging the spirit realm.

• Since it is disgraceful for a wife to cut off her hair -- since it is out of Proper Order to operate outside your husband's spiritual covering / operate as if you do not have a spiritual covering.

  • Deuteronomy 22:5 “A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God.

  • This Deuteronomy verse has literal meaning about deceptively presenting oneself as the opposite gender. But this foundational Truth applies conceptually here.

• Let her cover her head -- just submit to your husband's spiritual authority / covering.

7 For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man. 8 For man was not made from woman, but woman from man. 9 Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.

• This is reiterating the system of hierarchy for spiritual authority that God Implemented in His Creation. In relation to the family structure.

• Husband is covered by Christ. Wife is covered by husband. Children are covered by parents. Family system is operating in this spiritual hierarchy, submitted to Christ ultimately.

10 That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

• Why "because of the angels"?

• Genesis 6:1-4 1. When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.

• Directly after this, God Declared The Flood. He also limited mans lifespan due to this abomination of Nephilim (giants): what pagans call "demigods" ... half human, half god. So this was a major transgression of the Order of God's Systems.

• Ought to have a symbol of authority on her head -- A woman operating in the spirit realm without a spiritual covering, basically has a flashing red "vulnerable" sign. (Figuratively speaking). Because a wife who steps outside of submission to her husband's spiritual authority is stepping outside his spiritual covering.

• So don't step out from your husbands covering and enter into transactions in the spirit realm. (Prayers and prophesying are a form of transaction in the spirit realm.). You are vulnerable and the spirits know it!

• I'm not saying a wife is at risk of birthing Nephilim. But Genesis 6 is a real example of women being exploited by spirits (it says "they took any they chose," not clear how many of the women were willing). Genesis 6 Says the women became the wives of the sons of God / gods. I am using Genesis 6 as an example of why "because of the angels" is the language used.

11 Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man nor man of woman; 12 for as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And all things are from God. 13 Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a wife to pray to God with her head uncovered?

• Again, question is: is it proper for a woman who stepped out of her husband's spiritual covering to be doing exchanges on the spiritual trading floor, so to speak?

14 Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him, 15 but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering.

• This is going to be a little harder to articulate.....

• If a woman is spiritually operating outside her husband's spiritual authority she might as well cut her hair short.

• A woman operating within her husband's spiritual authority can have long hair then; because she can be a woman ... the way God Intended within the system.

• It's as if her long hair symbolically represents her husband's spiritual authority over her. Her husband's authority is given to her as a covering. Her long hair represents that authority.

• So her long hair is her glory because it shows she is operating as a woman should, under her husband's spiritual authority.

• Because she is free to be a woman. And she is only free to truly be a woman because she is properly submitted in the spiritual hierarchy . (The pagans would call this "able to operate in her feminine energy" or something).

The Lord Explained all this, then He Asked me to grow my own short hair out a bit. As a prophetic act. This is specific to me, I'm not trying to imply a doctrine of woman having long hair. He's not even Telling me to have long hair, per se, just to grow it out longer as a prophetic act of trust and faith in Him for the mighty work He's Doing in my own marriage.

Saints, God Built Creation. And He Implemented Systems to bring Order to that creation. God's Kingdom is a Patriarchy. And it is Good. God's Systems in Scripture for the operation of the Temple, for representative government, the community, the family, are hierarchical. Corruption came through deception from the enemy; and humans sinfully agreeing with that deception instead of staying faithful to trust God's Systems. The temptation always boils down to "humans can actually create and run a better system - do better - using their own knowledge." But returning to the ancient paths brings rest for our souls. The end of striving.

In Jesus's Name,

Christy Hale

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