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hello and welcome to another teaching by 119 ministries our ministry teaches that the whole Bible is true and applicable for our lives today if you would like to know more about what we believe in teach please visit us at test everything net we hope that you enjoy studying and testing the following teaching one of the most frequently asked questions involves the practice of head coverings for both men and women we would like to address this question on two levels first we will look at the issue of authority and then secondly we will look at the actual practice of wearing a physical head covering first Corinthians chapter 11 but I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ the head of woman is man and the head of Christ is God every man praying or prophesying having his head covered this honors his head but every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered this honors her head for that is one and the same as if her head were shaved for if a woman is not covered let her also be shorn but if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn or shaved let her be covered for a man indeed ought not to cover his head since he is the image and glory of God but woman is the glory of man for man is not from woman but woman from man nor was man created for the woman but woman for the man for this reason the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head because of the angels nevertheless neither is man independent of woman nor woman independent of man in the Lord for as women came for a man even so man also comes through woman but all things are from God judge among yourselves is a proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair it is a dishonor to him but if a woman has long hair it is a glory to her for her hair is given to her for a covering but if any one seems to be contentious we have no such custom nor do the Churches of God within this teaching the Apostle Paul is establishing a proper order of authority within the believing community and especially within the context of marriage and family throughout his writings Paul makes the distinction between the carnal man and the spiritual man Romans chapter 8 for those who live according to the flesh set their minds on things of the flesh but those who live according to the spirit the things of the Spirit for to be carnally minded is death but to be spiritually minded is life and peace because a carnal mind is enmity against God for it is not subject to the law of God nor indeed can be so then those who are in the flesh cannot please God for his Corinthians 2 but the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God for they are foolishness to him nor can he know them because they are spiritually discerned Romans 7:14 for we know that the law is spiritual but I am carnal sold under sin Romans 8:9 but you are not in the flesh but in the spirit if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ he is not his Romans 8:13 through 14 for if you live according to the flesh you will die but if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live for as many as led by the Spirit of God these are sons of God the spiritual man is a man submitted to the direction and teaching of the Spirit of Messiah let us remember the promise of the Messiah John 14 and I will pray that the father and he will give you another helper that he may abide with you forever the Spirit of Truth whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him but you know him for he dwells with you and will be in you John 14:26 but the helper the Holy Spirit whom the father will send in my name he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you John 16 however when he the Spirit of Truth has come he will guide you into all truth for he will not speak on his own authority but whatever he hears he will speak and he will tell you things to come here Jesus his Hebrew name being yeshua is telling us that the Spirit of the Holy One will not teach anything contrary to what Yeshua has already in parted to as disciples in other words the same spirit that proclaimed the pure law of God the Torah and Yeshua will now teach pure Torah through his followers if they submit to the same spirit not surprisingly this is what the Prophet said the central point and purpose of the Spirit of God would be in the New Covenant Ezekiel 36 verses 26 through 27 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh I will put my spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes and you will keep my judgments and do them Jeremiah 31 verse 33 but this is the Covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days says Yahweh I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts and I will be their God and they shall be my people we should also remember that Yeshua came to fulfill the Torah and not destroy it either by adding to it or subtracting from it Yeshua is perfectly submitted to the father's word and did not create or teach his own ideas statutes ordinances or commandments the tour is clear that is forbidden to add or subtract from the Torah if breaking the law of God is sin and the law of God says that we cannot add to or take away from the law of God then Yeshua could not do that either or otherwise he would have sinned according to the Bible's own definition of sin but we know that Yeshua did not sin he did not add to or take away from what was already written as the law of God our Messiah Yeshua was likewise clear that he was here to do the Father's will work and word Deuteronomy 4:2 you shall not add to the word which I command you nor take from it that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you do it around me 12 32 whatever I command you be careful to observe it you shall not add to it nor take away from it Matthew 5:17 Yeshua speaking think not that I come to this the law the Torah or the prophets I have not come to destroy but to fulfill John 4:34 Yeshua is said unto them my meat is to do the will of him that sent me and to finish his work John 5:17 but Yeshua answered them my father has been working until now and I have been working verse 19 then Yeshua answered and said to them most assuredly I say to you the son can do nothing of himself but what he sees the father do for whatever he does the son also does in like manner verse 30 I can of myself do nothing as I hear I judge and my judgment is righteous because I do not seek my own will but the will of the Father who sent me John 5:43 I am come in my father's name and ye received me not if another shall come in his own name him ye will receive John 6:38 for I came down from heaven not to do mine own will but the will of him that sent me John seven sixteen Yeshua answered them and said my doctrine is not mine but his that sent me clearly our Messiah was submitted to his father as Paul stated you should condemned the practice of his adversaries who saw fit to assume the father's Authority and lord it over other believers by teaching their own commandments and reforms as being authoritative mark chapter 7 he answered and said to them well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites as it is written this people honors me with their lips but their heart is far from me and in vain they worship me teaching as doctrines the commandments of men for laying aside the commandment of God you hold to the tradition of men the washing of pitchers and cups and many other such things you do he said to them all too well you reject the commandment of God that you may keep your tradition for Moses said honor your father and your mother he who curses father and mother let him be put to death but you say if a man says to his father a mother whatever profit you might have received from me is Corbin that is a gift to God then you no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother making the Word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down and many such things you do Matthew 23 verses one through four then Yeshua spoke to the multitudes and his disciples saying the scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses seat therefore whatever they tell you to observe that observe and do but do not do according to their works for they say and do not do for they bind heavy burdens hard to bear and lay them on men's shoulders but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers you should have warned his disciples against the mixture of authoritative man-made customs and the Torah as well as against the attitude of lording over others as religious and secular leaders other they were fond of doing Matthew 16 verse 6 then Yeshua said unto them take heed and beware of the leaven teachings of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees Matthew 20:25 but you should called them to himself and said you know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them and those who are great exercise authority over them yet it shall not be so among you but whoever desires to become great among you let him be your servant and whoever desires to be first among you let him be your slave just as the Son of man did not come to be served but to serve and give his life as a ransom for many here you should demonstrates for us exactly what it means to be submitted to one's head or authority issue did not come to live for himself or fulfill his own will and ambitions but submitted himself completely to the will of the Father even though it required of Yeshua a great price Philippians chapter 2 let this mind be in you which was also in Messiah Yeshua who being in the form of God did not consider it robbery to be equal with God but made himself of no reputation taking the form of a bondservant and coming in the likeness of men and being found in appearance as a man he humbled himself and became obedient even to the point of death even the death of the cross Paul teaches that the believing husband is to submit himself completely to the spirit of the Messiah the husband is not to pray or teach by any other Authority other than the spirit of Messiah the question we must now answer is this why was the husband given the authority to be the head of the household to answer this question we must return to this story of creation the Torah makes it very clear that Adam or man was to be in the image of God we know from Messiah however that God is spirit and not corporal John chapter 4 God is a spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth numbers 23:19 God is not a man that he should lie nor a son of man that he should repent as he said and will he not do or as he spoken and he will not make it good first samuel 1529 and also the strength of Israel will not lie nor repent for he is not a man that he should repent job chapter 9 for he is not a man as I am that I should answer him and we should come together in judgment while we often speak of the creator and anthropomorphic terms this is for our own convenience and understanding and truth the Creator is spirit and has no body to limit him in time or space therefore we must understand that when the Torah tells us that adam or man was created in the image of god it is not referring to the way that he looks instead the torah tells us that adam was to be in the image of god in the manner in which he exercised dominion over creation especially the animal realm and the manner in which he created life Genesis chapter 1 and God said let us make man in our image after our likeness and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth so God created man in his own image and the image of God created be him male and female created he them and God blessed them and God said unto them be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth clearly the unique calling upon man was to be the image of the invisible creator Adam has created who to receive necessary knowledge and understanding by direct revelation from the Creator the Spirit of God would communicate with the spirit of Adam which would inform his soul on how to see things how to think about them how to understand them and how to feel about them Adams body would be informed how to interact with the world around him in this manner Adam would submit to the revelation of the creator and thereby manifest the image of God in the world around him he was created to help Adam bear this image Genesis chapter 2 verses 20 through 23 and Adam gave names to all cattle and to the fowl of the air and to every beast of the field but for Adam there was not found a help meet for him and Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept and he took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh instead thereof and the rib which Yahweh God had taken from man made he a woman and brought her unto the man and Adam said this is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh she shall be called woman because she was taken out of man this is what Paul is referring to when he stated that the woman came from man and was created for the man 1st corinthians 11:8 through 9 for the man is not of the woman but the woman of the man now there was the man created for the woman but the woman for the man Eve's calling was to help Adam manifest the direct revelation and image of our Creator in the world and part though not exclusively he would fulfill this calling by helping in childbirth by helping Adam create life when Eve ate of the forbidden fruit and of the tree of knowledge and then gave her husband to eat with her she failed in her divine calling instead of being submitted to Adam she submitted herself to herself will and her animal nature by childbearing he was able to redeem herself somewhat from this failure by it thus helping her husband create life and restore the image of the career this is what Paul is referring to in his letter to Timothy first Timothy chapter 2 and Adam was not deceived but the woman being deceived was in the transgression notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety since Eve claimed to be beguiled by the serpent the creator place Adam over her as a covering to guide protect and direct her Genesis chapter 3 and Yahweh God said to the woman what is this that you have done the woman said the serpent deceived me and I ate Genesis 3:16 to the woman he said I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception in pain you shall bring forth children your desire shall be for your husband and he shall rule over you the authority of the husband and the father over his household is later substantiate in the teachings on vows in the Torah Numbers chapter 30 then Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel saying this is the thing which Yahweh has commanded if a man makes a vow to Yahweh or swears an oath to bind himself by some agreement he shall not break his word he shall do according to all that perceives out of his mouth or if a woman makes a vow to Yahweh and binds herself by some agreement while in her father's house and her youth and her father hears her vow and the agreement by which she has bound herself and her father holds his peace then all her vows shall stand and every agreement with which she has bound herself shall stand but if her father overrules her on that day that he hears then none of her vows nor her agreements by what she has bound herself shall stand and Yahweh will release her because her father overruled her if indeed she takes a husband while bound by her vows or by a rash utterance from her lips by which she bound herself and her husband hears it and makes no response on the day that he hears that her vows shall stand and her agreements by what she bound herself shall stand but if her husband overrules her on the day that he hears it he shall make void her vow that she took and what she uttered with her lips by what she bound herself and yahweh will release her also any vowel we're a divorced woman by wish she is bound herself shall stand against her if she vowed in her husband's house or bound herself by an agreement with an oath and her husband heard it and made no response to her and did not overrule her then all her vows shall stand and every agreement by which she bound herself shall stand but if her husband truly made them void on the day that he heard them then whatever proceeded from her lips concerning her vows or concerning the agreement binding her it shall not stand her husband has made them void and Yahweh will release her every vow and everybody know to afflict her soul her husband may confirm it or her husband may make it void now her husband makes no response to whatever to her from the day-to-day then he confirms all her vows or all agreements that bind her he confirms them because he made no response to her on the day that he heard them but if he does make them void after he has heard them then he shall bear her guilt here we see a father and/or husband having been given the authority to confirm or annul the vows of the young daughter and his wife if a young or minor daughter living in her father's house makes a vow the father can on the day that he hears of it let it stand or annul it if however this daughter is an adult woman living on her own her father cannot annul her vow single adult woman living on their own are not under their father's covering a married woman likewise is no longer under her father's covering but of that of her husband we should note that a divorced woman or a widowed woman has no one to annul their vows and therefore must fulfill them just as is true for men clearly divorced woman and widowed woman are treated just the same as men just as the father had the authority to a no lurkin for my daughter's vow in her youth so now the husband has this same authority in the marriage relationship we want to be very clear that men do not have authority over women the idea that all men have authority over women is a gross misallocation of the scriptures men do not have authority over women husbands have authority over their wives and fathers have authority over their children is vitally important that we understand the difference between being a man and being a husband and a father my wife is not to submit to every man that she meets or seeks to dominate her the scriptures are clear that she is to only submit to her husband Ephesians 5 wives submit yourselves unto your own husband's as unto the Lord Colossians 3 wives submit yourselves unto your own husband's as it is fit in the Lord clearly we see that the teaching of Paul is rooted in the Torah Adam was to be submitted to the Spirit of Messiah while he was to be submitted to her own husband the idea that somehow now believers are to submit themselves to the authority of a rabbi hope preacher or pastor is wrong Paul is quite clear that the head of every man is Messiah not the clergy this system of elevating one man has the authority over a whole congregation of unsuspecting believers is called Nicolay attend ISM the Greek or Nico means to conquer the Greek word Leo's means people as a compound word Nicola attend ISM means to conquer the people the idea that all of you as followers are now to submit themselves to a professional religious leader is a pagan practice in fact it is a practice that the resurrected Messiah hated revelation 2 thus you also have those who hold to the doctrine of the Nicolaitans which thing I hate Revelation chapter 2 but this you have that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans which I also hate immediately after the giving of the Ten Commandments the Torah contains a teaching about the Hebrew bondservant within this teaching is the provision for Hebrews servant that soul loves his master that he chooses to remain a servant in the Masters house even after his legal obligation of servitude is completed Exodus 21 if you by a Hebrew servant he shall serve six years and in the seventh he shall go out free and pay nothing if he comes in by himself he shall go out by himself if he comes in married then his wife shall go out with him his master has given a wife and she has borne him sons or daughters the wife and her children shall be her masters and he shall go out by himself but if the servant plainly says I love my master my wife and my children I will not go out for then his master shall bring him to the judges and he shall also bring him to the door or to the doorpost and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl and he shall serve him forever many believers have seen a shadow picture of yeshua the messiah and this teaching yeshua is this servant who loved his master so much he allowed himself to be pierced while his teaching may seem to be a very positive and loving provision the truth of the matter is that those who would avail themselves to this practice were looked down upon the children of Israel were slaves and servants in Egypt Yahweh went to great lengths to set them free from such bondage therefore any man who would rather submit himself in servitude to another man rather than Yahweh who was seen as rejecting the headship of Yahweh in favor of the headship of a mere mortal we may use this example to help us understand the words of Paul concerning a man praying with his head covered Paul clearly states that a man has the honour of living directly under the authority of the Messiah man has the ability to receive direct revelation from the Holy One through prayer and study therefore for a man to choose and not being a direct relationship with Yahweh through the Spirit of Messiah but to receive his authority knowledge and understanding from some other man is seen as shameful and insulting to our Creator man was to walk directly under the Messiah to choose some other head is to reject the Messiah's leadership Direction protection blessings and calling since man was created to be directly under the headship or Authority of the Messiah is a shame for a man to pray or prophesy by any other authority believing men should not place themselves under the authority of a rabbi Pope preacher pastor or they're wise to seek some other head rather than the spirit of Messiah is to place oneself in the company of those who rebelled in the wilderness those who rejected Yahweh for an earthly King and those who sought help and counsel from earthly nations rather than seeking counsel from the Holy One wise have a divine calling to help their husbands manifest the revelation of Yahweh in the world if wives are to fulfill their calling to be a help to their husbands then they must submit themselves to the one receiving the revelation for this reason women are under the covering of their husbands who are under the covering of the here we must answer an important question can and do wives receive direct revelations from the Holy One through the spirit of Messiah the answer is clearly yes but that which is received must be shared the husband that she was called to help and support even though the wife may have received some profound understanding from her prayer and study she must still submit to her husband's authority in other words it is quite common for the wives to study and share knowledge with their husbands but ultimately it is the husband as the authority to allow or disallow the application of this information we want to be very clear that there is nothing in the Torah or the writings of Paul that teaches that women are to be the servants of men nor that they are only good for cooking cleaning and making babies women and especially wives should have a rich prayer life and study life for wives this prayer and study is to be under the authority protection and guidance of their husbands for the purpose of supporting and helping their husbands fulfill the calling to be the image of Yahweh in the world we also want to be very clear that the nature of this authority are not to be done in a lording domineering humiliating demeaning or oppressive fashion both Yeshua and Paul are clear about the manner of leadership among believers Matthew chapter 20 but you should have called them to himself and said you know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them and those who are great exercise authority over them yet it shall not be so among you but whoever desires to become great among you let him be your servant and whoever desires to be first among you let him be your slave just as the son of man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many Ephesians chapter 5 wives submit to your own husband's as to the Lord for the husband is head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church and he is the savior of the body therefore just as the church is subject to Christ so let the wives be to their own husbands and everything husbands love your wives just as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for her that he might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of the water by the word and that he may present her to himself a glorious church not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing but that she should be holy and without blemish so husband's ought to love their own wives as their own bodies for he who loves his wife loves himself for no one ever hated his own flesh but nourishes and cherishes it just as the Lord does the church for we are members of his body of his flesh and of his bones for this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife and the two shall become one flesh but this is a great mystery but I speak concerning Christ in the church nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself and let the wife see that she respects her husband we should also take note of the significance of the marriage relationship that is given in Paul's instructions to the Ephesians in part the reason that the wife submits herself to the authority of the husband is because she is playing a part in a divine shadow picture the marriage relationship of believers is to be the proclamation of Yahweh's marriage to the children of Israel within the marriage relationship the covenant relationship between Yahweh and Israel is embodied just as Israel as the bride is to submit to Yahweh so to the believing wife submits to her believing husband just as Yahweh tenaciously loves and forgives Israel so the husband is to love and forgive his wife here we see the marriage relationship between the husband and wife is a visible word a sensual meaning of daily communicating the mutual love that is to exist between Israel and Yahweh this brings us to the second part of this teaching to the use of physical head coverings while man was created to be primarily spiritually motivated being living in spiritual communion with the Spirit of God the fall of man changed this after eating of the fruit of the forbidden tree of knowledge of good and evil the eyes of man were opened from the time of the fall onward man has become more accustomed to living by his senses than his spirit for this reason man often seeks various means of expressing spiritual realities in physical fashions such as the case with head coverings while it is standard practice for Talmudic Jewish men to wear kippers when praying this is simply tradition and not Torah when Paula teaches that is a shame for a man to pray or prophesy with his head under he is not so much talking about kippa or tallies but about authority as we mentioned earlier it is a shame for a man to pray or prophesy by any other Authority than that of the spirit of the Messiah Paul is also quite clear that there is not a practice of men covering their heads with any material thing during prayer first Corinthians chapter 11 but if any man seems to be contentious we have no such custom neither the Assembly of God it was however a cultural practice that a married woman kept her head covered in public as well as during prayer a married woman's head covering was understood as an act of modesty and respect for her husband young single woman would allow their hair to be seen where as married woman covered their hair or their glory and reserved its sight only for their husbands as Paul states a woman's long hair was her glory a young woman looking for her husband would let her glory fly in the breeze in hopes of attracting a husband once the young woman was betrothed however she would cover her hair less others would think that she was being flirtatious thus a woman's head covering was seen as a public declaration that was she was now under the covering of her husband we may see a beautiful example of this declaration in the Torah when Abraham's servant returned from the east with a wife rising Rebekah seized Isaac at a distance and asks her who she is when the servant reveals that is her betrothed Rebekah steps down from her camel and covers herself Genesis 24 for she has said to the servant who is this man walking in the field to meet us this servant said it is my master so she took a veil and covered herself Rebekah had already agreed to be married to Isaac before she had ever seen him by covering herself she was not merely playing a coy by covering herself under the veil she was declaring to Isaac her willingness to submit to his cover Paul is teaching that there should be a clear distinction and authority in the body of believers likewise if there is to be a symbol of this Authority it too should demonstrate the same distinction let us be very clear that the issue that Paul is addressing here is a custom of a man-made origin not a commandment of Yahweh according to Paul men are directly under the Messiah and therefore should not cover their heads when they pray or prophesy to show that there is no one or nothing between man and the Messiah no rabbi no Pope no pastor no preacher wives however are under their husbands and therefore should have their heads covered that is to mean to be under their husbands authority when they are prophesying and when they are praying as the man is part of the body the Messiah so the wife is likewise a part of the body the Messiah she is one flesh with her husband Paul teaches that a wife that prays are prophesized without having her head covered being under her own husband's authority this honors her head and brings shame upon herself to pray with her head uncovered would be the same as if she shaved her head Paul goes on to say that just as the creator gave the woman long hair as a glorious head covering in our youth so too has he provided her with a husband to be an honourable head covering in her married life if a married woman dishonours her spiritual head it would be the same as if she had shamed herself by having her head shaved exposing her naked head some have erroneously stated that a woman's hair sufficient covering to fulfill what Paul is teaching we would strongly disagree clearly Paul is teaching that men should not have their heads covered under another Authority when prophesying and praying if hair is considered to be a covering that all men should have to shave their heads or go bald to satisfy what Paul is teaching clearly hair is not the covering that Paul is talking about Paul is talking about the issue of authority metaphorically if this authority is to be physically ritually or symbolically demonstrated then it would have been done with an actual veil sufficient to cover a woman's hair Paul states that men's hair should not look like women's hair thus Paul is confirming that men should neither dress nor act like women and women should not dress and act like men this too is found in the Torah Deuteronomy chapter 22 a woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man nor shall a man put on a woman's garment for all who do so are an abomination to Yahweh your God in its larger context this passage of scripture speaks about women usurping her husband's authority and creating chaos and dissension and her family Paul likewise is teaching that wives should not pray or prophesy outside of their husband's authority husbands should not pray or prophesy under anyone elses authority other than of the Messiah Paul teaches a clear distinction and difference in the manner in which husbands and wives pray and prophesy if this is to be richly acted out in some manner then Paul teaches that men would honor their head by not covering their heads when they pray or prophesy to demonstrate that there is no other authority over them other than the Messiah wives on the other hand would honor their head by covering their heads to demonstrate that they are submitted to the husband's covering as the Torah teaches again we must remember that Paul is responding to a particular custom of believers and it is not something that's practiced everywhere in the body of the Messiah 1st Corinthians chapter 11 but if any man seem to be contentious we have no such custom neither the Assembly of God let us now look at this issue in a very practical manner should women pray with an actual covering over their heads let us remember that Paul is not addressing a commandment of Yahweh but a custom of man with that said we believe that Paul is suggesting that if there is to be any custom among the body of believers to physically demonstrate this matter of authority then a distinction should be made in the manner in which men and wives pray Paul therefore teaches that a married woman should indeed have a covering over their head and hair when praying and prophesying please remember however that this is a custom and not a commandment should married women wear a covering over their heads at other times this is a matter of personal choice there is nowhere in the Torah or in the teachings of Yahshua where women married or otherwise are commanded to wear head coverings to suggest that there is now a commandment would be in direct violation of Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 2 or do to round each chapter 12 verse 32 by adding to the Torah while this may have been an accepted and assumed cultural practice it is not a direct positive commandment of Yahweh the greater issue is proper Authority honoring one's headship and modesty and dress and appearance if however a wife desires to honor her husband by wearing a head covering then there is no law prohibiting it such matters as this should be discussed between the husband and wife we do not believe that a husband should command his wife to wear a head covering since it is not a commandment of the Torah or the Messiah if however this spirit of Messiah convicts the wife of such a matter the husband should not discourage it should men pray with their heads covered there is nowhere in the Torah where commands that a man must have his head covered when he prays or prophesies there is no law against wearing hats or head coverings but it is not necessary for a man to have his head covered in prayer while the Kohen Gadol is indeed commanded to wear a turban when presided in the sanctuary there is no such command for an Israelite to cover his head when praying or teaching Paul makes it very clear that there is no such practice or custom of covering someone's head for prayer among all the community of believers the idea that men must have their head covered with a hat or a piece of cloth or even at all eat in order to pray is simply the tradition and teaching of the rabbis and is not Torah the last first would like to cover is first Corinthians chapter 11 verse 10 that is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head because of the angels what is Angel's mean first Corinthians 11:10 in our opinion for whatever that is worth is not about heavenly angels or Nephilim or anything of the like the context is about biblical authority and the purpose of a man and of a woman the main purpose in life is to obey the commandments of God and to help others to do the same to conform to the same image of God and to help others do the same as well as Paul notes in the verse prior women was created man woman is to be a suitable helper in assisting the man in delivering Torah to the nation's first of the order of his own house and then going out from there as a messenger the Greek word for angel does not always mean a heavenly being and such would not fit the context here Paul is discussing man's role as a messenger and the woman's role in that and because of that the nature of household Authority that needs to be present for that to work effectively so in summary the Torah does not command a woman to wear a head covering we cannot add to or take away from the Torah Paul's teaching on this matter focuses on the fact that the husband is the wife spiritual head covering and that the Messiah is the head covering over man women wearing a head covering is a typical practice of the Hebraic culture and is permissible but not commanded according to the Torah if Paul was commanding women to wear a head covering he would be considered a false prophet according to Deuteronomy 13 because he would be adding to the Torah we hope that this study has blessed you and remember continue to test everything Shalom it is because of you our generous supporters who make it possible to offer these high-quality teachings completely free of charge if you feel led to support 119 ministries so that we can continue this effort please visit test everything dotnet and click on the support 119 tab learn how you could partner with us to take the whole Word of God to the nation's you

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Published: Wed Nov 16 2016