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Extremely important in all aspects of God’s role for women is that God has made this determination – not man! God is the One saying this, not the woman’s husband or the male elders of the church.
The emotional reaction by some women (that this is something that men have done to women) defies the reality that God has done this!
Before shaking a fist at God, there are a lot of accounts in the Bible of people asked to endure significantly more than putting on a scarf or head covering.
Did Job feel like he got a raw deal?
Do Christians who suffered severe persecution, beatings, and painful deaths get a fair deal compared to you and me?
How about His only begotten Son – what did He deserve?
Having a proper perspective is essential.
We are discussing head covering instructions for both sexes.
Being asked to wear or not wear something is not harsh or unfair to either gender. It’s just what we are told to do.
A scarf or head covering is a symbol showing the woman understands and yields to her position of a rank underneath men in general. Significantly, this does not mean a woman must be in submission to every male or every man. She does not because the headship under discussion in 1 Corinthians 11:1-16 is not about a woman’s submission to her husband in marriage.
It is about submission to God!
Woman being the glory of man while man is the glory of God certainly does not sound like “equality.” There’s a reason for that.
It’s not equality – just like a worker is not equal to his supervisor in rank – God appointed the woman in a role underneath the man.
The fact that I can’t dribble, jump, and score in basketball means that I am not equal to those NBA players who get massive contracts to play. Whether I like it or not, I am not equal.
The traffic cop is not equal to the Chief of Police. So what, he’s not equal to the head honcho!
People (who want everyone to be “equal”) don’t like the fact that God gives man a different rank – a higher rank than a woman – they don’t like that God says man is superior in rank.
Yes, I know! I just said the man has a superior rank. Well, it’s just like in the military where superior officers have a higher rank. God assigns our rank and we are in no position to argue.
Rank has absolutely nothing to do with the value of women to Him.
Women are made in the image of God, just like men. God loves women!
God loves me just as much as those NBA players who jump, dribble, and score a lot of points on the court.
Many professed Christians don’t like the notion that God has rules for headgear.
God is well aware people will reject His design. “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.” Matthew 7:13 NKJV
The Creator does not need my approval or yours. He is God! He can make any rules and impose any symbols that He chooses!
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