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A woman in prayer with her head artificially covered demonstrates her willingness to humble herself before God, acknowledging to God (and man) that her appointed rank is below man.
A woman is given hair for her glory. 1 Corinthians 11:15 The hair is for her beauty and to give glory to her person.
Covering her glory with a cloth or fabric makes clear to everyone (including the angels) that she is giving recognition and honor to the rank that God has assigned her. She demonstrates her willingness to cover the glory given to her, i.e., her hair in respect for God.
The woman covers her glory so that God may be glorified.
Christ did not consider it robbery to be called equal to God, but He humbled Himself in obedience until death to please God. Philippians 2:6-8 In a similar fashion, the woman humbles herself in obedience to God’s command to cover her hair.
The woman is equal to the man in her intrinsic value to God.
She can declare herself equal to her husband before God without considering it robbery to her husband (or taking anything from her husband that properly belongs to him). She, like her husband, is an heir of Christ and receives the same benefits from Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection.
Like Christ, she shows complete humility by obediently accepting that God is in control and sovereign. God has declared the woman must cover her head when praying and the woman accepts God’s decree in obedience. Thus, she openly acknowledges the station in life or rank that He has assigned to her.
Where would we all be, if Christ being equal to God, had refused to: (1) lower Himself by coming to this earth and (2) humble Himself to the point of death?
God paints a picture for us of the relationship of Christ with the church in Ephesians Chapter 5. The picture uses an analogy to show us that Christ’s relationship to His church is like a husband and a wife in marriage. Ephesians 5:25-28
The church submits to Christ because He is the head of the church. The voluntary submission of the church requires the willingness of the church to accept a lower rank than Christ. The church must set aside all pride accepting with humility the status God has assigned.
[I think we are all on the same page, but let’s be clear. The “church” is not the building with the steeple sitting up on the roof. We (you and me) as Christians are the church. We must accept that God has assigned us a lower rank than Jesus.]
If Christ obeyed God in complete subjection and humility (though being equal to God), is asking the woman to wear an external covering to show her respect to God that offensive?
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