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The head covering commands carry theological significance that is precarious to overlook and ignore.
“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.” 1st Corinthians 11:7-10 NKJV (Bold added)
Paul takes the symbols of proper head attire all the way back to the creation of mankind. He spells out that woman was created for man, not the other way around.
Consider verses 7-10 quoted above with an eye towards the bigger picture that we see from Genesis.
Genesis 2:15-22 NKJV “Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.” (Bold added)
From the foregoing in Genesis, we learn that:
–Man was created first, before woman.
–Man was created from the dirt.
-Woman was taken from Adam’s rib.
-Adam was told not to eat of the tree before Eve was even on the scene.
–Adam named the animals, not Eve.
-God named Adam; Adam named Eve.
-Eve was made to be a help meet for Adam.
Paul says the root of the head covering commands goes all the way back to Adam and Eve
and the creation account. This strongly indicates that head covering is serious, not just a cultural phenomenon in Corinth.
Scripture that carries a significant theological emphasis requires greater weight to be given to the importance of the passage. That’s my opinion, you will have to make up your own mind.
Throughout the scriptures, God uses types in the physical realm to depict the spiritual realm.
Types are a common means used in the Bible to show us the heavenly domain with earthly types because we can not see the spiritual world. It is hidden from us. Therefore, the Bible uses things in our physical world that we can see and understand to illustrate the spiritual world to us.
The creation account including the order or sequence is spelled out in the Bible for a reason. These show us: (1) God’s plan, (2) His design, and (3) His purposes (to the limited extent that He reveals these things to us).
The theological significance closely connected to the head covering instructions should not be shrugged off. The culture may not like God’s thoughts on the roles and ranks of men and women, but Christians in God’s army had better not disregard God’s directives.
Those who discount the theology behind the head covering give excuses that fall short of
sound logic and a fair-minded approach to 1st Corinthians Chapter 11.
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