Read Part One HERE
In this post I will continue to share on the Head Coverings Movement founded by Jeremy Gardiner
He has written the following article: "Why Head Coverings? Reason No 2: Angels."
Jeremy Gardiner: "The Apostle Paul told us that we are to practice head coverings because of the angels as we know from 1 Corinthians 11:11 "Therefore ought the woman to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels." So no matter what this verse means in all its fullness, what we know we have is one of Paul's reasons.... The purpose for the head coverings is to provide a visual symbol to the gathered church. If angels are a reason we obey this command, it presupposes that they must be watching us worship. So, one understanding why we practice head coverings is so that we may rightly symbolise the created order to all present, both visible and invisible.... Through head covering our women show all present that their position as a women is also redeemed. No longer are they at war usurping and longing for the man's position of authority (Genesis 3:16c). Instead, they are content in the role God ordained for them in Genesis 2....
My Comment
Jeremy Gardiner does not realise that the words "a symbol of" in 1 Corinthians 11:11 have been added to the text by translators but are not part of the original text. He, furthermore, does not realise that the authority mentioned in this verse is, in fact, the woman's own authority.... As for the angels, we are not sure, what Paul refers to here.... As for head coverings symbolising the created order, in Genesis 1:26-28 we read that God created both the man and the woman to rule over creation....As for women showing that their position as a woman is redeemed by having head coverings, all women are redeemed through Christ's death on the Cross....As for women being at war usurping and longing for the man's position of authority, women have never been at war usurping and longing for the man's position of authority since the man was never given a position of authority over the woman but together with the woman was given authority over creation (Genesis 1:26-28)...The man did, however, take authority over the woman after the Fall, independent of God (Genesis 3:16d), which has been reversed by Christ at the Cross (Galatians 3:13).... At that time, the woman did turn to the man to have her needs met but she did not try and take away his so-called authority (Genesis 3:16c)..... As for women being content in the role God ordained for them in Genesis 2, God ordained for them to be "ezers kenegdo" or "equal partners" alongside men (Genesis 2:18) in confirmation of the Creation Account in Genesis 1:26-28.
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