There are two commands of God concerning the head covering. The first is that a woman be covered, and the second is that the man be uncovered.
Ask yourself a question: "Why does every gathering today still practice the men without the covering but not the covering for the women"?
Many women wore hats to church because it was the fashion of the time, but didn't know anything about a head covering as described in the Bible. They wore hats because they thought it was respectful, but didn't understand anything having to do with the covering because they were not reading their Bibles, and the preachers didn't speak of it in the gathering.
I asked my mother as a child why women in church wore a hat, and her response was, "An outfit without a hat is like cake without the frosting." In other words, the hat for her and many other women was fashion rather than obedience to God.
No man at that time in history would ever wear a hat in the church building, and to this day, it is frowned upon. If we ask a man today why they would take their hat off in the church building, you might hear something like this: "It is about respect for the building", since they see the building as "the house of God."
God no longer has a temple because believers are His temple; we are living epistles, there is no need for a special place to meet, and God does not dwell in the building; He lives in the hearts of every believer.
When feminism became popular in the 60's, the Catholic church decided that the head covering wasn't relevant anymore because they were going with the culture. Soon after that, the protestant churches followed.
There are those who are that the woman's head covering has to do with modesty, but it could not be farther from the truth.
The head covering is taught in the Bible, but it has nothing to do with modesty. The head covering for the woman and the lack of head covering for the man are to illustrate the relationship between Christ and His church. The man is the head of the family, as Christ is the head of the church, and the woman is representative of the church, and her covering is Christ.
It is a beautiful picture of the protection, love, and honor given to the wife by the husband.
And, the covering is used in the gathering of the saints, not every day out in public. Reading the context in the Bible, it becomes clearer. A woman wears the covering to obey God, not by any man's authority. God is the one Who gave the command to the woman; the command was not given to the man to manage the woman. The command for the man to be uncovered was given to him by God. Each spouse chooses to obey God.
I just recently read a post in which the woman told the story of a pastor who mocked her head covering. This pastor was in disobedience to God in several ways, by disrespecting the woman about her clothing and discouraging her from doing what God told her to do.
A pastor who would mock the covering is not only ignorant but also attempting to make his sister fall. Sadly, pastors who think they have authority over another believer are making themselves the mediator between God and the believer. Jesus Christ is the only mediator between God and each believer; no one has authority over the believer except the Holy Spirit.
Read carefully and prayerfully 1 Corinthians 11 for the instruction, and remember, some translations will use the phrase, "but we have no such custom," which is incorrect. The proper rendering is "we have no other custom." Some say the phrase should have been translated, "we have no such custom of being contentious about this matter."
1 Corinthians 11:3-5 "…3 But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. 4 Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. 5 And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.…"
Ephesians 5:23-24
"For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior. Now, as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything."
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