Now you must rightly divide the Word here the subject changes hereI Corinthians 11:4 "Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head."Many people by their tradition say this refers to hair. However, what this is talking about in the word "veil", is a spiritual veil. Man and his wife are two in one flesh body, but the spiritual body of the man needs no covering. The reason is that man does not need protection from the subject that Paul is about to enter in this chapter. Remember this chapter is addressing the end times, and in the end times Satan and the angels will be right here on earth. Revelation 12:9 "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."Those angels that are going to be cast out with Satan onto the earth are male in origin for they are in angelic form. They are not human as you and I are, but spiritual and angelic in form. That "veil" that separates them from us is Christ Himself. So, in other words, if some man is standing up and preaching the Word, and one of these angels come along, we are to take the power and authority and throw them out. I Corinthians 11:5 "But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven."For a woman to be "shaven" is a mark of "xurao" in the Greek and it shows mourning or shame. When a woman is standing up and teaching God's Word, she should be bold and forthright and not as one in shame. This is where Paul is saying that if a woman is speaking out in the congregation, and she is prophesying, then let her speak boldly. Paul is saying that a woman can speak out in church and teach, but let her do it with authority and understanding. Lets look at the word "prophesieth" as it is in the Strong's concordance. It is # 4395 in the Strong's Greek dictionary. "propheteuo, from 4396, to foretell events, divine, speak under inspiration, to exercise the prophetic office." You ladies, don't you ever let some one verse Charlie who is trying to protect his job tell you that women are not to teach and prophesy in church. Just by stating such a thing, he is showing you his ignorance of the Word. God made it very clear that in the final generation both sons daughters will prophesy. It happened on the day of Pentecost, and Peter stated that what those in Jerusalem were seeing was a sample of what Joel the prophet was talking about in Joel 2:28, 29.The whole idea that "woman were to remain silent in church" came from the traditional thought that "woman chatter all the time", well pal, if you haven't noticed, so do men. It is time to stop chattering in church no matter if you are a man or woman. When God's Word is being taught that is not a time for anyone to chatter, but a time to pay attention. So why would one sex feel so weak that they must cut another sex down for doing the same thing that they are doing. Why are men so weak that they must feel afraid of a woman speaking under the inspiration of the Almighty God, through the Son, through the veil. God does use the ladies to teach His Word under the anointing and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, under the veil of our our Lord Jesus Christ.It is God that gives the gifts to both men and women, and if God has given a gift to a woman then no man has the right to prevent that person from using that gift to the glory of God. If a woman has the gift of teaching and prophesying, then it is that woman's duty to God to use that gift and teach. To force her to keep silent and not speak is to hinder the work of God from going forward. No matter how high you think that you are in your denomination, if you try to take that gift away from anyone that God has placed within that woman, is to bring down God's curses on your head. We are living in a generation where you had better stop playing church anymore. I Corinthians 11:6 "For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered."When Jesus Christ returns to this earth at the seventh trumpet, He is coming back for His bride. The "bride of Christ" takes in both genders, male and female, man and woman. Once again keep this in the proper text, for it is not right for any of "the bride of Christ" to speak when they are not covered in the "veil", Which is the wisdom of His Word. If a woman does not have that veil of Christ over her, then it is a sign that she is going through a very bad time. It is a time of mourning and if you decide that you were going to teach God's Word without the veil of Christ and His wisdom in your mind, it would be a sad thing also. I Corinthians 11:7 "For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man."The woman is the glory of man, for his wife is the best gift that any man can receive. God created man and woman whereby the man and his wife become one. Without that oneness in the bonding of your marriage, you are not a whole, but only a half a person. However on a deeper level here, Christ is the groom, and the His church is the woman. In as much as Christ is the warrior, spiritually speaking, He is the head and the one that gives His bride direction. But at the same time, from the very beginning it is given that the man is to protect the woman when there is danger present. Many times however the woman knows how to protect herself very well. I Corinthians 11:8 "For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man."I Corinthians 11:9 "Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man."This is not aimed to put superiority in this, but the man and the woman were created as a team to work together. God created each for the other. The woman was created for for the man, and the man for the protections and well being of the woman.
