What does it mean 1Corinthians 11:2-16? (Part 7)

[Leonardo Von]

What does it mean 1Corinthians 11:2-16? (Part 7)
The man is what? And the woman?
•    1Co 11:7 -> “For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man.”.

When the Holy Scripture says that the man is image and glory of the Creator, what does it mean?

Image -> The man is like a mirror which reflect the Creator. If the man has a life who delights Him, he will be like a clean mirror. The Creator will be present in his life and, thereby, the man will manifest to everyone around him who the Creator really is.

What does it mean glory?

To understand this, let’s see two excerpts:

•    Exo 33:18-23 -> “And he said, Show me, I pray thee, thy glory. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see me and live. and Jehovah said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock: and it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand until I have passed by: and I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back; but my face shall not be seen”.

When Moses ask to see the glory of the Creator, He answered saying that nobody could see His face. Therefore, glory means face. Besides, Paul said that we could see the glory of the Creator in the face of Jesus Christ.

•    2Co 4:6 -> “Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”.

Thus, as image, the man shows the appearance of the glory of the Creator. Remember that the image of a mirror can’t show the internal characteristic of a person (for instance, their sound, voice, ideas, ken, wisdom, although we can have a glimpse of their feelings and thoughts through their facial expressions).

So, as the glory of the Creator can be known in Jesus’ face, so the man needs, through his face, manifest what his image can’t: sound, voice, ideas, ken, wisdom, feelings and thoughts of Jesus more accurately. And it is for this that he needs to always discover his head, that is to say, manifest to everybody, everything that the Creator put in his heart.

However, the woman is the glory of the man. That is to say, it is the woman who manifest to the world the true identity of the man. And this is the reason for what she needs to cover her head, that is to say, keep everything that his husband is to herself (covering him in her heart). After all, for better that is the man, his glory is temporary:

•    Isa 40:6,8 -> “The voice of one saying, Cry; and I said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass: the grass withers, and the flower fades: but the word of our God abides for ever.”.

So, the woman needs to proceed like it is said below:

•    2Co 3:12,13  -> “Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end.”.

In other words, the woman receives what her husband conveys to her, covers it, prays to the Creator based on this and prophesies in his life husband what the Creator ministered to her.

Doing this, the woman will close all the breaches in the life of her husband (Eze 22:30) and the Creator will be able to manifest Himself to all the world through his husband, without any distortion.

Have a good day in Jesus. Tomorrow we will carry on.