What does it mean 1Corinthians 11:2-16? (Part 8)

[Leonardo Von]

What does it mean 1Corinthians 11:2-16? (Part 8)

What did Paul mean when he said: “because of the angels”?

•    1Co 11:10 -> “That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.”.

Angel means “harbinger”. 

The wife needs to have in her head something that confirms that her husband is authority on her life. In other words, the idea is that, when all people around her (especially the heralds of the Creator) look at her, can see her husband. After all, the best way so that people can have for confirmed that she belongs to her husband (Song 2:8; 6:3; 7:10) is having her thoughts and feelings focused on what Jesus desires to do in and through her husband by means of her.

If the woman doesn’t confirm the authority of her husband, can it happens exactly what took place in the time of Esther:

•    Est 1:16-18 -> “Then Memucan said in the presence of the king and the officials, “Not only against the king has Queen Vashti done wrong, but also against all the officials and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. For the queen's behavior will be made known to all women, causing them to look at their husbands with contempt, since they will say, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, and she did not come.’ This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's behavior will say the same to all the king's officials, and there will be contempt and wrath in plenty.”.

Not to mention that this can be occasion for men trying to lure this woman. Nevetheless, if they see her husband in her, they won’t be attracted.

But, there are another thing to be observed: the angels are always watching the Creator working through His people (chiefly, His Church):

•    Eph 3:10 -> “so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.”.
•    1Pe 1:12 -> “It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.”.

So, considering that the Creator uses the Church to teach His angels about Him, it is fundamental that husband and wife don’t adulter Jesus’ plans for their home (in special, about what Paul taught below):

•    Eph 5:24-27 -> “ Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.”.

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