To A Thousand Generations of Women Book 2 - 1 Corinthians 11:1-16

1 Corinthians 11:1-16 To A Thousand Generations of Women

Book 2 1 Corinthians 11:1-16

Kathleen Malligan 1

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Unless otherwise indicated, all scriptural quotations are from The Interlinear Bible – Hebrew Greek English. Jay P. Green, Sr. General Editor and Translator, Sovereign / Grace Publishers Lafayette, Indiana 47903 U.S.A. To A Thousand Generations of Women Book 2 1 Corinthians 11:1-16 Triumphant Ministries Toowoomba Toowoomba Queensland 4350 Copyright 2020 by Kathleen Malligan

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Contents Introduction to Corinthians 11:1-16

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Chapter 1 1 Corinthians 11:1

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Chapter 2 1 Corinthians 11:2

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Chapter 3 1 Corinthians 11:3

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Chapter 4 1 Corinthians 11:4

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Chapter 5 1 Corinthians 11:5

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Chapter 6 1 Corinthians 11:5-6

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Chapter 7 1 Corinthians 11:7-10

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Chapter 8 1 Corinthians 11:10

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Chapter 9 1 Corinthians 11:11-12

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Chapter 10 1 Corinthians 11:13-16

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Conclusion

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Bibliography of Chapters

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Bibliography of Internet Citing’s

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Introduction Introduction to 1 Corinthians 11:1-16

There has been much controversy, much false interpretation that has put women to date into bondage around 1 Corinthians chapter 11 verses 1 to 16.

False interpretations about a woman’s head being covered and with what, man the head of woman, husband the Ruler of wife and such heresies have changed the history of women and the women of the church to date and the church as a whole.

Denominations and doctrines are built around these verses rendering women powerless within the Church structure, rendering them subordinate to a hierarchy of men, rendering them without choice, rendering them without any say or positions within the church structure, rendering them without a voice not only at church but also the home.

These doctrines give women positions only if they have a husband, the denominations have typecast women to only do and be this and typecast men to do and be that. It is no different to the once racial discrimination on buses; ‘blacks down the back and whites up the front’ today in some churches its gender discrimination ‘men up the front and women down the back.’

My heart rejoices to see women today rightfully ordained as Ministers in the Church of England and women as Deacons, Pastors, Elders and Apostles.

And to see women who are ordained as women, not because they are one flesh along side a head of a husband but because they are in the positions they have by covenant rights and calling.

February 14th, 1919 eighty-five years ago it was written in the Times a remark from the Church of England’s Bishops; ““That recognizing the legitimacy of the Women’s Deaconate, this House desires to see its formal and canonical restoration.”” 1. [Bushnell 2003:] Consider we have not seen this restoration until now eighty-five years later with women being ordained as Ministers.

Women you have a voice, you have daughters and women friends, you have prayer and the Teacher, The Holy Ghost. If you search you will find these truths, if you ask it will be given to you. You can continue to discourage daughters and other women that God does not allow women to take their ordained and or called positions within the church, but that just keeps us as women in 5

bondage, and the stronghold of heresy and error from Antichrist alive against our gender.

If you choose to stay in your denominations where women are to wear a little piece of fabric as a head covering or where women are to sit in different sections to the men or where women are to stay silent or where women can have no positions of Holy Ghost Power then it is may well be to your own detriment.

Women, if you stay silent and accept all these lies and deceptions that men have the frontline, men have the hierarchy, men only are to be the Apostles, Priests, Pastors, Deacons and Leaders you and your generations of women will stay out of the ministry positions where they rightfully belong. Men and Women, if Yahweh our God wills to call women to these positions, the same positions as the man, let Him be God and discourage not the heart of your wives, daughters and women friends.

Little do you realize you will be sleeping with the enemy, allowing this stronghold to remain fortified by religious demonic powers and principalities. No offense, but you feed these enemies of our Saviour The Word, who became flesh who came to proclaim liberty to the captives, and freedom to prisoners and those who are chained around the neck with this heresy (Isaiah 52:2) a way of escape.

All things must be put right, restoration must take place before Messiah returns (Acts 3:21) and the enemy knows, and this is only one thing that must be put right. The enemies of truth want more time to do damage, to stay from being taken to the place appointed of them rob us from our inheritances and we all know they will to destroy and take souls to hell, our fellow human souls.

The knowledge of corrupted scripture is another thing that must be put right before Messiah returns. The enemy has taken in some places the word Lord, Jesus, Him and Christ and omitted and also entire verses are being omitted in today’s versions to darken the truth. They will to bring forth the New Age One World Religion with the absolute destruction of Biblical Christianity. When we realize this has been a strategy for thousands of years we must search and use not just one version to prove truth, doctrine and theology but various versions.

My studies reveal by a writer that “as far back as Valentinus the Gnostic, scripture had been changed around verse 10 of “power on her head” 2. [Payne, 1982:166]. The original is believed to be written as, “the sign of her husband’s authority” revealing she is married woman. Then the idea that power meant a veil came into teaching in this era of the Gnostic’s. So again we see changing part of scripture changed the history and place and position of women in the church and again colored the minds of the translators to date. Recall, up to the 1900’s women, wives and daughters wore hats to church.

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“And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.” Acts 8:37 King James This whole verse is omitted in Revised Standard Version RSV. Also in The New International Version NIV, and The New Living Translation NLT and I suspect in various other versions. Take the time to compare Romans 1:3, 16:24; Galatians 4:7, 6:15; Ephesians 3:9, 3:14; Matthew 17:21, 18:11; Mark 7:16, 9:44, 46, 15:28; John 5:4; Romans 16:24 with as many different versions you can. Stay in faith as “The Word of God Lives and abides forever.” (1 Peter 1:23) However you will see scriptures have been changed and even omitted, yes omitted. For centuries of years there has been new translations introduced, therefore, you cannot put your faith in one Bible alone and say this is the one that is most accurate when Satan has corrupted The words. (2 Corinthians 2:17; 2 Peter 3:15-16) For a more in-depth study, a greater understanding of this subject, go to this site: http://kjv.landmarkbiblebaptist.net/Chart-KJV.html Do your homework before you take anything as pure Gospel, again in this light, you cannot always read scripture as black and white and in this light maybe you are wrong with your teaching that you heard Pastor so and so teach about women not being able to be in ministry positions. You need to set your heart and study this and prove this yourself for the Word does not say study the Pastor to show yourself approved but study the Scriptures to show yourself approved.

Paul D Wegner’s book “The Journey from Texts to Translations” explains how the Bible came into being from Ancient texts and Greek texts to the various manuscript copies of both testaments. It reveals how the manuscripts fared and how translations were undertaken, how early versions were produced and discusses the myriad of translations in critical format. I recommend any type of book that guides you on Bible versions origins and development this will reveal to your heart that you cannot take each and every scripture as original or perfect or as black and white, or to favor one version over another or call one version more accurate than another.

We have to examine scriptures verse by verse and as a whole in the light of translations, translators, reoccurring witness in both Testaments, Hebraic understanding, era, culture(s), customs, Law, laws, oral law, city, Kings, governments, writers, authors, symbolism, figurative, allegorical, words and who is writing to who and why in order to come to an accurate understanding of the scriptural meanings.

Also to consider “idioms – that is whether some of the expressions might have been familiar to the time and place of the first writing but unfamiliar to us.

We have to beware of word usage which seems familiar but in which the word’s 7

meaning in the modern world is drastically different from its meaning at the time the Bible was written.” 3. [Ramey Mollenkott, 1977:111] Just because someone teaches or preaches about the definition of the Greek does not make the interpretation fully accurate for the word usage may be a mistranslation.

Believing there is ‘Divine Protection’ over translations is a misconception.

Grammatical errors exist, grammatical errors happen and they change doctrine, theology and history and have been apparent and disputed and proved over time.

Consider Deuteronomy 4:37.

“And because He loved your fathers, and chose their seed after them, and brought you out with His presence, with His great power, out of Egypt.”

Deuteronomy 4:37 “The English translation informs us that God loved the fathers of Israel – Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob – and that, accordingly, God chose THEIR seed after THEM. But the Hebrew text says that God loved the fathers and, accordingly, chose HIS seed after HIM.” 4. [Duff-Forbes, 1988:5] The more correct rendering of this scripture is “His seed after Him” not “THEIR seed after THEM” In brief, recall the promise of The SEED to Abraham “and in your Seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed as reward in that you have obeyed My voice.” (Genesis 22:18) The Seed is Jesus Christ The Messiah, not plural in implying the seed of the fathers, even though there were promises given to the seed of the fathers (Genesis 26:24, 28:13-14).

We all know the connection between this Seed of Abraham and the promise to Eve, the Seed of Woman who would bruise the head of the serpent (Genesis 3:15). The Seed of Woman was the Seed of God, as is supposed to be the correct rendering of His seed after Him spoken to Abraham. “Had the plural form been employed with regard to the seed of the fathers there would be an implication that another eight peoples, in addition to the Hebrews, could have claimed to have been specially singled out by God: namely: Ishmael, Esau, and the six sons of Abraham by his other wife Keturah!” 5. [Duff-Forbes, 1988:6] “His seed after HIM” and not “THEIR seed after THEM” – slams the door against any such interpretation and pinpoints the last of the trio of the patriarchs, Jacob, as the human channel through whom the Divine blessing is to continue its flowing.” 6. [Duff-Forbes, 1988:6] The seed of Jacob was the twelve tribes of Israel. The Seed or His Seed after Him is supposed to be the correct rendering “in the Hebrew alphabet we do not have capital letters and small letters as in the English alphabet. So, what could be the interpretation of the Deuteronomy Scripture, the subject of this message, if – with equal justification, mark you! – we wrote ALL the third-person pronouns with a CAPITAL letter 8

‘H’? It would read: “And because He loved thy fathers and chose His seed after Him…”” 7. [Duff-Forbes, 1988:7] When you THINK IN THIS LIGHT and reconsider 1st Timothy 3:11-12 could there be a grammatical error in translation? Of course as “woman” was teaching in the books of Corinthians in the book of Philippians and in the book of Acts. I believe the rendering has changed from those or these or the women to a woman or from not implying these specific women but changed to be directed at all women in general. If they are omitting today whole verses, the Name Jesus, Lord, Christ and the word blood and also words Son of God then yesterday the adversary would have most definitively changed Scripture to bring devastation against women, therefore doctrines are built on false heretical foundations.

Now to Corinthians, let’s have an exercise in teaching, consider yourself as you are today in amongst the house churches at Corinth. You are amongst the new Gentile converts who were once heathens (12:2). You are amongst Jewish synagogue converts to Messianic Christianity (Acts 18:2). There are men and women who are Romans, those who have come from other parts of Greece, Crete, Italy, Egypt and Asia Minor.

There are men and women who are ex-prostitutes, ex-temple prostitutes who have their head shaved ex-slaves, ex-homosexuals, male ex-homosexuals who grow their hair long, ex-gamblers, ex-alcoholics and idolaters of other gods (6:9-11). There are Greek women Greek Jewess’s and Hebrew/Israel women who cover their hair with a headdress; again there are some Jews and Greek men who have come out of homosexuality still wearing their hair long down their back and women who were once temple prostitutes who have their hair short and shaved according to the traditions of their gods/goddesses.

There are the traditional Jews unconverted from synagogue who live next door to a house church who are against the Gospel (Acts 18:12-13), some being persuaded by the truth. There are the traditional converted Jews of different rabbinic teachings, both the Greek Jew and the Hebrew/Israel Jew. There are some Jews and Jewess’s who have not had their minds renewed by the teachings of Paul from his last visit they still follow the Law and the oral laws (Acts18:13). History even tells us of these who had forsaken the ways of the fathers Abraham Isaac and Jacob and some even had circumcision reversed to play nude in sports and at Olympic Games so we may have some of these men here.

There are Jews and Jewess’s who participate in the worship of other gods who do not just follow fully their own Jewish laws and the ways of other gods.

There are some Jews and Greeks who follow the Greek god’s teachings of the 9

highest form of love-an older man with a young man- homosexual activity.

There are Jewesses who wear headdresses; some of them don’t as do some Greek women wear them. And there are some of the Jewish men who grow their hair longer down around their ears, their tonsures and possibility some taking vows of growing their hair long.

Here you are visiting house churches not one church but several or many scattered around Corinth and Chloe’s house church is just one of them. The majorities have mindsets of Patriarchal Rule and so does the society at large in the year 57 After Death. Christ has only returned to Yahweh around 27 years ago, women’s place and position is still in the heart of Greek and also Rabbinic oral law of men being highly honored and who Rule over their wives and daughters.

The Gospel has not been widely accepted throughout the Greek Cities and Asia Minor to Egypt. Now everyone is very accustom to the Greek and Jewish culture of male rule and dominance. In some house churches women and the married women with children and without sit on one side of the room in the home while the men sit on the ‘prime’ side of wherever the church meeting place is at as it has been custom for centuries upon centuries.

“In Corinth, as everywhere, except Jerusalem, Christians had no one great central meeting place. Church Buildings did not begin to be erected till 200 years later, when the age of Persecution began to ease. They met in Homes, or Halls, or wherever they could. There were multitudes of Christians in Corinth. Not one great congregation, but many small congregations, each under its own leadership.

These, it seems were developing into rival, competing units, rather than cooperating units, in the general cause of Christ, in the wicked city.” 8. [Halley, 1962:488] Now here you are in a pagan city of Greece called Corinth, known for trade, wealth and arts. There are the native Greeks, Judaisers schooled in rabbinical lore, Jews who came from Italy and Rome in 51 A.D because Claudius decreed that all Jews leave Rome (Acts 18: 2). There are merchants, sailors, athletes and gamblers who migrated for residence because the city offered as such.

It’s a lewd city consisting of people who are morally corrupt both Jew and Gentile there are alcoholics, idolaters, gamblers, prostitutes of both genders and incest perpetrators and pedophiles. There are those who are and who participate in legalized temple prostitution, those who are male and female homosexuals and bi-sexual and those who are involved in theft and the vice of illegal business deals. What goes on here today and yesterday, is nothing new under the sun!

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Greece is under a stronghold of masculine gods, Zeus, Hermes, Apollo, Olympus and “...The unknown god” they ignorantly worship (Acts 17:23).

Corinth has those god worshipers and the goddess worship of Isis mother of gods, Ishtar and Aphrodite. This culture has a multiplicity of deities, gods and goddesses, religions, beliefs and practices native to Asia Minor including Greek learning and philosophy is prevalent with a desire for power and wisdom and sex (1:19-22) and the belief of stoicism is also prevalent in that humans should be free from passion.

Consider if you were there in a time warp, clothing, buildings and technology is not as it is today, it is 57 AD. The people mentioned above may well be new converts and or members of these churches for recall the church groups as in people have many problems, much division with no unity, split into factions (1:10, 11:18).

Now let’s look at them in Scripture We find not many of the people are wise in the world’s fashion or many powerful or many well born (1:26); There are those who were once these - morally corrupt people (6:9-11); There are those who say you have to follow the law of circumcision (7:18); There are the Greeks of the household of Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus (16:15-16); There are the Diaspora Jews (Acts 18:2) one is Crispus, a former ruler of the Jewish synagogue (1:14, Acts 18:8); There is Apollos a Jew, an eloquent man well grounded in the entire scriptures, the entire Jewish Scriptures - the Old Testament. He has also been instructed in the ways of the Lord and preaches accurately of the life of Jesus (1:12, Acts 18:24-28, 19:1) within the churches and or his own home church.

There are those subject to a legalistic perversion of the Torah - the law (9:20).

There are those who are saying there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead (15:12).

There are those saying they follow Apollo’s teachings and those saying they following Cephas’s/Peter’s (9:1, Luke 5:8, Acts 4:13) teachings.

Then some saying they follow Paul’s teachings, some Christ’s teachings (1:12).

There are former homosexuals (6:9-11) pagans (12:2) and slaves (7:21) 11

and some wealthy (11:22).

There are all kinds of people (9:22) and all kinds of doctrinal beliefs (1:12, 4:7, 9:20, 15:12, Acts 18:24-28 & 4:13).

Other than religious sin structures, there are many other sin structures in these house churches. In some house churches; there is evidence of incest, one is taking a father’s wife (5:1).

There are sexual problems (5:9, 6, 7:1), and taking lawsuits against one another (6:7).

Some are still visiting prostitutes, no doubt still practicing homosexuality, some eating meat that has been offered to the idols and some still eat at the temples of the other gods (8:10, 11:20).

Some still worship idols, get drunk, steal are greedy and abusive (5:11).

There is drunkenness at the Lord’s Supper (11:21), abuse in drinking and eating the Lord’s Supper (11:20).

Some women have long hair covered, some have fabric coverings on their head, some of these women have shaved and shorn hair, and some think other women need to have their hair long covered when they pray and prophesy in meetings yet some are unsure (11:5).

In some church meetings there is a separation of men and women in different sections and the women are disrupting the preaching and the teaching by yelling out to their husbands for understanding (14:34).

The spiritual gifts of tongues are misused; some house churches are in confusion they are all speaking out to loud in tongues then to themselves or to God. They are not speaking in tongues in an orderly way of two or three (14:27) when bringing a word.

Consider if you were there visiting the house churches you would see the state of this body of believers in the Churches is a mess, culturally, naturally and spiritually. Paul has been and taught the house churches and Peter-Cephass one of the twelve disciples also. Apollos a Jew, a man well grounded in the Old Testament Scriptures who had instruction in the way of the Lord, a man who can preach and teach accurately about the life of Jesus (Acts 19:1, 18:24-28) is a member of a house church and of the body of believers in Corinth.

Now do you have a better understanding of the house Churches in Corinth for you will need to as this will help you understand and discern Paul addressing the hair, headship, tradition and customs of Jews; for recall there was those scattered within the house churches who were living according to their beliefs but 12

Paul wanted them to follow him as he followed Christ’s teachings.

Now Paul is in Ephesus (16:8) around 56 or 57 A.D when he writes this letter to the churches of the Corinthians, although not the first letter (5:9) to the body of believers in Corinth. He is answering some accounts of those of Chloe’s household (1:11) at her house church and is also personally informed about the state of the house churches by the Greeks, Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus (16:17) who belong to a house church in Corinth but not Chloe’s and these Greeks are at that time with Paul in Ephesus.

Paul had been in Corinth for a period of 18 months prior (Acts 18:11) around 50 A.D to 52 A.D, six or seven years before he wrote this 1st Corinthians.

It is believed by many writers that he had to leave before completing his teachings, his instruction for the Church as a body.

We read the Church has had more converts and Paul has praised some for keeping the traditions he had given them. But teachings, the doctrinal issues, are the result of the fractions and the division within the Church. Paul’s letter is clearing up some issues and is teaching them truths and also renewing their minds on what he has previously taught and what oral and biblical traditions he had told the brethren the Jews to continue to abide by as they are a light a signal to the nations.

Now, when he came to Corinth he first bore witness to the Jews at synagogue, but they rejected him. So he “he went into the house of the one named Justus, one worshipping God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.”

(Acts 18:7). The home of one worshipping God known as a God fearer (meaning non-Jewish person a keeper of Torah and the Hebrew religion words in brackets here mine) named Titius Justus, whose house was right next door to the synagogue.” (Acts 18:7) Again it was the home of a Gentile who was known as a “God fearer”.

Now Crispus the ruler of that synagogue and his entire household believed in The Lord then did many of the Corinthians. The language means his Jewish family found faith and many Corinthians Jews in Corinth believed, as in Nazarites what Jesus was referred to be (Acts 18:5-11, Matthew 2:23) why because He was a Jew living in Nazareth.

Therefore, when you read the following sixteen verses consider this information in mind. It will enable you to understand the context better, the audience who the books of Corinthians were written to and why. When you consider all what is written above, interpretation of these scriptures and passage becomes easier than we will not be as Isaiah said “my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge” Isaiah 5:13 13

Chapter 1 1 Corinthians 11:1 “Be imitators of me, as I also of Christ.”

Interlinear Bible

In this study of 1st Corinthians chapter 11 from verses 1 to 16 I have written thirty-one different versions for textural criticism. The purpose of writing all these different versions as far back as the year thirteen hundred and eighty (1380 AD) is to reveal that each appear similar, yet somewhat very, very, very different in meaning.

This exercise also reveals again how translator’s translation can change the whole contextual truth of scripture, hence; color our minds on word studies and interpreting the passages. A strategy the enemy has foreseen a long, long, long time ago to build in his false doctrines and confuse the meaning to rob us of entering into kingdom promises.

Now verse one reads and it is very important that you read each version of not only 1 Corinthians 11:1 but all at the beginning of each of the following chapters.

“BE ze my followers as I am of crist,”

WICLIF – 1380

“euen as I please all men in all thinges, not sekynge myne awne proffet, but the proffet of many, that they might be saved. Folowe me as I do Christ (10:33) I COMMENDE you brethren that ye remember me in all thinges,” TYNDALE – 1534 “BE ye the followers of me, as I am the follower of Christ.”

CRANMER – 1539 “BE ye the followers of me, as I am of Christ.”

GENEVA – 1557

“BE ye folovvers of me, as I also of Christ.”

RHEIMS – 1582

“BE yee followers of mee, euen as I also am of Christ.”

AUTHORISED – 1611 “Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ” (Authorized Version – 19--) 14

“Copy me, as I copy Christ.”

(A New Translation Of The Bible - James Moffatt – 1935) “Be imitators of me, as I myself am an imitator of Christ.” (10:33) (The New Testament In Modern Speech – Weymouth –1938) “So take me for your example, even as I take Christ for mine.”

(The New Testament In Basic English - 1941) “Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.”

(SELF-PRONOUNCING EDITION – conformable to the edition of 1611, commonly known as the Authorized or King James version - [unknown year published given as a gift] - 1946) “This is my own principle-to try to make everybody happy, not to aim at my own interests, but at those of the great mass of men, that they may be saved. Do you follow my example, as I do that of the Messiah?

(The Letters Of Saint Paul – Arthur S. Way – 1950) “Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.”

(Revised Standard Version - 1952) “Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.”

(King James [unknown year published given as a gift] – 1959) “Follow my example as I follow Christ’s” (The New English Bible - New Testament - 1961) “Follow my example, then, as I follow the example of Christ.”

(The New Testament translated by Ronald Knox - 1962) “Follow my example, then, as I follow the example of Christ.”

(Knox [John] Version - 1966) “And you should follow my example, just as I follow Christ’s.”

(The Living Bible - Paraphrased - 1971) “Copy me, my brothers, as I copy Christ himself.”

(The New Testament Modern English – J. B. Phillips - 1972) “Take me for your model, as I take Christ.”

(The Jerusalem Bible - 1974) “Imitate me, then, just as I imitate Christ.” (Good News Bible - 1976) “Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.”

(New International Version - 1984) “Be imitators of me, as I also of Christ.”

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(The Interlinear Bible – Hebrew Greek English -1986) “Pattern yourselves after me [follow my example], as I imitate and follow Christ (the Messiah).”

(The Amplified Bible - 1987) “Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.”

(New Testament - The New King James Version - 1989) “You must follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.”

(New Testament in Contemporary English - Revised Edition - 1995) “try to imitate me, even as I myself try to imitate the Messiah.”

(Complete Jewish Bible - 1998) “Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.”

(New American Standard Bible - 1999) “And you should imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.”

(New Living Translation –2005) Verse one may not be verse one as many versions/translators write it at the end of chapter ten, either way from these different versions and the verse needs not to be greatly expounded.

I believe it fits with first as Paul is going to give his midrash on – What with and why should the head be covered whilst praying and prophesying before God in a congregational meeting. And a midrash is not the original intent of meaning or revelation of scripture, but a teacher using an allegory of a scriptural intent or cultural intent in order to prove a contextual point to answer a question put forth, and it takes 16 verses to put it all together.

Now recall there was discord and fractions amongst the Corinth house churches Paul is calling them to be followers of his teachings. To be his disciples, as he is of Christ’s direct teachings (Galatians 1:11-18) having spent years with Christ (Galatians 1:7, 11-12). According to custom one sits under a Rabbi and Paul qualifies as a Rabbi (Acts 22:1-3). In other words, join me be a disciple of mine and I will teach you (see for understanding Acts 5:37, 20:30; Luke 21:8 and Galatians 1:11-18; 2 Thessalonians 2:14-15) follow after me not after Apollos or Cepheus/Peter or Crispus the Jewish ex-ruler of Synagogue, or those who were teachers of the law.

He was also implying don’t be a follower of a Proselyte or those who have knowledge of a multiplicity of religious beliefs; and also don’t follow one who is steeped in Greek Philosophy or the teachers who do not believe in the resurrection and so on let me lead by example and I will bring you to He who is Truth and He who you are to truly follow for I have been taught of Him. Paul said of himself in Galatians 1:11-18 “And, brothers, I make known 16

to you the gospel preached by me, that it is not according to man, for I did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but by a revelation of Jesus Christ …

But when God was pleased … nor did I go up to Jerusalem; but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus… and after three years I went up to Jerusalem.”

It is believed and I believe Paul has been taught by Jesus Christ in these three years in Arabia at Mt Sinai, therefore he could make the claim to “follow after me as I follow after Christ Jesus.” Recall Moses received the Ten Commandments and was given instructions and the laws of Yahweh on Mount Sinai. 25. for Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, and she slaves with her children…” Galatians 4:2

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Chapter 2 1 Corinthians 11:2 But, brothers, I praise you that in all things you have remembered me; and even as I delivered to you, you hold fast the traditions.”

Interlinear Bible

Verse one began with an exhortation from Paul to follow his teachings as he follows Christ teachings, this next verse two is praise from Paul for he now commends those he is addressing at Chloe’s house church that they have remembered him in all things and keep what he has delivered to them but a new question has come to him inquiring what should women look like whilst praying and prophesying at house church.

I believe the question relates to certain women in her group had short hair/shaved who were obviously new converts from temple(s) prostitution and I believe there were men there who wore their hair long once were or still being homosexual. However the main intent of the sixteen verses relates to women, but given the letter was to be circulated to all house churches it would have spoke to any women concerning their hair and any men concerning their hair and would address men who still wore their hair long or who have just come into the faith wearing long hair.

Again it is very important that you read each version of not only 1 Corinthians 11:2 but all at the beginning of each of the following chapters.

1 Corinthians 11:2 “and britheren I preise zou that bi alle thingis ze ben myndeful of me, and as I betook to zou my comaundementis ze holden,” WICLIF – 1380 “and kepe the ordinaunces even as I delivered them to you.”

TYNDALE – 1534 “I commende you brethren, that ye remember me in all thynges, and kepe the ordinaunces, even as I deliuered them to you.”

CRANMER 1539 18

“I commend you brethren, that ye remember all my thynges, and kepe the ordinances, euen as I deliuered them to you.”

GENEVA – 1557 “And I praise you brethren, that in al things you be mindeful of me: and as I haue deliuered vnto you, you keepe my precepts.”

RHEIMS – 1582 “Now I praise you, brethren, that you remember me in all things, and keepe the ordinances, as I deliuered them to you.”

AUTHORISED – 1611 “Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.”

(Authorized Version – unknown year published 19??)

“I commend you for always bearing me in mind and for maintaining the traditions I passed on to you.”

(A New Translation Of the Bible - James Moffatt – 1935) “Now I commend you for remembering me in everything, and for keeping my instructions just as I delivered them to you.”

(Weymouth the New Testament In Modern Speech – 1938) “Now I am pleased to see that you keep me in memory in all things, and that you give attention to the teaching which was handed down from me to you.”

(New Testament In Basic English – 1941) “Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.”

(SELF-PRONOUNCING EDITION – conformable to the edition of 1611, commonly known as the Authorized or King James Version – 1946?)

“As to the next question, that of being covered during worship. Here I must say, ‘Well done!’ for the assurance that ‘you remember me in all things, and are observing the rules that I laid down for your guidance.’

(The Letters Of Saint Paul – Arthur S. Way 1950) “I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I have delivered them to you.”

(Revised Standard Version – 1952) “Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.”

(King James [unknown date published – given as a gift] – 1959) 19

“I commend you for always keeping me in mind, and maintaining the tradition I handed down on to you.”

(The New English Bible – New Testament – 1961) “I must needs praise you for your constant memory of me, for upholding your traditions just as I handed them on to you.”

(The New Testament translated by Ronald Knox – 1962) “I must needs praise you for your constant memory of me, for upholding your traditions just as I handed them on to you.”

(Knox [John] Version – 1966) “I am so glad, dear brother, that you have been remembering and doing everything I taught you.”

(The Living Bible – Paraphrased – 1971) “I must give you credit for remembering what I taught you and adhering to the traditions I passed on to you.”

(The New Testament Modern English – J. B. Phillips – 1972) “I PRAISE YOU BECAUSE you always remember me and are holding fast to the traditions just as I handed them on to you.”

(The New American Bible – 1972-1973) “You have done well in remembering me so constantly and in maintaining the traditions just as I passed them on to you.”

(The Jerusalem Bible – 1974) “praise you because you always remember me and follow the teachings that I have handed on to you.” (Good News Bible – 1976) “I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the teachings, just as I passed them on to you.”

(New International Version – 1984) “But, brothers, I praise you that in all things you have remembered me; and even as I delivered to you, you hold fast the traditions.”

(The Interlinear Bible – Hebrew Greek English – 1986) “I appreciate and commend you because you always remember me in everything and keep firm possession of the traditions (the substance of my instructions), just as I have [verbally] passed them on to you.”

(The Amplified Bible – 1987) “Now I praise you, brethren, that you remember me in all things and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you.”

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“I am proud of you, because you always remember me and obey the teaching I gave you.”

(New Testament in Contemporary English – Revised Edition – 1995) “Now I praise you because you have remembered everything I told you and observe the traditions just the way I passed them on to you.”

(Complete Jewish Bible – 1998) “Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.”

(New American Standard Bible – 1999) “It pleases me that you continue to remember and honor me by keeping up the traditions of the faith I taught you.”

(The New Testament In Contemporary Language -The Message – 2003) “I am so glad that you always keep me in your thoughts, and that you are following the teachings I passed on to you.”

(The New Living Translation 2005) If you have read chapter one to ten of 1st Corinthians this cannot be read as if the “you” refers to all the “you” in the house churches in Corinth and or the body of Christ in Corinth who are being obedient. Why? Recall there was fractions or divisions (1 Corinthians 1:10) over doctrines and customs so they were following the teachings of a multiple of teachers.

Therefore it is some at Corinth not every believer of the body of Christ in Corinth who are the obedient to what he has taught them and or written to them and it can be narrowed down even more that he is addressing those in Chloe’s house church; and he is praising them for following him as their Rabbi and his prior teachings.

Now in Hebrew understanding when something is ‘passed on’ it has come from the Rabbi’s, the Torah teachers and orally down through the ages; however that does not make the interpretation or teachings biblically binding. In Judaism they placed a high value on the authority of Torah teacher’s knowledge of the oral law that they believed was not written in the Torah yet “later to be codified and written in the Talmud” 1. [Wikipedia, 1:2011] however if you were to read these you will discern gross injustices against women and how far removed some of the Talmud is from The Truth or The Written Scriptures.

“A woman is a shapeless lump [golem], and concludes a covenant [of marriage] only with him who transforms her (into) a (useful) vessel, as it is written [Isaiah 54:5]: For thy maker is thy husband” (Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 22b). 2. [Mollenkott 1977:12] 21

Now let’s look first at this verse of praise for observing tradition, most versions above, fourteen (14) uses the word tradition. In seven (7) versions above it is written ordinance, in another six (6) versions it is written teachings, and one each for commandments (1), precepts (1) and rules (1). Now we know commandments, precepts and rules and traditions and teachings can and do have different meanings.

Firstly teaching can be given about a certain Biblical instruction; we can have teaching and the tradition of oral law or Biblical law. A Rabbi can teach about creation of Adam and Eve without giving his oral law to obey or Paul can teach about creation of Adam and Eve and give from The Holy Spirit a new Gospel tradition for all to obey. Or visa versa; give a teaching on how this Biblical law came about by teaching us about creation of Adam and Eve. (Consider hair length, Paul uses Biblical laws concerning head ship, biblical laws concerning appearance of men and women, biblical truth concerning created sources, created order, cultural traditions to prove why a woman should have long hair and why a man should have short hair and Old Testament laws bearing witness to the law concerning gender appearance.)

Also when accounts and opinions are recorded in the Scriptures for cultural or historical facts that does not mean the words become Biblical laws or biblical traditions or biblical commandments of Yahweh to be obeyed.

Now let’s look at tradition and this is the word I believe to be the correct rendering implied. It can mean tradition of the Jewish Fathers of The Old Testament or the Rabbi’s oral laws or a Jewish elder’s oral laws handed down being their tradition remembering their traditions, “the Pharisees tended to make of even greater authority than the scriptures (Matthew 15:2, Mark 7:3).” 3.

[Bryant, 1967:591] Matthew 15:2-3 and Mark 7:1-13 is an example of Jewish oral law that became cultural tradition; “Why do your disciples break tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.” 3. And He answered and said to them, “Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?”

Matthew 15:2-3 NASB “And it happened as He reclined in the house, behold, coming many tax-collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and His disciples. 11. And seeing, the Pharisees said to His disciples, Why does your teacher eat with tax-collectors and sinners?”

Matthew 9:10-11 Another example of oral tradition of human origin is written in Colossians 22

2:8; “See to it that no one takes you captive through empty philosophy and empty deception, according to the traditions of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.”

Colossians 2:8 NASB Another example of Biblical and or oral tradition is written in 2 Thessalonians 2:15.

[Thessalonians was the first book Paul wrote after spending three years receiving revelation from The Lord Jesus Christ at Mount Sinai before he was sent to the other nations.]

“So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us.”

2 Thessalonians 2:15 These scriptures can be read as if the Word teaches it as Biblical tradition especially how Paul states “by letter from us.” (2 Thessalonians 2:15, 1 Corinthians 11:2) However all words of tradition need to be discerned to know if they are under the power of The Holy Spirit to be a Gospel tradition then if so it becomes a biblical law to be obeyed and if not it is just a cultural way of life for the Jewish people that has been handed down and it is then their tradition.

Some believe that head covering is an unwritten righteous instruction and or a law given specifically to the Hebrews before the books and laws of Moses and they cite Sara in Genesis 20:16 (IL) “covering of the eyes” Rebecca “and she took the veil and covered herself” (Genesis 24:65) and the covering mentioned with the judgment of a woman having to remove it and her hair to go loose in Numbers 5:18 “… and shall uncover the woman’s head” and this in Isaiah 3:16-20 “In that day the Lord will take away the headbands …the veils the headdresses…” and also what is written of the Shulimite in Song of Solomon 5:7 “lifted my veil from me.”

However we cannot slap the statement that all the practices of the Jews today were given and or taught to Noah’s and the linage of Shem, Terah and Abram (Genesis 10, 11, 12:3) but just not written in the 66 books to be still law, for our scriptures must bear two to three witness that custom or cultural traditions are Biblical law. Recall the particular incident of washing of the hands in Mark 7:1-13 this was a tradition of Jewish men not a biblical tradition and Yeshua rebuked them for exalting their traditions above His law.

Again, The Word tells us in Colossians 2:8 to “see that no one takes you captive … according to traditions of men…” as The Word declares “Therefore 23

my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge.” (Isaiah 5:13). Further scripture will always witness a fulfillment of any law Hebrews 9:10 “since they relate only to food and drink and various washings regulations for the body imposed until a time of reformation.” (NASB) Yes it is true that Yahweh taught Noah (Genesis 6:9) in as much as He taught Adam His righteous ways. And I agree like many others that Shem was the High Priest referred to in Hebrews as the Melchizedek (Hebrews 7:15) and it then can be said Shem’s knowledge would have been great of Yahweh’s righteous requirements of worship and His holiness and His laws overall that he would have passed on and then come down through the ages. However I believe Moses and the Prophets wrote all that Yahweh required us to have for instructions in righteous living.

In this light that is why Noah was considered righteous and why he understood to take seven (7) clean and two (2) unclean animals (Genesis 7:2, 8:20) of each breed on the ark for he offered sacrifices when they came off the ark (“without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins” Hebrews 9:22 “the wages of sin is death” Romans 6:23 see the witness and the fulfillment of these laws in Hebrews 9). Therefore we see this truth and see the knowledge passed on as it is witnessed by Noah’s actions but it is recorded in the books of the Law and Prophets and it is witnessed in the New Testament and it is fulfilled in New Testament.

Another example is Abram, for he knew to give a tithe to the Melchizedek (An Order, a Priestly Order in a realm a spiritual Order - King of Righteous High Priest of Yahweh Hebrews 7:2) for they were taught righteousness instructions from Yahweh. Yet, remember these truths were confirmed in The Torah and written and confirmed throughout both Testaments as truth and laws and or to be either continued to be obeyed. Oral teaching has weight however we also know that there are many traditions of men and many interpretations of men/flesh that are just that, and in the end will take us into spiritual captivity (1 Timothy 4:1-2, 2 Corinthians 11:4).

Therefore if their traditions as Jews/Hebrews (Acts 28:17, 21:20-21) either as a Nation or passed down by the various Rabbi’s or Elders, and are not in a contextual view of Biblical law we do not need to obey them within our cultures.

Again recall the example hand washing in Mark 7:1-13, in other words tradition is not biblical instructions to be obeyed for every culture on the face of the earth; for the scriptures do not bear witness to them being laws just custom or traditions of Jewish men (Mark 7:8) passed down the ages.

Consider a contextual view here in 1 Corinthians 11:1-16 of covering the 24

hair with a head dress or cloth or type of scarf when either praying and prophesying or the wearing in general for the origins may be just an Israelite tradition. We need to read the command to wear a head covering, we need to see the reoccurring truth of the Old Testament in the New Testament for we cannot judge the actions of head covering just because Sara, Rebecca, the woman caught in adultery or the Shulimite or the Israelite women are recorded to be wearing them. Other considerations are geographic, weather than just culture and customs.

“The Old is by the New explained, and the New is the Old contained; or, The New is in the Old concealed; The Old is in The New revealed.” 4. [Stanford, 5:2011] Recurring truth progressive revelation must be witnessed in both testaments as a written righteous instruction and noted as law. It cannot be said that this practice is an unwritten righteous instruction an oral law given to Noah, Shem, Terah or the descendants of Abram, Isaac and Jacob or Moses this must be witnessed like tithing, sacrifice and clean and unclean animals were.

The Jewish/Hebrew cultural traditions and their lineage is Yahweh’s signal to the Non-Jewish Nations that He is God above all gods. The Nation Israel itself and its Jewish people are to other Nations Yahweh’s reminder of the truth of His Word (Jeremiah 31:34-36). The Nation who was and who is to be a signal and light to the Nations (Isaiah 49:6) of the existence of Yahweh and who are to look and act different from other nations.

Recall we are grafted into the rich root of the olive tree and partakers of the covenants (Romans 11:17) that were first made with the Jewish people (Jeremiah 31:31-33,Genesis 12:1-3, Genesis 15; 17; 28:3, Exodus 19-20, 1 Chronicles 17:1-15; Psalm 89:3-4) it is still this root that supports us (Romans 11:18).

No offense, but as it is written, “don’t boast” we are not the church who has replaced Israel (Jeremiah 31:34-36). We are partakers of Jewish Covenants serving our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ the Jewish Messiah “King of the Jews.”

Who is the same yesterday and today and tomorrow and eternally, please take some time and look upon these mentioned scriptures if you will throughout the book.

The Jew is to keep their cultural identity as a separate nation and not integrate; they are to remain a signal and light to the Nations (Isaiah 49:6). We see a classic sign of this in Israel today with the Biblical tradition/law of the Jewish Saturday Sabbath everything stops. The Jews not only in Israel but those worldwide keep the Sabbath and the other ‘moedim’ or appointed times of Yahweh (Leviticus 23) are kept.

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These are all rehearsals that speak prophetically about their past and future events of His plans and purposes in redemption for them and us. These Biblical traditions are Yahweh’s appointed times to celebrate and they are: Friday evening to Saturday evening Sabbath, Passover Seders, Pentecost, Yom Kippur, Tabernacles, Feast of Purim but Hanukah is not a Biblical feast yet it is kept. Acts 20:6-7 1st day of the week refers to a Jewish calendar, which is Saturday Sabbath, Friday sunset to Saturday sundown, not our Sunday as theirs is the true Sabbath rest and contrary to belief I believe it is a Biblical law for everyone believer to keep – your study will prove this truth.

To make this point clear again Israel is a light to the nations her rebirth was prophesied by Ezekiel in chapter 36 (36:4, 8-11) and 37 (37:8-10), the church did not replace Israel, nor did Yahweh annul His covenants and promises to Israel and or His chosen people from the house of Israel and Judah (Deuteronomy 32:89; Jeremiah 30:11; Isaiah 43:1, 10-12, 44:8. 49:6). Recall this scripture “If those ordinances (of the sun, moon and stars from v 35, words in brackets here mine) depart from before Me, saith the Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before Me forever…”

Jeremiah 31:36 “And what one nation in the earth is like Your people, like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to Himself, and to make Himself a name, and to do for you great things, even fearful things for Your land, before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt from the nations and their gods? 24. For You have confirmed to Yourself Your people Israel to be a people to You for ever. And You, LORD, have become their God.” 2 Samuel 7:23-24 Israel and her people the Jews will always be His signal and light to the Nations to be distinctly different (Isaiah 49:6) a unique people (Leviticus 20:24) we are Gentile and not expected to be as a Jew with their traditions and customs (Deuteronomy 7:6-7), however we are to keep the Biblical laws and traditions that the Jews keep and again if you study His Sabbath this is one law we are to keep.

Now the word tradition here in 1 Corinthians 11:2 is paradoxos meaning - Strongs 3862 “i.e. (concr.) a precept; spec. the Jewish traditionary law: ordinance, tradition.” 5. [Strong, 1986:72] Thus it is referring to Jewish tradition not Biblical tradition or Gentile tradition.

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holding to the traditions (paradosis), which they were taught we understand. This word tradition is the same word Jesus used when He said, “also do you transgress the command - of God on account of the traditions (paradosis) of you?”

(Matthew 15:3 IL) This tradition means Jewish oral traditions, not Biblical traditions.

From the photo copied translations I have of the six versions from Wiclif/Wycliffe 1380 to Authorized 1611 the Greek writing above these versions is compatible with my Interlinear, which is also Strongs referenced. In Strongs exhaustive concordance of the Bible the word paradosis (3862) writes: “3862 [here is written the Greek word] paradosis, par-ad-os-is; from 3860; transmission, i.e. (concr.) a precept; spec. the Jewish traditionary law: ordinance, tradition.” 6. [Strong, 1986:72] To make mention here verse sixteen concludes with Paul summing up we as Jews have no other custom, neither do the other Jews/Messianic in the house churches or this one in Corinth have any different custom other than the women to have their head covered with a head covering for it is our custom that the women wear a symbol of the husband’s headship by keeping her head covered with fabric, yet the context is not fabric that the Jewesses wore but it is hair.

Recall Paul gives an instruction to women in 1 Timothy 2:9 and 1 Peter 3:3 to modestly adore their hair not to braid it and there is no command to cover it with headdress.

In other words it is our tradition as Jews; it is a cultural practice, not a Biblical law, not a Biblical Gospel tradition for women to cover their hair with headdress. And recall there is no specific Biblical righteous instruction/command for women to cover their hair with fabric headdress or veil their faces in the Old Testament or the New Testament – only this is oral law in the New for a Jewess in that Common Era. But there are various laws about hair length for both men and women and again recall if it were so when Paul addresses braided hair he would have used this as a perfect opportunity to tell women to cover their hair with fabric or their head if it was to be a Biblical command for all women (1 Timothy 2:9; 1 Peter 3:3).

We know when Paul taught on Biblical traditions he would have been teaching in light of the Hebrew Scriptures, Torah, minor and major Prophets and so on. And we also know he himself was a Jew, and Jews had cultural traditions of their own, unlike the Gentiles. Recall Paul sat at the feet of Gamaliel (Acts 22:3) a very legalist Rabbi and was fully schooled in Hebrew culture, rabbinic 27

tradition, law both oral and Biblical understanding. Paul was quiet accustom to oral traditional law and cultural traditions and The Law he would have known the old testament off by heart. Paul was a Hebrew, born in a Greek city Tarsus being a Diaspora Jew; he spoke Greek and Hebrew and would have also been able to speak Aramaic (Acts 22:2) a very learned man adhering to Jewish customs.

Now, given this word tradition (paradosis) is not Biblical tradition but cultural tradition this beginning verse is not praising the gentiles. So when Paul praises them that they have kept the traditions he has handed on to them, they would have been the traditions in the view of the Jewish linage, the customs, and the cultural traditions of a Jewish race. Recall the letter is in response to Chloe’s household that informed Paul of the problems he is now discussing both about women’s hair length and a covering of fabric on their heads in her assembly whilst praying and prophesying; keep also in mind there were many Jews who had lost their cultural way.

“After three days Paul called together those who were the leading men of the Jews, and when they came together, he began saying to them, “Brethren, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.”

Acts 28:17 NASB Now we see tradition is not always Biblical and or Biblical law, but can be cultural traditions, the custom of a race of people as in Acts 28:17. Thus we can view the introduction of Paul’s letter is referring to the traditions of the Jewish people and the introducing the topic Jewish cultural tradition.

However, within these verses one to sixteen there are Spiritual principles being taught with Biblical applications and Biblical laws. In Hebrew understanding this is Paul’s midrash, his teaching on head covering while praying and prophesying in the assembly using the allegory of headship, source, created order, fabric head coverings, hair and its length, gender, culture, custom to prove his contextual point on a woman/women’s appearance before Yahweh, Yeshua, Ruach HaKodesh and the Angels.

Therefore he uses all this to bring it all together to answer the question “is it proper for a woman to pray before God with short hair (v 13 is the question and the answer is in v 15 and everything in between proves why they should have long hair hanging down thus covering the neck and ears of the woman as in a type of veil/mantle as implied in v 15 hair is given to her as a covering/veil/mantle).”

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which is in between will not be a Biblical tradition. Paul uses Jewish tradition for Biblical spiritual truths both Old and New to prove his teaching and teach his teaching. He is thinking Hebrew, he is thinking Rabbi, he is speaking to both Greeks and Jews from Chloe’s company – brethren – passed on – you hold fast the traditions – we have not other custom (Like a custom in John 18:39 their custom to release someone at Passover).

Now to make this clean when reading the following scripture, the word brother is referring to Paul, also note telling the Jews not to walk according to the customs of the Jew. Also note speaking specifically to the Jews amongst the Gentiles. We see this time Paul is teaching a different Covenant, The Blood Covenant; some ways are no longer to be their biblical customs as Jews.

“And when they heard it they began glorifying God; and they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the Law; 21. and they have been told about you, that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles [take note Paul did speak and teach Jews their Jewish way of life in a mixed congregation – words in brackets here mine] to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs.

Acts 21:20-21 NASB Now we know Paul did tell the Jews circumcision no longer means anything, thus it is a change of Old Testament law.

“For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love.”

Galatians 5:6 NASB Therefore it could be said that Paul was speaking to the Jews amongst the Gentiles about their custom in the midst of a mixed household of believers as in Chloe’s house church. Recall Paul saw Jew from Gentile and referred to saved Gentiles as Gentiles in Romans 11:13; Ephesians 2:11 and saved Jews as Jews in Galatians 2:13 and even called himself a Pharisee in Acts 23:6 keeping his Jewish identity as a Jew. However in this account of 1 Corinthians 11:1-16 we can also say Paul is teaching Biblical laws to both Jew and Gentile that are to be kept.

Looking at Hanukah it is a feast a Jewish cultural tradition that is not ordained by Yahweh but originated from the era of the Maccabee’s. It spoke of religious freedom for the Jew to continue their Judaism. Hanukkah is not a Biblical command as are the other appointed times, but a feast in commemoration of reintroducing Judaism. King Antiochus outlawed Judaism 29

in Israel around 168BCE. A Jew called Mattityahu cried out for Jews to take up arms against King Antiochus. Mattityahu died and a man called Judah took his place as leader. They called him Makbi, which meant hammer, so this is where Maccabee came from. His army crushed King Antiochus and they regained the temple, purified the sanctuary and rededicated it to Yahweh. Then they celebrated the rededication of the alter for eight days and Judah or Makbi decreed that the days of the rededication should be observed at their season every year beginning the twenty fifth of Kislev (1 Maccabees 4).

Now our Christmass is also not a Biblical ordinance or a custom or a tradition of the Hebrews, Yahweh has not ordained its celebration it is a tradition of the Gentiles. This festive time is in commemoration of the birth of Messiah Jesus Christ and Constantine who hated the Jews decreed this celebration in 325 AD. It is an anniversary of the birth of Christ and the observance is celebrated on the twenty-fifth of December. The two words; Christ and Mass formed the word Christmass, meaning Christ or Lord and Savior and a Mass of religious services celebrating in the commemoration of the birth of The Savior. It is a season of indirect global evangelism yes, and even though it is a time the church express love, praise, worship and thanksgiving to Yahweh and Yeshua for such a salvation it is not Biblical but filled with mixture and has its roots in the belief systems of the lessor gods. Therefore it is a disobedience to the command to worship Yahweh in Spirit and in truth as it feeds the heresy that we are not under law but under grace.

Yeshuah is believed to be born in the feast time of Tabernacles, John 1:14 tells us “the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us”. Recall also Yeshuah’s life was to be a fulfillment of Biblical feasts, further, western tradition tells us Yeshuah was born in a stable. Now in the season of Tabernacles, Succah’s were built as part of this feast’s celebration (Leviticus 23:39) and they were decorated with fruits, grains and animal things as reminders of what Yahweh had done for them as a Nation.

A Succah would have been near the inn at Bethlehem when Mary and Joseph went for the Roman census. The manger is believed to have been one of the decorations in the Succah. Also December twenty fifth is a winter in Israel and livestock, flocks are housed from the cold conditions of rain and snow and it was not a winter when Joseph and Mary went for the census.

Therefore, Christmas we practice today is a tradition of man. A wonderful time of evangelism to the world. Something we can celebrate without the mixture of Santa, Christmas trees and balls as their origins are in the kingdom of darkness.

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Chapter 3 1 Corinthians 11:3 “But I want you to know that Christ is the Head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.”

Interlinear Bible

To verse 3 it is written; 1 Corinthians 11:3 “but I wole that ze wite that crist is heed of eche man, but the heed of the wom man is the man, and the heed of crist: is god,” WICLIF – 1380 “I wolde ye knew that Christ is the heed of every man. And the man is the womans heed. And God is Christes heed.” TYNDALE – 1534 “But I wolde haue you to know, that Christ is the heed of euery man.

And the man is the womans heed. And God is Christes heed.”

CRANMER – 1539 “But I wil that ye knowe, that Christ is the head of euery man: and the man is the womans head: and God is Christes head.”

GENEVA – 1557 “And I vvil haue you knovv, that the head of euery man, is Christ: and the head of the vvoman, is the man: and the head of Christ is God.” RHEIMS – 1582 “But I would haue you know, that the head of euery man is Christ: and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.” AUTHORISED – 1611 “But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.” (Authorized Version – 19??)

“But I would like you to understand this: Christ is the head of every man, man is the head of woman, and God is the head of Christ.”

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(A New Translation Of The Bible – James Moffatt – 1935) “I would have you know, however, that of every man Christ is the head, that the head of a woman is her husband, and that the head of Christ is God.” (The New Testament In Modern Speech – Weymouth 1938) “But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.” (New Testament In Basic English – 1941) “But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.” (SELF-PRONOUNCING EDITION – conformable to the edition of 1611, commonly known as the Authorized or King James version – [given as a gift] 1946) “Well I want you to grasp the principle involved-the head of each man is Messiah: the head of the woman is the man: the head of Messiah is God.” (The Letters of Saint Paul - Arthur S. Way – 1950) “But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.” (Revised Standard Version – 1952) “But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.” (King James – [unknown date published - given as a gift] 1959) “But I wish you to understand that, while every man has Christ for his Head, woman’s head is man, as Christ’s head is God.” (The New English Bible – New Testament – 1961) “And here is something you must know. The head to which a wife is united is her husband, just as the head to which every man is united is Christ; so, too, the head to which Christ is united is God.” (The New Testament translated by Ronald Knox – 1962) “And here is something you must know. The head to which a wife is united is her husband, just as the head to which every man is united is Christ; so, too, the head to which Christ is united is God.” (Knox [John] Version – 1966) “But there is one matter I want to remind you about: that a wife is responsible to her husband, her husband is responsible to Christ, and Christ is responsible to God.” (The Living Bible – Paraphrased – 1971) 32

“But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every individual man, just as a man is the “head of the woman and God is the head of Christ.”

(The New Testament Modern English – J. B. Phillips – 1972) “However, what I want you to understand is that Christ is the head of every man, man is the head of woman, and God is the head of Christ.”

(The Jerusalem Bible – 1974) “But I want you to understand that Christ is supreme over every man, the husband is supreme over his wife, and God is supreme over Christ.”

(Good News Bible – 1976) “But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, the head of Christ is God.” (New Testament – The New King James version – 1982) “Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.” (New International Version – 1984) “But I want you to know that Christ is the Head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.”

(The Interlinear Bible – Hebrew Greek English – 1986) “But I want you to know and realize that Christ is the Head of every man, the head of a woman is her husband, and the Head of Christ is God.” (The Amplified Bible – 1987) “Now I want you to know that Christ is the head over all men, and a man is the head over a woman. But God is the head over Christ.”

(New Testament in Contemporary English – Revised Edition – 1995) “But I want you to understand that the head of every man is the Messiah, and the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of the Messiah is God.” (Complete Jewish Bible – 1998) “But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.”

(New American Standard Bible – 1999) “In a marriage relationship, there is authority from Christ to husband, and from husband to wife. The authority of Christ is the authority of God.” (The Message – 2003) “But there is one thing I want you to know: The head of every man is 33

Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.” (New Living Translation – 2005) Now we know that these scriptures are answering information from some of Chole’s people from her house church and Paul now brings forth Biblical truth and Biblical law to prove his point: 1 Corinthians 1:2, 11-12 “To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours: 10. “Now I exhort you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that you all say the same thing, and there not be divisions among you; but you be united in the same mind and in the same judgment.” IL 11. “For, my brothers, concerning you it was shown to me by those of Chloe [please note: those of a woman’s house church named Chloe, if this house church was headed up by a male, he would have been mentioned first and or with Chloe, but Paul did not, therefore this testifies a woman was heading up and or the spiritual head of this house church] that there are strife’s among you. 12. But I say this, that each of you says, “Truly I am of Paul,” and “I of Apollos,” and “I of Cephas,” and “I of Christ.” IL (Words in brackets here mine) So we see Paul is answering to teach the children of God the believers, those ‘In Christ’ in order to sort out their divisions of doctrines.

Now in chapter 11 verses 1-16, Paul begins by addressing his fellow brethren, The Jews and The Israelites even though the Letter 1 Corinthians 1:2 is addressed to the Church of God at Corinth as in all the house churches meaning all believers, Jew and Gentile in Corinth. Now there are two Greek words for “man” in this verse. One is the word “anthropos” meaning human being [Strong’s 444]. The other is “aner” meaning husband, individual man: - fellow, husband, man, sir [Strong’s 435].

Now we understand that head can mean Ruler, however in this circumstance it cannot mean Dominate Ruler of husband over wife. As Jesus is the second Adam, the new man, Lord and Christ, fulfilled the “and he shall Rule over you.”

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tree and has redeemed women back to give them as fellow heirs opportunity to do what men do in the Kingdom. But, as He wills to chose their destiny and works for His Kingdom’s plan and purpose. For, “In the Lord, neither is woman independent of man, nor is man independent of woman, for as the woman originates from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and all things originate from God.” 1 Corinthians 11:11-12 NASB Also, we are all flesh of His flesh and bone of His bone, all one part of the one body Christ the head. For recall what I have written about 1 Timothy 2:1316 and Genesis 3:15-16. (See Chapter 6) Now, recall Jesus is the “… Head, from whom all the body having been supplied with the joints and bands, and having been joined together, will grow with the growth which comes from God.” Colossians 2:19 IL And recall Jesus saying: “... All authority in Heaven and on earth was given to Me.” Matthew 28:18 IL And: “… He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be Head over all things to the church,” Ephesians 1:22 IL Now in this context head includes rule and Reign, for we know as it is written; “far above all principality, and authority, and power, and lordship, and every name being name, not only in this age, but also in the coming age;” Ephesians 1:21 IL Christ is reigning and ruling.

But, recall in the next chapter of Ephesians, two (2) verse six (6) we as in both male and female share His reign and rule. “even we being dead in sins, He made us alive together with Christ – by grace you are being saved – 6. and raised us up together, and seated us together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus.”

Ephesians 2:6 IL Remember, not with a rulership or reign of our own but under His Headship in the directive of The Holy Spirit of Christ Jesus. It is not a rulership or reign of our own because we are ‘In Christ’, as Jesus is now the second Adam, the new 35

man, “all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth” (Matthew 28:18 KJ).

The rule and reign come through us as His vessels from the directive and power of The Holy Spirit within. “... praying always with all prayer and supplication in The Spirit.” (Ephesians 6:18 KJ) “… praying in the Holy Spirit.”

(Jude v 20 IL) Again, we as the body, both men and women are not given the Headship/Rule, the second Adam Jesus Christ is, however He hath raised us both, men and women up together, and made us both men and women to sit together in heavenly places in....” Himself. (Ephesians 2:6 KJ emphasis mine). And in The Lord neither is woman independent of man nor man independent of woman as written in 1 Corinthians 11:11.

Thus, we as both men and women are seated with Him, only we rule under Him the second Adam, under and through the directive and power of The Holy Spirit, for we are His body, He is the head and Head of His body. Thus, “in the Lord, neither is woman independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.”

(1 Corinthians 11:11) To make mention here, we will see both men and women are given power from on high to reign and rule with Him for Kingdom purposes. For, recall Jesus on the road to Emmaus with the two men.

“And, behold two of them were going on the same day to a village being sixty furlongs distant from Jerusalem, which was name Emmaus. 14. And they talked to each other about all these things taking place. 15. And it happened, as they talked and reasoned, coming near Jesus Himself traveled with them.” Luke 24:13-15 IL These men said of their company (Tyndale, Cranmer, Geneva, Authorised 1611) there were women. Interesting to note Rheims – 1582 does not use the word company – “But certaine vvomen also of ours, …” Neither does Wiclif – 1380 – “but also summe wymmen of ouris maden us aferde, …” or the Interlinear -1986 below, however all these versions including those in brackets above us the same Greek text. Therefore, translators we see again differ in choice of wording!

Again a word can throw out the whole contextual meaning of a verse and passage and chapter!

“And also some of our women astounded us, having been early at the tomb. 25. and not finding His body, they came saying to have seen a vision of angels also, who say Him to be alive. 26. And some of those with us went to the tomb, and found it so, even as the women also said; but they did not see Him.” Luke 24:24-26 IL 36

Now therefore there were women disciples/followers amongst the men. In the following verses of chapter 24 we see Jesus abided with these men, broke bread and their eyes were opened to whom they were with and then He vanished out of their sight. Then when these men returned to Jerusalem and found the eleven gathered together and them that was with them including the women of their company “And it happened as He reclined with them, taking the loaf, He blessed; and breaking He gave to them. 31. And their eyes were opened, and they knew Him. And He became invisible from them.”

Luke 24:30-31 IL “And rising up in the same hour, they went back to Jerusalem, and they found the Eleven, and those with them, having been gathered,” Luke 24:33 IL Jesus then appears in the midst of them.

“And as they were telling these things, Jesus Himself stood in their midst, and said to them, Peace to you!”

Luke 24:36 IL His shows His hands and feet and declares “… These are the words which I spoke to you, yet being with you, that must be fulfilled, all the things having been written in the law of Moses, and the Prophets, and the Psalms, concerning me. 45. Then He opened up their mind to understand the Scriptures,” Luke 24:44-45 IL Then Jesus speaks and said unto them, including the women who are His witnesses of these things.

“And you are witnesses of these things.”

Luke 24:48 IL

He then tells them to tarry, or wait in Jerusalem until they, including those women of their company are all endued with power from on high. So they including the women could go about His Kingdom plan and purpose where He willed to call them so they too could disciple all nations if they were to be called to go into all the world and proclaim the gospel.

“And, behold, I send forth the promise of My Father on you. But you sit in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.”

Luke 24:49 Now we see the receiving of this power, and we know women were amongst the men on that day.

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“And in the fulfilling of the day of Pentecost, they were all with one mind in the same place. … 3. And tongues as of fire appeared to them were being distributed; and it sat on each one of them. 4. And they were all filled of the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in other languages. As the Spirit gave ability to them to speak.”

Acts 2:1, 3-4. IL So we see those of the women of this company were (Luke 24:22) there with the men when they were endued with power from on high. Therefore this includes women [Recall Chloe’s company was the ones who told Paul of the divisions of those who followed Cephas teachings, those who followed Apollos teaching who can be endued with power from on high to: “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

17. And he and she that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18. They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they male and female shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.” (emphasis added mine) Matthew 28:15-18 AV This is Matthew expounding more than Luke after Jesus has appeared unto the eleven and the others including women that day telling them they are His witnesses of all these things.

Now recall what is written in Ephesians 5:23, husband is the head of wife, Christ is the Head of husband and wife and He is also Head and head of all the males and females, His body, His believers, His church.

“Wives, subject yourselves to your own husband, as to the Lord; 23. because a husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church, [church meaning people - males and females, the body – words in brackets here mine] and He is Savior of the body.”

Ephesians 5:23 IL [Note: The Greek word here for the second mention of husband is ‘aner.’ The broken English read under the Greek reads as follows in the Interlinear: “The wives to the own husbands subject ourselves, as to the Lord, because a man is head of the woman, as also the Christ (is) Head of the church, and He is Savior of the body.” The Greek in the Interlinear (1986) is the same as those written below from Wiclif 1380 to Authorised 1611.] “for the man is heed of the woman: as crist is heed of the chirche, he is sauyour of his bodi,” WICLIF -1380 38

“For the husbande is the wyves heed, even as Christ is the heed of the congregacion, and the same is the saveoure of the body.”

TYNDALE – 1534 “For the husbande is the wyues heed, euen as Christ is the heed of the congregacyon, and the same is he that minystreth saluacyon vnto the body.”

CRANMER – 1539 “For the housband is the wyues head, euen as Christe is the head of the Churche, and the same is the sauiour of his body.”

GENEVA – 1557 “because the man is the head of the woman: as Christ is the head of the CHVRCH. Him self, the sauiour of his body.” RHEIMS – 1582 “For the husband is the head of the wife, euen as Christ is the head of the Church: and hee is the Sauiour of the body.”

AUTHORISED - 1611 Remember we as both men and women – the church are raised up with Christ being partakers of His reign and rule and authority through the work of The Holy Spirit, the Christ within us. “and raised us [men and women] up together and seated us [men and women] together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus,” [emphasis in brackets here mine] Ephesians 2:6 IL “For those being once enlightened, and having tasted of the heavenly gift, and becoming partakers of the Holy Spirit,” Hebrews 6:4 IL Now recall all Christians – the church(es) rule and reign is under the power and authority and directive of The Holy Spirit, not because we are children of God or because we are either male and or female. We rule and reign in partnership with Christ under the anointing, under the directive of The Holy Spirit. We are not given the rule or reign because we are male or husband but as the church both male/husband and female/wife are given the rule and reign under the directive of The Holy Spirit as He wills ().

“But the one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing separately to each as He wills.”

1 Corinthians 12:11 IL “Jesus the One from Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went through doing good, and healing all those having been oppressed by the Devil, because God was with Him.” Acts 10:38 IL “for walking about in flesh, we do not war according to flesh; 4. for 39

the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but powerful to [through] God in order to pull down strongholds.” (Emphasis in brackets here mine) 2 Corinthians 10:3-4 IL “But if I cast out the demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom, of God has come on you.”

Matthew 12:28 IL “For the rest, my brothers be made powerful in the Lord, and in the might of His strength.”

Ephesians 6:10 IL We can see in the Lord both men and women are endued with power from on high.

“And it shall be in the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, …”

Acts 2:17 IL “Behold, I have given you [given both men and women] the authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and on all the power of the Enemy, and nothing shall hurt you, not at all:” (emphasis in brackets mine).

Luke 10:19 IL Now recall when a woman and a man marry they become one flesh.

“And He said, “For this reason a man shall leave father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”

Mathew 19:5 IL “For this a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall be one flesh.”

Ephesians 5:31 IL They are considered as one flesh before God and have the callings of God as He wills to anoint, as He wills to position either gender.

“Going, then disciple all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit;” Matthew 28:19 IL “And He said to them, Going into all the world, preach the gospel to all the creation.”

Mark 16:15 IL “and you are witnesses of these things. 49. And, behold, I send forth the promise of My Father on you. But you sit in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.”

Luke 24:48 IL “however, man is not apart from woman, nor woman apart from man, in the Lord. 12. For as the woman is out of the man, so also the man through the woman; but all things from God.” 1 Corinthians 11:11-12 IL “But he being joined to the Lord is one spirit.”

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1 Corinthians 6:17 IL “For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones. 31.

For this a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall be one flesh.” 32. The mystery is great but I speak as to Christ and as to the church.” Ephesians 5:30, 32 IL “And God placed some in the church: firstly apostles; secondly, prophets; thirdly, teachers; then works of power, then gifts of healing; helps, governing, kinds of languages.” 1 Corinthians 12:28, 12:11, 12:18 “11. But the one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing separately to each as He wills.”

“18. But now God set the members, each one of them, in the body, even as He desired.” 1 Corinthians 12:28, 12:11, 12:18 Now even though husband is head of the wife as Christ is head of the Church, both the husband and the wives head and all others, the Church, all of us, our Head is Christ. If He calls a woman to a position of Apostle, Prophetess, Teacher or Pastor then that’s His right as Head to position that woman as He wills (1 Corinthians 12:4-11).

Just as The Father has ordained that husband be head of the wife, and Christ head of His Church it is His Lordship in choice of ordination to send a female to “go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” (Matthew 28:19, 1 Corinthians 12:28) And to give to that female whatever position as in name title and rank in the Kingdom He wills them to have.

Now recall Jesus speaks often of His oneness with Yahweh (John 10:30; John 17:11) with all power in heaven and earth given to Him (Matthew 28:18) and He speaks of us both men and women being flesh of His flesh and bone of His bone (Ephesians 5:30 KJ). He speaks of us both men and women as one body (1 Corinthians 12:13, 27 KJ), and as joined unto the Lord both men and women are one spirit (1 Corinthians 6:17).

Now we know both men and women’s Head is Jesus, in both the spiritual body the church and in Lordship or Rulership in our lives and in daily obedience and, for our callings for His Kingdoms plan and purpose. He is our King, both us men and women are His servants, He is our Master. And we also know that God is the Head of Christ as a Father over a Son; and Jesus only ever did what He saw the Father do, He did not act independent being God The Son, He did not even act independently as God the Son within ministry, The Holy Spirit did the healing and the casting out of demons. Jesus came under Yahweh’s divine order 41

of things even preached and taught under the utterance of The Holy Spirit (Luke 4:18; Isaiah 11:2).

Now even though God is Jesus Head and God the Son obeyed His Father in all things, He was never reduced to subordination of no worth or value, no say, He was honored and given by The Father all authority and power.

Now the same as a wife is under the headship of a husband a Patriarchal order; “the man [aner] is the woman’s head” does not imply that husbands are to be Kings or Gods or Rulers over their wives as Christ is King and God and Ruler over His servants. Neither are they to be masters over their wives as Christ is our Master. Both husband and wife are fellow servants of the Master, The King, both are one flesh, part of one body, part of His body, neither independent of each other nor are one spirit in Christ.

However, just as there are different functions of a male body and a female body and a body, like penis, vagina, arm, leg, heart, and kidney and so on, there are different functions for Christ’s body spiritually and naturally. One function that is different is that the husband is to be the head of the household, but not the Ruler or the Master commanding and demanding, but, as Christ loves His body and gave Himself for His bride.

There is no ‘for he shall rule over her’ anymore; fulfilled, annulled, cancelled, ‘it is finished,’ a finished work at Calvary. Jesus has the keys of hell and of death and was manifested to destroy the works of darkness all power and authority is His. He has redeemed us from the first Adams and is the second Adam.

This scripture again does not imply men or males or husbands to be the dominant Rulers or rulers over women, females or wives as was the stronghold of this day. It was in the heavenlies both over the city and in and over both Jewish and Greek believers and unbelievers of Messiah was this stronghold of rulership.

For in those days’ Jewish men under rabbinical oral traditions and custom traditions of both Greek Diaspora Jews and Jews and Greek men understood themselves as the head that makes the decisions for the wife and those of his household, his daughters and daughter in-laws.

In the same way a head makes the decisions which gives the orders to the nervous system and the body, they understood this was their right as head of their household, they had the last say, they had the say in all things. Consider also, these scriptures are bringing down this stronghold of husband and man’s Rulership over wife and women.

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man/husband to be the Dominate Ruler to bring wife under his submission with a loss of identity and choice, making all the decisions and giving the orders to his wife. Or are they implying husband is the Ruler/Head of the wife.

Now bring what I have just taught about to mean as translated by Ronald Knox: “… The head to which a wife is united is her husband, just as the head to which every man is united is Christ; so, too, the head to which Christ is united is God.” Also as written in the GENEVA – 1557: “… that Christ is the head of euery man (anthropos – woman and man/male and female) and the man (aner – husband) is the woman’s head: and God is Christes head.” (italics mine, please note: the Greek writes the word for anthropos in regards to Christ is the head of every man and the Greek writes the word for aner for man being the woman’s head.) Now recall in Ephesians the word aner is written for husband and the context of verse twenty-two and twenty-three is husband.

I wanted to see for myself in black and white if there were two different Greek words in this passage for man for I could not continue to write until I proved it for my own eyes to see. My source is from The English Hexapla, exhibiting The Six important English Versions. Samuel Bagster and Sons enumeration 1870.)

Now therefore as Ephesians 5:23 speaks along the same; the husband is the wife’s head, Christ is the head of the Church – each congregation of males and females, and as we understand God is Christ’s Head. Husband is written as wife’s head as Christ is the Head of the Church. Ephesians head means Patriarch and in 1 Corinthians 11:3 it is also to imply Patriarch.

Let’s consider if it is source as in creation order. First we read what is stated first, second and third in terms of Paul’s order of statement: “But I would have you know.” As other writers have made note and believed this verse to imply source.

First: Christ is head of man. (man = anthropos – human being / males and females) Second: man is head of woman (man – aner a man - an individual male – fellow, husband, man, sir) Third:

God is head of Christ (Christ = Son)

Now bring this verse into though to imply neither joined to the head as Patriarch, or even to dominate and rule, or to make the decisions, give the orders to rule, give the ultimate order, but as an implication of source of origin, original source of life each dependant upon and sustained by each other.

Now let’s consider how this verse 3 can be seen as source set in the context 43

of verses 1 to 16. First is the written format, Christ is the head of man, the witness of this source of origin in verse 12 bearing witness to verse 3’s implication of source. “For as woman originates from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and all things originate from God. Even see the context of this verse 3 in view verse 8 “man does not originate from woman, but woman originates from man. And verse 9, “for indeed man was not created for the woman’s sake, but woman for the man’s sake.” refers to woman originating from man. All different numbers and said at different times, but all saying the same thing – source – man is woman’s source of creation, head was understood in the day to mean source as in head of a river. So we can see verse 3 as source, verse 8 as source and verse 9 as source and verse 12 as source, a flowing contextual overtone.

Now we can see Jesus as the source of every person/man as our Creator.

Man as in Adam is the source of every woman because aner can mean either husband or single male. Then last Yahweh the source or creator of Christ.

When we consider the order written, it is not written Yahweh the head of Christ first, then Christ the head of every man/woman, and then man the head of woman. There is no hierarchy of order written here. However there can be seen a creation order, but we know all things come from God/Yahweh/Father and that order is not first written. Yahweh, the head / source or creator of Christ, Christ the head / source or creator of man/mankind, Adam / man the source of wife and every woman. Paul mentions that everything originates from God (v12) this includes man/kind. It was Yahweh who said, “let us make man in our own image.” Not The Son, but The Father, then they – Father, Son and Spirit were all a part of creation. Therefore the application of source in verse three becomes questionable and only answerable by revelation.

Now we see clearly this scripture is implying order or hierarchy of authority or ruler-ship like, God – Christ – Men – Women. Because verse three starts first Christ is head of all mankind, then man is head of woman, then God is head of Christ.

We know also in this dispensation God does not make all the decisions for Christ for “all power has been given to Christ in heaven and in earth.” (Matthew 28:18 KJ) by The Father and will be given back to The Father at the end of this age. We know in this dispensation man and woman’s ruler-ship is under the Second Adam he or she does not have any rule as flesh/human. In the Lord neither is independent of each other, all one body, one in spirit, works ministries giftings are given as He wills (1 Corinthians 12:4-31). But we can see by this verse man, as in husband is the head of wife in the order of family and of course 44

if in a higher position with the Church structure “submit to those in authority.”

Now let’s consider the following scriptures in line with verse threes (3) order to be source and or creation to see if this is what Paul is implying.

“And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.” Colossians 2:19 KJ [Christ is the head/source of every man/mankind ‘anthropos’] 1.

“And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22. And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”

Genesis 2:21-24 KJ [Adam / man ‘aner’ is the head of woman] 2.

“He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation; for in him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or authorities-all things were created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together, He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in everything he might be pre-eminent.”

Colossians 1:15-19 RSV [God is the head/source of Christ] 3.

“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory, as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”

John 1:14 KJ [God is the head/source of Christ.]

So we see above Christ is the source of the church, created for Him through Him. Man/Husband is the source of the woman/wife, like as in Adam was the source of the creation of wife/woman Eve. God is the source of Christ, the only begotten of The Father, firstborn of all creation in view of The Blood Covenant.

Therefore looking in view of speaking within the beginning circular of The Blood Covenant; Christ became/is the head of the Church, Adam became/is the source of woman and God became/is the source of Christ.

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marry up with this contextual view other than the following scriptures? Paul mentions source in the following verses, but is he reinforcing the teaching?

When we consider male firstborn and men have headship in the family/patriarch, the twelve disciples are men, men are the elders around the throne in the New Jerusalem source does not apply in the way the scripture reads at verse 3, even though it can.

We know Yahweh Himself has ordained the pattern of the twelve disciples as male, the twenty-four elders around the throne as male and the firstborn Adam as male and the firstborn Jesus as male.

Consider also the Covenants of old were with the Fathers and the sign of Covenant was circumcision of the male’s penis. Circumcision we know is no longer the sign of Covenant, but husband is still head in this Blood Covenant of Christ. Therefore it stands to reason that husband is head of wife. Even in the old Covenants the firstborn male was to be Yahweh’s and the firstborn male received two-thirds of the inheritance. In this New Covenant the Twelve disciples are all male.

Just as the sun is to rule by day and the moon by night as ordained and set laws that cannot be changed until the new heavens and earth. It is the same as Adam ‘first born’ was created first, a male, Jesus Christ a male the second Adam, the twelve disciples all chosen/called as males, the twenty-four elders around the throne all males.

It is a pattern and set order of Yahweh in His plan and purpose for mankind, His creation and His Kingdom. To denote male headship is studied negligence, an injustice to men and to women. Women would be opened up to Jezebels spirits and this would give that principality opportunity to fortify a network of strongholds.

Women you are not decoration, you are not handbags or spiritual handbags that hang off the arm of your husbands or off men or even off Christ. Neither are you His pretty dancers He sits back and watches like the Kings of men. You are His body, His mouth, arms, hands, legs and feet, joined to Him the Head. He loves His own body, you are to function in these areas, as do the men. As He wills for any of you for your individual position to minister as He ordains personally for you, if that be Pastor, Minister, Reverend or Priest than that is His will for your feminine life. But remember even though we can function in the same positions as men, we are not to appoint ourselves via the flesh; these positions are to be given to us as a call, a high call as a result of His call laid upon our hearts for ministry positions.

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Awake woman, how is it you can neglect so great a calling as woman, and as a woman when there is provision in this Blood Covenant to be Apostles, Prophetess’s, Teachers, Pastor and other ministry positions? How is it that you can sit back and except you have no high places no positions within the House of God because husbands are the head? How could it be that you should give up your birthright as woman, as a woman to surrender to lies, deception and heresy of the doctrines of devils in avenging himself against woman? How is it you can submit to him avenging himself upon you as woman? How can you not be or continue to be the woman to fulfill the promise, so as to partner to put the serpent finally as His footstool. You are to be freed up to be yourselves, to stand in your own gender as a woman, you are not to be just intercessors, you are to “go ye into all the world” cast out demons, heal the sick, proclaim the Gospel, teach, prophesy, operate in the gifts of The Spirit. You are to walk in your individual mantle/office that He has willed to anoint you with as Apostle, Prophetess, Teacher, Pastor or whatever His individual call your heart knows is for you.

If He lays it on your heart to travel for Him in whatever capacity - GO. If He lays it on your heart to go to Bible College - GO. If He lays it on your heart to train for the Apostolic or for the Prophetic - GO. If He lays it on your heart to train your hands to war and cast out demons- GO. If He lays it on your heart to Pastor - GO. If he lays it on your heart to be an elder, deaconess- Go. If He lays it on your heart to run a house church - GO. If He lays it on your heart to leave a church under - males need only apply - GO. If He lays it on your heart to be a Minister, a Priest, or a Reverend - GO. If He lays it on your heart to teach - GO. Women, GO, GO with all your heart. GO on the wings of The Great Eagle – GO, GO, GO, it’s your inheritance to GO, GO, GO. Now I want you to know, see, and understand the mystery of the twentyfour elders sitting on thrones.

“And at once I became in spirit. And behold, a throne was set in Heaven, and One sitting on the throne. 3. And the One sitting was in appearance like a jasper stone, and a sardius; and a rainbow was around the throne, in appearance like an emerald. 4. And around the throne I saw twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twentyfour elders sitting, having been clothed in white garments. And they had golden crowns on their heads.”

Revelation 4:2-4 IL The twenty-four thrones consist of twelve Patriarchs of Old and the twelve Apostles of New. All are the masculine.

“Then answering, Peter said to Him, Behold, we left all things and followed You. What then shall be to us? 28. And Jesus said to them, 47

Truly I say to you, You who have followed Me; in the regeneration, when the Son of man sits on the throne of His glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”

Matthew 19:27-28 IL “And I appoint a kingdom to you, as My Father appointed to Me, 30. that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom. And you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.” Luke 22:29-30 IL They have been given their golden crowns, so it is in a time the church has been ruptured and the Judgment Seat of Christ has been completed for them to receive their crowns. (1 Corinthians 15:50-57; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10, 2:3-7) Recall, when Christ returns to sit in judgment at the seventh trump, men, women and us have already received our reward and come with Him. “And the seventh from Adam, Enoch also prophesied these men, saying, Behold, the Lord came with myriads of His saints, 15. to do judgment against all, and to rebuke all the ungodly of them concerning all their ungodly works which they ungodly did, and concerning all the hard things ungodly sinners spoke against Him.” Jude 14-15 IL The nations we see still exist on the earth, the earth still exists, and there is no New Jerusalem as yet, no new heaven or earth.

Now, John again reveals the twenty-four elders in 5:8, 11:16 and up to this Scripture 19:4; “And after these things, I heard a great voice of a numerous crowd in Heaven, saying, Hallelujah! The salvation and the glory and the honor and the power of the Lord our God! 2. For true and righteous are His judgments, because He judged the great harlot who defiled the earth with her fornication. And He avenged the blood of His slaves out of her hand. 3. And secondly they said, hallelujah! Also her smoke goes up forever and ever. 4. And the twenty-four elders, and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God sitting on the throne, saying, Amen! Hallelujah! 5. And a voice came out from the throne, saying, Praise our God, all his slaves, and the ones fearing Him, the small and the great.” 10. And has made us kings and priests to our God. And we shall reign over the earth. 11. And I saw, and I heard a sound of many angels around the throne, and the living creatures, and the elders and their number was myriads of 48

myriads, and thousands of thousands,” Revelation 19:1-4, 10-11 IL We know in the preceding chapters the seals of judgment have been opened, but by chapter 19, there is no new heaven or the new earth. Now in Revelation 20:1-2 and 3-6 we read of a promise of thrones being given to females and males who were part of the first resurrection. Those who had not worshipped the beast or its image and not received the mark on their forehead are thrones to reign with Christ a thousand years whilst Satan is bound the thousand years; “And I saw an angel coming down out of Heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain on his hand. 2. And he lain hold of the dragon, the old serpent who is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years… until the thousand years are fulfilled and after these things, he must be set loose a little time. 4. And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, And judgment was given to them, and the souls of the ones having been beheaded because of the witness of Jesus, and because of the word of God. And who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand. And they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

5. But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. 6. Blessed and holy is the one (female and male italics here mine) having part in the first resurrection. The second death has no authority over these, but they (both genders who are the ones taking part in the first resurrection italics here mine.) will be priests of God (both females and males will be priests - italics here mine) and of Christ, and will reign with Him a thousand years.”

Revelation 20:1-2, 3b-6 IL Now recall, we also see this promise is given to the church of Laodicea.

The church consists of both men and women. Therefore, women will be given to sit with Him in His throne, and on these thrones of judgment if they are of those who overcome; [The woman, the female, the man, the male, the one overcoming, I will give to her and to him to sit with Me in My throne,] “as I also overcame and sat with My Father in His throne. 22. The one who has an ear, hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”

Revelation 3:21-22 (IL) (words in brackets here mine) Now consider the following Scripture, the apostles/12 male disciples are the only ones appointed a kingdom and twelve places of eldership. The overcomers, the saints of men and women who reign with Christ the thousand years are not given these places within the male elders. Only, the masculine of 49

12 Patriarchs and 12 Apostles.

“And I appoint a kingdom to you, as My Father appointed to Me, 30. that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom. And you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Luke 22:29-30 IL “And the four living creatures said, Amen. And the twenty-four elders fall down and worshipped the Living One forever and ever.”

Revelation 5:14 IL Even Daniel speaks of the thrones; “I was looking until the thrones were set up, and the Ancient of Days sat, whose robe was white as snow, and the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was like flames of fire; its wheels like burning fire. 10. A stream of fire went out and came out from before Him. A thousand thousands served Him, and a myriad myriads stood before Him. The court was set, and the books were opened.”

Daniel 7:9-10 IL Around the throne of the One and the Lamb of God are the twenty-four elders. Now, gender will be noticeable, only we the redeemed “neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in Heaven.” Mathew 22:30 IL Now consider we will be like the angels who are noticeable also in gender as male and female. Jezebel, queen of heaven and her underlings of the feminine, including the goddesses under her in high places are of the fallen female angels who left with Lucifer a male angel. Whom I believe looked different and who had hair according to their created function, masculine short and feminine long hair.

Verse 10 could be spiritualised because the angels also have defining hair lengths.

“By what things she glorified herself, and luxuriated, by so much give back to her torment and mourning. Because she says in her heart, I sit as a queen, and I am not a widow; and I do not see mourning at all.”

Revelation 18:7 IL “The sons gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me.” Jeremiah 7:18 IL We know before the foundations of the world the Lamb was slain; redemption was planned. Even in the book of Daniel we read of the thrones and prophecy of judgments to come. So throughout the Old Testament mysteries have 50

been hidden and revealed and many are still unfulfilled.

We also know that Yahweh is Judge of Old (Genesis 18:25) because He is Ruler, the One who made the Law and carried out the judgment of the Law. We know He has “set a day in which He is going to judge the habitable world in righteousness, by a Man whom He appointed; having given proof to all by raising Him from the dead.” (Acts 17:31 IL) “For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son.” (John 5:22) In Revelation the mystery is revealed of the gender of the Father in who will take the places of authority, judgment and honor with Christ the Son as Judge and Ruler. This was pre-ordained before the foundation of the world. Yahweh being all knowing all seeing planned His Patriarchal plan for an earthly Jerusalem and He also knew and planned for a New Jerusalem for the next age, way before He ever created Adam and Eve. Recall Adam carried the transgression of Eve, even though she ate first then gave to Adam and he ate. This again reveals the position given to the male as head.

Now consider, did Yahweh strategically plan Patriarchal and masculine H/headship before Eve was told, “he will rule over thee.” Yes, I believe this is why it was a strategic plan of Yahweh in judging Eve and hence women for the “he will rule over thee” and for the setting up of a Patriarchal headship - Father Abraham, Covenants with the Fathers, firstborn male, biblical law - all male Priest of Old, 12 Disciples to the twenty-four all male thrones for the elders to forever be the elders (Revelation 5:14 IL) and The Father and The Son. Yahweh has not given any share of this eldership or any position within the twenty-four throne positions around His and His Son’s throne to the feminine.

There is no equal gender rule; all 24 seats/thrones are all elders in the masculine.

The 12 male chosen apostles were chosen way before the world was made and Christ came as the redeemer of mankind; Judas the betrayer as prophesied bears this witness.

Consider, if He really wanted equal headship of Patriarchal and Matriarchal and or full equality between men and women there would have been some women numbered within the twelve disciples/Apostles, and it would have not been written husband is head of wife as Christ is head of His people/church.

Yahweh I believe has foreknown and for-planned for a Patriarchal of the male headship before creation, the firstborn sons bear witness to this, the firstborn Adam bears witness to this, Cain and Able also. Christ the Firstborn bears witness to this, the male only Priests of Old bear witness to this, the Twelve Disciples bear witness to this, the twenty-four elders bear witness to this and The Father and His Son witness to this.

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In days of old covenant and for days of this new covenant and for the New Jerusalem, He has patterned headship after heaven and the pattern is the masculine. To add here those that have been to heaven and returned have all witnessed gender is obvious; father Abraham is apparently the first we meet as father of our faith.

There is and will never be any equal sharing of the elder’s twenty-four thrones with any female of Old or female from this Gospel dispensation. Neither will there be any equal share globally for women of 50% in ministry positions and men 50% in ministry positions. The firstborn was given two thirds, this pattern also bears witness in this dispensation to why we see men in a traditional Biblical role of spiritual headship within the Church even though we as both genders are heirs according to grace. Also custom has to be considered, Yahweh and Yeshua are not going to promote motherlessness.

But glory to God in this dispensation women have more of an opportunity in the Lord concerning the ministry of saints as He wills to place them in positions of apostles, prophets, teachers, works of power, gifts of healing, helps, governing, kinds of languages then in days of the Old Covenants. (1 Corinthians 12:28 IL) We know no person after the flesh in the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:16-17 IL) and in the Lord’s service; man does not have his place apart from woman, or woman hers apart from man (1 Corinthians 11:11).

Legitimately women have a Biblical right to take positions of leadership on any title in this dispensation of The Eternal Blood Covenant. Women have opportunity to all positions, however when the rubber hits the road they are to be Divine calls, they are to be divinely ordained of Yahweh, not ordained because we can or there is provision there. “But when God had set me apart even from my mothers’ womb and called me through his grace.” (Galatians 1:15-16) Otherwise we walk after our own will for a calling, a call of the flesh even though Yahweh has made provision for women that they can be in traditionally male positions of ministry.

Again, in this dispensation concerning the ministries of the saints that women rule and reign with Him under His Lordship, His Headship, His Rule as the second Adam through the ministry and work of The Holy Spirit, not any reign or rule in our own right against the kingdom of darkness or creation as being children of God; neither any call to ministry under our own will and as is the men’s they are called to ministry also.

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their spiritual headship when it was a dispensation for men only to take positions in ministry, in His sovereignty He ordained women.

But in this Covenant we are in a dispensation for shared spiritual leadership, the time hasn’t come, the time had come after the ascension of Christ.

Only perversion of the gospel and heresy and error within doctrines and one’s own studied negligence has kept women from taking their right as heirs of coworkers with Christ. Women in ministry today is not because of the Sovereign will of Yahweh as in Deborah and Miriam, but it is inbuilt within this Blood Covenant we have a God given right to be in the same spiritual positions as men.

If we consider the pattern the old Covenant of male Priests need only apply, male circumcision sign as Covenant males only through the linage of Abraham and the first-born males consecrated to God (Exodus 22:29-30) we forget we are under the New Blood Covenant.

Yes there is a pattern that applies, like the sacrifices of animals for sin in the old, the sacrifice of Jesus Christ The Lamb of God and presenting our bodies as living sacrifices all hold a pattern. But notice the change; animals, Christ and daily our lives as a living sacrifice within a New Blood Covenant.

Also circumcision avails nothing but faith in Messiah and water baptism within a New Blood Covenant. Why did we need a new if the old would have sufficed? Then why not women included within a New Blood Covenant in shared leadership positions?

If we as women enter into a struggle to claim equal rights with men it is fruitless, for we have equal opportunity in this dispensation but not headship, consider the firstborn principle, it is two-thirds to one-third. Also, we as women will always be spiritually positioned under a headship of the ordained firstborn order of men. A woman in ministry positions the same as a man will never take away the divine order of firstborn or the Patriarch and or husband head of wife.

There will always be more men in spiritual leadership positions than women; it’s a firstborn principle and an ordained Divine order of Yahweh - man is head/source and husband is head – Adam came first – then Cain the firstborn was a son – firstborn Jesus Christ – twelve disciples/apostles – twenty-four elders around the throne – we see a masculine pattern, His ordained Divine order.

Men’s call just like Woman’s call are to be given as a ‘call’ or because of being set apart “But when God had set me apart even from my mothers womb and called me through his grace.” My call as a teacher and writer is not ordained of self. I was called to write this book ‘To A Thousand Generations’ from the womb of my mother. A ministry ordained for me personally, I have not appointed myself to write this book or to teach, Yahweh has ordained this as my specific call and 53

destiny, and let me assure you the knowledge hits some raw nerves at times that I’ve told Him many a time - pick someone else!

And I minister in the gifts of the Spirit, I warfare and cast out demons in the power of The Holy Spirit, I’m used in the prophetic in The Spirit, but I’m not a Prophetess or an Apostle or will I ever be these or a Pastor. I’m a teacher and my call will never be Apostle or Prophet or a Chloe for He has set me apart in the ministry role as Teacher as He has willed this for my life. I will always be under headship spiritually and naturally of the masculine even if my call was an Apostle or Pastor, the spiritual truth remains women and wives are naturally and spiritually under male headship, in source, divine order and Godly headship of a husband.

There is a reprieve, relief for women in Revelation 20:1-6 and 3:21 that reveals in the millennium dispensation women will share in His throne reign, and on thrones in judgment in the millennium reign as one of those overcoming. He will give to both the male and female opportunity to sit with Him in His throne as He overcame and sat with His Father in His throne for that dispensational rule.

But we see His ordained firstborn male premise in the City built by God, the Heavenly City in the new heaven and new earth with a headship by the elders around the throne; 12 male apostles and 12 male Patriarchs who will remain enthroned eternally (Revelation 5:14) they share in the judgment of every event (1 Thessalonians 5:2-3), of the twelve tribes of Israel, and in relation to the final judgment (2 Peter 3:10-11) and judgment of the hearts of the Jewish people (Romans 2:16).

Now in that light, we can see Yahweh as head of Jesus as Father, Jesus as the head of the church His body but not as a Father, and the husband as the head of the wife and the family in a Patriarchal contextual view and in a view of adding man is the head of woman by the eldership of around the throne. Also, we can derive the context of verse three as source of origin, however it is a Godly ordinance of headship is the context of verse three – husband is the head of wife for their relationship.

The Patriarchal -The Father, and Patriarchal in type of the male twentyfour elders - twelve Patriarchs of Old Testament and twelve Apostles of New Testament will always be in a position of headship over women, male over female – husband over wife.

In this contextual view of verses 1 to 16 Paul is addressing Patriarchal, he is not taking it away, Patriarchal is an ordained order. He brings in source to prove and teach his teaching (v8, v9 & v12). Paul teaches after verse three to flow on his statement of husband headship with the outward appearance of clothing with 54

its symbolism of Patriarchal headship (v5) but not the inward Rule of Patriarchal Dominance of he shall rule over thee, it’s a finished work, Jesus the second Adam has delivered woman from the incorrect Patriarchal Rule over the wife in making her subordinate, subjective to his every command as was the stronghold. In addition, Ephesians 5:22-33 is dispelling this stronghold of Rule and Dominance.

By his teaching in other epistles and behind these verses he teaches Patriarchal with both to come into mutual submission, one to another, but, never taking away his positional head within a Patriarchal family structure.

Husband is to follow loving his wife “just as Christ loved the Church and gave himself for her.” Wife is to submit to husband as to the Lord, just like both genders do all things as unto the Lord, whether it be housework, employment, gardening and so on, wives submit to husbands as to the Lord. Husband loves his wife in self-giving to which wife will want to respond with respect and deference, but not submission to an abusive or ungodly carnal dominance and rule.

Consider, Christ gave Himself up for the Church in human flesh; Christ gave Himself up as Son of man and as we know Son of God. Now husband is to love his wife not as if he is Christ but the as Christ was Son of man. We are not under the old stronghold of husband is the dominate ruler and wife is to be subordinate and totally submissive to every command/demand.

Husband is to love with self-sacrificial love, he has no dominance to command his wife to do things he is able to do himself like “honey pick up my socks, get me a coffee, turn on the football, get us a beer, run me a bath, mow the grass, wash the car, cook me some food now, cook me steak and chips for lunch at every week-end. He is to have self-sacrificial love; he is under the covenant work of The Holy Spirit of staying dead to sin.

He also is not to command the wife don’t have any friends, don’t go to that prayer meeting and don’t belong to that Church and don’t pay that Church any of my money or your money. The Lordship and directive of the ministry of The Holy Spirit has the Lordship here. If the Holy Spirit wills for the wife to belong to that Church or attend that prayer meeting or to give this much in tithes and offerings it is the Christ within whose authority is above the husband. However if one of the children is sick he has a biblical directive to say to her not to go to the prayer meeting or church that day, its family matters.

Husbands will is meant to be fused with the will of God, fused with the will of The Holy Spirit, recognizing he has a power within him to walk in The Spirit not the flesh of his own carnal nature in loving his wife.

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Christ is love, The Holy Spirit is love, husband is to love his wife as his own body (v28) and love his wife as himself (v33). If anyone has been captivated by the Love of Christ submission to Him is a desire the heart wills to do out of being loved. Husband is to be self-giving, not take, take, take or give with one hand and take back with the other. Human nature does not die to self-easy; picking up our cross is not something the human nature wills. Christ had to be put on the cross; He never nailed Himself He needed help.

This is where the work of Covenant comes in with the work of The Holy Spirit, He helps the husband to be crucified to be self-giving, He crucifies the husband to live by self-sacrificial love towards the wife. He crucifies the flesh for the wife to submit to the husband. Husband or wife does not serve God in the kingdom of flesh but under the Kingdom of God’s covenant provision of empowerment – in the Spirit.

God will always have divine Kingdom order; within it there is a Patriarchal headship. Consider the following, but do not consider rank or authority or power over, but order; apostles, prophets, teachers, miracles, gifts of healings, helps, administrations and tongues. (Corinthians 12:28).

Order is order, even though we are to submit to one another in Christ, are one in Christ, are His body, order exists, it would be an injustice to the Scriptures and to both men and women if we denied Patriarchal headship, we are one body, but different members in Christ, man is to leave his mother and be united to his wife as her head (v31).

There will always be a headship of the masculine, there will be always a Patriarchal Godly divine order, and the Father will always be the Father, the Patriarchal Father God. The twenty-four around the throne reveal this mystery of Patriarchal and male headship. The Son is the express image of the Father.

The twelve apostles were all chosen in the masculine, and pre-ordained to be seated in the presence of the throne room for eternity before the Father and the Son in the highest throne positions any created resurrected human being could ever have.

Women, after what seems a lifetime of the blows, wounds and battles from men and the enemy that women cannot do this in the church, women cannot do that in the church; of women don’t have the same places as men; of wives have to be subordinate to every command of their husbands with no mutual submission the walls are up around a stony heart.

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not take place around the throne of the twenty-four seats is a reality some of us must face and accept.

We know if we live in disappointment of this future our joy and sanity will disappear from our lives, we become bitter and enraged and rebellious. We know we cannot take the moon out of the sky to make it a soccer ball, therefore we know we cannot change this pre-destination from The Creator of Heaven and Earth. If we hold to the disappointment in our minds and wrestle with it there we can only make it worse for ourselves.

But, with God’s help, we can accept the situation and live within the plan and purpose He has for us today in this life, and fulfill it, we can make the most of our created being. We can today contend for our Call and Call as woman and strive in His strength to be counted amongst the overcomers, those of the first resurrection to receive the promise of a throne to rule with Him a thousand years.

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Chapter 4 1 Corinthians 11:4 “Every man praying or prophesying, having anything down over his head shames his Head.”

Interlinear Bible

Verse 4 it is written: 1 Corinthians 11:4 “eche man preiynge or profeciynge whanne his heed is hilid: defoulith his heed: WICLIF - 1380 “Every man prayinge or prophesyinge havynge eny thynge on his heed, shameth his heed.”

TYNDALE – 1534 “Euery man prayinge or prophesyinge having eny thynge on his heed, shameth hys heed.”

CRANMER – 1539 “Euery man praying or propheciing hauing any thing on his head, shameth his head.”

GENEVA – 1557 “Euery man praying or prophecying vvith his head couered: dishonesteth his head.”

RHEIMS – 1582 “Euery man praying or prophecying, hauing his head couered, dishonoureth his head.”

AUTHORISED – 1611 “Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.”

(Authorized Version – 19??)

“Any man who prays or prophesies with a veil on his head dishonours his head,” (A New Translation Of The Bible - James Moffatt –1935) “A man who wears when praying or prophesying dishonours his head;” (The New Testament In Modern Speech – Weymouth 1938) “Every man who takes part in prayer, or gives teaching as a prophet, with his head covered, puts shame on his head.”

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(New Testament In Basic English – 1941) “Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.”

(SELF-PRONOUNCING EDITION – conformable to the edition of 1611, commonly known as the Authorized or King James version – [given as a gift in] 1946) “Every man who, while praying in public or preaching, keeps a covering on his head, is doing dishonour to his head;” (The Letters Of Saint Paul – Arthur S. Way – 1950) “Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head,” (Revised Standard Version – 1952) “Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.”

(King James – [given as a gift in] 1959) “A man who keeps his head covered when he prays or prophesies brings shame on his head;” (The New English Bible - New Testament – 1961) “And whereas any man who keeps his head covered when he prays or utters prophecy brings shame upon his head,” (The New Testament translated by Ronald Knox – 1962) “And whereas any man who keeps his head covered when he prays or utters prophecy brings shame upon his head, (Knox [John] Version 1966) “That is why, if a man refuses to remove his hat while praying or preaching, he dishonors Christ.”

(The Living Bible - Paraphrased – 1971) “If a man prays or preaches with his head covered, he is dishonoring his own head.”

(The New Testament Modern English – J. B. Phillips – 1972) “For a man to pray or prophesy with his head covered is a sign of disrespect to his head.”

(The Jerusalem Bible – 1974) “So a man who prays or proclaims God’s message in public worship with his head covered disgraces Christ.” (Good News Bible – 1976) “Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.”

(New International Version – 1984) “Every man praying or prophesying, having anything down over his 59

head shames his Head.”

(The Interlinear Bible – Hebrew Greek English – 1986) “Any man who prays or prophesies (teaches, refutes, reproves, admonishes, and comforts) with his head covered dishonors his Head (Christ).

(The Amplified Bible – 1987) “Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head.”

(New Testament – The New King James Version – 1989) “This means that any man who prays or prophesies with something on his head brings shame to his head.”

(New Testament in Contemporary English – Revised Edition – 1995) “Every man who prays or prophesies wearing something down over his head brings shame to his head,” (Complete Jewish Bible – 1998) “Every man who has something on his head while praying or prophesying disgraces his head.”

(New American Standard Bible – 1999) “Any man who speaks with God or about God in a way that shows a lack of respect for the authority of Christ, dishonors Christ.”

(The Message Eugene H. Peterson – 2003) “A man dishonors his head if he covers his head while praying or prophesying.”

(New Living Translation – Tyndale – 2005) Keep in mind, Paul was passing on his midrash as a Rabbi and if it was heresy and error or legalism and religious law that would bring those he taught under bondage, a messenger of Satan would buffet him for he would be walking after the flesh; after the flesh meaning after works of law and the legalism of rabbinical teachers (2 Corinthians 12:7). So his teaching can be establishing an oral torah for Jewish people only. Or the contextual teachings within headship could be intended for both Jew and Gentile/grafted in, but this we will discern in following verses following chapters of this book.

Hypothetically, let’s consider Chloe’s letter wrote something like this; “Paul, our house church and others have some questions. Some of the Gentile wives will to follow after Christ the Messiah and feel led to do so. As you know it is only our custom so the Gentile women do not wear headdress and the brothers are suggesting to them to wear headdress. Then we have some Gentile men who have long hair. Then some brothers forbid their wives on matters of praying and 60

prophesying like the other Gentile women. Also Paul, the Jewish men wonder if all men have to have their heads covered with a prayer shawl when they pray and prophesy in the things of Christ The Messiah when we are in meetings. We do have some of the Jewish men who wear their prayer shawls up over their heads.

What is and is all of this appropriate under the Blood Covenant of Christ our Messiah?”

Now we know that it was tradition for the Jewish man to wear headdress in Israel. It was also tradition to put down over his head when praying a prayer shawl. And we know it was a Mosaic law to wear a prayer shawl and is carries over to today’s dispensation (Numbers 15:37-41). And we see the instruction

by Jesus to pray with it over the head but not in vain repetitions or before everyone in a boasting and boisterous public display like the hypocrite’s prayer in the marketplace. (Matthew 6:6) Now, when a Jew prayed they would bring the prayer shawl up on the head and it would come “down over his head”. Now in Jewish tradition when a Jew puts his prayer shawl over his head it was symbolically his room or closet where he could pray and privately between himself and Yahweh (Matthew 6:6).

Biblically a prayer shawl is, to be used by the Jews throughout all the ages (Numbers 15:37 CJB). In Matthew 6:6 Jesus refers to the prayer shawl up over the head in private. To a Jew a prayer shawl is just as valuable as the Torah. Think of the Wailing Wall today, Jews go to pray with their prayer shawls up over the head, they are in their closets.

Therefore, a Jew would not be dishonoring his Head Jesus Christ if he was wearing it on his back out of obedience to the law the instruction for all the ages.

Neither would he be dishonoring his own head if he wore it over his back or up over his head in public out of reverence to Yahweh and obedience to His Word.

Now, neither would he be dishonoring his head Jesus Christ if he were wearing any type of head covering over his head such as a turban, headscarf, headdress or the skullcap that sits on top of the head it was custom for those in Israel and for those in Corinth who kept this tradition; it was a cultural norm and a signal to the nations that they all were Jewish bloodlines.

Now if he wore a head covering like a priestly headdress, or a prayer shawl over the head out of self-condemnation or unworthiness as did some Jews he would indeed dishonour his Head Christ; To add the Messianic men are new creations. Further, Jesus is now the Great High Priest and no ‘Old Testament Priestly’ order is now necessary we are in the Melchizedek Order, it’s a spiritual realm a spiritual Priesthood. In Corinth there was no Priestly order as in the temple in Jerusalem, Corinth had synagogues, with Rabbi’s and Rulers, Elders, 61

and therefore the covering is not a Priestly head covering referred to here in chapter 11.

Neither is it a prayer shawl, for it does not fit the flow of verses 1 to 16 or the next verse 5 for traditionally women were not to wear a prayer shawl, for prayer shawl was a Biblical tradition for the male of the household and Paul is addressing a Jewish cultural tradition in his midrash.

Keep in mind the early church was still new, with many house churches of Jewish people in Corinth. In these house churches / synagogues they were accustomed to prayer shawls as an excepted ‘norm’ and an excepted ‘norm’ to bring up over the head to pray.

Now we know Jewish men wore head covering as a nation, it was custom, a practice followed by the Jew in Israel. Also it was culture what the Jewish people practiced distinguishing them as a Jewish community. Therefore would Paul want the Jewish men to take off their head dress, either the turban or skull cap or headscarf as it was just like a tunic it was just part of dress code? No. Now Jews did not have to integrate with the Greeks/Gentiles, nor was it a Greek law that men from the Middle East or Israel to integrate; persecution was not prevalent in 57 A.D. Therefore, Paul must be referring to something else in “having anything down over his head” that “keeps his head covered.” The “head covered” referred to in some versions cannot be the forms of headdresses for the head covered was custom as in a tunic all part of normal dress attire. It would be like saying we cannot pray or prophesy wearing a watch skirt shirt and shoes, when these are part of our moral dress code.

Traditionally a prayer shawl is to wear over the back and they walked around the street with it as a permanent part of dress and even at times up covering the head. To wear it was seen as a great honor before each other and it signaled they belonged to the God of Israel and they were Jewish.

Now “oral law stated the aner alone (meaning male or husband) was obliged to wear the tallith or head covering.” 1. The matrimonial head we see was obliged by oral law to wear the tallit. Oral law likewise required the wife of the matrimonial head to have her hair and head covered as a sign she was married, under an authority of matrimonial headship.

Therefore being at Corinth in 57A.D in the house churches we would see some Jewish couples coming in together, some of the husbands would have their prayer shawl over their heads or on their backs, and their wives would have their hair long and head covered with their headdress.

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“Leonard Swidler’s informative book, Women in Judaism, quotes the oral law and Billerbeck: “Jewish women in Palestine before and after the Common Era, and probable also later in Babylonia, always appear in public with their head and face largely covered. The head and face covering probably consisted of a plaited hair-do combined with two kerchiefs, a forehead band with ribbons and bows on it . . . Here one can see clearly that the covering and the veiling of the woman consisted of her coiffure.” 2.”

Now the prayer shawl was brought up over the head for private prayer, as in just between Yahweh and oneself they also used it in public in prayer at synagogue as a traditional law (Matthew 6:5-6) and Biblical law. This was also carried over into the house / Church.

Look at this, this was the custom of the day 57 A.D, the husband wore the prayer shawl as a sign of authority as a husband, and the wife wore fabric head covering the head as a sign of being under authority of a husband’s Headship and Rule.

Now we have ascertained the covering cannot refer to cloth as in headdress of the Jewish male of a headdress, turban or skullcap. Further it could not mean a priestly cap, as synagogue only had Rabbi’s and Rulers, not priests and Paul were addressing the Jews, the brethren at Corinth in house churches, specifically Chloe’s questions, therefore the covering does not refer to these coverings but to hair.

Why? If we have a contextual view of verses one to sixteen its speaks of Bible tradition (2), headship (3), gender/male, Headship of Christ (4), gender/female, praying, prophesying and her own head and husband (5), hair and disgrace (6), gender, head/skull and source/origin of God source/origin of woman of man (7), gender/female source/origin from male (8) gender/woman created for man (9), gender/woman, head covering and symbol of Patriarch authority (10), gender/husband and wife not independent of each other in the Lord (11), source/origin of both genders and of God (12), code of behaviour (13), nature teaching principle (14), gender/female and her hair given as covering (15), a traditional same practice of other Jews in churches of God (16).

Recall oral law stated that the matrimonial head of the house is to wear Tallith symbolizing his ‘headship’ and his husband ‘covering’. Therefore we see this terminology of Tallith can refer to a head covering.

But, is this the covering Paul is speaking about? We know Paul is addressing Jewish tradition, and prayer shawl was a Biblical tradition with rabbinical tradition. But Jews in their oral traditions had their own traditional beliefs associated to the Biblical requirements of the prayer shawl.

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Now, does nature or the nature of things reveal or pattern a prayer shawl as a covering? No, but hair on a woman does. According to verse 14, nature teaches that if man has long hair it is a dishonor to him he looks like a girl, but if woman has long hair it is an honor to her for God has given to her long hair as an honour of being female; and it is a veil type of covering “because the long hair is given to her instead of the veil.” (1 Corinthians 11:15) God has ordained gender differences, long hair given as a sign of nature differentiating man and woman and to glorify woman as the female gender. As man is the image and glory of God, woman is the glory of man (v7). Therefore Yahweh is the photocopy/image of the man/male, He requires the he’s the males to not have long hair for it is a dishonor to them, but to woman it is a glory to her and a covering.

Now, under oral tradition prayer shawl does symbolize authority of the male, and has the symbolism of headship of the husband and symbolic of a patriarchal headship.

Now, does a headdress of cloth speak of covering? Yes for custom she was covered under Patriarchal headship. However, Paul writes in verse 15 “… because her hair has been given to her as a covering.” (CJB) she and or the women of Chloe’s household are free to headdress or not headdress, however hair was to be long differentiating them from male gender. Therefore it was a symbol of being under the authority of her husband and a sign of being married.

How does the pattern of nature to cover up the female gender’s face and hair if the scriptures were referring to fabric. Not it is referring to Hair Length as hair is to differentiate naturally man from woman, for they were created different and were to look, dress and act different and are created for different roles, especially in the family unit.

Thus we have the mention of Patriarchal headship and woman was created for man, not man for woman (9), as man does not originate from woman, but woman from man (8). This is why still in this covenant women are not to wear men’s clothes and men are not to wear women’s clothes (Deuteronomy 22:5) this is still a law; it is a moral law that has not been fulfilled and these verses bear witness to it still being a law carried over in our ratified Covenant with Jesus Christ.

Now the Greeks, Romans wore short hair and preferred shaven faces. Even the coins of that era revealed the males with short hair. For some Jews they grew beards as a sign of dignity (2 Samuel 10:4) but they also wore short hair and shaven faces. Now the people having any hair down over their head or grew hair long were the Jews, the sons of Israel (Numbers 6:1) who wanted to take a 64

Nazarite vow. The vow was for a period of time from 30 to 100 (3 Months) days.

Some today take vows for a seven-year period.

Now, there were only three Jews who were to be Nazarites for life, Samson (Judges 13:7; 16:17), Samuel (1 Samuel 1:11, 28) and John the Baptist (Matthew 11:18-19, Luke 1:15) all of these had long, long, long hair. To add Jesus was not under any Nazarite vow. He had short hair; He would have had long hair coming from corners of His head only, He came under law and kept the law perfectly (1 Peter 1:18-19; Galatians 4:4).

For a law prohibits the rounding off of the side-growth of their head (Leviticus 19:27), Jesus had to obey this law. I believe he was not a blue eyed, sandy blonde or a red head. I believed His hair was short not like these protestant pictures and paintings we see of Him today with long hair because it is lawlessness for men to have long hair.

The painting by Akiaine Kramarik of Jesus may well represent a correct picture and this can been seen if you search her on internet. Better still, Google search photos of Jewish Men with say - sideburns long; or see following links of Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men, that I believe Jesus would have moreover looked as they grew the pieces of hair down from the corners of their heads according to law. https://www.reddit.com/r/Jewish/comments/95rxdf/rate_my_curls/ https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/meron-israel-may-10-unidentifiedjewish-102477083 Consider He was a Jew from the Middle East region, He would have had an olive/brown complexion, dark hair, brown-eyed; He looked like a Jew. If Jesus was under a Nazarite vow, this would have been made mention in the Gospels and prophetically in Old Testament, so he had to have short hair according to law and not cut the corners of his head’s hair as stated in Torah, a Biblical law. Only under Nazarite consecration was the whole head of hair not cut and allowed to grow.

“All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall pass over his head. He shall be holy until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to the Lord; he shall let the locks of hair on his head grow long.”

Numbers 6:5 NASB The beard not being shaved and growing long hair was a visible sign of a Nazarite consecration to the Lord. A sign that spoke they set themselves apart to live a separated holy life and to abstain from what the Torah required. This vow was voluntary to the Jew and to Jewess (Numbers 6:1) or Proselyte. Except the three mentioned above, their parents made their vows. Consider those who made a vow from thirty to ninety days would their hair be long? No. 65

Now we see this was Biblical tradition and instruction from The Lord to Moses, hence law. Now this was the only law of allowing long, long hair, otherwise hair was not traditionally long for the Jewish male only the corners of the head hair were to be grown long.

As with the Greeks, Romans and also the Egyptians the Jews shawn the head for shortish hair, distinguishing themselves from the female gender. Paul stresses this, “a man who wears his hair long degrades himself.” (CJB) Hair in 1 Corinthians 11 cannot be referring to hair for men as in Leviticus 19:27 as this was to reveal a people of men that distinguished them from the Nations as set apart to Yahweh to serve Him as God of the Israelites (Exodus 19:6; Isaiah 49) symbolising so much more - holiness, priesthood, nation of priests, commandments, remembrance, obedience to laws and so on.

The only other law was given about hair was to the Priests, sons of Aaron that they should not shave off the edges of their beards, nor make tonsures upon their heads by shaving the tops of their heads bald. They were allowed to cut their hair but not shave their heads bald, or bald in any part like monks do with their tonsures ring of hair around whole head.

“And the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them that none of them shall .................. 5. They shall not make tonsures upon their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cutting in their flesh.” Leviticus 21:1, 5 RSV “And Jehovah said to Moses, Speak to the priests, Aaron’s sons, and you shall say to them, ... 5. they shall not make their heads bald, and they shall not shave the edge of their beard; and they shall not make a cutting in their flesh;” Leviticus 21:1, 5 IL “they shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.”

Leviticus 21:5 AV “1. ADONAI said to Moshe, “Speak to the cohanim, the sons of Aaron; tell them: ‘No cohen is to make himself unclean for any of his people who dies, 4. He may not make himself unclean, because he is a leader among his people; doing so would profane him. 5. Cohanim are not to make bald spots on their heads, mar the edges of their beards or cut gashes in their flesh.” [Cohanim means priest, words in brackets here mine] Leviticus 21:1, 4-5 CJB Now a law after completing the vow was to shave off the dedicated hair (Numbers 6:13, 18-21) and offer it unto the Lord, then grown it back to the 66

acceptable length, never remaining like army men do today with their shaven short prickly hair. So if any men were praying or prophesying while under a Nazarite vow they would not be dishonouring their head Yeshua, for they were obeying a Biblical instruction, they were honouring Yeshuah, The Word.

But if they were praying looking like the gender of a Jewish female with long hair they would be dishonouring their own head as a male and their head Yeshua for they are the image and glory of God the Father (v7).

Now we know there is now no more requirement of the sacrificial side as written in Numbers 6. Though we do see vows are still taken in the Gospel as Paul he himself had taking one vow in Cenchrea in Acts 18:18.

“Paul having remained many days longer, took leave of the brethren and put out to sea for Syria, and with him were Pricilila and Aquila.

In Cenchrea he had his hair cut, for he was keeping a vow.

Acts 18:18 Now recall Acts 21:21 Paul is accused by the Jews of telling the Jews amongst the Gentiles they no longer need to circumcise their children “nor to walk according to the customs”. Please take note that Paul does teach his fellow Jews Biblical traditional customs, especially in letters to house churches. “and they have been told about you, that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs.”

Acts 21:21 NASB So now we know Paul renewed the Jewish people’s minds about customs and oral and the Old Testament Biblical traditions that were no longer needed to live by, and still needed to live by and taught them how they could live by Gospel tradition and live by the Law of Christ.

Now, we see Mosaic tradition of a Nazarite vow still has its laws applicable within this dispensation. We still see it is a custom to the Jew, by those who had not converted to Gospel teachings and tradition and by Paul who had converted to Gospel teachings and tradition. Therefore every Biblical tradition from the Old Testament is not annulled under the Blood Covenant of Christ.

In Acts 21:21- 26 we read of this second vow. However, Paul is told to shave the head to purify himself along with four other men to testify he is not teaching the Jew to fall away from Moses or to not walk according to custom and that he still walks orderly keeping the Law. Then he goes into the temple to give notice of purification until the sacrifice was offered for each of them. Further recall Paul saying; 67

“To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those who are under the Law, as under the Law though not being myself under the Law, so that I might win those who are under the Law; 21. to those who are without law, as without law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, so that I might win those who are without law.”

1 Corinthians 9:20-21 NASB “and they have been told about you, that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children, nor to walk according to the customs. 22.

“What, then, is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come. 23. “Therefore do this that we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow; 24. take them and purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads; and all will know that there is nothing to the things which they have been told about you, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Law. 25. “but concerning the Gentiles who have believed, we wrote, having decided that they should abstain from meat sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from fornication.” 26.

Then Paul took the men, and the next day, purifying himself along with them, went into the temple giving notice of the completion of the days of purification, until the sacrifice was offered for each one of them.”

Therefore this verse four (4) does not refer to those who grow their hair to keep a Nazarite vow. Neither is its long hair for the ‘heterosexual’ Jew, as traditionally they did not grow their hair long, as a custom or as an oral tradition or Biblical tradition. Also this something down over his head while praying or prophesying is not being addressed about the hair long for the unsanctified ‘exhomosexual’. However if the once were still have long hair these scriptures reveal that the hair for a male is to be short not long as a woman (v14-15) Further we have discerned it is neither headdress of any type, or prayer shawl therefore, the something down over the head is hair.

Why? Recall oral law for the aner male or husband alone to wear the tallit or head covering of prayer shawl. We saw that the husband who wore the prayer shawl, the tallit symbolized his headship, and the woman who wore her hair covered with a fabric headdress was a sign of being married under his headship, and this was also symbolic to the angels that the woman was under her husband’s authority.

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to The New Compact Bible Dictionary 1967 in Biblical times men’s dress “consisted of an inner tunic, a tunic coat, a girdle and the cloak, added to this was the head dress and the shoes or sandals.” 3. [Bryant, 137:1969] “there were three known types that were worn by the male members of the Hebrew and surrounding Nations; the cap, the turban and the headscarf. 4. [Bryant, 137:1969] Bryant also writes for the women some articles had the same name and basic pattern but were different in embossing, embroidery and needlework so they were obviously different.

Isaiah 3:18-23 “In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, headbands, crescent ornaments, 19. dangling earrings, bracelets, veils, 20. headdresses, ankle chains, sashes, perfume boxes, amulets, 21. finger rings, nose rings, 22. festal robes, outer tunics, cloaks, money purses, 23. hand mirrors, undergarments, turbans and veils.”

According to Biblical law the women were not to wear clothes of the man Deuteronomy 22:5 KJ “A woman shall not wear man’s clothing, nor shall a man put on a woman’s clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God.” The women’s headdress was a type of cloth for covering the head and a different type of material and color from that worn by the men. The women wore headbands, headdresses, turbans and veils as written in Isaiah 3:20-23. “the headdresses, and the leg ornaments, and the sashes, and the houses of the soul, and the amulets; 21. the rings and nose jewels; 22. the festal apparel and the outer garments; and the mantles, and the purses; 23. the mirrors and the fine linen; and the turbans and the veils.”

Isaiah 3:20-23 Now according to The Lion Concise Bible Encyclopedia men’s clothing consisted of: “… either a loincloth or a short skirt from waist to knee. This was all he wore when he was doing heavy work. Over the top of this came a shirt or tunic made of wool or linen. This was like a big sack: a long piece of material folded at the center and sewn up the sides, with holes for the arms and a slit at the folded end for the head to go through. The shirt was calf-length for a man and colored, usually red, yellow, black or striped. A woman’s tunic came down to her ankles and was often blue. Often it was embroidered on the yoke with a special pattern.

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Each village had its own traditional pattern of embroidery. Apart from these features a woman’s tunic would be very similar to a man’s. The tunic was fastened round the waist with a girdle or belt. This was a piece of cloth, folded into a long strip to make a kind of pocket to hold coins and other belongings. If a man was rich he might have a leather belt with a dagger or an inkhorn pushed into it. When a man needed to be able to move more freely, to work, he would tuck his tunic into his belt to make it much shorter. This was called ‘girding up the loins’. It meant getting ready for action. A woman could lift up the hem of her long dress and use it as a large bag, even for carrying things like corn. Out of doors, a rich man would wear a light coat over his tunic. This came down to his knees and was often gaily striped or woven in check patterns. Rich people wore light-weight coats indoors as well, perhaps made from imported silk. In Joseph’s time, a long-sleeved coat of many pieces was worn by the future leader of the clan (see the story of Joseph, Genesis 37:3). There was also a thick woolen coat or cloak to keep out the cold, called a himation in New Testament times. This was made from two pieces of material, often in stripes of light and dark brown, stitched together. The joined material was wrapped round the body, sewn at the shoulders, and slits were then make in the side for the arms to go through. The shepherd lived in his. It was his blanket when he slept in the open at night. It was also thick enough to make a comfortable seat. A poor man’s cloak was so important to him that if it was handed over to guarantee repayment of a debt, it had to be returned to him at sunset.” 5. [Alexander, 1980:68] “The Israelites loved to decorate their clothes with brightly colored fringes, borders, and tassels. Gold thread was used to embroider very special clothes-for example, for the high priest (Exodus 39:3)” 6. [Bryant, 1967:135] The New Compact Bible Dictionary writes also: “The clothing worn by the Hebrew people of Biblical times was graceful, modest, and exceedingly significant. They were considered so much a part of those who wore them that they not only told who and what they were, but were intended as external symbols of the individual’s innermost feelings and deepest desires, and his moral urge to represent God aright. With certain kinds of cloth and with astonishingly vivid colors of white, purple, scarlet, blue, yellow, and black, they represented the state of their minds and emotions. When joyful and ready to enter into festive occasions, they donned their clothing of brightest array, and when they mourned or humbled themselves, they put on sackcloth – literal cloth from which sacks were made- which was considered the very poorest kind of dress, and quite indicative of their lowly feelings (1 Kings 20:31,32; Job 16:15; Isaiah. 15:3; Jeremiah. 4:8; 6:26; Lamentations. 2:10; Ezekiel. 7:18; Daniel. 9:3; Joel 1:8).” 7. [Bryant, 1967:135] 70

“The headdress was chiefly worn as a protection against the sun and a finish to a completed costume. It varied from time to time according to rank, sex, and nationality. In the main, however, there were three known types that were worn by the male members of the Hebrew and surrounding nations; the cap, the turban, and the headscarf.” 8. [Bryant, 1967:137] The Lion Concise Bible Encyclopedia writes: “Headgear: In Israel the sun was so hot that some covering was needed to protect the head, neck and eyes. This was usually a square of cloth folded diagonally, with the fold across the forehead. A circle of plaited wool held it in place over the head, and the folds protected the neck. A cap was sometimes worn, and a fine wool shawl or tallith over it, especially during prayer. Women put pads on their heads to steady the jars of water and other things they carried.” 9.

[Alexander 1980:69] In Deuteronomy 22:12 the sons of Israel were instructed by Yahweh to make for themselves twisted cord on the four corners of the garment they wrapped around themselves. Recall the prayer shawl is blue and white with blue and white threads hanging off the corners. Now we read that Yahweh instructs the Israelites to make fringes on the corners of their garment and to wear them “throughout the ages” (CJB) Numbers 15:37-41 NASB written below.

Now we read the prayer shawl was to remind them to observe all His commandments and to be holy and on this shawl is the twisted cord on the four corners. Therefore throughout the ages the prayer shawl known as the tallit in Hebrew is a garment to be worn as a law and to keep this Biblical tradition as a visible reminder to obey His laws. Further we read, for the Jew it serves as a reminder that Yahweh brought them out of the Land of Egypt.

Numbers 15:37:41 “The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 38. “Speak to the sons of Israel, and tell them that they shall make for themselves tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and that they shall put on the tassels of each corner a cord of blue. 39. “It shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, so as to do them and not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you played the harlot, 40. so that you may remember to do all My commandments and be holy to your god. 41. I am the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God; I am the LORD your God.” Deuteronomy 22:12 71

“You shall make tassels for yourself on the four corners of your cloak with which you cover. IL In Luke 8:44 the prayer shawl is mentioned that Jesus wore Himself, as we see in obedience to instruction of the word or in obedience to the Mosaic law of Numbers 15:37-41 and Deuteronomy 22:12 as written above. It is the only garment with four corners, clothes don’t have four corners.

The woman with the issue of blood touched the fringes or the Hebrew word tzitzit of His prayer shawl, His cloak. Then in the following verses 49-56 the daughter who had died would have been covered in a prayer shawl according to Jewish custom.

Luke 8:44 “came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her hemorrhage stopped.”

After the resurrection the prayer shawl is mentioned as still being used, for recall according to instruction of the law it is to be used “throughout all the ages,” and in another version “all your generations” for the sons therefore it given for Hebrew custom only, a Jewish Biblical tradition as a law and or as a righteous instruction for the Jew throughout the ages.

It is believed by some Paul, Priscilla and Aquilla were prayer shawl makers and the translators have written it “tent makers” (Acts 18:3 KJ). However in each version Wiclif 1380 to Authorised 1611 they all write their craft was to make tents.

Roman armies lived in tents and were known to have their bases of tents. I have read they were no great need for tent makers because nomads like the Bedouin were the only people who had use for tents. Bedouin means desert dwellers, which traditionally dwelt in tents. These people were nomads and were descendants of Abraham and Sarah’s Egyptian handmaid, Hagar. Abraham lived in goat-hair tents, as did Isaac and Jacob. From there to AD 50 civilization had advanced from tent dwelling, cities were great and buildings were magnificent, not only in Israel but Asia Minor. So it is believed they were not literally tent makers, for in early Bible times to AD 57 tents were made of goat’s skins and only used by nomadic people who lived in the desert tending flocks of sheep or goats. In these times they had cities, and had no great demand for tents, their houses and buildings were structural. According to law, no home or building could be built in Jerusalem unless constructed out of stone.

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civilizations, magnificent palace complexes, and cities, building in 57 AD. If the word tent makers may have been mistranslated, then we know a mistranslated word or words can take the scripture out of contextual meaning.

And another thought, tent maker may mean something other than the tent making we know as in camping. There may be a cultural usage or a Jewish understanding as in yoke and burden of a Rabbi. Yoke being the teaching of a Rabbi and burden the walking out of his teachings.

I believe he most probably was a tentmaker but regardless if tentmakers are mistranslated with prayer shawl a teaching principle applies so another example is the word hell for sheol, hades, tartarus, gehenna when they differ in meaning and place thus giving opportunity inaccurate doctrine.

Another example is the word ekklesia using the English word church instead of assembly or congregation and we find these words differ in many versions. Thus taking away the original intent of the word and or meaning giving room to bring forth justification of a foundation of false doctrines therefore we see that doctrines and the teachings of the bible are subjective.

Now consider the mistranslated usage of words here, as in words “power over” in verse 10 of 1 Corinthians 11 of this study. They were changed to “of subjection” (Moffatt) and “veil on” (NIV) and “authority on” (NKJ), all mistranslations; the original implies in the Greek “The woman ought to have authority over her head.”

Power is given a different context and by changing the word over to on as written in the AV as “The woman ought to have power on her head.” Changing the word over to the word on confuses the contextual meaning of verse 1 to 16.

The word veil “We can trace the teaching that “power” means a “veil” no farther back in history than to Valentinus. He flourished first at Alexandria, and founded the Valentinian sect of Gnostics. He went to Rome in 140 and died at Cyprus in 160. At Rome he was excommunicated from the church. Clement of Alexandria (b150) and Origen (b. 186), both of Alexandria, passed on the teaching.” 10. [Bushnell, 2003:117] Recall the words yoke and burden neither mean what they read. Yoke was Rabbi Ben Joseph Yeshua’s (Jesus Jewish rabbinic name) teachings and burden was the walking out of these teaching in righteous day-to-day living.

When we think Hebrew/Jewish we understand the scriptures more clearly and discern the roots of our faith. Disciples of the day knew word symbolism, and the language terminology Jesus spoke about. Same with Paul about head coverings and shaved heads, they knew the subject; women were to have their 73

head shaved in those days by their husbands if they were found without a head covering and a veil over their face in certain places, it was their tradition passed down and it was their oral law in some Rabbinic schools of thought - she was to be shaved if found in disobedience to these specific oral laws. Thank Jesus He dispelled so many unfair oral laws, likewise Paul and here in chapter 11.

Paul is revealing the Biblical tradition that hair has been given to women as a covering as opposed to oral tradition. However given it was custom for a Jewess to wear head coverings they would have still worn them, especially in Israel. Their transition would have been more freed in Corinth as it was a cosmopolitan city. Therefore, not receive the oral law penalty for not wearing them, for now long hair is her symbolic covering being under headship of her husband. Also ought the woman to have her own authority over her own head to take off her head covering if she wills not to wear it!

Now can you see language translation can change the contextual meaning of interpreting the meanings of scriptures. Therefore, we cannot use word study alone. Strongs, is an excellent book, however it does not do justice to where the incorrect translation of words are believed as correct as in “authority on the head,” from the original “the woman ought to have authority over her head” and whatever other mistranslations in the King James and other versions that have Strongs concordance numbers above each word.

The author Katherine Bushnell translates the word authority over to power over; the Interlinear translates the word authority over. Is Bushnell right or the Interlinear right, when these two words can and do have completely different meanings. The Greek word above authority in the Interlinear lines up with other Greek words in other Gospel books in the Interlinear and also the same word is used in the Greek I have above the Wiclif 1380 to Authorised 1611, so I have to use authority not power until I prove Bushnell is right.

I want to add here Strongs is an excellent book as is The Interlinear translated by and Editor Jay P. Green, Sr. These books do great justice to The Word of God; but the point I make is word study can not stand alone when interpreting a scripture or passage or chapter.

Now in light of head covering for a man as in verse four; 4. “Every man who has something on his head while praying or prophesying disgraces his head.”

1 Corinthians 11:4 Prayer shawl is not the head covering being referred to, for we see it was and still is a Biblical tradition, an ordained covering for the sons of Israel, the Jewish males. Yahweh ordained it to be a Jewish tradition for the male Jew to 74

wear a prayer shawl throughout all their generations (Numbers 15:38). If it was the head covering, then going with the flow into verse five the woman is to wear the prayer shawl as her head covering.

Again, Jews wore head coverings as part of their dress, just like women in India wear Saris. The length of hair I believe Paul is addressing, a man having long hair on his head, the head covered by hair being, the Jewish men did not in 57 AD wear head covering as a norm in Corinth probably the kipper and or the skull-cap, not the desert garments. Women did wear head coverings in 57 A.D under Jewish custom.

High Priests and Priests of Israel wore head coverings, however this chapter 11 in 1 Corinthians is not addressing Priestly clothing or head coverings. For information is the following: “Our passage teaches that all the priests and the high priest were to wear head coverings. The text tells us that there were two different kinds of head coverings. The Hebrew word used in describing the covering for the regular priests is. It is derived from the root which is usually translated as a “hill.” In other words, the regular priests’ head covering looked literally like a hill on their head! Hence, we suggest that it was a beautiful skullcap. 27 Another description is furnished by Josephus.

He says that the turban was a, …non-conical (that is, flattish) cap that only partially covered the head. It consisted of a band of woven linen wound round and round, and repeatedly stitched with a muslin veil enveloping it from the top down to the forehead in order to hide the unsightly stitches.28 The high priest, however, wore a head covering which was derived from a Hebrew word which means “a winding,” ……29 Hence, it would most likely have been some kind of a turban. Many translations call it a “miter.” This translation is misleading because many of us think of a tall pointed hat such as what the Pope wears when we hear the word miter. From the description in Hebrew, it seems that this was not the case with the high priest. Instead, he wore some kind of a beautifully wound turban on his head with the gold head plate on his forehead.

The significance of the head coverings seems rather clear: The covering of the head speaks of submission.30 It, therefore, would also symbolize our humility before God. It shows that there is One who is higher than us, who is our Head, the Messiah!

The fact that all the priests wore some kind of a head covering is one of the reasons that religious Jews today wear a covering. We do not know how ancient 75

the practice was but the Talmud teaches, Cover your head, so that the reverence of Heaven be upon you.31 Furthermore, our Sages taught, It is custom not to walk under the heavens bareheaded. 32 “Though never legislated by the Sages, the custom of not going about bareheaded at any time-at home, in the synagogue, and outdoors-extends back several thousand years in time. In many ways, it has today become a mark of Jewish piety.33 11. [Donin 2091:]

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Chapter 5 1 Corinthians 11:5 “And every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered shames her head; for it is the same as being shaved.” Interlinear Bible

Verse 5 is written in various versions: 1 Corinthians 11:5-6 “but ech wom-man preiynge or profeciynge, whanne hir heed is not hilid: defoulith hir heed, for it is oon: as if sche were pollid, 6. and if a wom-man be not keuerid be sche pollid, and if it is foule thing to a wom-man to be pollid, or to be made ballid,hile sche hir heed,” WICLIF – 1380 “Every woman that pryeth or prophisieth bare hedded, dishonesteth hyr heed. For it is even all one, and the very same thinge, even as though she were shaven. 6. If the woman be not covered, lett her also be shoren. If it be shame for a woman to be shorne or shaven, let her cover her heed.”

TYNDALE – 1534 “Euery woman that prayeth or prophesieth bare headed, dishonesteth her head. For that is euen all one, asyi she were shauen. 6. If the woman be not couered, let her also be shoren. If it be shame for a woman to be shorne or shauen, let her couer her heed.”

CRANMER – 1539 “But euery woman that prayeth or prophecieth bare headed, dishonesteth her head. For it is euen all one, and the very same thinge, euen as thogh she were shauen. 6. for if the woman be not couered, let her also be shorne: If it be shame for a woman to be shorne or shauen, let her couer her head.”

GENEVA – 1557 “But euery vvoman praying or prophecying vvith her head not couered: dishonesteth her head: for it is al one as if she vvere made balde. 6. For if a woman be not couered, let her be polled. But if it be a foule thing for a vvoman to be polled or made balde: let her couer 77

her head.”

RHEIMS – 1582

“But euery woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head vncouered, dishonoureth her head: for that is euen all one as if she were shauen. 6. For if the woman be not couered, let her also bee shorne: but if it bee a shame for a woman to be shorne or shauen, let her be couered.”

AUTHORISED - 1611 “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. 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.”

(AV) “while any woman who prays or prophesies without a veil on her head dishonours her head; she is no better than a shaven woman. 6. If a woman will not veil herself, she should cut off her hair as well. But she ought to veil herself; for it is disgraceful that a woman should have her hair cut off or be shaven.”

(A New Translation Of The Bible – James Moffatt – 1935) “but a woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her Head, for it is exactly the same as if she had her hair cut short. 6. If a woman will not wear a veil, let her also cut off her hair. But since it is a dishonor to a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her wear a veil.”

The New Testament In Modern Speech – Weymouth 1938 “But every woman who does so with her head unveiled, puts shame on her head: for it is the same as if her hair was cut off. 6. For if a woman is not veiled, let her hair be cut off; but if it is a shame to a woman to have her hair cut off, let her be veiled.”

(New Testament In Basic English - 1941) “But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered, dishonoreth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. 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.”

(SELF-PRONOUNCING EDITION – conformable to the edition of 1611, commonly known as the Authorized or King James version – 1946) “but every woman who, while praying in public or preaching, keeps 78

her head uncovered, is doing dishonour to her head-she could not be worse if she were shaven. In fact, if a woman insists on being unveiled like a man, let her also wear her hair cut short like a man! But as it is a mark of infamy for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her keep her veil on.” (The Letters Of Saint Paul translated by Arthur S. Way – 1950) “but any woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled dishonors her head-it is the same as if her head were shaven. 6. For if a woman will not veil herself, then she should cut off her hair; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her wear a veil.”

(Revised Standard Version - 1952) “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. 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.” (King James – [unsure of printed year it was given as a gift in 1959) “a woman, on the contrary, brings shame on her head if she prays or prophesies bare-headed: it is as bad as if her head were shaved. If a woman is not to wear a veil she might as well have her hair cut off; but if it is a disgrace for her to be cropped and shaved, then she should wear a veil.”

(The New English Bible – New Testament - 1961) “a woman brings shame upon her head if she uncovers it to pray or prophecy; she is no better than the woman who has her head shaved.

6. If a woman would go without a veil, why does she not cut her hair short too? If she admits that a woman is disgraced when her hair is cut short or shaved, then let her go veiled.”

(The New Testament translated by Ronald Knox – 1962) “a woman brings shame upon her head if she uncovers it to pray or prophesy; she is no better than the woman who has her head shaved.

If a woman would go without a veil, why does she not cut her hair short too? if she admits that a woman is disgraced when her hair is cut short or shaved, then let her go veiled.”

(Knox [John] Version - 1966) “And that is why a woman who publicly prays or prophesies without a covering on her head dishonours her husband [for her covering is a sign of her subjection to him]. 6. Yes, if she refuses to wear a head covering, then she should cut off all her hair. And if it is shameful for 79

a woman to have her head shaved, then she should wear a covering.”

(The Living Bible – Paraphrased - 1971) “But in the case of a woman, if she prays or preaches with her head uncovered it is just as much a disgrace as if she had had it closely shaved. for if a woman does not cover her head she might just as well have her hair cropped. And if to be cropped or closely shaven is a sign of disgrace to women, then that is all the more reason for her to cover her head.”

(The New Testament Modern English – J. B. Phillips - 1972) “For a woman, however, it is a sign of disrespect to her head if she prays or prophesies unveiled; she might as well have her hair shaved off. In fact, a woman who will not wear a veil ought to have her hair cut off. If a woman is ashamed to have her hair cut off or shaved, she ought to wear a veil.”

(The Jerusalem Bible - 1974) “And any woman who prays or proclaims God’s message in public worship with nothing on her head disgraces her husband; there is no difference between her and a woman whose head has been shaved.

6. If the woman does not cover her head, she might as well cut her hair. And since it is a shameful thing for a woman to shave her head or cut her hair, she should cover her head.”

(Good News Bible - 1976) “And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonours her head-it is just as though her head were shaved. 6. If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; and if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.”

(New International Version – 1984) “And every woman praying or prophesying, with the head uncovered shames her head; for it is the same as being shaved. 6. For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn, or to be shaved, let her be covered.”

(The Interlinear Bible – Hebrew Greek English - 1986) “And any woman who [publicly] prays or prophesies (teaches, refutes, reproves, admonishes, and comforts) when she is bareheaded dishonors her head (her husband); it is the same as [if her head were] shaved. 6. For if a woman will not wear [a head] covering, then she should cut off her hair too; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her head shorn or shaven, let her cover [her head].”

(The Amplified Bible - 1987) 80

“But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for that is one and the same as if her head were shaved. 6. For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered.” (New Testament – The New King James Version – 1989) “But any woman who prays or prophesies without something on her head brings shame to her head. In fact, she may as well shave her head. 6. A woman should wear something on her head. It is a disgrace for a woman to shave her head or cut her hair. But if she refuses to wear something on her head, let her cut off her hair.

(New Testament in Contemporary English – Revised Edition 1995) “but every woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled brings shame to her head-there is no difference between her and a woman who has had her head shaved. 6. For if a woman is not veiled, let her also have her hair cut short; but if it is shameful for a woman to wear her hair cut short or to have her head shaved, then let her be veiled.

(Complete Jewish Bible – 1998) “But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved. 6. For if a woman does not cover her head, let her also have her hair cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her cover her head.”

(New American Standard Bible - 1999) “In the same way, a wife who speaks with God in a way that shows a lack of respect for the authority of her husband, dishonours her husband. Worse, she dishonours herself-an ugly sight, like a woman with her head shaved.” (The Message Eugene H. Peterson – 2003) “But a woman dishonours her head if she prays or prophesies without a covering on her head, for this is the same as shaving her head. 6.

Yes, if she refuses to wear a head covering, she should cut off all her hair! But since it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or her head shaved, she should wear a covering.”

New Living Translation – Tyndale - 2005 Now, for a male Jew it was a Biblical tradition, a Biblical law to wear a tallit, a prayer shawl (Numbers 15:37-41). But, it appears only a cultural and 81

oral tradition passed down for the women to cover their hair and head and face as explained below.

Consider these scriptures, they do not plainly reveal any Biblical law for women to wear head covering, only make mention of the Hebrew/Jewish women wearing different head coverings.

“And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac she lighted off the camel. 65. For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a veil, and covered herself.”

Genesis 24:65 KJ “Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac she dismounted from the camel. 65. She said to the servant, (Abraham’s male servant who had charge of all things Abraham owned (24:2) words in brackets here mine) “Who is that man walking in the field to meet us?” And the servant said, “He is my master.” Then she took her veil and covered herself.”

Genesis 24:64-65 NASB Note: she was not covered with the veil in the presence of Abraham’s male servant who she not long ago met. Neither was she covered in the presence of her maids that went along with her (v. 61), however she most probably had a head covering on in order to cover her face with a veil.

Genesis 25:65b “… and she took the veil and covered herself.”

Interlinear

“… So she took her veil and covered herself.”

NIV

“… So she covered her face with her veil.”

Living

“… Then she took her veil and covered herself.”

Moffatt

“… So she took a veil and concealed herself with it.”

The Amplified Bible “… she took her veil and covered herself.”

Complete Jewish Bible

Of the Shulammite woman we read: Solomon’s Song 5:7 “The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.” KJ “… took away my shawl from me,” 82

NASB

“… lifted my veil from me,”

Interlinear

“… took away my cloak,”

NIV

“… tore off my veil.”

The Living Bible

“… robbed me of my mantle,”

Moffatt

“… took my veil and my mantle from me.” “… took away my cloak,”

The Amplified Bible Complete Jewish Bible

From one of the books of Mosaic Law we read.

Numbers 5:18; “And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:” KJ “… and let the hair of the woman’s head go loose,” “... and shall uncover the woman’s head,”

NASB Interlinear

“… he shall loosen her hair”

NIV

“… he shall unbind her hair”

The Living Bible

“… shall loosen the woman’s hair”

Moffatt

“… and let the hair of the woman’s head hang loose,” The Amplified Bible “… unbind the woman’s hair”

Complete Jewish Bible

From the book of Isaiah we read about the Jewish woman’s clothing.

Isaiah 3:18-23 “And Jehovah says, Because the daughter of Zion are proud, and walk with stretched out necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and make a tinkling with their feet; 17. Therefore, Jehovah will make the crown of the daughter of Zion scabby; and Jehovah will lay their secret parts bare. 18. In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of the ankle-bracelets, and the headbands, and the crescents, 19. the pendants, and the bracelets, and the veils; 20. the headdresses, and the leg ornaments, and the sashes, and the houses of the soul, and the amulets; 21. the rings and nose jewels; 22. the festal apparel and the outer garments; and the mantles, and the purses; 23. the mirrors and the fine linen; and the turbans and the veils.”

Interlinear verses 16-23 83

“In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon, 19. The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, 20. The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings. 21. The rings, and nose jewels, 22. The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, 23. The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the veils.”

KJ “In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, headbands, crescent ornaments, 19. dangling earrings, bracelets, veils, 20. headdresses, ankle chains, sashes, perfume boxes, amulets, 21. finger rings, nose rings, 22. Festal robes, outer tunics, cloaks, money purses, 23. hand mirrors, undergarments, turbans and veils.”

NASB “In that day the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces, 19. the earrings and bracelets and veils, 20. the headdresses and ankle chains and sashes, the perfume bottles and charms, 21. the signet rings and nose rings, 22. the fine robes and the capes and cloaks, the purses 23. and mirrors, and the linen garments and tiaras and shawls.”

NIV “No longer shall they tinkle with self-assurance as they walk. For the Lord will strip away their artful beauty and their ornaments, 19. their necklaces and bracelets and veils of shimmering gauze. 20. gone shall be their scarves and ankle chains, headbands, earrings, and perfumes; 21. their rings and jewels, 22. and party clothes and negligees and capes and ornate combs and purses; 23. their mirrors, lovely lingerie, beautiful dresses and veils.”

The Living Bible “[[On that day the Lord will deprive them of their finery, of anklets, tiaras, necklaces, earrings, bracelets and veils, headbands, armlets, and sashes, scent-bottles, charms, signet rings and nose-rings, robes of state, mantles, shawls and purses, gauze, linen turbans, and wrappers.]]

Moffatt “In that day the Lord will take away the finery of their tinkling anklets, the caps of network, the crescent head ornaments, 19. the pendants, the bracelets or chains, and the spangled face veils and scarf’s, 20. the headbands, the short ankle chains [attached from one foot to the other to insure a measured gait], the sashes, the perfume boxes, the amulets or charms [suspended from the ears or neck], 21. the signet 84

rings and nose rings, 22. The festal robes, the cloaks, the stoles and shawls, and the handbags, 23. The hand mirrors, the fine linen [undergarments], the turbans, and the [whole body-enveloping] veils.”

The Amplified Bible “On that day Adonai will take away their finery – their anklets, medallions and crescents, 19. their pendants, bracelets and veils; 20. their headbands, armlets, sashes, perfume bottles, amulets, 21. rings and nose-jewels; 22. their fine dresses, wraps, shawls, handbags, 23. gauze scarves, linen underclothes, turbans and capes.”

Complete Jewish Bible None of these four different scriptures from various versions read as a Biblical law for the hair to be covered or a veil to be worn over the face. So, it appears that head coverings for women are Jewish custom also environmental because of wilderness and or desert climates. Also no doubt patterned around the priest’s who wore head covering (Exodus 28:37-39; 29:6, 9 – specific head coverings is a never-ending statute in the priest’s office) that spoke they were in submission under Yahweh, so women were in submission to their head the husband.

Recall Tamar prostituted herself as a harlot to Judah for the son was not given to her to raise up seed to the deceased so she deceived the son’s father, Judah. Now she covered herself with a veil, as it was the custom of harlots to cover their faces, not the Jewish women. Therefore it was not a biblical custom of the Hebrew women to veil the face, but a practice of the prostitute. This also reveals if the Hebrew women did it according to Law why mention it was a custom of the harlots, if all Hebrew women wore veils then they all may be mistaken for a prostitute.

Genesis 38:14 “So she removed her widow’s garments and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gateway of Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah had grown up, and she had not been given to him as a wife.”

Genesis 38:15 “When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, for she had covered her face.”

Now consider Hannah, she prayed unveiled at the Tabernacle of The Lord – the house of prayer, before Eli the high Priest.

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“As for Hannah, she was speaking in her heart, only her lips were moving, but her voice was not heard. So Eli thought she was drunk.

Consider Sarah and Rebekah would they have been desired by Pharaoh and Abimelech if they had been veiled. No. Consider also Paul and Peter corrected the women who dressed their hair too elaborate.

1 Timothy 2:9 “Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments,” NASB 1 Peter 3:3 “Of whom let it not be the outward act of braiding of hairs, and of putting gold around, or of clothing, the adorning of garments,” IL If they had come to church veiled or covered, as people believe he is teaching veiling and head covering for all females, then why are these women who are Gentile and Jewish having their hair revealed braided. And why is he not taking this perfect opportunity to tell women to cover their head and hair or veil their faces if it is Biblical law? Why is he not saying women should cover their hair when the braiding of hair implies the hair is revealed and the head not covered?

Different city, Oh but what do people stand on when they read verse 16; “But if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.” Isn’t the letter of 1 Peter directed to the, and or a church of God in the northern Roman provinces of Asia Minor?

Consider man as head of woman is mentioned four times throughout the New Testament. Why then can it not be fabric head coverings as Biblical law mentioned here in 1 Corinthians chapter 11? Because it is not mentioned again and especially at these opportune times in books of 1 Timothy 2:9 and 1:3-4 Peter.

Consider the correction is not that they reveal their hair and or their hair is uncovered, but how their hair is revealed before others by the act of adornment of decorative braiding. As it is not proper for Godly women to look like the prideful and lewd women of the day who extravagantly braided their hair and wore extravagant dress and jewelry.

Again note, Paul did not tell the women to cover their hair or veil their faces, but when they show their hair it is not to be seen in such costly or 86

extravagant braided fashion. Therefore how can this be a Biblical law for all the churches of God to veil or cover the hair with headdress? “… we do not have such a custom, nor the churches of God.” (v16). Or how can it be a Biblical law for just those house churches of God in Corinth, if Paul is not telling those in Ephesus or Peter with those in Rome, therefore Paul must not be speaking a Biblical tradition and or ordinance but a Jewish tradition/ordinance and the hand written ordinances that the Jewish Rabbis’ added are no longer written against us (Colossians 2:14).

Some writers say fabric head covering for women is Biblical law, a law passed down from righteous instructions given from the beginning in Genesis, but just not written or in Moses writings, only in rabbinic writings. Then if that were so, then why didn’t Jesus through The Holy Spirit write it in some form of law within Mosaic writings or other books if it was Biblical law when given the opportunity in 1 Timothy and 1 Peter or other books in the New? Therefore, a deception, a heresy, so it must not be Biblical law for a Jewess or Gentile, but tradition, thus oral laws and a custom and cultural dress only for the Hebrew/Jewish women. If it were law it would be written as an instruction within the New and explained in the Law! Yes the head denotes authority and wisdom and humility but to wear a head covering under falseness and deception would be to bind with false authority, wisdom and control. We have no authority apart from Christ Jesus true authority and power is His and His alone as the second Adam. Yeshua walked in the fullness yet everything He did was under the power and authority of The Father and administered by The Holy Spirit. Therefore to wear a head covering under deception would equate to false Jezebelic authority (Revelation 17:5-9) for true authority is of Him through Him. Now, women did not wear the prayer shawl traditionally, they did not wear it in public or at all times, it was Biblical traditional dress for the men only.

However writers agree that in some rabbinical schools they did wear the prayer shawl, but in general women did not wear prayer shawls as it was tradition both oral and Biblical for the men, especially the Patriarchal head of the family.

Jewish women covered traditionally their head of hair with garments of headdress, but not according to Biblical tradition or Biblical instructions written.

Don’t forget Jewish men also wore headdress and tunics like women.

Consider Jesus “King of the Jews” the clothing He traditionally wore, He would even of had the edges of hair from His head down the sides of His face – the curly ringlets of growing or long hair that was not to be cut (Leviticus 21:16). His head would have been covered in a fabric headdress as He was Yahweh’s 87

consecrated One sent to be The High Priest forever (Hebrews 5:6, 10).

“Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.”

John 19:23 KJ “When the soldiers had nailed Yeshua to the stake, they took his clothes and divided them into four shares, a share for each soldier, with the under-robe left over. Now the under-robe was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom; 24. so they said to one another, “We shouldn’t tear it in pieces; let’s draw for it.” This happened in order to fulfill the words from the Tanakh, “They divided my cloths among themselves and gambled for my robe.” This is why the soldiers did these things.”

John 19:23-24 CJB Consider also why are the Gentile men in churches today not wearing these biblical mentioned cloths. Oh, because it was custom for the Jewish man, the Hebrew custom of clothing of the day. Therefore, why should we Gentile women wear hats, head coverings, veils, hats with veils, pieces of cloth, triangles of cloth over the head or our hair up in symbolism or when we pray and prophesy when it was a Jewish tradition not a Gentile tradition or a Biblical tradition?

If it’s good for the goose it’s good for the gander! If men want their women to wear hats or small triangles of fabric on the head, or headdresses covering their head and hair at any time or whilst praying or prophesying to symbolize they are submissive wives under authority and or second in creation order then they should be wearing the clothing as kings and priests that others and Jesus their Lord their God and Head wore for He is Head and Head of The Faith!

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Chapter 6 1 Corinthians 11:5-6 “And every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered shames her head; for it is the same as being shaved.

6. For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. Bt if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn, or to be shaved, let her be covered.”

Interlinear Bible

Think Hebrew. Recall, we have Paul’s midrash and or his teaching on women praying and prophesying in the church with the allegory of headship.

Using creation, gender, culture, custom, hair, head covered to prove his contextual point. To teach verse 6 we have to have 5 and 6 and they read as follows: 1 Corinthians 11:5-6 “but ech wom-man preiynge or profeciynge, whanne hir heed is not hilid: defoulith hir heed, for it is oon: as if sche were pollid, 6. and if a wom-man be not keuerid be sche pollid, and if it is foule thing to a wom-man to be pollid, or to be made ballid,hile sche hir heed,” WICLIF – 1380 “Every woman that pryeth or prophisieth bare hedded, dishonesteth hyr heed. For it is even all one, and the very same thinge, even as though she were shaven. 6. If the woman be not covered, lett her also be shoren. If it be shame for a woman to be shorne or shaven, let her cover her heed.”

TYNDALE – 1534 “Euery woman that prayeth or prophesieth bare headed, dishonesteth her head. For that is euen all one, asyi she were shauen.

6. If the woman be not couered, let her also be shoren. If it be shame for a woman to be shorne or shauen, let her couer her heed.”

CRANMER – 1539 “But euery woman that prayeth or prophecieth bare headed, 89

dishonesteth her head. For it is euen all one, and the very same thinge, euen as thogh she were shauen. 6. for if the woman be not couered, let her also be shorne: If it be shame for a woman to be shorne or shauen, let her couer her head.”

GENEVA – 1557 “But euery vvoman praying or prophecying vvith her head not couered: dishonesteth her head: for it is al one as if she vvere made balde. 6. For if a woman be not couered, let her be polled. But if it be a foule thing for a vvoman to be polled or made balde: let her couer her head.”

RHEIMS – 1582 “But euery woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head vncouered, dishonoureth her head: for that is euen all one as if she were shauen. 6. For if the woman be not couered, let her also bee shorne: but if it bee a shame for a woman to be shorne or shauen, let her be couered.”

AUTHORISED - 1611 “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. 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.”

(Authorised version – 19??) “while any woman who prays or prophesies without a veil on her head dishonours her head; she is no better than a shaven woman. 6.

If a woman will not veil herself, she should cut off her hair as well.

But she ought to veil herself; for it is disgraceful that a woman should have her hair cut off or be shaven.”

(A New Translation Of The Bible – James Moffatt – 1935) “But every woman who does so with her head unveiled, puts shame on her head: for it is the same as if her hair was cut off. 6. For if a woman is not veiled, let her hair be cut off; but if it is a shame to a woman to have her hair cut off, let her be veiled.”

(New Testament In Basic English – 1941) “But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered, dishonoreth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. 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.”

(SELF-PRONOUNCING EDITION – conformable to the edition of 1611, commonly known as the Authorized or King James version – 1946) 90

“but every woman who, while praying in public or preaching, keeps her head uncovered, is doing dishonour to her head-she culd not be worse if she were shaven. In fact, if a woman insists on being unveiled like a man, let her also wear her hair cut short like a man!

But as it is a mark of infamy for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her keep her veil on.”

(The Letters Of Saint Paul translated by Arthur S. Way – 1950) “but any woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled dishonors her head-it is the same as if her head were shaven. 6. For if a woman will not veil herself, then she should cut off her hair; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her wear a veil.”

(Revised Standard Version - 1952) “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. 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.”

(King James – [given as a gift in] 1959) “a woman, on the contrary, brings shame on her head if she prays or prophesies bare-headed: it is as bad as if her head were shaved.

If a woman is not to wear a veil she might as well have her hair cut off; but if it is a disgrace for her to be cropped and shaved, then she should wear a veil.

(The New English Bible – New Testament - 1961) “a woman brings shame upon her head if she uncovers it to pray or prophecy; she is no better than the woman who has her head shaved.

6. If a woman would go without a veil, why does she not cut her hair short too? If she admits that a woman is disgraced when her hair is cut short or shaved, then let her go veiled.”

(The New Testament translated by Ronald Knox – 1962) “a woman brings shame upon her head if she uncovers it to pray or prophesy; she is no better than the woman who has her head shaved.

If a woman would go without a veil, why does she not cut her hair short too? if she admits that a woman is disgraced when her hair is cut short or shaved, then let her go veiled.”

(Knox [John] Version - 1966) “And that is why a woman who publicly prays or prophesies without a covering on her head dishonors her husband [for her covering is a sign of her subjection to him]. 6. Yes, if she refuses to wear a head 91

covering, then she should cut off all her hair. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her head shaved, then she should wear a covering.”

(The Living Bible – Paraphrased - 1971) “But in the case of a woman, if she prays or preaches with her head uncovered it is just as much a disgrace as if she had had it closely shaved. for if a woman does not cover her head she might just as well have her hair cropped. And if to be cropped or closely shaven is a sign of disgrace to women, then that is all the more reason for her to cover her head.”

(The New Testament Modern English – J. B. Phillips - 1972) “For a woman, however, it is a sign of disrespect to her head if she prays or prophesies unveiled; she might as well have her hair shaved off. In fact, a woman who will not wear a veil ought to have her hair cut off. If a woman is ashamed to have her hair cut off or shaved, she ought to wear a veil.”

(The Jerusalem Bible - 1974) “And any woman who prays or proclaims God’s message in public worship with nothing on her head disgraces her husband; there is no difference between her and a woman whose head has been shaved.

6. If the woman does not cover her head, she might as well cut her hair. And since it is a shameful thing for a woman to shave her head or cut her hair, she should cover her head.”

(Good News Bible - 1976) “And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonours her head-it is just as though her head were shaved. 6. If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; and if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.”

(New International Version – 1984) “And every woman praying or prophesying, with the head uncovered shames her head; for it is the same as being shaved. 6. For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn, or to be shaved, let her be covered.”

(The Interlinear Bible – Hebrew Greek English - 1986) “And any woman who [publicly] prays or prophesies (teaches, refutes, reproves, admonishes, and comforts) when she is bareheaded dishonors her head (her husband); it is the same as [if her head were] shaved. 6. For if a woman will not wear [a head] covering, then she should cut off her hair too; but if it is disgraceful 92

for a woman to have her head shorn or shaven, let her cover [her head].

(The Amplified Bible - 1987) But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for that is one and the same as if her head were shaved. 6. For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered.”

(New Testament – The New King James Version – 1989) “But any woman who prays or prophesies without something on her head brings shame to her head. In fact, she may as well shave her head. 6. A woman should wear something on her head. It is a disgrace for a woman to shave her head or cut her hair. But if she refuses to wear something on her head, let her cut off her hair.

(New Testament in Contemporary English – Revised Edition - 1995) “but every woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled brings shame to her head-there is no difference between her and a woman who has had her head shaved. 6. For if a woman is not veiled, let her also have her hair cut short; but if it is shameful for a woman to wear her hair cut short or to have her head shaved, then let her be veiled.

(Complete Jewish Bible – 1998) “But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved. 6. For if a woman does not cover her head, let her also have her hair cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her cover her head.”

(New American Standard Bible - 1999) We have to bring the verse 5 and 6 together to teach verse 6. Now it is noteworthy to bring to mention, as it is written above “every woman that prayeth or prophesieth” is doing such within the multi-cultural Corinth House Churches.

Prophesying is utterance of the Holy Spirit. With the office of prophecy involving teaching, refuting, reproving, admonishing or comforting women. As we read women are doing such within the church at Corinth and in other churches as some women have the office of Prophetess.

Therefore, for woman to remain silent as written in 1 Timothy 2:11-15 “Women are to keep silence, and take their place, with all submissiveness, as 93

learners;” (Knox Version) must not mean a literal rendering as if they are to have no ministry within the church or as if they are to be silent.

Therefore must she keep silent and not exercise the gifts of The Holy Spirit, when we read she is praying and prophesying as written in verse 5 above “But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth” and prophesying is and is to be under the power of The Holy Spirit. Not at all, therefore, scripture is implying something else, “with all submissiveness, as learners” Therefore 1 Timothy 2:11-15 and 1 Corinthians 14:34, three chapters later of the same Book, 1st Corinthians “and women are to be silent in the churches, utterance is not permitted to them; let them keep their rank, as the law tells them.” (Knox Version) does not mean what it is written in the literal, it does not mean she cannot pray or prophesy publicly, or does it literally mean she must be mute with no utterance.

Again, these scriptures do not mean literally what they read, or mean what they say. Read again Knox’s translation in light of his weapon against a Catholic monarch under Mary Queen of Scotland. He translated scripture to make women subordinate, and not acknowledge them in scriptures to use this to challenge Queen Mary’s right to the throne as Virginia Ramey Mollenkott writes. 1.

[Mollenkott, 1977] We see then the need of textual interpretation is to be expounded upon to reveal the accurate meanings. The accuracy in the light of city, era, culture, customs, language, law, oral law, rabbinic laws, translations, translators, writers and word study. This is part of the reason why women have remained silent within the church, remained out of ministry; heresy and error has robbed women!

They have taken the word to read literally what it reads, and accepted it as accurate translation and literal translation and literal command. They have accepted well that’s the way it is, we are to be subordinate, we take our rank, we have to be Christ like and turn the other cheek, we are to be gentle in spirit to please God the church as well as our husband. Well our husband has the last and final say. What are the greater deception women cannot be in all ministry positions as the men, or Christians cannot have demons indwelling them? Both are deception, women can preach teach and Christians can and do have demons.

Arise shine women for your light Messiah has come. Let the glory of The Lord rise upon you to set you free from deception heresy and error to fulfill His calls on your life and your daughters. Let Him anoint you a fresh to receive your rightful, covenantal positions within the ‘whole’ church structure where He wills to place you. We are one body with many members, if Yahweh wills for both men and women to be equal members of His body as both eyes, both ears or both 94

feet, then flesh of His flesh and bone of His bone we are, one body. The whole body is the Bride of Christ women and men, men and women, we, servants of God, spiritually neither Jew nor Greek, male or female, slave or freed-slave.

If Yahweh wills to have 60% of males in ministry and 40% women in same positions, so be it, or if 50 / 50 or 80 / 20 or 70 / 30 or 40 / 60 or 20 / 80 so be it, He is Lord. I understand there is much to consider, especially with culture and gender roles in our own western world. Not to mention all the demonic spiritual implications, especially matricide, the murder of the mother and children relationships and the child to be without a mother. Further the enemy’s strategy to have the government put on the shoulders of the women/wife. Matriarchy, the rule of mother, mother holding the leadership in the family, when in God’s order Mothers/wives/women are not created to hold the government in the family.

However if and only if God wills and wills only as in His direct call for a woman to take these positions then it is His rightful Lordship to call her to that position. Again this is why we as women can not promote ourselves to any ministry position without the direct call of God on our lives, if and when we do we are in disobedience and therefore open because we have come out of the boundaries of His law and His Godly order, therefore we will become subject to our adversary to furnish themselves ground. We will be out of covering and subject to the fallen angels (1 Corinthians 11:10).

I want to make clear, I do not advocate women rule, or women dominate the church or ignore Patriarchal headship. I am a warrior, I understand, name, title, rank and authority and demonic doorways. I only will to expose heresy, error and perversion of the Gospel concerning women cannot have Apostolic, Pastoral, Teacher or other Ministry positions as do the men within the Church.

My teaching is to reveal yes women can be in these positions if they are called of God, again if they are personally as in an individual call of God. He has personally called me as a Teacher, not a Prophetess or a Pastor or an Apostle. For me to put myself in such positions would be disobedience to all headships; even though He does call women to be Apostles and Pastors and Prophetess I cannot promote myself to such positions because I see other women in these offices.

To me if there be more men, than women so be it, as He wills. I will to reveal women can have exactly the same gifts, callings and positions as the men and will to reveal God is the one who does the choosing, the calling, we cannot place ourselves in these ministry positions if we do we come out of the direct ordination of God into the ordination of man, the kingdom of flesh and the ensnarement of the adversary.

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“And every woman praying or prophesying, with the head uncovered shames her head; for it is the same as being shaved. 6. For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn, or to be shaved, let her be covered.”

The Interlinear Bible – Hebrew Greek English - 1986 Recall women did not by custom or oral law wear the prayer shawl, it was part of the men’s clothing. Neither was it a requirement of the Gentile convert male or female to wear a prayer shawl or any type of head covering like the Nation of Israel, the Israelite the Hebrew. For we know a Gentile convert was not required to take on the customs of a Jew, they were not required to integrate as a Jew. A Greek, Roman man or woman could keep their Gentile identity.

“Only, as the Lord has assigned teach one, as God has called each, in this manner let him walk. And so I direct in all the churches. 18.

Was any man called when he was already circumcised? He is not to become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision?

He is not to be circumcised. 20. Each man must remain in that condition in which he was called. 24. Brethren, each one is to remain with God in that condition in which he was called.”

1 Corinthians 7:17-24 They could keep their cultural dress code providing it was not immoral, and a Jew could also keep his identity, his dress code. Therefore, this scripture must not be referring to head clothing of the Jewish women within the churches, or the Gentile women. This was a practice Jewish woman did as part of their custom and culture.

Now as far back as Genesis 24:65 Rebecca is seen to be covering herself, so we see custom from the beginning. Recall they lived and were surrounded by deserts, wildernesses. Now custom and according to rabbinic oral law they required their Jewish women to cover their hair and head, it was an oral law.

History tells us hair was seen as a mark of beauty and considered sensual so they were required to cover it; just like the legs, dresses were down to cover the ankles.

In the western world women wear mini skirts and we know all the connotations around this.

Recall I mentioned in rabbinic teachings at the beginning of this chapter a woman was not entitled to financial settlement if she did not wear a head covering in the street. Further a man could divorce his wife if she did not obey this oral law. In addition if she was seen not wearing a head covering it brought shame to him as husband and it was as if she was shorn it was a great shame on the man as a husband.

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Now we know that Rabbi Yeshua came and gave us the correct interpretation of the law, “you have heard it said, but I say...” (Matthew 5:2728 KJ) and “do not think I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.” Teach the more accurate interpretation.

(Matthew 5:17 NAS) Jesus came and exposed false interpretation of law, he corrected oral law. Paul mentions law and uses it to teach “…or does not the Law also say these things?” (9:8 NASB) Now recall Jesus did not tell Jewish women or men that they no longer need to keep customs of wearing head coverings as seen from the beginning (Genesis 24:65 KJ). He did not command Jewish integration, but required the Jew to remain a chosen Nation a chosen generation and to be seen as the people of God. Jesus did though, correct wrong interpretations of law, recall He revealed the grounds of divorce. Not wearing a head covering was not grounds for divorce; neither was it if the women did not wear her head covering in public. Head coverings were custom not law; only the prayer shawl was law to be worn Biblically throughout all the ages by the Israelites. If it was law Jesus would have ensured it to be written.

Now in this circumstance the church is in a new dispensation of liberty in Christ Jesus in the power of The Holy Spirit to keep commandments to keep righteous instructions to keep Christ’s Law. Now we know the prayer shawl was a righteous instruction for all ages for the Jew not us as Gentiles.

We also know according to Exodus 28 garments were described and signified those who were set apart as Priests and head covering were part of that dress (Ezekiel 44:18). Now it was only a perpetual regulation until the reign of The High Priest Yeshua. So we see from the beginning custom and law with clothing worn by the Jewish people.

Now studies reveal that headdresses were worn as protection against the sun. They varied according to Priest, teachers of the law, tribe and gender. Now we see there was a clothing pattern ordained by Yahweh, clothing of a tunic, tunic coat, girdle and headdress for Priests. Also we see Rebecca wore a head covering to be able to put a veil over her face, “… she took her veil and covered herself.”

(Genesis 24:65 CJB).

If this is the ordained origin of veil and head covering for Hebrew/Jewish women from Yahweh it certainly is not a clear instruction. But was its common sense from heat, or to stop the long hair being knotted or to cover because of men’s uncontrolled lust of thoughts of sensual beauty or cultural dress; or because of environmental reasons or whatever other reasons? Yes, I believe moreover 97

than this verse to be the origin of His law taught before and not recorded for women to wear head coverings and veils. I have not read any ordained command/instruction other than what 1 Corinthians 11 verses 5,6,10 & 13 appear to imply.

Now we know there was law about wearing “a garment of cloth made with two different kinds of thread” (Leviticus 19:19 CJV) and women and men were not to wear the opposite genders clothing (Deuteronomy 22:5 KJ). But no laws about women wearing the prayer shawl throughout all the ages or a law she should wear a head covering through out all the ages, we see no law, ordinance or regulation or instruction.

Therefore verses 5 and 6 are not referring to Biblical law for women to have her head covered with fabric when praying or prophesying but to have their head covered with long hair. As the latter verses revel her covering is her hair is her covering and thus to be long like a fabric head dress. Revealing a New Testament Biblical law for women to show they are not only under authority of God, but acknowledge their covering of firstborn male or husband headship. In addition they are before the angels both fallen and righteous angels who are present in the churches thus showing their acknowledgment and submission to males.

The context is on hair; addressing covering for both men and women when praying or prophesying before God. Paul uses his rabbinical way of teachings with the usage of nature, source and their culture. He ends his midrash saying, “we have this custom that our Jewish women cover their head with fabric, but as hair is given as the covering gentile women (and Jewish) women are expected to have their head covered with long hair and especially when praying or prophesying before God. Now according to Torah/Law if a son was rebellious he was to be taken out of the city gates and stoned. Now this is like the same horse but different jockey; according to studies oral law decreed that if a Jewish woman did not cover her head she should be shorn - it was their law as Jews they lived by and obeyed.

To be shorn was great shame for a Jewish woman. Further it would dishonor her matrimonial head, her husband.

Now recall Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 7:17-24 that a person could remain in the condition he was called, if circumcised remain circumcised, if uncircumcised remain uncircumcised. Circumcision was a Biblical sign of Covenant for the Jew. Paul is telling the Gentiles you need not have your foreskin taken off as a sign of Covenant. No longer is it a Covenant requirement, we are in The Eternal Blood Covenant, we are under Christ’s Law, circumcision is no 98

longer necessary but optional for both Jew and Gentile.

But in this circumstance when Paul writes about the Jewish women who are praying without their head covering on he is bringing to their remembrance their Jewish customs, to teach freedom from oral tradition, but introducing a new law that woman is still to have her head covered with long hair. Telling them it is a disgrace (5) it’s as if she has had her head shaved (5). If she does not cover her head likened to their Jewish traditions she may as well have her hair cut off (6).

Because, it is a disgrace for a woman in Jewish culture to not only have her hair cut off or her head shaved (6) but not have it covered with headdress. So it is not proper for a Jewish woman to leave her head not covered (13, 16).

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Chapter 7 1 Corinthians 11:7-10 For truly a man ought not to have the head covered, being the image and glory of God. But woman is the glory of man -8. For man is not of the woman, but woman of man; 9. for also man was not created through the woman, but woman through the man; 10. because of this, the woman ought to have authority on the head, because of the angels – Interlinear Bible

7. Now for a man indeed ought not to have a head of long hair for as one who is in Christ he is the image and glory or God, for if he had long hair like a woman it would dishonor himself and Christ, for Christ was born the Son of Man, he is a male: but the woman she is the glory of man, not the exact image of Christ the Son of Man. And if she is married, she is the glory of her matrimonial head, and should likewise reflect honor and not dishonor upon him by having shorn or shaven hair like a man and as for our custom and tradition our women cover their long hair with fabric headdress.

8. But I want you to understand, the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man: and neither was the man created for the woman, but the woman for the man: therefore why shouldn’t the married woman have a sign of another’s headship as her husband is over her as head, not only as husband but as first born male; in our custom she wears a headdress to symbolize this, for we have no other sign for others in the Hebrew community and within the house churches. Now recall source, God is the head of Christ and Christ is the head of man and man is the head of woman and remember this that angels are in created order and are above man and woman and they protect us, they are instrumental in our lives and at worship services and they carry the prayers of the saints to the throne room and out work prayer and prophecy according to His Word. To add she shows the fallen angels that she is under covering of authority and obedient to Christ her Head and obedient to her the headship of the Patriarchal husband and created order of firstborn male.

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9. Therefore when she does pray and prophesy with her hair down over her head. And if she wants, let her hair be covered with her headdress because some of these men want to keep our customs.

Those of us who understand the full liberty of the gospel need not make these men change their beliefs for it is not Biblical tradition that she does or does not cover her longer hair with the fabric of a headdress, but an oral cultural tradition; our custom we the brethren have abided by and desire to abide by for this is our custom for we have no other custom. Now, as you know some husbands that are still bound in oral law divorce their wives if their wives are seen without their headdress in public and this includes for them within the house churches. For a woman not to wear her headdress being married is seen to be dishonoring her head the husband and before all the Jewish community not only the first-born men but their husbands. And to these husbands it’s as if she is shorn, it’s the same, it’s a shame to them as a husband, in their eyes it brings shame to them as the husband, the Patriarchal head. Now we know that there is liberty in Christ and a Jewish man does not have to anymore live according to the unscriptural oral laws. Now we know that Christ called us as whom we are, and, he does not require the Gentile to become a Jew or be circumcised and Gentiles are not called to assimilate into Jewish culture. In the same way He does not require the woman from other Nations to wear a headdress over their long hair if they are not married or married. Neither does He require her to wear a fabric headdress to cover her hair as a sign of being under authority of a husband like us Jewish men believe, in other words a sign that speaks she is a married woman, or that she is under authority or under a patriarchal headship or under man in the order of creation.

But I want you to understand it is our custom, the married woman covers the hair and grows it long for we are the Jews, a signal to the Nations. Yahweh gave the hair to the women to distinguish her from a male and she can adorn her hair. Now there is liberty she has a choice if she does not want to cover her long hair, but it is our Jewish tradition we abide by it distinguishes us as Jews and speaks that the woman is under the authority of her head the husband.

10. Now recall source that God is the head of Christ and Christ is the head of man and man is the head of woman and remember this that angels are in created order and are above man and woman and they are instrumental in our lives and at worship services and they carry the prayers of the saints to the throne room and out work prayer and prophecy according to His Word. They also reflect created order, moreover, she shows the fallen angels that she is under covering of 101

authority and obedient to Christ her Head and obedient to her the headship of the Patriarchal husband. (emphasis here mine)

Verse ten (10) because of the angels is in the following eighth (8th) chapter; holding a key to the reason why women are to look like women and men to look like men and come under Biblical ordained authority. Because there is a spiritual a natural and a Biblical application to distinguishing between the gender’s hair is for women to wear long and given as a covering and a glory. Further hair is symbolic of being under a covering of the headship of a husband and denotes she is in the order of male as firstborn; and under Yeshua the Head of both male and female and Head over the Church.

1 Corinthians 11:7-10 “but a man schal not hile his heed for he is the ymage and the glorie of god, but the wom-man is the glorie of man, 8. for a man is not of the wom-man: but the wom-man of the man, 9. and the man is not made for the wom-man: but the wom-man for the man, 10. therfor the wom-man schal haue an hiling on hir heed, also for aungels,” WICLIF – 1380 “A man ought not to cover his heed, for as moche as he is the image and glory of God. The woman is the glory of the man. 8. For the man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man. 9. Nether was the man created for the womans sake: the woman for the mannes sake.

10. For this cause ought the woman to have power on her heed, for the angels sakes.”

TYNDALE - 1534 “A man ought not to couer his heed, for as moch as he is the ymage and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man. 8. For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. 9. Nether was the man created for the womans sake. 10. For this cause ought the woman to haue power on her heed, for the angels sakes: CRANMER – 1539 “A man oght not to couer his head, for as much as he is the image and glorie of God: but the woman is the glorie of the man: 8. For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. 9. Nether is the man created for the womans sake: but the woman for the mannes sake. 10. For this cause oght the woman to haue power on her head, 102

for the Angels sakes.”

GENEVA – 1557

“The man truly ought not to couer his head, because he is the image and glorie of God, but the vvoman is the glorie of the man. 8. For the man is not of the vvoman, but the vvoman of the man. 9. For the man vvas not created for the vvoman, but the vvoman for the man.

(10. Therfore ought the vvoman to haue povver upon her head for the Angels.)

RHEIMS - 1582 “For a man in deed ought not to couer his head, forasmuch as hee is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

8. For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. 9.

Neither was the man created for the woman: but the woman for the man. 10. For this cause ought the woman to haue power on her head, because of the Angels.”

AUTHORISED - 1611 “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.

8. For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. 9.

Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. 10. For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.”

(Authorized Version – 19??)

“Man does not require to have a veil on his head, for he represents the likeness and supremacy of God; but woman represents the supremacy of man. 8. (Man was not made from woman, woman was made from man; and man was not created for woman, but woman for man.) 10. Therefore, in view of the angels, woman has to wear a symbol of subjection on her head.”

(A New translation Of The Bible – James Moffatt – 1935) “For it is not right for a man to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. 8. For the man did not come from the woman, but the woman from the man. 9. And the man was not made for the woman, but the woman for the man. 10. For this reason it is right for the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.”

(New Testament In Basic English - 1941) “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.

8. For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. 9.

Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. 10. For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head 103

because of the angels.”

(SELF-PRONOUNCING EDITION – conformable to the edition of 1611, commonly known as the Authorized or King James version – [unknown year published - given as a gift] 1946) “But a man is under no obligation to have his head veiled. He represents ‘the likeness (and so, the glory) of God’; but the woman reflects but the glory of man. 8. Man’s creation, you know, was not a consequence of woman’s but woman’s of that of man since it was not for woman’s sake that man was created, but woman for man’s.

10. For this reason each woman ought to wear that symbol of his authority on her head, for fear of the eyes of the angels.”

(The Letters Of Saint Paul – Arthur S. Way – 1950) “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. 8. (For man was not made from woman, but woman from man. 9. Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.) 10. This is why a woman ought to have a veil on her head, because of the angels.”

(Revised Standard Version – 1952) “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.

8. For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. 9.

Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. 10. For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.”

(King James – [unknown year published, given as a gift] 1959) “A man has no need to cover his head, because man is the image of God, and the mirror of his glory, whereas woman reflects the glory of man. 8. For man did not originally spring from woman, but woman was made out of man; 9. and man was not created for woman’s sake, but woman for the sake of man; 10. and therefore it is woman’s duty to have a sign of authority on her head, out of regard for the angels.”

(The New English Bible – New Testament - 1961) “A man has no need to veil his head, he is God’s image, the pride of his creation, whereas the wife is the pride of her husband. 8. (The woman takes her origin from the man, not the man from the woman; and indeed, 9. it was not man that was created for woman’s sake, but woman for man’s.) 10. For this reason the woman ought to have authority over her head, for the angels’ sake.”

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(The New Testament translated by Ronald Knox - 1962) “A man has no need to veil his head; he is God’s image, the pride of his creation, whereas the wife is the pride of her husband. (The woman takes her origin from the man, not the man from the woman; and indeed, it was not man that was created for woman’s sake, but woman for man’s.) And for that reason the woman ought to have authority over her head, for the angels’ sake.

(Knox [John] Version – 1966) ‘But a man should not wear anything on his head [when worshiping, for his hat is a sign of subjection to men]. God’s glory is man made in his image, and man’s glory is the woman. 8. The first man didn’t come from woman, but the first woman came out of man. 9. And Adam, the first man, was not made for Eve’s benefit, but Eve was made for Adam. 10. So a woman should wear a covering on hr head as a sign that she is under man’s authority, a fact for all the angels to notice and rejoice in.” (The Living Bible – Paraphrased - 1971) “A man ought not to cover his head, for he represents the very person and glory of God, while the woman reflects the glory of the man. 8.

For man does not exist because woman exists, but vice versa. 9. Man was not created originally for the sake of woman, but woman was created for the sake of man. 10. For this reason a woman ought to bear on her head an outward sign of man’s authority for all the angels to see.”

(The New Testament Modern English – J. B. Phillips - 1972) “A man should certainly not cover his head, since he is the image of God and reflects God’s glory; but woman is the reflection of man’s glory. For man did not come from woman; no, woman came from man; and man was not created for the sake of woman, but woman was created for the sake of man. 10. That is the argument for women’s covering their heads with a symbol of the authority over them, out of respect for the angels.” (The Jerusalem Bible – 1974) “A man has no need to cover his head, because he reflects the image and glory of God. But woman reflects the glory of man; 8. for man was not created from woman, but woman from man. 9. Nor was man created for woman’s sake, but woman was created for man’s sake.

10. On account of the angels, then, a woman should have a covering over her head to show that she is under her husband’s authority.”

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“A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. 8. For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; 9. neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. 10. For this reason, and because of the angels, the woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head.”

(New International Version – 1984) “For truly a man ought not to have the head covered, being the image and glory of God. But woman is the glory of man-8. for man is not of the woman, but woman of man; 9. for also man was not created through the woman, but woman through the man; 10. because of this, the woman ought to have authority on the head, because of the angels-” (The Interlinear Bible – Hebrew Greek English - 1986) “For a man ought not to wear anything on his head [in church], for he is the image and [reflected] glory of God [his function of government reflects the majesty of the divine Rule]; but woman is [the expression of] man’s glory (majesty, preeminence). [Gen. 1:26.]

8. For man was not [created] from woman, but woman from man; [Gen. 2:21-23.] 9. Neither was man created on account of or for the benefit of woman, but woman on account of and for the benefit of man. [Gen. 2:18.] 10. Therefore she should [be subject to his authority and should] have a covering on her head [as a token, a symbol of her submission to authority, that she may show reverence as do] the angels [and not displease them].”

(The Amplified Bible – 1987) “For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. 8. For man is not from woman, but woman from man. 9. Nor was man created for the woman, but woman for the man. 10. For this reason the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.”

(New Testament – The New King James Version – 1989) “Men were created to be like God and to bring honor to God. This means that a man should not wear anything on his head. Women were created to bring honor to men. 8. It was the woman who was made from a man, and not the man who was made from a woman. 9.

He wasn’t created for her. She was created for him. 10. And so, because of this, and also because of the angels, a woman ought to wear something on her head, as a sign of her authority.”

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(New Testament in Contemporary English – Revised Edition 1995) “For a man indeed should not have his head veiled, because he is the image and glory of God, and the woman is the glory of man. 8.

For man was not made from woman, but woman from man; 9. and indeed man was not created for the sake of the woman but woman for the sake of the man.”

(Complete Jewish Bible - 1998) “For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. 8. For man does not originate from woman, but woman from man; 9. for indeed man was not created for the woman’s sake, but woman for the man’s sake. 10. Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.”

(New American Standard Bible – 1999) Paul’s teaching sorts out this false headship of Rule and Dominance of a husband making the decisions and giving the orders; as was their custom, culture and the demonic stronghold they needed to break away from?

Now let’s keep this in mind Patriarchal is Yahweh ordained. However, both the wife and the husband and woman and man in the things of The Lord are not independent of each other, both flesh of His flesh and bone of His bone, both can be given the command go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel. For it is as He wills to call them to send - which man and which woman, husband or wife and or both husband and wife in partnership.

Now let’s consider the stronghold of the day spiritually and naturally of Patriarchal Dominance and Ruler. Let’s read again: 1 Corinthians 11:3, 12 “But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.”

(CJB) This verse marries ups with verse 12. “For as the woman originates from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and all things originate from God.” NASB Let’s consider: Ephesians 5:23 “21. Submit to one another in fear of the Messiah. 22. Wives should submit to their husbands as they do to the Lord; 23. because the 107

husband is head of the wife, just as the Messiah, as head of the Messianic Community, is himself the one who keeps the body safe. 24.

Just as the Messianic Community submits to the Messiah, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 25. As for husbands, love your wives, just as the Messiah loved the Messianic Community, indeed, gave himself up on behalf, 26. in order to set it apart for God, making it clean through immersion in the mikveh, so to speak,” 27. in order to present the Messianic Community to himself as a bride to be proud of, without a spot, wrinkle or any such thing, but holy and without defect. 28. This is how husbands ought to love their wives – like their own bodies; for the man who loves his wife is loving himself. 29. Why. No one ever hated his own flesh! On the contrary, he feeds it well and takes care of it, just as the Messiah does the Messianic Community, 30. because we are parts of his Body.

CJB Both Ephesians 5:23 and 1 Corinthians 11:3 are not referring to a carnal Dominance or Ruler-ship of man over woman or husband over wife. Neither are they inferring subordination or subservient submission or subjugation in that he has a right to subdue her by rule to bring her into subjection to his will, whim’s, wants and demands her having no say but obey!

This is not what a husband can do to his wife or a man to woman or a Pastor to the women members or any members. This is what Paul is dispelling, the Kingdom of God does not operate like this, we are not of this world we are to live in Kingdom ways, husband is to love his wife and give himself up on her behalf and love her as he loves himself and cares for himself.

Centuries before 57 AD and still in that century this was some of the belief systems; “Aristotle argued that the man was by nature superior to the woman and fit to rule her. 89.

Plato described a woman’s virtue as taking care of the home and being obedient to her husband. 90.

In the Roman period, a Stoic writer thanks the gods for an “obedient” wife.

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A Cynic moralist, pretending to give womanly advice to women, demands that doing whatever her husband wants must be the rule by which the virtuous woman lives her life. 92.

Artemidorus in his dream handbook assumes that wives, like children and slaves, “obey” their men, 93.”

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feminine, 97.” 1. (Paul Woman and Wives p.165) Christ is the Word who became flesh, the only begotten Son, firstborn of all creation. He is the Word who was in the beginning who was God who humbled Himself as ‘One’ with His Father to take the nature of a slave to redeem all mankind (Philippians 2:5-8). Even though Jesus obeyed His Father and His Father was His Patriarchal Head, He did not give up His will to the Father, He willed for redemption as much as The Father. He did not come in subordination, it was His will as God, who was the, I AM before Abraham was born (John 8:58).

It was His will as the Word who became flesh, who was God in the beginning who willed Himself as ‘One’ with the Father to accept death to redeem us, and to accept becoming a curse to redeem us, to accept the nature of man. He was the Lamb slain before the foundation of the earth.

Women are not to emulate any pattern of Christ to the Father in giving total submission or absolute obedience to their husbands by giving up their will because one believes Christ set an example giving up His will for The Father or because Christ is the Head of the church or H/head of the body. That doctrine is a false submission or a false obedience of Jesus’ obedience to a hierarchy of the first person of the Godhead.

Jesus was God, and is God, The Lord thy God is One God (Deuteronomy 6:4). Husband and wife are one flesh, wife does not have to yield her will to be subordinate to a kingship or the Ruler ship and dominion of the husband nor any women of God to a man of God or Pastor, Priest or Minister, we are redeemed saved by ‘childbirth’ of the Messiah. The ‘he shall rule’ wives and daughters we are redeemed from, the “increase” of pain in childbirth is also cancelled, and it’s just the natural pain.

If married one flesh, and all in union with the Messiah, flesh of His flesh and bone of His bone, parts of His body all brought back to one body with ministry opportunity as He wills. But order of Patriarch, order of creation/source, order of ministries appointed to the church all remains. Only this time Christ is the Head as in Ruler, for Yahweh has made this One Ruler (Acts 5:31 IL) as the second Adam in all matters of Kingdom reign, rule and judgment we both men and women, husbands with wives come under His Kingdom Rule and Reign in all things.

Remember in Jesus we do have free will. Jesus will never rule over any of His body, in Him we have redemption through His blood the forgiveness of sins when we go our own way. We are never reduced to puppets on a string, we have choice in surrendering our ‘own rights’. If you want to bond slave yourself to Him as Master and give up your rights, your life 100% for Him to harness you for the highway of Holiness it becomes a mutual understanding between you both.

But even in that He will not force you against your will, yet you have allowed strong conviction to hit your senses and the rod may be used (Psalms 23:4).

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In this dispensation Jesus has given no ruler ship of the earth or the concerns of the Kingdom of God to men or women in their own right as believers.

It is the Second Adams Rule, so we never forfeit the rule again. There is no given husband Ruler-ship over wife or given Ruler-ship to men over woman or given Ruler-ship of men and women over the earth and everything in it.

If we as Christians had ruler-ship power in own right as a member of the household of God, the world would be in chaos. When Christ came, His victory over Satan was to regain the ruler ship of the earth that had been forfeited by the sins of Adam and Eve to give Him Ruler Ship. Jesus came as the second Adam, the new man and today our reign is under the direct Lordship of Christ as One God in the work of The Holy Spirit. We petition in supplication for change and rule; however, we make no rule decision in our own right as children of God. Say to the wind, stop, or say to the clouds form and rain, they won’t unless the breath of The Holy Spirit is behind such a command. Can you image the chaos of weather patterns if we possessed such power in our own right of ‘In Christ” or because we are Yahweh’s children? The God of all Wisdom does not give us such power in our own right as His children. Especially given one day, we are flaky in the flesh and next day up there walking in The Spirit. Our cursing in those days of the flesh would bring death and destruction or decisions about church business may well be in alignment with darkness.

It is the same in healing, command healing without the breath of The Holy Spirit and there is no healing. It is the same in deliverance of demons, tell demons to go because you are a Christian they don’t have to, it’s a ministry of The Holy Spirit (Matthew 12:28), it’s a spiritual law. There are spiritual laws at work; He is a God of order, of boundaries, of laws. The same as there is a law of gravity at work, they both exist, and both cannot be broken whilst this earth remains.

Paul is a preacher of “The Light,’ ‘The Truth’ and ‘The Way.’ He is in no way asking wives to submit, surrender or sacrifice their own rights as individual females, as a wife, female or woman for their husband’s authority of Rule and carnal Government. He is even recognizing they can prophesy when the Spirit of Christ Jesus wills to anoint her.

Neither is he keeping the peace in the city because of the prominence of Greco Roman male authorities or the elite or upper-class aristocratic ideals of male Dominance. Paul was an anointed Spirit Warrior to release people, women included out of bondage of heresy and error, lies and deception, religious and legalistic bondages into the freedom of the truth and ways of The Kingdom Of God. Paul is also not saying all wives all women are to wear a fabric head covering displaying they are under her husband’s Rule and Authority as a submissive wife so that men would not lose faith in Christ. Given oral law gave them the view of wives should obey their husbands in all things. He is not even 110

taking away created order or patriarchal order as he tells them clearly their head is to be covered with long hair, not short or shaven that denotes headship of male firstborn hair is ordained for gender differences.

He is a preacher of truth; he is addressing this stronghold in his teaching in Ephesians, refuting the view of male Ruler-ship and Dominance. He is not refuting the Patriarchal order, or saying wives should not submit to their husbands, for wives are to submit to their husband and husbands are to love their wives as they love themselves and each of us in the congregation/church are to submit to one another. He is teaching between the lines for men to change their positions of Rule with a capital R, dominance with a capital D. He is teaching a need for change of their Jewish and Greco traditional beliefs to line up with the Kingdom of God’s New Blood Covenant beliefs.

Wife can still witness as a Jewish tradition (11:2) here is 57 A.D according to custom and culture that she is under her husband’s headship by wearing a head covering (v.10). Paul is freeing her up; moreover, Jesus is the One freeing her up from subrogation and false submission and no role in body ministry. She is not free from Divine order or from the divine order of Patriarchal headship only from cultural dress if she wills, but her head must be covered with hair, not shawn or shaven like men are commanded to have their hair.

Now, The Father has given all power to the Son; it was in His Patriarchal headship of authority to give all power and judgment to the Son and The Father still remains The Father, His Head and The Son will hand over the kingdom of God to The Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority and power (1 Corinthians 15:24).

Now, The Son has not taken away the order or rank of Patriarch of wife’s being under their husband’s head (11:3, 10; Ephesians 5:23). Now, neither has Yahweh given all power or judgment to the husband or the wife or the male or the female. Only in the things of the Lord as He wills to put woman in the same positions as the men or over men, being either Apostle, Prophets and Teacher and so on He does.

But in the natural or the family, Paul backs this up headship in Ephesians 5:18-33 when he teaches Patriarchal headship. Wives to submit to their husbands because husband is the head of wife and men and women to submit to one another in mutual submission in fear of the Messiah. He teaches mutual submission with husbands to love their wives in such a way as Messiah loved and served the Church and gave himself up so that He became the Servant as well. Likewise, husbands to submit to wives as much as she is to be his servant and submit.

Husbands are to love their wives as loving themselves; wives are to respect their husbands.

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“Submit to one another in fear of the Messiah. 22. Wives should submit to their husbands as they do to the Lord; 23. because the husband is head of the wife, just as the Messiah, as head of the Messianic Community, is himself the one who keeps the body safe. 24.

Just as the Messianic Community submits to the Messiah, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 25. As for husbands, love your wives, just as the Messiah lived the Messianic Community, indeed, gave himself up on its behalf, 26. in order to set it apart for God, making it clean through immersion in the mikveh, so to speak, 27. in order to present the Messianic Community to himself as a bride to be proud of, without a spot, wrinkle or any such thing, but holy and without defect. 28. This is how husbands ought to love their wives – like their own bodies; for the man who loves his wife is loving himself. 29. Why, no one ever hated his own flesh! On the contrary, he feeds it well and takes care of it, just as the Messiah does the Messianic Community, 30. because we are parts of his Body. 31.

“Therefore a man will leave his father and mother and remain with his wife, and the two will become one.” 32. There is profound truth hidden here, which I say concerns the Messiah and the Messianic Community. 33. However, the text also applies to each of you individually: let each man love his wife as he does himself, and see that the wife respect her husband.”

Sue and Larry Richards in their book “Every Woman In The Bible” write the following on headship; “While “head” in Greek may mean leader or “boss,” this meaning is unusual. Even in the Greek translation of the Old Testament, in nine of ten cases where the Hebrew Old Testament uses rosh (head) in the sense of “leader,” a different Greek word than kephale (head) is chosen to translate it. Thus, the argument that “head” here must mean “authority” over” is hardly compelling.

Another problem exists with this interpretation. The second phrase in the Greek text is de gunikos ho aner kephale. Gunaikos may mean either “woman” or “wife,” and aner may mean either “man” or “husband.” Here the definite article ho suggests Paul meant, “the husband is head of the wife,” rather than “man is the head of woman.” If we take this phrase in the first sense, we see that Paul is making a distinct statement about three different relationships: . Christ is the “head” of “every man.” . The husband is the “head” of the wife. . God is the “head” of Christ.

“Head” in this passage cannot be used here to ascribe superiority or subordination; Christ is not inferior to God the Father. “Head” cannot mean the men are ‘the source of wives. In what metaphorical sense can “head” be used to 112

fit all three applications?

In the next chapter - 1 Corinthians 12, Paul again used “head” to refer to Christ. Paul described the relationship Christ has to the church that is His body.

In Chapter 12 Paul used “head” and “body” to indicate that a true, organic relationship exists between Jesus and Jesus’ people. If we take “head” to have a similar metaphorical meaning in 1 Corinthians 12, what Paul says fits the rest of his argument beautifully. Every man has an organic relationship with Jesus-so that each man reflects glory or dishonor on Jesus (see 1 Corinthians. 11:7).

Wives have an organic, on-flesh relationship with their husbands, so what they do reflects glory or dishonor on their husbands. / Jesus had an organic relationship with God the Father, and what He did reflected glory and honor on God. Why then should women cover their heads when praying or prophesying in church? Because it is proper behavior, and when wives behave properly, they reflect glory on their husbands. By behaving improperly, women would dishonor not only their husbands but also Christ.” 2. [Richards ] Their explanation of the text is written in simplicity. The contextual view of verses 1 to 16 are not directly addressing husband and wife issues / marriage counseling but prayer and prophesy by the which gender of the church members has to have their head covered.

Paul dispels dominant ruler-ship of husband over wife and wrong submission of wife in Ephesians 5:22-33. Dispelling the error that he is to have the entire honor and she is to take a lesser place of less honor and be sub-servient.

The fabric head covering gives honor to husband by the wife wearing it as symbolism she is under a husband’s authority, under Patriarch headship, she is married.

Paul’s teaching is not telling women they can take their head covering off if they want or when they feel comfortable enough to do so, because, it is ‘proper’ (13) and it is their custom as Jews (16). He is telling them all the Jews in the churches have this cultural tradition (16) and follow oral traditions handed down; one is that women are to wear a head covering. But it is not a Biblical Law to have fabric on the head of a woman, just a Jewish custom (16). Yes, it is proper for these women to wear a fabric head covering when they are to pray and prophesy. But if they don’t have that tradition there is a now a Biblical Tradition for woman to have long hair as a covering and her hair out covering her neck and shoulders when she prays and prophesies as if it was a fabric veil.

Another explanation from a writer of this contextual view of hair is homosexuality being addressed in these scriptures by Paul. Saint Jerome writes that homosexual men grew their hair long and prettied it up in Corinth. Now we see there can be gender and sexuality as an issue being addressed.

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fully implies. We know there were those who were once this way, Jewish male homosexuals-brethren/brothers, and we know not every Jew was a true follower of the One God having a multiplicity of beliefs and practices. We know Jewish men even went through painful operations to have their foreskins sewn back on to play Greek sport naked as Jews were not allowed to participate in Greek sports.

Everyone knew circumcision was a sign they were Jews in Covenant with their One True and Living God. We know there were new converts and it is highly probable there were men in the house churches who were in the process of sanctification and still having their long hair prettied up.

But, is Saint Jerome correct in his interpretation? The context of these scriptures speak about Jewish oral tradition, headship, hair, gender, natural source of origin of man and woman, naturalness of man with a woman, natures patterns, marriage-male and female, that there is to be a differentiation of the genders in that men to look like men and women to look like women, Yes it does fit for the argument against homosexuality and sexual / gender appearance.

But, is this what Chloe’s letter asks Paul? I’m not 100% sure what the questions were or what is the interpretation is of his answer. I’m being taught as I write, and at the conclusion will I arrive at the correct interpretation? Many writers have written their interpretations of these verses in their books and they differ; however, many agree with one another. Will I be enlightened with the revelation? I pray so.

One has to ask why do some writers, theologians and teachers and so on come up with different interpretations on the same passages? The following are those wonder whys I’ve derived from Virginia Ramey Mollenkott’s book Women Men & the Bible 3. [Mollenkott 116:1977] Is it because of studied negligence of not gathering enough scriptural evidence?

Or they do not have copies of old, old, old, old texts of The Hebrew and The Greek?

Or is it because writers take the study of other writers as gospel than prove the scriptures themselves?

Or is it because they believe he or she is an anointed one of God and they have the knowledge and the revelation?

Or is it because error causes us to prove for ourselves what is truth. To add, information certainly gets to the pain of the heart – the junk of sin and attitude – the junk of wrong beliefs ‘it’s a man’s world’ ‘it’s men need only apply’ ‘the promise of spiritual leadership of all positions is for men only’?

Or is because of the influence of spirits of divination, religious control spirits, mind control spirits, religious, legalistic, heresy, error and perversion of 114

the gospel spirits?

Or is it because of ego, pride and lack of humility?

Or is because of not being able to discern the teaching presence of The Holy Spirit, as opposed to the teaching presence of demons and the teaching presence of one’s own flesh interpretations?

Or is it because of denomination doctrine so ingrained one writes with assumption?

Or is it because of reading the verses as they read according to one’s own understanding and not seeing that, that is not the understanding implied. For example, the word order has at the least 14 meanings. Even the way a sentence reads can imply two or more meanings in its sentence structure. For example; “For husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body.” The last part of this sentence can be read, as the husband is the savior of the body, as the beginning of this scripture refers to the husband and the tail end can be seen as summing up the statement.

Or is it because of lack of background knowledge of custom and cultural background and time of its first writing?

Or is it because of lack of grammatical knowledge of Hebrew and Greek studies?

Or is it because of lack of lexical knowledge from the support from word studies?

Or is it because of lack of knowledge of theological writings or heresy in theological writings; Or is it because one has written their book, published it, then had revealed additional revelation?

Or is it because one builds a doctrine on a word and on an incorrect translated word within a specific version. And even the idolatry of venerating a version as the best, the most accurate when it may not be?

Or is it because one wants to make a name for oneself because of unhealed brokenness and rejection? Or write to appease the inward brokenness so they write so as the book reads the way they themselves want it interpretation to be?

Or is it because one does not approach the Bible as a book containing mysteries with an attitude like a detective to gather all evidence to unravel truths?

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Or is it because it is not understood from a Hebraic understanding but a Greek mindset?

Or is it because they uphold the Talmud and the different rabbinic writings to too much esteem and believe every and or the majority of their interpretations are correct.

Or is it because they uphold theologian’s writings with too much esteem to believe every and or most of their interpretations are correct.

Or is it because it is not understood from the custom and cultural background considering Kings and their ruling governments with their laws and ways?

Or is it because one does not see the allegorical meanings intended as one reads the words as literal and does not know the intended ancient meaning and intention of words, or the symbolic, spiritual, mystical or figurative meanings? “knowing this first, that every prophecy of Scripture did not come into being of its own interpretation;” (1 Peter 1:20) None of us can lay claim to all understanding and revelation of Old and New Testaments as we are a body of believers made up and made known to all nations (Romans 16:25-26).

Along the same vein the following is what was written by Virginia Ramey Mollenkott in her book Women Men & the Bible.

“How do we settle the truth when two people of equal piety and devotion have different opinions? Does the Holy Spirit tell one person the rapture is pretribulation, and another that it is post-tribulation? The very fact that spiritually minded interpreters come to different conclusions about these matter distresses many people’s minds. They have presumed that if a man is yielded to the Holy Spirit his interpretations must be correct. But certain things must be kept in mind.

First, the Holy Spirit gives nobody infallible interpretations. Second, piety is a help to interpretation, but it is not a substitute for knowledge or study or intelligence. Third, all of us are still in the human body and subject to its limitations and frailties and we make mistakes of interpretation in Scripture as well as errors of judgment in the affairs of life. It is the present temptation of at least American evangelicalism to substitute a class of devout Bible teachers for the Catholic Pope. To such people the meaning of Scripture is that which their favorite Bible teacher teaches. But the Protestant principle must always be this: the truest interpretations are those with the best justification. 4. [Mollenkott, 116:1977] To continue the following is noteworthy “As a result, the teacher of literature must work harder and harder to convince students that, no; a piece of literature cannot mean just anything the reader wants it to mean. Instead, the 116

reader must learn to pay attention to the author’s choice of words, rhythms, sentence structures, images or word pictures, point of view, and so forth, in order to experience what the work actually embodies.” 5. [Mollenkott, 108:1977] I know when I complete this book ready for publishing, I have written according to my best and as true to Scripture as the resources I have been able to obtain. It is not my heart to cause disunity among the body by not keeping “the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God.” (Ephesians 4:13). My heart is not to be in the category of Romans 16:17 “… mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.” But rather to cause division for the sake of the Gospel, not to bring in unscriptural doctrines that are contrary to The Word of God. Jesus the Son caused divisions time and time again (John 7:43, 9:16, 10:19) and He even said He came to divide (Luke 12:51).

The divisions were caused not because of The Word made flesh, but because of rebellious people and the rebellion of wanting to stick to false rabbinical teachings as opposed to obey Jesus’ teachings, they willed their own way to serve. The division between believers who want to do what the Bible teaches, and those who are unwilling to submit to Christ’s authority are the division that will always be. The division of those who will stand by the Word of God and those who will stand in their own way regardless of what the Bible writes and regardless of maybe they are wrong will not cease ever. Carnal man/woman and the works of darkness will be here till they are imprisoned.

It is not my heart to pervert the scriptures to just bring an honor to women.

It is also not my heart to free the ‘oppressed woman’ who demands unscriptural equality to give her equal rights because woman has been so maimed, or women ‘should’ have equal opportunity.

My heart is to write what “thus saith the Lord” said, not what “thus saith Kathleen Malligan” or because she decides to be one eyed because she has baggage about and against men. I am pained in my heart at some of these truths, but “thus saith the Lord” is “thus saith the Lord.” I can’t take the sun out of the sky and light the barbeque with it, or can I take the moon out of the sky and kick it around the yard like a soccer ball. I can never have the equality of headship; I can never see the twenty-four seats around the throne shared with women. I have to accept Yahweh’s divine order, His choice that men have the headship.

Just image the moon saying to the sun, “if only I was created a sun you have more than me. I want to shine by day I don’t like shinning by night.” The moon can winge and whine, sulk and sook all it likes, it will never change the set order. Same as myself, I can never change the set order of male headship, in this dispensation to the New Jerusalem. But I can be true to the Scriptures to the conviction of my heart to bring honor to Christ Jesus, the Word made flesh in revealing women’s place in His divine order.

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Chapter 8 1 Corinthians 11:10 “because of this, the woman ought to have authority on the head, because of the angels” Interlinear Bible

10. Now recall source that God is the head of Christ and Christ is the head of man and man is the head of woman and remember this that angels are in created order and are above man and woman and they are instrumental in our lives and at worship services and they carry the prayers of the saints to the throne room and out work prayer and prophecy according to His Word. They also reflect created order, moreover, she shows the fallen angels that she is under covering of authority and obedient to Christ her Head and obedient to her the headship of the Patriarchal husband. (Emphasis here mine)

This is the key verse in this portion of scriptures. When you understand the meaning of this verse, you’ll see it actually pinpoints the scriptural context of the verses and brings light and understanding to the contextual view. We wrestle not against flesh and blood but powers and principalities (Ephesians 6:12) and where sin is so is the devil (1 John 3:8).

Now when reading this verse ten, it appears to bring confusion. What do angels have to do with the gender of women/Jewesses praying and prophesying in a public meeting, also women/Jewesses and their hair down over their head and neck and ears and not shaved or shorn hair?

Now let’s consider could it be a cultural usage of the word ‘angels’ like the usage of the words ‘yoke’ and ‘burden’ they neither mean what is literally written or what is most obvious to our meaning? Maybe there is a miss-translation of a word change, or maybe it is a cultural rendering?

To our Western understanding it just does not make sense to make mention in the midst of these passages ‘because of the angels’. What do God’s invisible angels have to do with “because of”?

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First let’s read the different versions. Consider reading them all, for they differ and bring forth different meanings when reading them so to speak in ‘black and white’ and or as they read literally. Be conscience how there are many different implications (11 including Bushnell’s) according to translators. “therfor the woman schal haue an hiling on hir heed, also for aungels,” WICLIF – 1380 “For this cause ought the woman to have power on her heed, for the angels sakes.”

TYNDALE – 1534 “For this cause ought the woman to haue power on her heed, for the angels sakes:” CRANMER – 1539 “For this cause oght the woman to haue power on her head, for the Angels sakes.”

GENEVA – 1557 “(Therfore ought the vvoman to haue povver vpon her head for the Angels.)

RHEIMS –1582 “For this cause ought the woman to haue power on her head, because of the Angels.”

AUTHORISED – 1611 “For this [additional] cause ought the woman to have power over head [to unveil it] because of her angels [who always behold God’s face].”

(An Interpretation in brackets according to Katharine Bushnell - 1921) “For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.”

(Authorized Version – 19??)

“Therefore, in view of the angels, woman has to wear a symbol of subjection on her head.”

(A New Translation Of The Bible – James Moffatt – 1935) “This is why a woman ought to have on her head a symbol of subjection, because of the angels.”

(The New Testament In Modern Speech – Weymouth – 1938) “For this reason it is right for the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.”

(New Testament in Basic English – 1941) “For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.”

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of 1611, commonly known as the Authorized or King James version – 1946) “For this reason each woman ought to wear that symbol of his authority on her head, for fear of the eyes of the angels.”

(The Letters Of Saint Paul – Arthur S. Way – 1950) “That is why a woman ought to have a veil on her head, because of the angels.”

(Revised Standard Version – 1952) “For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.”

(King James – [unknown given as a gift] 1959) “and therefore it is a woman’s duty to have a sign of authority on her head, out of regard for the angels.”

(The New English Bible – New Testament – 1961) “And for that reason the woman ought to have authority over her head, for the angels sake.”

The New Testament translated by Ronald Knox – 1962) “And for that reason the woman ought to have authority over her head, for the angels sake.”

(Knox [John] Version – 1966) “So a woman should wear a covering on her head as a sign that she is under man’s authority, a fact for all the angels to notice and rejoice in.”

(The Living Bible – Paraphrased – 1971) “For this reason a woman ought to bear on her head an outward sign of man’s authority for all the angels to see.”

(The New Testament Modern English – J. B. Phillips – 1972) “This is the argument for women’s covering their heads with a symbol of the authority over them, out of respect for the angels.”

(The Jerusalem Bible – 1974) “On account of the angels, then, a woman should have a covering over her head to show that she is under her husband’s authority.”

(Good News Bible – 1976) “For this reason the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.”

(New Testament – The New King James Version – 1982) “For this reason, and because of the angels, the woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head.”(New International Version – 1984) “because of this, the woman ought to have authority on the head, 120

because of the angels.”

(The Interlinear Bible – Hebrew Greek English – 1986) “Therefore she should [be subject to his authority and should] have a covering on her head [as a token, a symbol, of her submission to authority, that she may show reverence as do] the angels [and not displease them].”

(The Amplified Bible – 1987) “And so, because of this, and also because of the angels, a woman ought to wear something on the head, as a sign of her authority.”

(New Testament in Contemporary English – revised Edition – 1995) “The reason a woman should show by veiling her head that she is under authority has to do with the angels.”

(Complete Jewish Bible – 1998) “Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.”

(New American Standard Bible – 1999) “Don’t you agree there is something naturally powerful in the symbolism – a woman, her beautiful hair reminiscent of angels, praying in adoration;” (The Message – 2003) “For this reason, and because the angels are watching, a woman should wear a covering on her head to show she is under authority.”

(New Living Translation – 2005) So, why mention the angels when Scripture reads we are not to have any worship or fellowship with them in any form?

Colossians 2:18 NASB “Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in selfabasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind,” Revelation 19:10 IL “And I fell before his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “Behold!

Stop! I am your fellow-slave, and of your brothers, having the testimony of Jesus. Worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

John 14:6 “Jesus said I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes 121

to the Father except through Me.” [I’ve added this scripture for we are not even to speak to dead Patriarchs, Mary or dead saints or people or archangels or angels, words in brackets here mine.]

Now, also why when the coming world is not put under angels?

Hebrews 2:5 NASB “For He did not subject to angels the world to come, concerning which we are speaking.”

Now neither is there any redemption in this world as angels do not have free will like us, they don’t experience Yahweh’s grace for forgiveness of sin.

Neither are they revealed in the carrying out of the preaching the Gospel.

Hebrew 2:16 “For assuredly He does not give help to angels, but He gives help to the descendant of Abraham.”

Why when we have no authority over them because when angels are commanded and loosed, they are commanded and loosed under the power and authority of the second Adam, through the work of The Holy Spirit. Not because of our free will or adoption or as children of God or descendants of Abraham, but under the power of the second Adam through The Spirit of Jesus Christ.

Matthew 12:28 “But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.”

Matthew 28:18 “And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.”

Acts 10:38 “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.”

2 Corinthians 10:4 “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds; Ephesians 6:10 “For the rest, my brothers, be made powerful in the Lord, and in the might of His strength.”

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1 Corinthians 12:11 IL “But the one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing separately to each as He wills.” (I know this applies to gifts of The Holy Spirit, however the same principle applies to loosing angels, it is as He wills, as He The Holy Ghost wills to loose whatever angels for whatever purpose – words in brackets here mine.)

Luke 10:19 KJ “Behold, I give [I give is the operative word - then and there, at the right time, just when you need it, the strategic plan when you submit to God first to resist. In other words what strategy I give, where needed, how to and when too, not you. And when you ask or I impress on your spirit I will you to warfare, I’ll give you the power – let me ‘the power’ do the binding and the loosing, let me ‘the power’ do the warfaring for you, it’s my function as the Holy Spirit, I am the power and the authority.

Jesus the Son of God cast out demons by the Holy Ghost, not by Himself being Jesus, I have written in The Word the correct instructions on how to warfare against demons, powers and principalities and wickedness in high place, Jesus abided by these, He healed in the power of the Holy Ghost, He cast out demons in the power of The Holy Ghost, He is the finger of God, the Kingdom of God has come upon you when spirits are cast out by The Holy Ghost - The Lord thy God is one God. Words in brackets here mine] unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.”

(The operative word here to see is; I give you. I give you the Holy Ghost strategy, praying in The Spirit - the Holy Ghost breath and the Holy Ghost utterance in your native language or in His language of choice to tread on, or the Holy Ghost moving you along impressing on your spirit for you to speak. The same principle applies with loosing Holy angels, they are loosed by The Holy Spirit as He wills to loose them not as we will because we are children of God, so then submit to God for the anointing to loose – words in brackets here mine.)

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follow and obey the voice of the Second Adam through the ministry of The Holy Spirit. However they do act according to answered prayer that we request when we pray to The Father through The Son, Jesus Christ. We know that all prayer does not have to go before the courts of The Lord in heaven. God The Holy Spirit has authority to answer our prayers instantly. Therefore the angels over the church service and those over us in the church service act accordingly as women pray or prophesies or overall as anyone prophesies and to add prays their personal requests to The Father.

Psalms 103:20 “Bless the LORD, you His angels, mighty in strength, who perform His word, obeying the voice of His word!

Now also consider we are positioned a little lower than angels in created order. To mention here when those in the Word were given commands by an angel to do something they obeyed. Recall their commands to us come from God Himself – The Lord Thy God is One God. Hebrews 2:6-7, 9 IL “but one fully testified some-here, saying, “What is man, that Your are mindful of him; or the son of man, that You look upon him? 7. You made him a little less than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor; and You set him over the works of Your hands; 9. but we do see Jesus crowned with glory and honor, who on account of the suffering of death was made a little less than the angels, so that by the grace of God He might taste of death for every son.”

Acts 7:53 “who received the Law by the disposition of angels, and did not keep it.”

Galatians 3:19 “Why, then, the Law? It was added because of transgressions, until the Seed should come, to whom it had been promised, being ordained through angels in a mediator’s hand.”

Daniel 8:15-17 “And it happened when I, Daniel, had seen the vision, then I sought meaning. And, behold, the form of a man stood before me. 16. And I heard a man’s voice between the banks of Ulai, and he called and said, Gabriel, make this one understand the vision. 17. And he came beside my place. And when he came, I feared and fell on my face. But he said to me, O son of man, understand; for the vision is for the time 124

of the end.

Daniel 10:12-13 “And he said to me, do not fear, Daniel. For from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. And I have come because of your words.

13. But the king of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days. But, lo, Michael, one of the first rulers, came to help me. And I stayed there with the kings of Persia.�

So what do the angels of the Living God’s have to do with women praying to God, when they are not any of our personal business? Created order.

What does women being under a headship of a husband got to do with the angels? Created order they are higher than man and women.

What does women being the glory of man has to do with angels? Created order man was created after angels then woman.

What does woman of the man have to do with angels? Created order angels were created then man then woman.

What does woman created through man have to do with angels? Created order.

What does woman having the authority of a headship of husband over her have to do with angels? Created order.

And what does women having hair longer than man got to do with the angels? Created order and obedience to created order.

Or what does women having a covering of long hair got to do with the angels? Created order and obedience to created order.

What does a Jewess married woman wearing a head covering have to do with angels? Created order.

What business is all this to the angels of The Living God? They are higher in created order and be aware we are in their presence and when we disobey law this gives fallen angels rites of passage in our lives.

We know our business is The Father, Son and Holy Spirit and each other as the body, not fellowshipping or praying to angels. So why do we have to pray to God as if we are living before angels when they are none of our business, when they are fellow servants commanded by God and we do not live for angels but live for The Father, Son and The Holy Spirit as One God. Exactly that, they are in His Kingdom as much as we are and who serve in the unseen/spiritual.

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So why when we pray we pray to God not angels, and when we prophesy we prophesy under direct inspiration or utterance of The Holy Spirit of God have to do with angels? Everything as they take the command of The Holy Spirit and follow them through and they protect us from the fallen angels’ attacks when we are in obedience with our head covered by long hair for woman and short hair for man.

Do we have to be concerned about Yahweh’s Holy angels when we pray or prophesy before Him? Seems so. Do we have to be concerned about Yahweh’s Holy angels to wear our hair long before them? Seems so. Do we have to be concerned about Yahweh’s Holy angels if we have an authority of a headship of a husband and being the glory of man and being of the man and being created through the man? Seems so. Does a married Jewess woman have to be concerned about Yahweh’s Holy angels to wear a head covering when it was a Jewish custom? Seems Yahweh will bless this symbolism and oral law, seems so.

We know when there are gaps in revelation to understand truths the process of logic does not totally or truthfully answer any question. For spiritual truths are spiritually discerned, the revelation comes from the Holy Spirit. But given there are so many interpretations on “because of the angles” I am led to go through these processes for teaching purposes before I come to the revelation.

I have pleaded of late, “why don’t you just give me the revelation; I am frustrated by logical deduction and subjective opinion. I can go back to this process.” But no, His will is this way to teach this and me and is how I’m to be taught here to teach others.

Now let’s consider angels, their mention of ministry in the Kingdom of God and the way they themselves command people of God. We see after the resurrection they witnessed that Jesus had risen from the dead.

Matthew 28:2-7 “Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the grave. 2. And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it. 3. And his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. 4. The guards shook for fear of him and became like dead men. 5. The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified. 6. He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, 126

see the place where He was lying. 7. Go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold, He is going ahead of you into Galilee, there you will see Him; behold, I have told you.”

Angels spoke to the disciples about the ascension of the resurrected Jesus from the Mount of Olives to heaven and of His return. They opened the gates of a prison and gave Peter a command to go and speak. And Peter knew it was The Lord who had sent him an angel to escape out of prison.

Acts 1:10-11 “And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, behold, tow men in white clothing stood beside them. 11. They also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”

Acts 5:19-20 “But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the gates of the prison, and taking them out he said, 20. “Go, stand and speak to the people in the temple the whole message of this Life.”

Acts 12:7-11 “And behold, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter’s side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And his chains fell off his hands. 8. And the angel said to him. “Gird yourself and put on your sandals.” And he did so.

And he said to him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.” 9.

And he went out and continued to follow, and he did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. 10. When they had passed the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened for them by itself; and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel departed from him. 11. When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent forth His angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”

An angel told Philip to go and speak to the Ethiopian eunuch.

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south to the road that descends from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a desert road, words in brackets here mine.)

An angel told Cornelios in a vision that Yahweh had heard his prayers and that He was to bring Peter from Joppa who would tell him about God Acts 10:3-6 “About the ninth hour of the day he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God who had just come in and said to him, “Cornelius!”

Paul was told by an angel not to fear Caesar and he would be safe.

Acts 27:23-24 “For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood before me, 24. saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted you all those who are sailing with you.’

In Revelation we read of our names being confessed in front of angels if we overcome to inherit eternal life.

Revelation 3:5 “He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.”

John saw myriads of myriads of angels around the throne.

Revelation 5:11 “Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands.”

Also, some have entertained angels without knowing it.

Hebrews 13:2 “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it.”

Now we know angels are messengers of Yahweh and His Holy angels do not indwell us, the Holy Spirit does. Again, we cannot call them, command them at our will because we are ‘in Christ’ or can we speak or pray to them, that’s Jesus’ business as the second Adam although at times we are the vessels He uses to speak to them to give them commands. However, they are an operative part of the Kingdom we belong in and sever in.

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Again, The Holy Spirit praying through us in our own native language or in His choice of certain language/tongue, He does command them, loose them or permit them, give them ministry and, works.

Also as a result of our petitions in prayers to Jesus and His willed prayers He impresses upon our spirit we speaking to command them to do works we then loose angels. But they are always loosed in accordance with Scripture, the righteous instructions on how to loose, according to His Word.

If you are concerned about the words bind and loose and believe they have nothing to do with demonic warfare, recall Psalms 149:8-9: “to bind their kings [demons/spirits – words in brackets here mine] with chains and their nobles [underlings of the kings – words in brackets here mine] with iron bands; 9. to execute on them the judgment written; [the angels are loosed who watch over His Word to perform it, doing His word; listening to the voice of His word Psalms 103:20 [to execute the judgments of the Word – words in brackets here mine] this is an honor for all His saints, Praise Jehovah!”

Ephesians 6:18 “With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,” 1 Corinthians 14:39 “Therefore, my brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak in tongues.”

1 Corinthians 12:7-10 “But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8. For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit 9. to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10. and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.”

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Luke 15:10 “In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

1 Corinthians 4:9 “For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.”

Ephesians 3:10 “so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places.”

1 Timothy 5:21 “I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of His chosen angels, to maintain these principles –without bias, doing nothing in a spirit of partiality.”

Matthew 18:10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in Heaven continually look on the face of My father in Heaven.”

Now let’s consider angels are in the presence of God around the throne, these type only are covered with wings.

Isaiah 6:2 “Above it stood the seraphs. Each one had six wings; with two he covered his face; and with two he covered his feet; and with two he flew.

Therefore we are aware that angels are in our presence in the spiritual and at times in the natural. Also, angels behold and live in the presence of God as the One God – Father, Son and Spirit, and are present in worship services, and they have different functions. Also they are in the order of creation before us then man was created first then woman from man. Also they protect us according to Scripture and our obedience to Scripture.

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they were of the things that happened at creation. In the first creation, they saw that woman usurped the place of headship over the man. She made the decision that Adam should have made, As a result of this, sin entered the human race with its unspeakable aftermath of misery and woe. God does not want what happened in the first creation to be repeated in the new creation. [We don’t have to worry about this Jesus is the Second Adam, with all authority being His now not ours.

And now in Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

Also the writer implies the curse on Eve continues, “… he shall Rule over you.” when “it is finished” - words in italics her mine] When the angels look down upon the church. He wants them to see the woman acting in subjection to the man, and indicating this outwardly by a covering on her head.

This writer continues to say “We might pause here to state that the head covering is simply an outward sign and it is only of value when it is the outward sign of an inward grace. In other words, a woman might have a covering on her head and yet not truly be in subjection to her husband. In such a case, to wear a head-covering would be of no value at all. The most important thing is to be sure that the heart is truly subordinate; then a covering on a woman’s head becomes truly meaningful.” 1. [MacDonald, 75:1971] I disagree with this view of inward heart is what Yahweh and Yeshua look upon rather than the fabric covering because long hair is given here as a law as it denotes covering and submission to God, source, male and under the authority of angels. It is a step and outward sign of obedience, even if the heart is not in submission, Jesus will continue to counsel and sanctify her in matters of the heart.

Now consider this, angels hold creation and positional authority in the order of God’s creation. We hold positional authority unlike the angels; they work out of their own will via designated thrones and dominions, in name title and rank and also are under command of the authority of The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit’s. (Hebrews 1:4-10) For us power and authority is not of our own as sons or daughters of Yahweh, but through the direct instrumental work of The Spirit of Christ Jesus, The Head of The Body only we can request matters in prayer, but God in three persons have the authority to answer according to their will and the truths of The Word.

However we do have authority like them by name title and rank as in Apostle, Prophetess, Teacher, Pastor, Intercessor, Husband and as male and female and so on, but remember we are supposed to be walking in The Spirit as partners with Him as we are instrumental in these offices so we do not abuse positional power, again, we are to operate in these roles of positional power.

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command. Therefore we can see them as higher authority than ourselves, no matter what our title or gender is we will have to submit to their authority and commands in New Testament living. (Hebrew 2:7-9; Psalms 8:4-6) Remember when at the Temple Zechariah disbelieved the words of Gabriel the angel who was sent and who stands in the presence of Yahweh. Gabriel within his rank commanded Zechariah that he would be silent: “because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their proper time.”

Luke 1:19-20 Colossians 1:16 “For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities-all things have been created through Him and for Him.” 1 Peter 3:22 IL “who going into Heaven is at the right hand of God, the angels, and authorities, and powers being subjected to Him.” Ephesians 1:21 “far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.”

So, we see they are servants like us, but higher than us, even higher than the title of Apostle Prophet Teacher Pastor male or female. They have appeared to men and women and have commanded men and women to do thus and so even after the resurrection of Christ Jesus. Also, they can judge men and women out of their authority, and they are always in our presence. but recall we do not have to live our lives in worship to them or fellowship with them or pray to them.

Therefore because of the angels is part of Paul’s justification or midrash to prove praying and prophesying under headship using created order and gender difference in submission to created order, long hair covering the head for woman reveals that order and submission to that order: The Father is the head of Christ, Christ is the head of man and man is the head of woman and both men and women have created order just like angels and angels are higher than men and women and man is to look like a male he is the glory of Jesus and woman is to look like a female for she is of the man and is the glory of man so let her hair be long.

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of darkness.

But first let’s view Katherine Bushnell she believes the interpretation has to do with what Jesus said: Matthew 18:10 IL “See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in Heaven.”

She writes the scripture implies the angels stand unveiled before the face of The Father who is in Heaven. We know they stand before The Holy Spirit in this third heaven unveiled. Therefore she believes so why does woman have to veil or cover her head. Shouldn’t she have power over her own head, to make such a decision herself? Ought she not have power over her own head to make the decision to cover or not to cover her head? No because long hair is to be a covering, biblical law; and Paul is allowing women to wear or not wear a fabric head covering according to custom but still remain covered with long hair, that would be past your neck covering skin.

I guess what she is saying is, after all the angels who are higher than us do not veil before God in heaven and on earth, and they see God’s face unveiled, uncovered, then why should women have to cover her head because the angels don’t have to.

Bushnell paraphrases it this way: “For this [additional] cause ought the woman to have authority over head [to unveil it] because of her angels [who always behold God’s face]. 2. [Bushnell 2003:99] Bushnell also writes this about verse ten (10): “Now please note, first of all, that at verse 10, first clause, Dr Weymouth substitutes something totally different from what the text says. The text reads, “ought to have power,” while Dr Weymouth, following the usual interpretation, says, “ought to have … a symbol of subjection.” The original word for “power” here, is exousia, meaning authority, right; the same word for “power,” and preposition for on, epi, (often translated “over”), with the same construction, will be found in many places,- for instance, Rev. 11:6, “They have power over waters to turn them to blood.” And likewise in Matthew, Mark, and Luke, in the sentence, “The Son of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins.” Furthermore, the original text here has never been called into question; the reading is as simple as it could possibly be, “The woman ought to have power over [rendered “on” in the English Versions] her head.” No scholar questions this.” [Bushnell was a scholar of Hebrew and Greek, studied the Bible in its original language in order to determine the biblical status 133

of women – words in italics here mine] 3. [Bushnell 2003:100] Bushnell believes that a woman has a right has the power as in has her own power over her own head to wear or not wear a head covering or to have short or long hair in New Testament Covenant.

1 Corinthians 2:14 IL “But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is not able to know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”

Dr David H Stern in his commentary of his “Jewish New Testament” has the opposite opinion, he does not even consider Matthew 18:10 “… for I tell you that their angels in Heaven continually look on the face of My Father in Heaven.” He interprets the angels this way: “A difficult verse, perhaps to be understood from Isaiah 6:2, where the angels cover themselves in the presence of a higher authority, God; or perhaps that even if a woman cares little about shocking men, she should care about shocking the angels, who are present at public worship.” 4. [Stern 457:1989] His interpretation of Matthew 18:10 is; “The imagery recalls Oriental court ceremony. The verse does not say that each believer has a guardian angel, but that recent believers as a group have angels in heaven.” 5. [Stern 56:1989] Why then are these angels of the children not covered with wings over their face and feet who look on the face of The Father in heaven?

Now we see firsthand different interpretations of different people that differ at opposite ends of the spectrum! One is a Dr David Stern a Messianic Jewish man living in Jerusalem who translated Complete Jewish Bible and his Jewish New Testament Commentary. The other is a Gentile woman, Katharine C. Bushnell a scholar of Hebrew and Greek, whose book came forth from a lifetime of working for social reform on behalf of women disputing veils and headdress/fabric as covering. She studied the Greek and Hebrew to ascertain women’s Biblical positions within the Church.

Consider again if woman is to wear a head covering over her head because the angels in heaven cover their face before God, why are those angels of the little children not covered? So therefore woman does not have cover because angels cover as angels do not all cover.

Because, in the following verses angels are not covered with fabric or a veil, it is only the seraphs, and it is their wings anyway. As mentioned women are 134

to have it their hair as a sign and a symbol of authority power over their heads and created order and to differentiate gender as it is a law, and law that woman’s head is to be covered with long hair being the covering when praying and prophesying.

Isaiah 6:2 IL “Above it stood the seraphs. Each one had six wings; with two he covered his face; and with two he covered his feet; and with two he flew.” [Note “he covered his face;” “he covered his feet;” [Emphasis in brackets] Further we also know the sons of God came before God in the Old Testament, they would have consisted of all the different types of angels, those who had different functions. Again not covering their heads or faces and at that time Christ had not reconciled heaven to stop Satan appearing as an angel of light before God or the other fallen angels including the Jezebel female/fallen angels, the goddess deities and spirits of today, in other words female type spirits/fallen angels.

Jeremiah 7:18 “The sons gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me.” Revelation1 7:1-3 “And one of the seven angels having the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying to me, Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot sitting on the many waters, 2. with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the ones inhabiting the earth became drunk from the wine of her fornication. 3. And he carried me away into a desert, by the Spirit. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, filled with names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.”

As there are fallen female angels, there would be Holy angels of female appearance. To add, it was the ones that had sex with the daughters of men that were chained until the Day of Judgment not all the one third of the stars (angels) that fell from heaven.

1 Kings 22:19 “And he said, Therefore, hear the word of Jehovah; I saw Jehovah sitting on His throne, and all the hosts of Heaven were standing by Him, on His right and on His left.”

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Now the four creatures around the throne are not spoken of as angels, but living creatures, which have six wings like the seraphs. However they are full of eyes and their faces are seen in this description. It could be said they may have to cover their faces with their wings like the seraphs.

Revelation 4:6-8 “and a glassy sea before the throne, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne and around the throne were four living creatures, full of eyes before and behind. 7. and the first living creature was like a lion; and the second living creature like a calf; and the third living creature have a face like a man; and the fourth living creature like an eagle flying. 8. And the four living creatures each one had six wings around, and within being full of eyes. And they had no rest, day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, the One who was, and is, and is coming!”

Now lets consider this thought: as husband is the head of the wife (3), it stands to reason that why shouldn’t she have authority over her head as in her husband as he is given the scriptural headship (Ephesians 5:2-23, 1 Corinthians 14:24; Colossians 3:18; 1 Timothy 2:11; Titus 2:5; 1 Peter 3:1-7). Too many scriptures say this for it not to be truth.

Now lets look at the wording of the portion of verse 10 mentioned prior; “because of this” – “the woman ought to have authority on the head,” these reasons reflecting because of; the husband is the image and glory of God (7), man is not of the woman, woman is of the man (8), woman was created through the man (9) therefore, because of all this ought she not have authority/power over her head as in he is to have the authority/power over her head as he has been given divine order and more positional authority/power as head than the wife as verse three implies husband is head of wife or as written “I would have you know Christ is head of man, man is head of woman and God is head of man.” And let it all be wrapped up in a bow with her showing this by her length of hair to be long.

If we read over the verses from one to sixteen keeping in mind Jewish cultural tradition was for woman to wear headdress symbolizing her husbands headship and also Paul is using this to teach biblical headship (v3 and Ephesians 5:23) of a husband it applies (4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 15) it fits within the whole contextual view in the natural and in the spiritual of the relationship order that governs the relationship of genders and marriage and those in the spiritual with reference to angels their work in prayers and prophesying and their created order and their source is of Yahweh and they are higher than us and are operative in our services and carry forth prayers prophecy to us and from us to the throne(s).

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Yahweh has mentioned six times the relationship of a wife to a husband and including 1 Corinthians 11:1-16 this makes it seven. This one has to acknowledge that He is speaking loud and clear. Therefore it would be studied ignorance and negligence and feminine sexist bias to ignore such ordinances of The Word of woman having power/authority over her head and her displaying her created order and her submission to head and Head by having long hair.

Recall husband’s prayers are hindered and not heard if he does not come under Christ’s headship in obedience to his role as the head of wife (1 Peter 3:7).

Further angels serve to bring prayers to the throne room they bring prayer and prophecy from the throne room and they act accordingly to His Word to perform it according to prayer and prophecy spoken forth. (Matthew 1:20, Luke 1:11, 2:9-10; Acts 10:3-4; Revelation 1:1, 5:8, 8:3-4) Now consider another view held by some. Head covering of fabric to fallen angels meant they were under their husband’s headship so they could not touch these women. However demons and or fallen angels can only have sex with us females if we submit to them. Only by doing this would it give them authority to do so. Otherwise we are in Blood Covenant, brought with a price, head-covering or no head-covering fabric or hair they have no legal right to just take redeemed women at their will for sex or perverse acts.

To add demon spirits can and do manifest against any gender when they have legal rights, husband or no husband as head unless they are daily forbidden to operate whilst one continues to seek discernment as to what demonic is in ones life and the process of sanctification of sin structures that have given demons open doors and to add any judgments from Yeshua – The Word.

Therefore we can cancel out that is the reason why women are to be veiled/covered with fabric when praying and prophesying in public to show they are taken and or under the divine order of male/husband/first Adam and husband’s headship and the demons cannot attack, cannot touch. Redeemed women belong to Christ Jesus who purchased them with His Blood; therefore fallen angels cannot touch and or take woman for sexual exploits if they will or when they like especially if she has short or shawn head or if she does not have the cultural headdress on.

We can also cancel out being concerned about looking lusty in church meeting before fallen angels, as this is the Holy Spirit’s role to bring conviction and the Holy Angels business to protect us under blood covenant from the fallen angels. Logically also uncircumcised Philistines in the world [those who are not in Covenant] do not stop lusting over us women because Holy Angels are around us no matter how we are dressed. So this analogy does not fit either and there are 137

men and women in the house of God who are bonded to the iniquity of sexual perversion and lust with sex on their minds eight hours a day because of a carnal walk and spiritual sexual stronghold.

Consider Bushnell’s thought of the word ought. It is written various times in the above translations. The word ought to be the pivotal word. Ought - she has a right, ought - not she has her own authority to not cover her head, ought - by the woman’s own choice not wear a head covering.

But ought won’t work because wife is under created biblical order and a Biblical headship of husband and of Jewish custom then a husband requires wife to be covered according to Jewish tradition because it is a shame to him as her head as if she had shaved or shorn hair, she covers.

But if we read it ought the woman have authority or power/a headship of a husband over her own head - spiritually metaphorically a head this would apply. Ought the woman have a headship over her head because she is the glory of man (v7), she is of man (v8), created through the man (v9), so because of this ought she have authority over her head if married - her husband (v10), and or be under a headship of her husband – and she is under created order of man. This also applies to the firstborn principle of man created before female.

Now let’s consider this, recall in verse 4 the male Jew having anything over his head would dishonor Christ the Messiah, his Head. Now in the next verse it is the same if she does not have anything over her head (ns) she dishonors her head (nv) = Christ her Head and her husband her head, and her own head? Curse of dishonour three-fold if she wilfully refuses to submit to these truths.

Now in different versions head for woman is not written the same as his head, but in the Greek head is supposed to be spelt with a Capital H in both cases. “… shames his Head.” (4) (nv) “… shames her Head;” (5) (nv) To elaborate, head in the Greek in this verse is spelt two different ways; therefore it would have to have two different meanings. The first mention in the Greek ends with an ns with like a moon stroke over the n, this = head with nose, ears, eyes and mouth.

The next spelling ends with nv with like a stroke to the left over the n = Head as in – Christ. However, the Interlinear with Strong’s concordance references them both the same number 2776 – kephale – fig. – head, but they are spelt different therefore having different meanings. 4. [Strongs] The Interlinear has rendered shames the Head of him and for woman 138

shames the head of herself however both words for head are spelt exactly the same.

This translation writes Every man praying or prophesying, having anything down over his head shames his Head. 5. and every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered shames her head; for it is the same as being shaved.”

The broken English translation under the Greek reads as follows; “Everyman praying or prophesying down over (his) head [ns slash over n in the other Greek version 1380-1611 it is ns with moon stroke over the n] having, shames the Head [nv with small stroke like ‘ backwards over the n- other version nv with small stroke like ‘backwards over the n - words in brackets here mine] of him. Every But woman praying or prophesying uncovered with the head [n slash over n length ways other version is n with moon stroke over the n – words in brackets here mine], shames the head [nv with small stroke like ‘ backwards over the n, other version is nv with small stroke like ‘ backwards over the n – words in brackets here mine] of herself, one for it is and the same with being shaved. If For not is covered a woman, also let her be shorn, if But shameful for a woman to be shorn or to be shaved, let her be covered, a man indeed For not ought to be covered the head, (the) image and glory of God being, the woman But glory of a man is, not For is man of woman, but woman of man; also for not was created man because of the woman, but woman because of the man. Therefore ought the woman authority to have on the head because of the angels.”

But again this word head in the Greek is spelt two different ways, so we have to conclude it implies two different meanings for head. The other Greek I have that is above the versions of Wiclif 1380 AD to Authorised 1611 AD is spelt the two different ways as the Interlinear is (1986 AD) that is Strong’s concordance.

I searched throughout the Interlinear at other Greek spelling for head with both nose and ears and Christ is the head, they are all referenced to Strong’s 2776 – kephale 6. [Strong 1980:55] head with nose, eyes and ears except the spelling differs for Ephesians 5:23; “ because a husband is head (n with small stroke like ‘ but backwards over n) of the wife, as also Christ is Head (n with small stroke like ‘ but backwards over n) of the church, …” both these spellings in the Greek leave off the v and the s in both my Greek versions but both versions have the 139

stroke to the left over the n.

Now we know Head meaning Christ is different to head meaning on shoulders with eyes, nose and ears in the natural. But we also know that besides heads natural significance it has a metaphorically implication of the authority or direction of Christ.

Now given there are two different spellings we can conclude one refers to the natural head and the other to our Spiritual Head, but both implying a metaphorical implication of the natural head. This verse four writes “Every man praying or prophesying, having anything down over his head (ns) shames his Head (nv).’ “And every woman praying or prophesying with the head (n) uncovered shames her head (nv);” I don’t understand the spelling difference of his head as opposed to her head for they render male head with (ns) and female (nv). Maybe you as a reader understand the Greek language as it writes!

However, in conclusion I can only go by the spelling of the Greek that verse four implies two different heads, one head with eyes and ears and two head meaning Christ with a metaphorical implication of a natural head because of the two different spellings.

Now what can be said about Ephesians 5:23, they definitely have the metaphorically meaning Head as in Christ is Head of the Church. Even though they both words head leave off the s and v in the Greek, but they both have the stroke to the left over the n, therefore both imply Head as in Christ as in what is written in verse 4; “... shames his Head.”)

Now the Greek for both verses shames his and her head to me implies Christ - Head. So along Bushnell’s lines why should woman cover her head given she too is under The Blood Covenant with Christ her Head as much as Christ is his Head. She believes as Jesus is man’s Head and men must unveil/uncover their head because Jesus is their Head, so in the same sense Jesus is woman’s Head so why should she not be able to uncover unveil her head. But the scripture writes if she remains unveiled/uncovered she will dishonour Him her Head and husband and or male as head and her own image as woman which is the opposite of Bushnell’s uncovering.

So how can verse ten (10) means she is given the authority and or power over her headdress to take it off from her oral law traditionally bound Jewish males because “she ought to have power over her head because man is given power over his head before Christ” when Paul addresses a Jewish tradition in verse 2. However he does reveal it as law for those who do not adhere to Jewish customs but as a law for a woman’s hair that is to be long and is given to her for 140

a covering (15) replacing the fabric headdress. So she has the choice anyway, but because the essence is obedience to headship she keeps tradition in her custom for they have no other custom (16).

This only works in the sense of changing the topic at verse 10 and then verse 11 to 16 would have to agree with verse 10 giving her, her own say even though husband is her head and wills for her to keep it on as it is Jewish tradition so he being head she is to come under submission to husband especially in Jewish community cultural tradition is upheld.

Christ being a greater Head would have to allow wife the choice to cover or not cover with either head-dress; He does through Paul in verse 15 as written hair is given to her as a covering (15) to imply down over the head as a fabric headdress would have. So when the rubber hit the road she could argue this with husband and be free not to wear headdress but her hair would have to be long and she would have to know her long hair is a covering. However as husband is head she may be best to continue to wear fabric as custom and submission to him, wives obey husbands and let The spirit of Yeshua brings their hearts into counsel and what would be best for their house.

Because headship is the main contextual view, fabric symbolizing under headship, long hair under created order and long hair under marriage order and as the biblical covering to symbolize both created order/origin and source and headship God a hair covering is necessary.

Now let’s consider Vines Complete Expository Dictionary Of Old and New Testament Words that writes the following; “As to 1 Corinthians 11:10, taken in connection with the context, the word “authority” probably stands, by metonymy, for a sign of authority (RV), the angels being witnesses of the preeminent relationship as established by God in the creation of man as just mentioned, with the spiritual significance regarding the position of Christ in relation to the Church;” 7. [Vines 1996:46] I agree the Vines Dictionary application can apply, they conclude her position is under authority of created order of head being firstborn males and headship of husband to reveal the created order of angels who are also created above the headship of males and are also under authority of a Headship - Christ their Head. This is the answer to “because of the angels.” Therefore women, when praying and prophesying cover your head with long hair going over the ears and neck.

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under direction of Christ or God Christ’s Head.

Christ being the Head of all things created, whether they are thrones or dominions of angels (Colossians 1:16-18) or the order of husband over wife or created order of male firstborn/head over female; Christ has Headship and authority as firstborn as established by God His Head over the created angels, man and women, husband and wife (1 Corinthians 11:3). So yes we can see angels have created order and headship over man and woman.

There is so much in these verses. So now let’s consider the following spiritual implication of “because of the angels” implying the rebellion of angels and their judgment. Metaphorically speaking “because of the angels” woman will also receive the same judgment the angels who rebelled against submission to their divine order they were given judgment of eternal fire. If they rebel against a churches headship, start their own church out of rebellion or feminist wounds of the heart; or they rebel against husband’s headship; or will not receive the divine order of firstborn male a head then female next in created order they too will be appointed a place in hell for rebelling like the angels.

Let’s read what happened to the angels when they rebelled against the laws of Yahweh, when they rebelled against His Headship.

2 Peter 2:4 IL “For if God did not spare sinning angels, but delivered them to chains of darkness, thrust down into Tartarus, having been kept to judgment;” Matthew 25:41 “Then He will also say to those on His left, Go away from Me, cursed ones, into the everlasting fire having been prepared for the Devil and his angels.”

Now let’s consider rebellion again, let’s look at what happens to us when after a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ we rebel against the laws of Yahweh.

2 Peter 2:9-15; 20-22 “But the Lord knows to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unjust for a day of judgment, being punished, 10. and most of all those going after flesh in the lust of defilement, and despising rulership, darers, self-satisfied; they do not tremble at glories, speaking evil; 11. where angels being greater in strength and power do not bring against them a reproaching charge before the Lord, 12.

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capture and corruption, speaking evil in that of which they are ignorant, they shall utterly perish in their corruption, 13. being about to receive the wages of unrighteousness, having deemed indulgence in the day to be pleasure; reveling in spots and blemishes, feasting along with you in their deceits; 14. having eyes full of an adulteress, and never ceasing from sin; alluring unsettled souls; having a heart busied with covetousness; cursed children; 15. forsaking a straight path, they went astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness.

“For if by a full knowledge of the Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, they have escaped the defilements of the world, and again being entangled they have been overcome by these, then their last things are worse than the first. 21. for it was better for them not to have fully known the way of righteousness, than fully knowing to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22. But the word of the true proverb has happened to them: The dog turning his own vomit; also The washed sow to wallowing in mud.”

Luke 13:24-28 “Labor to enter in through the narrow gate; for I say to you that many will seek to enter in, and will not have strength. 25. From the time the Master of the house rises up, and He shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. And answering He will say to you, I do not know you. From where are you? 26. Then you will begin to say, We ate and drank before You, and You taught in our streets, 27. And He will say, I tell you, I do not know you, from where you are. Stand back from Me, all workers of unrighteousness. 28. there will be weeping and gnashing of the teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, but you being thrust outside.”

Matthew 7:21 IL “Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of Heaven, but the ones who do the will of My Father in Heaven. 22. Many will day to me Me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name do many works of power? 23. And then I will declare to them, I never knew you; depart from Me, those working lawlessness!

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“For if we are willfully sinning after receiving the full knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice concerning sins, 27. but a certain fearful expectation of judgment and zealous fire being about to consume the adversaries. 28. If anyone did not regard the Law of Moses, that one dies without pities on the word of two or three witnesses. 29. How much worse punishment do you think he will be thought worthy to receive having trampled on the Son of God, and having counted the blood of the covenant in which he was sanctified common, and having insulted the Spirit of grace? 30. For we know Him who has said, “Vengeance belongs to Me; I will repay, says the Lord.” And again, “The Lord will judge His people.” 31. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” Now in both cases rebellion carries the sentence of everlasting fire. Now is this what Paul is implying that if wife willingly does not cover her head whilst praying and prophesying either under Jewish cultural tradition of respect for husband; or if a woman or wife wilfully does not wear her long hair to reveal submission to order of creation or headship of Christ, male or husband; same for the gentile wife does not submit to her husband either in covering with long hair or in her heart she runs the risk of everlasting fire for she is rebelling against Yahweh’s order and her husband’s given order of headship and her genders order and her ministry order from Yahweh? Of course there is grace here and not everything of our behaviour is black and white - commit your ways to The Lord and He will direct your paths.

There are truths in this and it is a truth in these passages in the overall truth of not obeying Jesus’ Biblical commands as the following forms of rebellion within this truth reveals what will exempt you from Heavens gates.

Revelation 22:14-16 IL “Blessed are the ones doing His commands, that their authority will be over the tree of life, and by the gates they may enter into the city.

15. But outside are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone loving and making a lie. 16. I, Jesus, sent My angel to testify these things to you over the churches, I am the root and Offspring of David, the bright and morning Star.”

Will your rebellion of not wearing hair as your head covering jeopardize eternal life for you? Will the rebellion of not submitting to a Godly husband headship jeopardize eternal life for you as an un-submissive wife and a wife who won’t have her husband as her power/authority over her head or obey the accepted 144

cultural tradition? Jesus Christ is Lord in this Spiritual Authority it will be between you and Him. However the fallen angels will have access to you when praying and prophesying and in general as you have given a spirit and the link ups in the heavens a door of entrance.

If a woman wills to remain rebellious and have short or shaven hair or remains in rebellion to her husband’s Divine given headship; as wife remaining a usurper when she knows full well Yahweh has ordained the husband be the head, she is in rebellion to doing His commands. To which is the reference “because of the angels not having kept their fist place” under authority of Yahweh’s headship they were judged “into the everlasting fire having been prepared for the Devil and his angels.” (Matthew 25:41) She would be in idolatry to the kingdom of self and would be practicing iniquity and or bonded to several other iniquities by choice within her being a usurper, thus being lawless, thus not keeping His commands and His divine order of husband as head of the house.

Not to mention if she started up a church under her own authority or from hurts or gender being in lesbianism. Homosexuality is a transgression of several laws; she would indeed be going to everlasting fire. They serve Yahweh and Yeshua according to their own heart, their own will and ways, their own eyes their own soul (Deuteronomy 8:11; Numbers 15:39). They neither study to show themselves approved, for it can be proven that being in a homosexual marriage, either male or female is a transgression. Spiritual Order we are in is the Melchizedek, was not permitted in days of old and is not permitted in these days.

Practicing homosexuals cannot be kings and priests, they are called to work out their salvation with fear and trembling; thus in time they will renounce their sexuality, for we cannot retain an identity that is contrary to His Word.

I have written on homosexuality as a transgression and if you follow link https://issuu.com/kathleenmalligan Book 6 by Entering The Melchizedek Priesthood and Is My Salvation Real i have same sex attraction, both free downloads will give you enough teaching to prove the transgression.

As for going to hell as a wife not having hair down over the head, longer than the husband, no, even though it is now a biblical law. It is dishonourable as it is considered a shame to be shorn or shaved and or have short hair like men.

“You judge for yourselves is it fitting for a woman to pray to God uncovered/short hair … But if a woman should adorn the hair, it is a glory to her; because the long hair has been given to her as a covering...”

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the genders and hair is given for women to wear long and as a covering and a glory and is also symbolic of being under a covering of the headship of a husband and acceptance of the order of male as firstborn; and under Yeshua the Head over the Church she is to aspire to have and keep her hair long.

We know as it is written in Galatians 5:19-21; “Now the works of the flesh are clearly revealed, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lustfulness, 20. idolatry, sorcery, hatreds fighting’s, jealousies, angers, rivalries, divisions, heresies, 21. envyings, murders, drunkennesses, wild parties, and things like these; of which I tell you beforehand, as I also said before, that the ones practicing such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.” These will not inherit eternal life. So if the wife chooses to go to her deathbed so to speak in disobedience to coming under her husband’s headship despising headship, she will be jeopardizing her eternal life with Jesus “the ones practicing such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.” She would be under the works of the flesh of idolatry, hatreds, fighting’s, jealousies, angers, rivalries, divisions, envying’s of male headship and other things alike because she refuses to obey biblical order and biblical commands of submit to the husband, and give husband the headship and ignore source and origin and violating the divine ordinance of relationship between husband and wife.

But this judgment Christ alone can only exercise in His judgment; He knows the heart, the brokenness, and the deep wounds all that need healings. If He does judge her she will be like the angels who left their first estate in refusing to be under Yahweh’s headship to receive the condemnation of the Devil and his angels.

Now consider again this context ought the woman have power/authority over her head or in other words come under her husband’s headship, because of what happened to the rebellious angels who would not remain under the headship of God, He judged them with everlasting fire.

“And those angels not having kept their first place, but having deserted their dwelling-place, He has kept in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of a great Day; 7. as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, in like manner to these, committing fornication, and going away after other 146

flesh, laid down an example be foretimes, undergoing vengeance of everlasting fire.

8. Likewise, indeed, also those dreaming ones even defile flesh, and despise rulership, and speak evil of glories …[take the time to read the rest of these verses to thirteen they imply not only to Israel but to us who allow ourselves to be taken captive to the lusts or works of the flesh, defiant rebellion and blatant lawlessness – workers or lawlessness, His judgment on angels will be the same for us, everlasting fire – words in brackets here mine.] 13… for whom blackness of darkness has been kept forever.”

Jude 6 “For if God did not spare sinning angels, but delivered them to chains of darkness, thrust down into Tartarus, having been kept to judgment;” 2 Peter 2:4 To clarify, this meaning to “because of the angels” this judgment would not apply to women who have sin structures that need to be demolished by The Holy Spirit because they have been wounded and maimed by fathers, brothers, male relations, other males and husbands.

He is not that cut and dry, He looks upon the heart and knows bonds of iniquity don’t come unbonded in a day, neither do the deep furrow of wounds of the soul heal over night.

Neither does knowledge of the truth just snap a woman out of her pain without the work of the Word and The Spirit together; as He heals, counsels, restores, changes the heart and equips her to come into divine order under a husband’s headship.

However, the interpretation of “because of the angels” is to be seen as a warning by considering “not all who say Lord, Lord will enter into eternal life” with Yeshua. Because the angels who did not keep their first place under Headship of Yahweh were judged with eternal flames.

Dick Mills in his book titled “How to Have a Happy Marriage” writes the following concerning “because of the angels.”

“The angels know only God’s law and order. The resentful, antagonistic, envious woman is in rebellion to the chain of command – she is out of harmony and is offending those good angels.

What happens when the woman refuses the chain of command by not submitting to the leadership of the man? Evil angels get through, and the woman gets seduced [not in the sexual sense, but open themselves up to devils – words in brackets here mine] by these evil spirits.”

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Many false cults were started by women. Often these women had a male antagonism. They made statements like these “Me submit to a man? Never! I can do what any man can do better, because I’m better than any man.” These women refused to accept the chain of command.

As one pastor told me. “All the problems I have seen in twenty-five years of ministry can be traced to one type of personality: the woman with male antagonism. She’s dominating, domineering, and overbearing. This type of woman will not submit to her husband. She holds her children in fear and terror.

She has never accepted the leadership of the pastor, contesting him on every poi0nt. She’s never really surrendered to Jesus.”

Paul said that one modern-day problem would be silly women. (2 Tim. 3:6) the woman who won’t accept the leadership of a husband as a priest in the Church is going to lay herself wide open to every kind of demonic manifestation.”

8. [Mills 1985:] I believe part of the answer to “because of the angels” is found in Jude 68 rebelling against all headship as angels are higher than us, they are in our midst and they protect us against evil angels and protect us and minister according to our obedience to the various headships as they watch over His Word to preform it and carry out His commands.

“And those angels not having kept their first place, but having deserted their dwelling-place, He has kept in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of a great Day;” Jude 6-8 These angels despised the rulership of Yahweh and deserted their dwelling place, likewise when women willfully will not come under the ordained order of husband’s headship and despise his position; despise rulership of created order and despise God’s ordained first choice of leadership of males in positions in Church structure they risk the judgment of eternal death without Jesus Christ.

Not that the women will be taken to Tartarus (2 Peter 2:4) but risk the same judgment as ungodly men for going after the ways of the ungodly or the ways of the flesh or after unrighteousness or corruption or indulging in the day of self pleasure (2 Peter 2:10-17).

Some writers believe angel means the overseer of the flock and or those under them, I don’t. And they believe a Jewish understanding of angel to be the administrator of the house church who was in charge of seeing everything went right at the meetings, human not angelic.

Recall the structure of the day in Corinth they met in house churches not in one or many church buildings. There were no Assembly Of God, Baptist, Lutheran or Anglican church buildings as we have today, they met in hundreds 148

of house churches throughout the city of Corinth.

It was not until 200 AD and the times of Constantine that church buildings were predominate. After Christ’s time in Jerusalem there were groups of followers of Jesus who called themselves “Kesherim, the blamelsess ones; Anawim, the humble; Hasidim, the pious, apparently the origin of many early followers of Christ. Documents also list Zenuim, the chase; Hashaim, the silent; Vatikim, firm-principled ones; Kadoshim, saintly ones; Bannaim, the builders of God’s reign; and Anshe Ma’sheh, doers of miracles.” 9. [Johnson 1991:14] This was the same structure all over Asia Minor, house churches in someone’s home not church buildings as we have today. In the early church no one walked into the house churches with a Bible like we have in their hands. The letters of Paul and other Apostles were written on parchments and predominately the overseer of that house church kept any of the letters sent and these were copies of original letters. To add if any mistake was made in coping from the original to be kept and also to be carried to the next house church they had to start coping again from the beginning.

The letters that were written to the angels of the seven churches in Asia in Revelation; “to the angel of the Ephesian church,” “to the angel of the church of Smyma,” “The angel of the church in Pergamos,” “to the angel of the church in Thyatira,” “to the angel of the church in Sadis,” “to the angel of the church of Laodicea, and Philadelphia was one of the seven. These letters or scriptures as we know them today were written as letters and carried by those traveling into Asia, there was no postal service. The original letters were sent from house church to house church, they were copied and then sent on to the next house church say in Ephesus, this was also the same in Smyma and the other cities of the seven churches in the province of Asia.

Now this was the same for Corinth, the letters to the Corinthians were sent from house church to house church. At each house church the letters were copied and sent on to the next, the original kept by say Chloe or whoever wrote out of concern to Paul and a copy she or they did or had someone do to be taken to the next house church in Corinth, and the letters were read at the meetings and expounded on.

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Chapter 9 1 Corinthians 11:11-12 “As far as the Lord is concerned, men and women need each other. 12.

It is true that the first woman came from a man, but all other men have been given birth by women. Yet God, is the one who created everything.”

The Interlinear Bible

11. Now I want you to understand neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man they were created for each other. In the Lord they are one in Him, women are restored to be partakers in the kingdom with the men, for all are flesh of His flesh and bone of His bone. They now have opportunity as Yeshua wills to minister as the men do, yet this differs in a matrimonial situation; and they will always be second born creatures.

12. For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things are of God as Creator, so all Ministry positions come from God as He wills. (Emphasis here mine)

Recall Phoebe, Chole, Priscilla, Lydia, Junia, Tryphena, Tryphosa, Persis, Nympha, Syntyche and Euodia were all women mentioned in The Bible having ministry positions and authority over men because of their ministry titles. All translations that you read below change. To date nowhere is there the original letters written by Paul. We only have manuscripts and fragments that are used to bring us the Bible we read to date.

As you read below you will see that “… translators change words, vocabulary and grammar according to their theology, gender, language, culture and to add ‘brokenness’ and ‘bias’. The bottom line is; word study is not fool proof; word study is not a fully accurate way in interpreting passages or contextual verses of a Chapter.” 1. [Malligan 2020:67] “The Bible is and does lay claim to be the very Words of God (Jeremiah 1:1-2; Hosea 1:1; 2 Timothy 3:16). Yet with the various versions and 150

translations how accurate is each Bible? How do present translations compare with the oldest fragments and manuscripts in the earth today? Our modern-day translation in this twenty-first century are corrupted and written to bring error.” 2.

[Malligan 2020:93] However we must believe, Yahweh has overseen the preservation of His Word regardless of omission or translations of translations. “Not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.”

(Matthew 5:18) “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, …” (2 Timothy 3:16) Therefore we can rest to know truth can be found to sanctify us by His Truth (John 17:17).

His breath of life, The Scriptures will continue to pass on that are true to the original words written. Faithful is Yahweh and Yeshua to give us His Breath of Life in written words. Regardless of the translation or what is said to be the Original Manuscripts we will and we can find the most accurate verse.

As we read, we trust He will enlighten what is most accurate so as to know the truth that will set us free to be all that He has purposed and willed for not only our individual lives but as a church body. Locally and globally and in the fullness of Him the Head of the Church His children.

Studies reveal it was 64 or 67 A.D when Paul the Apostle died. The following English Bibles for textual criticism are many years after the letters were circulated originally in Hebrew. Then into Aramaic and Greek and translated in Latin. “netheles nether the man is with out woman: nether the woman is with oute man in the lord 12 For whi as the woman is of man: so the man is bi the woman, but alle thingis ben of god.”

WICLIF - 1380 Neverthelesse, nether is the man with oute the woman nether the woman with out the man in the lorde. 12. For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man by the woman: but all is of God. TYNDALE – 1534 “Neuertheless nether is the man without ye woman, nether the woman without the ma in the LORDE. 12. For as the woman is of the man, euen so commeth the man also by the woman, but all of God.” COVERDALE 1535 “For thys cause ought pe woman to ahue poer on her heade, for pe aungels sakes. 11. Neuerthelesse, neyther is the man without the woma neyther the woman without the man in the Lorde. 12. For as pe woman 151

is of the man, euen so is the man by the woman: but al is of God.” MATTHEW - 1537 Neuerthelesse, nether is the man without the woman, nether the woman without the man in the Lorde. 12 For as the woman is of the man, enen so is the man by the woman: but all of God.” CRANMER – 1539 “Nevertheless, nether is the man without the woman, nether the woman without the man in the Lord. 12 For as the woman is of the man, euen so is the man by the woman: but all things are of God.” GENEVA – 1557 “for this cause ought the woman to haue power on her head, for the angels fakes, Neuertheicffe, neither is the man without the woman, neither woman without the man, in the LORDE. 12. For as the woman is of the man, euen so is the man by the woman, but all of God. BISHOPS 1568 “But yet neither the man vvithout the vvoman: nor the vvoman without the man, in our Lord. 12 For as the vvoman is of the man, so also the man by the vvoman: but al things of God.” RHEIMS – 1582 “Neuerthelesse, neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man in the Lord. 12 For as the woman is of the man: euen so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.” AUTHORISED – 1611 “Nevertheless, the man is not without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in our Lord. 12. For as the woman from the man, so the man is by the woman; and every thing is from God.” (James Murdock Translation of the Peshitta - 1905) “Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.” 12. For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but al things of God.” Authorized Version – 19?? [1768 John Wesley revised the Authorized Version with some 12 thousand changes “comes from the AV of 1611 King James”] “(Of course, in the Lord, woman does not exist apart from man, any more than man apart from woman; for as woman was made from man, so man is made from woman, while both, like all things, come from God.) A New Translation Of The Bible - James Moffatt –1935 152

“ ……. The New Testament In Modern Speech – Weymouth 1938 “But the woman is not separate from the man, and the man is not separate from the woman in the Lord.” 12. For as the woman is from the man, so the man is through the woman; but all things are from God.” New Testament In Basic English - 1941 “Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. 12. For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.” HOLMAN NEW SELF-PRONOUNCING EDITION – conformable to the edition of 1611, commonly known as the Authorized or King James version – [given as a gift in] 1946 “Still, it must always be remembered that, as woman has not life in our Lord to the exclusion of man, neither has man to the exclusion of woman. For, as woman originally derived her being from man, so does man still derive his through the instrumentality of the woman, and all derive from God.” The Letters Of Saint Paul – Arthur S. Way - 1950 “(Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man nor man of woman; 12. For as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And all thing are from God).

Revised Standard Version – 1952 “Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. 12. For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of “God.” King James – [given as a gift in] 1959 “And yet, in Christ’s fellowship woman is as essential to man as man to woman. 12. If woman was made out of man, it is through woman that man now comes to be; and God is the source of all.”

The New English Bible - New Testament - 1961 “(Not that, in the Lord’s service, man has his place apart from woman, or woman hers apart from man; if woman takes her origin from man, man equally comes to birth through woman. And indeed all things have their origin in God.) The New Testament translated by Ronald Knox - 1962 (Not that, in the Lord’s service, man has his place apart from woman, or woman hers apart from man; if woman takes her origin from man, man equally comes birth through woman. And indeed all things have 153

their origin in God.) Knox [John] Version, A translation from the Latin Vulgate in the light of the Hebrew and Greek originals - 1966 “But remember that in God’s plan men and women need each other.

12. For although the first woman came out of man, all men have been born from women ever since, and both men and women come from God their Creator.”

The Living Bible - Paraphrased – 1971 “Of course, in the sight of the Lord neither “man” nor “woman” has any separate existence. For if woman was made originally from man, no man is now born except by a woman, and both man and woman, like everything else, owe their existence to God.” The New Testament Modern English – J. B. Phillips - 1972 “However, though woman cannot do without man, neither can man do without woman, in the Lord; woman may come from man, but man is born of woman-both come from God.” The Jerusalem Bible – 1974 “In our life in the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. 12. For as woman was made from man, in the same way man is born of woman; and it is God who bring everything into existence.”

Good News Bible - 1976 In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. 12. For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything come from God.” New International Version - 1984 “however, man is not apart from woman, nor woman apart from man, in the Lord. 12. For as the woman is out of the man, so also the man through the woman, but all things from God.” The Interlinear Bible – Hebrew Greek English - 1986 “Nevertheless, in [the plan of] the Lord and from His point of view woman is not apart from and independent of man, nor is man aloof from and independent of woman; 12. For as woman was made from man, even so man is also born of woman; and all [whether male or female go forth] from God [as their Author].”

The Amplified Bible - 1987 “Nevertheless, neither is man independent of woman, nor woman independent of man, in the Lord. 12. For as woman came from man, even so man also comes through woman; but all things are from God.” New Testament – The New King James Version - 1989 154

“As far as the Lord is concerned, men and women need each other.

12. It is true that the first woman came from a man, but all other men have been given birth by women. Yet God, is the one who created everything.”

New Testament in Contemporary English – Revised Edition – 1995 “Nevertheless, in union with the Lord neither is woman independent of man nor is man independent of woman; 12. For as the woman was made from the man, so also the man is now born through the woman.

But everything is from God.” Complete Jewish Bible - 1998 “However, in the Lord, neither is woman independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. 12. For as the woman originates from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and all things originate from God.” New American Standard Bible – 1999 “Don’t by the way, read too much into the differences here between men and women. Neither mand nor woman can go it alone or claim priority. Man was created first, as a beautiful shining reflection of God-that is true. But the head on a woman’s body clearly outshines in beauty the head of her “head,” her husband. The first woman came from man, true-but ever since then every man come from a woman!

And since virtually everything comes from God anyway, let’s quit going through these “whose first” routines.”

The New Testament In Contemporary Language - The Message Eugene H. Peterson – 2003 But among the Lord’s people, women are not independent of men, and men are not independent of women. 12. For although the first woman came from man, every other man was born from a woman, and everything comes from God.” New Living Translation – 2005 “Nevertheless, neither is woman without man, nor man without woman in the Lord. 12. For as the woman is of the man, so is the man also by the woman; but all thing are of God.” Numeric English New Testament Ivan Panin - 2012 I’ve added extra versions for these verses as most write “all things come from God.” Those words point to His Lordship and His will for all things as in calling’s, ministries, gifts, anointings and works come from Him as He calls either man or woman (Ephesians 1: 3, 11 see all Ephesians 1). She is allowed to prophesy she is permitted to pray in congregation; she is permitted to teach, she is permitted to lead, she is permitted to have authority over men. Man and woman 155

are one flesh, they are flesh of His flesh and bone of His bone spiritually (Ephesians 5:30).

“When Yahweh created woman for a helpmate, He hid a mystery of the Church. Adam is a picture of The Lord Jesus Christ who is the image of the invisible God Yahweh. Yahweh put man asleep and took from his side and formed what Adam called woman; she then became bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh (Genesis 2:23).

Now we both as men and women are the church, and members of Jesus body, members of His flesh and of His bone (Ephesians 5:30). Paul continues to reveal the mystery, “for this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.”

As we woman and man are born again, we are all as men and women joined to Jesus as one flesh, His Church, His body, men and women as one flesh. All are eligible to be blessed with all spiritual blessing’s. we all have obtained an inheritance, all being predestinated according to the purpose of Him who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will (Ephesians 1: 3, 11 see all Ephesians 1).

The plan and specifications for the building of the church were “kept secret since the world began” (Romans 16:25), “hid from ages and from generations” (Colossians 1:26), and “in other ages...not made known” (Ephesians 3:5), but now revealed to and through the Apostle Paul in His writings. And in his writing’s by the breath of Yeshua, we see Paul reveals women as one flesh, bone of His bone, flesh of His flesh, His body the Church who can have the same positions as men in the Church. Paul indicates a dispensational change has taken place when he says, “Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.”

2 Corinthians 5:1 When Jesus told Peter, “upon this rock I will build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail” and the keys of the kingdom were given (Matthew 16:1319) they are not and were not just given to men but also to women. Given, according to The Gospel of Rabbi Yeshua The Christ. Not by the gospel of Rabbi Gamaliel, or Rabbi Hillel or Rabbi Eliezer or theologian Calvin or Henry or even Luther but Rabbi Yeshua, The Word made flesh.

For whatever Jesus the second Adam permits or forbids in heaven is forbidden or permitted within the Church as His body (Matthew 16:13-19).

Therefore, if Jesus permitted women in the same positions of ministry as men in the Epistles, then today, women are to be permitted in same positions men have today (Romans 16:1-2; Romans 16:3; 16:7, Acts 21:9; 1 Corinthians 1:11; Colossians 4:15).

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You will see if you look those scriptures up Paul did permit women in the same ministry positions as the men. He writes, “have we not authority to lead about a sister, a wife, as the rest of the apostles also, and Cephas, and the Lord’s brother do?” (1 Corinthians 9:5). To make mention these names mentioned in the above scriptures would have been some of those who were sent in the seventy.

Sister does not always mean kin as in blood sister, but Jewish sister from the house of Israel.

“I commend to you our sister Phoebe, being a servant of the church in Cenchrea that you may receive her in the Lord, as is worthy of the saints,” Romans 16:1-2 “Have we not authority to lead about a sister, a wife, as the rest of the apostles also, and Cephas, and the Lord’s brother do?”

1 Corinthians 9:5 Rabbi Yeshua - Jesus Christ the second Adam, the Firstborn, permits women to be Apostles, Overseers, Deacons, Priests, Pastors, Reverends, Leaders, Ministers, Prophetesses and Teachers. He is the foundation that we together with males are building His church (Ephesians 2:19-22). And, we are to follow His Word that was given to the master builder Paul as specifications and instructions for both genders to build. We are all being built together into a dwelling-place of God in the Spirit as He directs, or as He wills and according to His wisdom.

If He wills 80% male to 20% female, as He wills for the works prepared for us the body of Christ. If He wills 60% males to 40% females it is to be as He wills. It is to be His will not our will “to the purpose of Him who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will.” (Ephesians 1: 3, 11) …. It is not our will to be self-appointed women, or self-appointed men.

Or is it males place to say, “women you do not have a place within the Church” and recall the Church will not be whole or well but ‘sick’ because of the ‘we will’ and the ‘I will.’” 1. [Malligan 2019:39] “Women were disciples of Jesus. Women were Apostles. Women were deaconesses. Women preached the Good News. Women were given positions over others within the house Church/congregation. And women who were not married were given position within the Church; women did teach men and have authority over them. According to Yeshua’s personal call for a woman she could be released from being the keeper of the home (Titus 2:5 KJ).

And if you consider Lydia of Acts 16, she led the Church at Philippi as recorded by the Church Historian Eusebius’ 2. [Cruse, 2004:55] Therefore women did have roles the same as men in the Church. Women were not to be bound to be keepers of the house - “thou shalt not permit any woman to be partakers of the calling within the church, women shall be home keepers and bear children only.” This belief is studied negligence, studied ignorance, studied 157

deception, studied! Said in humility, “no you didn’t commit yourself to study!”

Eusebius works in Ecclesiastical History mentions two women Quadratus and Ammias in Philadelphia who followed Montanus succeeded in the gift of prophecy, let them show us what women among them succeeded Montanus and his women.”. 3. [Cruse, 2004:174] Paul the master builder revealed the instructions and specification on how to build upon that which he had laid, that women are to be in same positions as men. When Yahweh puts upon the heart of a woman that she will be raised up as an Apostle, Prophetess, Teacher, Pastor, Leader recall He did it in days of old and did it in early house churches.” 4. [Malligan 60:2019] “Recall the prejudices of Rabbinic Judaism I’ve written on? Jesus had a lot of renewing of the mind to do; to re teach men’s understanding of the Kingdom that was on hand. He had to introduce the Kingdoms ways of women’s real status and callings for the New Eternal Blood Covenant to come. He had to lay the foundations for Peter, whom He said, “upon this rock I will build my Church.”

But it was for Paul whom He gave the specifications for His Church to be built upon as the master builder, revealing women in ministry positions with male and female instructions and for another – man or woman to build upon (1 Corinthians 3:10-11).

Let’s look at what Paul the master builder said about women, firstly Phoebe; she is written as a servant of the church in Cenchrea, a small seaport town adjoining to Corinth. She is a servant of the Church; she has a position other than being just a member of the Church. Phoebe would have been a disciple learned of the Word of Yahweh. Why, because traditionally no person could take any servant, teacher or other position of authority unless they had learnt themselves at the feet of a Rabbi.

“I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea;” Romans 16:1 The Strongs concordance of the Bible reference 1249 of servant is; diakonos, dee-ak-on-os; from diako (to run on errands; comp.1377) an attendant, i.e. (gen) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties); spec. a Chr. teacher and pastor (techn. a deacon or deaconess): deacon, minister, servant.” 5. [Strong, 1986:27] Therefore, it is evident Paul’s specification for the Church in this dispensation is for women to be a deaconess/pastor as is for men. Further you will read in this study women were apostles!” 6. [Malligan 2019:50] ““I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, which is a servant of the Church which is at Cenchrea: ... Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my helpers in Christ Jesus” Romans 16:1-3

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What does Paul write on the two women Euodias and Syntyche; they worked side by side with Paul “telling the Good News to others.” So, we see they were preaching and teaching alongside him. Paul is revealing women can preach and teach the good news to others, teach men, have authority over men.

Further these women may well have been some of those not mentioned who were like those that were “among the Apostles” (Romans 16:7) for they worked side by side with Paul telling the good news. Recall you have to teach to tell, you have to teach to proclaim, you have to bring forth scriptures and interpretation to tell the good news.

“And now I want to plead with those two dear women, Euodias and Syntyche. Please, please, with the Lord’s help, quarrel no more-be friends again. 3. And I ask you, my true teammate, to help these women, for they worked side by side with me in telling the Good News to others: and they worked with Clement, too, and the rest of my fellow workers whose names are written in the Book of Life.”

Philippians 4:2-3 CJB “I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord. 3. And I entreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellow laborers, whose names are in the book of life.”

Philippians 4:2-3 KJ This version King James reads very different from The Complete Jewish Bible and other versions. Read the KJ version again, when reading verse 3 “help those women” it appears as if that statement is not referring to the names mentioned in verse 2, but as some other women, leaving it open to read that the names maybe masculine and the women are someone else.

It is understandable given versions are translations of translations. For example, in Mark it is written Gadarenes, in Matthew of that same account it is written as Gergesenes. When these two towns are different geographical positions. Gergesa is coastal, on the Sea of Galilee and Gadara is way inland. So, we see the translators here are incorrect in their translation of a translation. Keep this in mind, the translations we have today do not mean they are 100% accurate – Gergesa as opposed to Gadara is a great example.” 7. [Malligan 2019:51] “Man is not apart from woman, nor woman apart from man, in the Lord.”

(1 Corinthians 11:11) “Today in The Lord women are and will be given the same positions as men because of the Cross. Under the decision or will of God because it is Eternal Blood Covenant that women should be in the same positions as the men. However, it will not be a rare appointed work as in days of old. For this Covenant allows women to take same positions as the men. Again, only as He wills to appoint or as He calls them to take that position.” 8. [Malligan 2019:47] 159

“Scripture reveals that Women went with Jesus throughout every city and village also learning as disciples from their Teacher, their Rabbi Yeshua Bar Joseph of Nazareth/Jesus Christ. Recall Mary Magdalene His disciple called Jesus Rabbi. He did and would have dispelled the error of not letting women learn at synagogue, or at the feet of a Rabbi or to become a Rabbi, but He did not.

Recall also it was culture for Jews to learn at the feet of Rabbi’s at Synagogue and then to become Rabbi’s themselves so thus it reveals Mary of Magdala was a disciple of Rabbi Jesus.” 9. [Malligan 2019:48] “Even though the balance is more man, women are permitted to be Apostles, Overseers, Deacons, Pastors, Leaders and Ministers of the Gospel, even Priests. Because a position of a Priest is no different than Pastor, Minister or Reverend, Priest is only a denominational name. Jesus Christ has fulfilled the position of Priest, He is The Great High Priest, and so the Levitical Priestly line is no longer necessary.

Therefore, a Priest is just a title of a denomination, further we are all considered as the bride of Christ and as Kings and Priests. Yahweh’s callings and promises are not exclusive to male only, but both female and male being His body, His Betrothed, His Bride, His Living Stones, His Body as flesh of His flesh and bone of His bone.” 10. [Malligan 2019:42] To teach these verses, I have copied and pasted from the first book To A Thousand Generations of Women If you have not read the first book as this book 1 Corinthians 11 1:16 is the second book to teach women’s position and role and place in The Body of Christ and the Church, please follow the link and read.

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Chapter 10 1 Corinthians 11:13-16 “You judge among yourselves: is it fitting for a woman to pray to God uncovered?

14. Or does not nature herself teach you that if a man indeed adorns the hair, it is a dishonour to him? 15. But if a woman should adorn the hair, it is a glory to her; because the long hair has been given to her instead of a veil. 16. But if anyone thinks to be contentious, we do not have such a custom, nor the churches of God.�

Interlinear Bible

Written within the previous chapters these verses have been mentioned, therefore I will not expound them. Below is my rendering on how I believe they are to be understood.

13. But judge among yourselves and decide is it comely that women pray unto God uncovered by having shorn or shaven hair, given she is a female and in created order and expected to cover her head, ears, neck and shoulders by having long hair.

14. But, doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man has long hair, it is a shame unto him? Doth not nature itself reveal the differences of gender?

15. But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given to her for a covering over her own skull/head. The Greek woman she need not feel she is bringing her husband shame, she need not cover with head with fabric dress for it is not her custom, but it is the Hebrew custom as we have no other. But if she wants to cover, she can. But she can receive liberty to cover or not to cover as can the Hebrew woman if her husband permits it but remember it is a custom, we live by it is not a Biblical New Covenant command, yet long hair is. This is the same for the Hebrew woman she does not by Law have to cover with fabric either in prayer or when prophesying or in any church assembly or in the streets or at the home, but given the dissention it may cause, let her cover with the fabric of the headdress until she and her husband come to an understanding of this liberty. But if she wants to keep Hebrew custom realizing she has 161

liberty in Christ Jesus let her choices remain of being covered with her fabric headdress.

16. But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom other than the woman covering her head wearing a fabric head covering especially if she married as do the other Hebrews within the churches of God. Now it is comely for a woman to have long hair and the man having shorn hair. [Emphasis here mine for teaching purposes]

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Conclusion

This Book two (2) A Thousand Generations of Women 1 Corinthians 11:116 I have concluded with my rendering of these verses. I believe and I am convinced that Woman is to appear as a female, differing from the appearance of a Man with hair and clothing distinguishing them as different genders.

I also believe Woman has her place and role in the body of Christ Jesus and is only permitted to be in authority over men if she is called to be Apostle, Prophetess, Evangelists, Pastor, Teacher to equip His people for works of service so that the body of Christ may be built up. (Ephesians 4:12) I believe woman is not to place herself in ministry or choose it as a career or for some advantage or to heal her soul or to declare equality or promoting feminism. It is a privilege given only by calling from Yahweh and Yeshua and only through the Ministry and Governing of The Holy Spirit’s as He wills to Govern the Body of Christ Jesus (1 Corinthians 12:11) can she be in positions of authority.

The first book teaches these truths, the second book caps the two into one revealing her source, her created order, her being under headships, her appearances and her roles in both the church and home differing from males.

Below I have written my rendering so as to conclude the teaching of 1 Corinthians 11:1-16 The contextual view of verses one to sixteen its speaks of Bible tradition (2), headship (3), gender/male, Headship of Christ (4), gender/female, praying, prophesying and her own head and husband (5), hair and disgrace (6), gender, head/skull and source/origin of God source/origin of woman of man (7), gender/female source/origin from male (8) gender/woman created for man (9), gender/woman, head covering and symbol of Patriarch authority (10), gender/husband and wife not independent of each other in the Lord (11), source/origin of both genders and of God (12), code of behaviour (13), nature teaching principle (14), gender/female and her hair given as covering (15), a traditional same practice of other Jews in churches of God (16).

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Be blessed and be a blessing Agape

Kathleen Malligan

1. Be imitators of me, as I also of Christ.

2. Now I praise you, brethren my kinsmen, that you remember me in all things, and keep the traditions as I delivered to you of the customs of our people but not the errors in our oral laws.

But I want you to understand the roles of man and women, their authority, their obedience to created order, their source, their gender appearance, their praying and prophesying before Yahweh with regards to their appearance and hair length, the consideration of angels who take their prayers to and from the throne room and who bring and take prophesies to the throne room and who outwork prayers and prophesies and to consider all this in light of the angels rebellion for coming out from and violating the natural order and rebelling resulting in their judgment. So, if woman will not come into the natural order, will not look like a woman and have her hair long as her covering, will not accept covering or headship of her husband and accept firstborn created order or look like a woman she too may face judgment for her rebellion to Yahweh and her source being man and her husband, so then let me prove this in my midrash on headship: 3. But, I would have you know that the Head of every believer both Jew and Gentile men and women is Christ; and the head of the wife is the husband; and the Head of Christ is The Father.

4. Now every male Jew or Gentile who is praying or prophesying, having his head covered with long hair dishonors his Head Christ, yet it is ok for him to pull up the prayer shawl over his head.

5. Now every woman praying or prophesying without long hair shame’s her head, it’s as if she were shawn and is bald, then she is seen as if she dishonors her head the firstborn male and also her husband and she is. For to him it is one and the same thing as if she 164

were bald: 6. For our oral law says if the woman has not long hair let her be shorn: for we as Hebrews believe that the greatest shame for a woman is to be shorn, for her hair is her glory so does Yahweh say her hair is her glory. So, if it is shameful for a woman to have shaved hair that is short hair like a man or shaved hair that is same as being bald. Therefore, let her hair be long let her head be covered with long hair growing down over the ears and neck. This is her covering, not a head dress or a shawl or a piece of cloth unless this is your custom for women or wives for, we have no other.

7. Now for a man indeed ought not to have a head of long hair for as one who is in Christ he is the image and glory or God, for if he had long hair like a woman it would dishonor himself and Christ, for Christ was born the Son of Man, he is a male: but the woman she is the glory of man, not the exact image of Christ the Son of Man. And if she is married, she is the glory of her matrimonial head, and should likewise reflect honor and not dishonor upon him by having shorn or shaven hair like a man and as for our custom and tradition our women cover their long hair with fabric headdress.

8. But I want you to understand, the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man: and neither was the man created for the woman, but the woman for the man: therefore why shouldn’t the married woman have a sign of another’s headship as her husband is over her as head, not only as husband but as first born male; in our custom she wears a headdress to symbolize this, for we have no other sign for others in the Hebrew community and within the house churches. Now recall source, God is the head of Christ and Christ is the head of man and man is the head of woman and remember this that angels are in created order and are above man and woman and they protect us, they are instrumental in our lives and at worship services and they carry the prayers of the saints to the throne room and out work prayer and prophecy according to His Word. To add she shows the fallen angels that she is under covering of authority and obedient to Christ her Head and obedient to her the headship of the Patriarchal husband and created order of firstborn male.

9. Therefore when she does pray and prophesy with her hair down over her head. And if she wants, let her hair be covered with her headdress because some of these men want to keep our customs.

Those of us who understand the full liberty of the gospel need not make these men change their beliefs for it is not Biblical tradition that she does or does not cover her longer hair with the fabric of a 165

headdress, but an oral cultural tradition; our custom we the brethren have abided by and desire to abide by for this is our custom for we have no other custom. Now, as you know some husbands that are still bound in oral law divorce their wives if their wives are seen without their headdress in public and this includes for them within the house churches. For a woman not to wear her headdress being married is seen to be dishonoring her head the husband and before all the Jewish community not only the first-born men but their husbands. And to these husbands it’s as if she is shorn, it’s the same, it’s a shame to them as a husband, in their eyes it brings shame to them as the husband, the Patriarchal head. Now we know that there is liberty in Christ and a Jewish man does not have to anymore live according to the unscriptural oral laws. Now we know that Christ called us as whom we are, and, he does not require the Gentile to become a Jew or be circumcised and Gentiles are not called to assimilate into Jewish culture. In the same way He does not require the woman from other Nations to wear a headdress over their long hair if they are not married or married. Neither does He require her to wear a fabric headdress to cover her hair as a sign of being under authority of a husband like us Jewish men believe, in other words a sign that speaks she is a married woman, or that she is under authority or under a patriarchal headship or under man in the order of creation.

But I want you to understand it is our custom, the married woman covers the hair and grows it long for we are the Jews, a signal to the Nations. Yahweh gave the hair to the women to distinguish her from a male and she can adorn her hair. Now there is liberty she has a choice if she does not want to cover her long hair, but it is our Jewish tradition we abide by it distinguishes us as Jews and speaks that the woman is under the authority of her head the husband.

10. Now recall source that God is the head of Christ and Christ is the head of man and man is the head of woman and remember this that angels are in created order and are above man and woman and they are instrumental in our lives and at worship services and they carry the prayers of the saints to the throne room and out work prayer and prophecy according to His Word. They also reflect created order, moreover, she shows the fallen angels that she is under covering of authority and obedient to Christ her Head and obedient to her the headship of the Patriarchal husband.

11. Now I want you to understand neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man they were created for each other. In the Lord they are one in Him, women are restored to be partakers in the kingdom with the men, for all are flesh of His 166

flesh and bone of His bone. They now have opportunity as Yeshua wills to minister as the men do, yet this differs in a matrimonial situation and they will always be second born creatures.

12. For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things are of God as Creator, so all Ministry positions come from God as He wills, being the head of the body, the Church.

13. But judge among yourselves and decide is it comely that women pray unto God uncovered by having shorn or shaven hair, given she is a female and in created order and expected to cover her head, ears, neck and shoulders by having long hair.

14. But, doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man has long hair, it is a shame unto him? Doth not nature itself reveal the differences of gender?

15. But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her: for as her hair is given her for a covering over her own skull/head. The Greek woman she need not feel she is bringing her husband shame, she need not cover with head with fabric dress for it is not her custom, but the Hebrew custom as we have no other. But if she wants to cover, she can. But she can receive liberty to cover or not to cover as can the Hebrew woman if her husband permits it but remember it is a custom, we live by it is not a Biblical New Covenant command, yet long hair is. This is the same for the Hebrew woman she does not by Law have to cover with fabric either in prayer or when prophesying or in any church assembly or in the streets or at the home, but given the dissention it may cause, let her cover with the fabric of the headdress until she and her husband come to an understanding of this liberty.

But if she wants to keep Hebrew custom realizing she has liberty in Christ Jesus let her choices remain of being covered with her fabric headdress.

16. But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom other than the woman covering her head wearing a fabric head covering especially if she married as do the other Hebrews within the churches of God, Now it is comely for a women to have long hair and the man having shorn hair. [Emphasis here mine for teaching purposes]

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To A Thousand Generations of Women Book 2 1 Corinthians 11:1-16 Part of Jesus’ redemption brings women out from under the curse of males and husbands Dominantly Ruling. This book does not advocate women rule, or women dominate the church or ignore Firstborn male or Patriarchal headship. Jesus did not take position of created order or make women equal with the headship of male or husband.

This second book caps the first that exposes the heresy, error and perversion of the Gospel concerning women to release them to receive a call to be Apostolic, Pastoral, a Teacher or other Ministry positions as do the men within the Church.

This book reveals submission under headship using hair as covering to be the sign she is under the differentiating Biblical headships. This book will teach you, that, if a man has long hair, it is a shame unto him?

Because doth not nature itself reveal the differences of gender?

This book will explain “because of the angels” woman is look like a woman and to accept her second born place as woman.

Mothers/wives/women are not created to hold the government in the family. Position is under authority of created order of head being firstborn males and headship of husband to reveal the created order of angels who are also created above the headship of males and are also under authority of a Headship - Christ their Head.

This book will cause you to judge among yourselves and decide is it comely that women pray and prophesy unto God uncovered by having shorn or shaven hair like men with her heart not acknowledging her source and created order in The Kingdom of God. Triumphant Ministries Toowoomba 174