Was Paul talking about 2 coverings in
1 Cor. 11?
The OT shows it clearly here.
Genesis 24:63-65
63And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming. 64And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel. 65For 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 vail, and covered herself.
This IMO is what Paul had in mind. The women already had a covering of hair. Yet we see Rebekah taking a vail
AND COVERING HER HEAD.
A HEAD COVERING.
It works the same way for men. It is shameful for a man to have long hair. But watch this.
Davids son stole his kingdom. His reaction:
2 Samuel 15:30
30And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and
had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him
covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
When David was mourning and ashamed he covered his head. Well wait a minute. If Davids hair was his covering why did he cover his head? Did he suddenly grow out his hair very long to demonstrate his shame?
OR did he take something and
COVER his head?
Point of course is there are 2 coverings.
There was famine in Jeremiahs days.
Jeremiah 14:1-4
1The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
2Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
3And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty;
they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
4Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen
were ashamed, they covered their heads.
The reaction of the men?
They were ashamed and
COVERED THEIR HEADS.
Did these men suddenly grow their hair long that day to express their morning and shame?
OR did they actually
COVER their heads with some form of vail/covering
Paul taught it was dishonorable for men to cover their heads. So the concept he was teaching in
1 Cor. 11 has its root in the way "covering the head" was presented in Old Testament.
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