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He stands in the position of Christ, the One sent of God.

Some day the whole world will know that Christ is the head of all men,
for this is God’s governmental decision. Today this is known only in the
church; the world has no knowledge of it. But the day will come when
all the people of the world will recognize that Christ is the head. He will
have the preeminence in all the creation. He is the firstborn of all
creation and the firstfruit. Everyone must be in subjection to the
authority of Christ. Likewise, God’s appointment of man as head of
woman is also known only in the church today. Do you get the point?
Today the church alone knows that Christ is the head of man and that
man is the head of woman.

We have already seen how grace can never overthrow God’s
government. I trust our lesson will become clearer as we learn that
grace is to support God’s government, not to destroy it. How can anyone
be so foolish as to use grace to interfere with God’s government? The
government of God is inviolable; His hand always sustains it. No one,
just because he has believed in the Lord, can overthrow the Father’s
authority, or even undermine the authority of any government. We
must not say that because we are Christians we do not need to pay
taxes. No, nothing of the sort! The better Christian you are, the more
you maintain the government of God.

We are here today to maintain God’s testimony in the world. God has
shown us that there are three different heads: God is head, Christ is
head, and man is head. This is not a matter of being brothers and
sisters; it is basically a governmental arrangement. Grace is concerned
with brothers and sisters, but government is different. God has
sovereignly willed that the head of Christ is God Himself, so Christ must
obey; the head of man is Christ, so man must obey; and the head of
woman is man, and so woman should have the sign of obedience on her
head.

The Meaning of Head Covering

“Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors
his head. But every woman praying or prophesying with her head
unveiled dishonors her head; for it is one and the same things as if she
were shaven” (I Corinthians 11:4-5).

The meaning of head covering is: I submit myself to God’s government;
I accept God’s appointed position; I dare not nullify His government by