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the grace I have received; I do not even dare think about it; on the
contrary, I accept God’s government. As Christ accepts God as His head,
so should every man accept Christ as his head. Likewise, woman should
representatively accept man as her head. In covering the head, the
woman signifies that she is not head, that she is as if she has no head -
for it is covered.

Let us remember that although in practice it is only the woman who has
her head covered, yet, in reality, Christ has His head covered before God
and every man has his head covered before Christ. Why, then, is it that
God only requires woman to have the practice of having her head
covered? This indeed is marvelous, for it involves a very deep principle.

I often feel that it is impossible to talk with some brothers and sisters
about head covering because they have no knowledge of God’s
government. Before anyone can understand head covering, he or she
must first know God’s government. The whole question is settled once
one sees that Christ has His head covered before God. How much more
ought I to have my head covered before Him! I must cover it so that it
is no longer seen or exposed, for Christ is my head. As a matter of fact,
everyone’s head must be covered before God. Since Christ is my head,
I cannot have my own head seen or exposed.

Here I would like to tell Christian women that God has appointed man
to be woman’s head. In these days when God’s authority is unknown in
the world, the Lord demands this order only in the church. It therefore
affects the very fact of our being Christians. God requires us in the
church to accept what He has appointed governmentally.

The Sister’s Responsibility

When a sister covers her head, she is standing before God on the basis
of Christ’s position before God and man’s position before Christ. God
wants the woman to cover her head in order to manifest His
government on earth. This privilege falls only to woman. She does not
cover her head merely for her own self; she does it representatively. For
her own self, she does it because she is a woman; representatively, it is
because she represents man before Christ and Christ before God. So
when woman covers her head before God, it is just the same as if Christ
covered His head before God. Likewise, when woman covers her head
before man, it is just the same as if man covered his head before Christ.
Man or woman should have no head because Christ is head. If one’s