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head is not covered, there will be two heads. Between God and Christ
one head must be covered; so too must it be between man and woman,
and so between Christ and every man. If one head is not covered, the
result will be that there are two heads. If God is head, then Christ is not;
if Christ is head, then man is not; and if man is head, then woman is
not.

God calls upon the sisters to show this arrangement. It is through the
sisters that God’s governmental system is to be displayed. It is the
sisters who are responsible to have the sign of obedience on their heads.
God specifically requires women to have their head covered when
praying or prophesying. Why? Because they ought to know God’s
government when they come before Him. In going before God to pray
for people, or in going before people to prophesy for God, whether in
praying or prophesying, whether in that which goes to God or in that
which comes from God, in whatever is related to God, head covering is
demanded. The purpose is to manifest the government of God.

Man ought not to cover his head. It is a shame to his head if a man
covers his head before woman, for the man represents Christ...

“For this cause ought a woman to have a sign of authority on her head,
because of the angels” (v. 10). The Bible does not specify what is to be
used for the covering; it only states that the head, where the hair grows,
should be covered. Why should the head be covered? Because of the
angels.

I am often amazed at this marvelous teaching that sisters should have
on their heads a sign of authority FOR THE SAKE OF THE ANGELS.
We know the tragic history of how some of the angels sinned. Satan
rebelled against God. Why? Because he desired to make himself equal
with God. In other words, the angel Lucifer attempted to expose his
own head before God and refused to submit to His authority. In Isaiah
14 Satan consistently reiterated “I will...” Right in this passage we see
an archangel falling to become Satan. Revelation 12 further shows us
that when Satan fell, one-third of the angelic host fell with him. Why
did the angels fall? Because of their not being subject to the authority
of God the head, but trying to expose their own heads.

Today woman has a sign of authority on her head because of the angels,
that is, as a testimony to the angels. Only the sisters in the church can
testify to this, for the women of the world know nothing of it. Today
when the sisters have the sign of authority on their heads, they bear the