Back ground to this study: When we read the letter written to the Corinthian church we find Paul giving the church various ordinances to bring order in the church. These ordinances have been observed in the 'letter' for years now in various denominational churches and no one has got deep down to understand why these ordinances were laid down which seem to be just like the 'law' which actually was spiritual but killed all those observing the letter.
Ro 7:14 ¶ For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
The law/ordinance in itself was spiritual and needed a spiritual mind to understand it but man is/was carnal so he never got to the 'spirit' of the ordinance/commandment and hence observed it in 'letter' and was killed. We now think that once we are on this side of the cross the 'law' of Alahim is abolished and everything is made plain and clear. No sir, the law was never abolished but fulfilled by Messiah and 'UPHELD' not 'ABOLISHED'. The 'spirit' is still hidden in the 'letter'
The carnal man is the problem who doesn't understand the law of Alahim and takes things literally without understanding the spirit.On the other hand the true Jews are the elect of Alahim who are circumcised by Alahim in the heart to serve in the newness of spirit and not in the oldness of the letter
Ro 2:29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of Alahim.
Ro 7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
Unfortunately even on this side of the cross the CARNAL will always remain CARNAL and will only observe the 'letter' and leave out the 'spiritual' because they do not understand the deep things of Alahim. The evidence is seen in their testimony in handling scriptures whether they are of those who are in need of 'MILK' or of those who eat 'STRONG MEAT'
Ro 8:1 ¶ There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Messiah Yahusha, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Messiah Yahusha hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
The 'law of the Spirit of life' in Messiah Yahusha has set free all those who are in Messiah i.e. all those who are gone beyond the vail of his flesh into the spirit while the rest still remain in the 'law of sin and death' observing carnal ordinances which never give life.
Heb 10:19 ¶ Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Yahusha,
20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
The call is to enter the holiest by a NEW and LIVING WAY which he hath consecrated for us through the VEIL OF HIS FLESH. Carnal man will never be able to penetrate through the veil of his flesh and hence will come to a wrong christ/anti-christ which never saves.
In this study we will see how Eve's mind was corrupted from the simplicity that is in Messiah by coming under the covering of the once covering cherub who deceived her and how Paul in his ordinance to the Corinthian church speaks of woman covering her head and what it means 'in the spirit'.
2Co 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Messiah.
The background of the Corinthian church was that they were carnal and Paul said they were in need of milk and not solid meat because of the divisions that were in them.
1Co 3:1 ¶ And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Messiah.
2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
While 'MILK' may seem to being fed from Alahim's word and good but those of 'AGE' or those who are supposed to be 'WEANED' if are fed with milk then there seems to be a problem because that person is not showing evidence of being 'in the spirit' but being carnal.
Heb 5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of Alahim; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Only the new born babes require milk because they are not yet ready to eat strong meat. But when years pass by that babe needs to show evidence of being able to eat strong meat or else he is carnal. For details on this you may refer to my study 'Am I weaned or under suck?' on this blog www.dsouzashodan.blogspot.in
1Pe 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Paul is telling the Corinthian church that he couldn't speak to them as unto spiritual but as unto carnal feeding them with milk and not meat because they were not able to bear it. Hence the ordinances given to them are 'milk in the letter' in which was hidden 'strong meat in the spirit' and only the elect of Alahim would go past the veil of the flesh to understand the spirit.
The ordinance of headship to the carnal mind means 'LITERAL' but the spiritual man will understand the ordinance of headship in 'SPIRIT'. Paul praises the brethren in Corinthian church for keeping the ordinances he delivered to them which shows that there were elect of Alahim in that church along with the carnal.
1Co 11:2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Messiah; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Messiah is Alahim.
Paul then goes on to speak of 'HEADSHIP'
1) head of man is Messiah
2) head of woman is man
3) head of Messiah is Alahim
This headship that Paul is talking about speaks of a 'COVERING' and is a spiritual ordinance which carnal man doesn't understand and hence they always see Messiah inferior to Alahim rather than being submissive to Alahim in respect to being part of creation by his choice for which he came out of Alahim to be the 'HUSBAND'
Hence Alahim is our husband IN CHRIST and without Messiah coming out of Alahim, Alahim couldn't have been our husband. That's the spiritual ordinance.
Jer 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Yahuah:
Isa 54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; Yahuah of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The Alahim of the whole earth shall he be called.
Alahim is beyond time, space and matter and no creature can get to him and his humility is seen in him bowing down the heavens and the earth in relating to us as our Father, husband and maker and this he fulfilled in Messiah. The headship of Alahim over Messiah is in respect to relate to his creation. You remove the link i.e. Messiah and you wouldn't be able to relate to Alahim and he would be to you an 'UNKNOWN GOD'. That is the fact. Once we have understood the headship of Alahim over Messiah and the purpose will we be able to relate to Alahim.
2Co 5:18 And all things are of Alahim, who hath reconciled us to himself by Yahusha Messiah, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
Col 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Paul speaks of a reconciliation of all things to Alahim through Messiah in earth and in heaven which shows the importance of this headship. Once we have determined the headship of Alahim over Messiah it is important to understand that the ordinance of a woman covering her head given is spiritual and not in the letter. The Woman is the church and the MAN is Messiah and it is Messiah who is in the image and glory of Alahim and this isn't speaking of Adam who was earthy and was made subject to vanity not by his will but by the reason of him (Alahim) who subjected the same in hope of Messiah who is the true image of the invisible Alahim.
Ro 8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
1Co 11:7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of Alahim: but the woman is the glory of the man.
If you notice carefully you would see that this COVERING is in respect to 'being in the image and glory'
Col 1:15 Who (Messiah) is the image of the invisible Alahim, the firstborn of every creature:
Man was predestined to be conformed to the IMAGE OF HIS SON and the Son IS THE IMAGE of the invisible Alahim.
Ro 8:29 ¶ For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Adam & Eve never bore the image of Alahim to begin with, it was in their subjection of hope to bear it. They were predestined to bear the image of the Son. In spiritual vs spiritual comparison we understand that their relationship as husband and wife and the headship of the man over the woman is a reflection of the relationship between the man Messiah Yahusha and his wife the church and his headship over her.
Ge 5:2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
The Woman was meant to be hidden in the man to be part of him in his covering over her. We read in Gen 5:2 that Alahim created them male and female and blessed them and called their name Adam because that's how Alahim saw them in his ordinance.
Col 3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Messiah in Alahim.
When the Woman (church) is in Messiah (man) her life is hid with Messiah IN GOD. That's how we understand the headship in spirit in this 'RELATIONSHIP'
Eph 5:30 For we are members of his (Messiah's) body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Compare with Ge 2:23 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.
That's why we see Paul saying in in 1Corin 11: 8 that the man is not of the woman but the woman is of the man. He is relating this to Messiah (the man) and woman (church) his wife. So we see how in a carnal ordinance is hidden the spiritual ordinance.
1Co 11:8 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.
Once we have realized the importance of the headship in relationship to creation we see that if the Woman (church) doesn't have power on her head (of Messiah her husband) then she is subject to the covering of a deceiving covering cherub & his false messenger's who was himself subject to the covering of his beauty and not of Messiah ( we will see what this means a little later) and that's exactly what we see spiritually from what happened in the garden of Eden.
1Co 11:10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
Our Yahuah our husband is the Messenger of the Covenant. if the woman is hid in him she is in his covenant and the wicked one cannot touch her.
Mal 3:1 ¶ Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Yahuah, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the YAHUAH of hosts.
1Jo 5:18 ¶ We know that whosoever is born of Alahim sinneth not; but he that is begotten of Alahim keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
Satan was there in the garden of Eden as the covering cherub and because the woman was not under the covering of her husband he led her to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil to deceive her. The tree of knowledge of good and evil stands for a false Messiah, that's why Paul says in 2 Corin 11:3 that he feared that just as the the serpent deceived Eve even so their minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Messiah.
Eze 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of Alahim; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Eze 28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of Alahim: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
When the Woman is in her husband and his headship/covering over her she is led by her husband to eat of the tree of life. These are the words of Messiah, the husband to his church.
Re 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of Alahim.
It is important the Woman be hid in her husband because only then she gets the right to eat of the tree of life. Adam as the husband of Eve did not have the ability to lead his wife to the tree of life but was led by his wife to the tree of knowledge of good and evil. This ability is only in Messiah the true husband and maker. Hence Adam and Eve as a creature were subject to vanity and Messiah cannot be a creature because he himself would be subject to vanity not having the ability to lead his wife to eat of the tree of life. Having come out of Alahim and bearing Alahim's own hupostasis (substance Heb 1:3) he leads his wife to the tree of life to give her eternal life. By his headship to his wife in becoming her husband he reconciles everything back to Alahim by this headship/covering.
What was guarded to forbid Adam and Eve to eat from the tree of life was given by the true husband when he brings the wife under his subjection by hiding her in him.
Ge 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Lastly speaking of Satan who once was a Covering cherub and caused the pattern of Alahim to stop to Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden he did not know that it was ordained by Alahim to make way for Messiah who would be the true husband and take his wife to the tree of life.
As a covering cherub he too lacked the Covering of the headship of Messiah.
Col 2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
1Pe 3:22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of Alahim; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
He saw the beauty of his COVERING in every precious stone and not to be in Messiah the hidden wisdom of Alahim. Hence his wisdom was corrupted because it lacked a connection to Alahim. He saw no need of it.
Eze 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of Alahim; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Eze 28:17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
The headship of Messiah over things in earth and in heaven relates all things back to Alahim as this was his ordinance and that's what we read in Col 1:19-20. The things in heaven include the angels and on earth mankind.
Col 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
The purpose of this headship is to give man the dominion of the world to come.
Heb 2:5 ¶ For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.
6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Da 7:27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Da 7:18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
Ro 7:14 ¶ For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
The law/ordinance in itself was spiritual and needed a spiritual mind to understand it but man is/was carnal so he never got to the 'spirit' of the ordinance/commandment and hence observed it in 'letter' and was killed. We now think that once we are on this side of the cross the 'law' of Alahim is abolished and everything is made plain and clear. No sir, the law was never abolished but fulfilled by Messiah and 'UPHELD' not 'ABOLISHED'. The 'spirit' is still hidden in the 'letter'
The carnal man is the problem who doesn't understand the law of Alahim and takes things literally without understanding the spirit.On the other hand the true Jews are the elect of Alahim who are circumcised by Alahim in the heart to serve in the newness of spirit and not in the oldness of the letter
Ro 2:29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of Alahim.
Ro 7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
Unfortunately even on this side of the cross the CARNAL will always remain CARNAL and will only observe the 'letter' and leave out the 'spiritual' because they do not understand the deep things of Alahim. The evidence is seen in their testimony in handling scriptures whether they are of those who are in need of 'MILK' or of those who eat 'STRONG MEAT'
Ro 8:1 ¶ There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Messiah Yahusha, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Messiah Yahusha hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
The 'law of the Spirit of life' in Messiah Yahusha has set free all those who are in Messiah i.e. all those who are gone beyond the vail of his flesh into the spirit while the rest still remain in the 'law of sin and death' observing carnal ordinances which never give life.
Heb 10:19 ¶ Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Yahusha,
20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
The call is to enter the holiest by a NEW and LIVING WAY which he hath consecrated for us through the VEIL OF HIS FLESH. Carnal man will never be able to penetrate through the veil of his flesh and hence will come to a wrong christ/anti-christ which never saves.
In this study we will see how Eve's mind was corrupted from the simplicity that is in Messiah by coming under the covering of the once covering cherub who deceived her and how Paul in his ordinance to the Corinthian church speaks of woman covering her head and what it means 'in the spirit'.
2Co 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Messiah.
The background of the Corinthian church was that they were carnal and Paul said they were in need of milk and not solid meat because of the divisions that were in them.
1Co 3:1 ¶ And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Messiah.
2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
While 'MILK' may seem to being fed from Alahim's word and good but those of 'AGE' or those who are supposed to be 'WEANED' if are fed with milk then there seems to be a problem because that person is not showing evidence of being 'in the spirit' but being carnal.
Heb 5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of Alahim; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Only the new born babes require milk because they are not yet ready to eat strong meat. But when years pass by that babe needs to show evidence of being able to eat strong meat or else he is carnal. For details on this you may refer to my study 'Am I weaned or under suck?' on this blog www.dsouzashodan.blogspot.in
1Pe 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Paul is telling the Corinthian church that he couldn't speak to them as unto spiritual but as unto carnal feeding them with milk and not meat because they were not able to bear it. Hence the ordinances given to them are 'milk in the letter' in which was hidden 'strong meat in the spirit' and only the elect of Alahim would go past the veil of the flesh to understand the spirit.
The ordinance of headship to the carnal mind means 'LITERAL' but the spiritual man will understand the ordinance of headship in 'SPIRIT'. Paul praises the brethren in Corinthian church for keeping the ordinances he delivered to them which shows that there were elect of Alahim in that church along with the carnal.
1Co 11:2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Messiah; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Messiah is Alahim.
Paul then goes on to speak of 'HEADSHIP'
1) head of man is Messiah
2) head of woman is man
3) head of Messiah is Alahim
This headship that Paul is talking about speaks of a 'COVERING' and is a spiritual ordinance which carnal man doesn't understand and hence they always see Messiah inferior to Alahim rather than being submissive to Alahim in respect to being part of creation by his choice for which he came out of Alahim to be the 'HUSBAND'
Hence Alahim is our husband IN CHRIST and without Messiah coming out of Alahim, Alahim couldn't have been our husband. That's the spiritual ordinance.
Jer 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Yahuah:
Isa 54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; Yahuah of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The Alahim of the whole earth shall he be called.
Alahim is beyond time, space and matter and no creature can get to him and his humility is seen in him bowing down the heavens and the earth in relating to us as our Father, husband and maker and this he fulfilled in Messiah. The headship of Alahim over Messiah is in respect to relate to his creation. You remove the link i.e. Messiah and you wouldn't be able to relate to Alahim and he would be to you an 'UNKNOWN GOD'. That is the fact. Once we have understood the headship of Alahim over Messiah and the purpose will we be able to relate to Alahim.
2Co 5:18 And all things are of Alahim, who hath reconciled us to himself by Yahusha Messiah, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
Col 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Paul speaks of a reconciliation of all things to Alahim through Messiah in earth and in heaven which shows the importance of this headship. Once we have determined the headship of Alahim over Messiah it is important to understand that the ordinance of a woman covering her head given is spiritual and not in the letter. The Woman is the church and the MAN is Messiah and it is Messiah who is in the image and glory of Alahim and this isn't speaking of Adam who was earthy and was made subject to vanity not by his will but by the reason of him (Alahim) who subjected the same in hope of Messiah who is the true image of the invisible Alahim.
Ro 8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
If you notice carefully you would see that this COVERING is in respect to 'being in the image and glory'
Col 1:15 Who (Messiah) is the image of the invisible Alahim, the firstborn of every creature:
Man was predestined to be conformed to the IMAGE OF HIS SON and the Son IS THE IMAGE of the invisible Alahim.
Ro 8:29 ¶ For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Adam & Eve never bore the image of Alahim to begin with, it was in their subjection of hope to bear it. They were predestined to bear the image of the Son. In spiritual vs spiritual comparison we understand that their relationship as husband and wife and the headship of the man over the woman is a reflection of the relationship between the man Messiah Yahusha and his wife the church and his headship over her.
Ge 5:2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
The Woman was meant to be hidden in the man to be part of him in his covering over her. We read in Gen 5:2 that Alahim created them male and female and blessed them and called their name Adam because that's how Alahim saw them in his ordinance.
Col 3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Messiah in Alahim.
When the Woman (church) is in Messiah (man) her life is hid with Messiah IN GOD. That's how we understand the headship in spirit in this 'RELATIONSHIP'
Eph 5:30 For we are members of his (Messiah's) body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Compare with Ge 2:23 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.
That's why we see Paul saying in in 1Corin 11: 8 that the man is not of the woman but the woman is of the man. He is relating this to Messiah (the man) and woman (church) his wife. So we see how in a carnal ordinance is hidden the spiritual ordinance.
1Co 11:8 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.
Once we have realized the importance of the headship in relationship to creation we see that if the Woman (church) doesn't have power on her head (of Messiah her husband) then she is subject to the covering of a deceiving covering cherub & his false messenger's who was himself subject to the covering of his beauty and not of Messiah ( we will see what this means a little later) and that's exactly what we see spiritually from what happened in the garden of Eden.
1Co 11:10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
Our Yahuah our husband is the Messenger of the Covenant. if the woman is hid in him she is in his covenant and the wicked one cannot touch her.
Mal 3:1 ¶ Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Yahuah, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the YAHUAH of hosts.
1Jo 5:18 ¶ We know that whosoever is born of Alahim sinneth not; but he that is begotten of Alahim keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
Satan was there in the garden of Eden as the covering cherub and because the woman was not under the covering of her husband he led her to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil to deceive her. The tree of knowledge of good and evil stands for a false Messiah, that's why Paul says in 2 Corin 11:3 that he feared that just as the the serpent deceived Eve even so their minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Messiah.
Eze 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of Alahim; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Eze 28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of Alahim: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
When the Woman is in her husband and his headship/covering over her she is led by her husband to eat of the tree of life. These are the words of Messiah, the husband to his church.
Re 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of Alahim.
It is important the Woman be hid in her husband because only then she gets the right to eat of the tree of life. Adam as the husband of Eve did not have the ability to lead his wife to the tree of life but was led by his wife to the tree of knowledge of good and evil. This ability is only in Messiah the true husband and maker. Hence Adam and Eve as a creature were subject to vanity and Messiah cannot be a creature because he himself would be subject to vanity not having the ability to lead his wife to eat of the tree of life. Having come out of Alahim and bearing Alahim's own hupostasis (substance Heb 1:3) he leads his wife to the tree of life to give her eternal life. By his headship to his wife in becoming her husband he reconciles everything back to Alahim by this headship/covering.
What was guarded to forbid Adam and Eve to eat from the tree of life was given by the true husband when he brings the wife under his subjection by hiding her in him.
Ge 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Lastly speaking of Satan who once was a Covering cherub and caused the pattern of Alahim to stop to Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden he did not know that it was ordained by Alahim to make way for Messiah who would be the true husband and take his wife to the tree of life.
As a covering cherub he too lacked the Covering of the headship of Messiah.
Col 2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
1Pe 3:22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of Alahim; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
He saw the beauty of his COVERING in every precious stone and not to be in Messiah the hidden wisdom of Alahim. Hence his wisdom was corrupted because it lacked a connection to Alahim. He saw no need of it.
Eze 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of Alahim; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Eze 28:17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
The headship of Messiah over things in earth and in heaven relates all things back to Alahim as this was his ordinance and that's what we read in Col 1:19-20. The things in heaven include the angels and on earth mankind.
Col 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
The purpose of this headship is to give man the dominion of the world to come.
Heb 2:5 ¶ For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.
6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Da 7:27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Da 7:18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
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