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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
Someone needs to line out the scripture text, if it is there, on this one particular part - Is the "glory" of the angel's wings covering the Ark of the Covenant a type and shadow of the woman's long hair being her covering in the NT?
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No, it's the head covering.
The wings of the cherubim on the mercy seat are not like most drawings we see, like this:
Rather, the mercy seat is more of a throne where God, the King, sits. As such, the cherubim wings are more likely to form the back and arm rests, like an actual throne, as in this:
Keeping in mind, though, the cherubim were NOT modern "angels" or "people with wings" but more like the winged lion-bulls found throughout the ancient near east:
Cherubim throne in ivory found at Megiddo:
Assyrian cherub statue:
So picture the ark as a throne with two large cherubim (bull-like figures with wings and human and lion characteristics) forming the seat part. The wings would form the back and armrests, or perhaps serve as a type of canopy, or both. Perhaps like this (side view, body more lion-like than ox-like, however, in this rendering):
In any event, the woman's head covering is said by Paul to be necessary to cover her head, which represents the glory of man:
7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
Under the new covenant, God's glory is not to be covered, as it was under the old covenant. This is symbolized by the Christian man having his head uncovered when ministering, whereas the priest in the old covenant had his head covered (with a turban, or bonnet) - see
Ex 28:40.
God's plan requires His glory be on display, and man's glory be covered. This is symbolized by the woman's head being covered, since she is "the glory of the man".
Under the old covenant, the law is covered or concealed by the mercy seat (the "atonement" or "covering"). The law written on stone tables represents the old covenant, which is subordinate to the new covenant. As the woman is subordinate to the man in the hierarchy of God's creation, the old covenant is subordinate to the new in the hierarchy of God's covenants. The woman is covered, as the stone tables were covered.
I am sure more correlations could be found if pressed, but to suggest the cherubim covering the mercy seat = divine power flowing through the women's head covering (or hair, if you believe that way) seems extremely forced and unnatural.
Paul taught on head covering and nowhere gave the idea that covering = special abilities or special favours. The most that can be said is obedience to God brings favor, and disobedience brings corrective chastisement. But that is true of anything.
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