1 Corinthians 11:1-16

(1 Corinthians 11:1-16)

Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.  Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.  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. For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.  For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels. Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.  For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.  Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?  Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?  But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.  But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

 

The apostle Paul explains how men and women began on earth. 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 in Genesis 2:23-24. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Adam says, ``she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 』Man is Adam and is the symbol of Christ. Woman refers to all people in the world through Adam, leaving God. Originally, the first Adam was one, but later separated into male and female.

 

In Genesis 3:21, Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. 』Ribs mean a pair of doors, and the word “flesh” means any body with breath. In Genesis 6:3, 『And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. 』The body here is the flesh. In 6:12, "And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 』

 

In 『Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh』, the word “bone of my bones” means body. In Exodus 12:17, "And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it."
Here, in 『on this day』, the preposition 『~e』 is in the same word as 『bone』.

 

The army is the angels of God in the kingdom of God, but in this land it means Israel. So 『for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt』
The meaning of this word is the expression "On this day, the bones (the spirit of heaven) and your army (Israel) were brought out of the world (Satan) and Egypt." It is God's army (Israel) like the army in heaven, which is the original body (spirit) in heaven. Israel is the model of all the people of the world.

 

In Exodus 12:41, ``And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. 』
It is expressed as the army of the Lord, and in Exodus 12:51
『And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies. 』.
Israel is God's army. In other words, the spirits of the kingdom of God are Israel, representing all peoples in the world. Just as he delivered Israel from Egypt, he delivered spirits from God.

 

Since the flesh came out of the flesh, the flesh must enter. Since the spirits came out of Christ, they enter into the image of Christ (the first person). And again in Christ (the last man) the spirits return to the kingdom of God. That is why Christ comes first to the spirits who have left God. In the shepherd looking for the lost sheep, the shepherd did not lose the sheep, but the sheep went their way. However, the shepherd will find it. Those who have left God do not go to God first, but God comes.

 

In Genesis 2:24, ``Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 』Man represents Christ, and woman means spirits who have left God. A man leaves his parents and comes to a woman. So, if you are outside Christ, you become a man and a woman, but when you enter into Christ, men and women become one and return to Adam (the symbol of Christ) before being separated again. God is asking you to realize this mystery through the system of marriage.

 

The apostle Paul wrote in Ephesians 5:30-32, ``For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. 』Church means spirits.

“This is the bone of my bones, and the flesh of my flesh” means that “the army of God on this earth is the army of the kingdom of God”. In Genesis 2:1, ``Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 』Means "The army of heaven and the army of the earth are all accomplished." In Genesis 2:2, "And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 』
What God built was that God's army was reorganized in the kingdom and the material world. Christ said that you are my members even when you are in heaven, and you are also members of me (Adam) on earth. So it always means that I (the last Adam) will come to pick you up.