1 Corinthians 11:4-5

YLT 4 Every man praying or prophesying, having the head covered, doth dishonour his head, 5 and every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered, doth dishonour her own head, for it is one and the same thing with her being shaven,


Is head covering and uncovering required when praying today or did it portray the betrothed bride about to enter the presence of the groom? Obviously Yahwey can see right through the symbol. To find the Jewish wedding patterns we go back to the longest chapter in Genesis.


Genesis 24:38,51,58-60,65,67 LITV 38 But you shall go to the house of my father and to my family and you shall take a wife for my son. 51 Behold! Rebekah is before you, take her and go. And let her become the wife of the son of your master, as Jehovah has spoken. 58 And they called Rebekah and said to her, Will you go with this man? And she said, I will go. 59 And they sent away their sister Rebekah, and her nurse, and Abraham's slave and his men. 60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, Our sister, may you become myriads of thousands, and may your seed possess the gate of their haters. 65 And she said to the slave, Who is this man walking in the field to meet us? And the slave said, It is my master. And she took the veil and covered herself. 67 And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah. And he took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her. And Isaac was comforted after his mother.


Do you think Rebekah put on a veil every time she saw Isaac or was it just worn in his presence during the betrothal; before the marriage?


If the character of Christ was covered then how could the church reflect His glory? Moses wore a veil over his face after he read the law because his glory started fading after he left the presence of God. He brought the glory of God down from the mountain in His law but could not retain it in his face.


The holy place veil was torn when Jesus died and descended to the lowest parts of the land. He had revealed his character under law even through the veil of Adam's flesh. 40 days after His resurrection, He then ascended from the holy place of His new covenant. Yeshua ascended into the most holy place to prepare a place for His bride. The church was brought into the holy place at Pentecost; to prepare her to enter the most holy place through the second veil.

 

Romans 8:18-19 CLV 

18 For I am reckoning that the sufferings of the current era do not deserve the glory about to be revealed for us. 

19 For the premonition of the creation is awaiting the unveiling of the sons of God.


The betrothed church was likened to a man and his wife.


Ephesians 5:22-33

LITV 22 Wives, subject yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord, 23 because a husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is Head of the church, and He is Savior of the body. 24 But even as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives to their own husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up on its behalf, 26 that He might sanctify it, cleansing it by the washing of the water in the Word, 27 that He might present it to Himself as the glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such things, but that it be holy and without blemish. 28So, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies, (he loving his wife loves himself), 29 for then no one hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as also the Lord the church. 30 For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones. 31 "For this a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh." Gen. 2:24 32 The mystery is great, but I speak as to Christ and as to the church. 33 However, you also, everyone, let each love his wife as himself, and the wife, that she give deference to the husband.

 

Moses' descended the mountain and his glory decreased after delivering the law, yet Christ ascended to the Father before sending the Holy Spirit to mirror His most holy place glory; to His people in the holy place of betrothal. 

2 Corinthians 3:13-18

CLV 13 and are not even as Moses. He placed a covering over his face, so that the sons of Israel were not to look intently to the consummation of that which is being nullified." 14 But their apprehensions were calloused, for until this very day the same covering is remaining at the reading of the old covenant, not being uncovered." 15 for only in Christ is it being nullified. But till today, if ever the reading of Moses should be reached, a covering is lying on their heart." 16 Yet if ever it should reach a turning back to the Lord, the covering is taken from about it.)" 17 Now the Lord is the spirit; yet where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." 18 Now we all, with uncovered face, mirroring the Lord's glory, are being transformed into the same image, from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the spirit."

The contrast made above is between the fading glory on Moses' covered face under law and the increasing glory of the new covenant. 

Even the messengers of old were waiting to see who God's new people were about to be.
 

1 Corinthians 11:10

CLV 10 Therefore the woman ought to have authority over her head because of the messengers.
 

1 Peter 1:10-13

ALT 10 Concerning which salvation [the] prophets sought diligently and carefully searched, the [prophets] having prophesied concerning the grace, the one [coming] to youp, 11 searching for who or what time the Spirit of Christ in them was clearly showing, predicting the sufferings of Christ and the glory after these. 12 To whom it was revealed that not to themselves but to youp they were serving these [things], which now were announced to youp by the ones having proclaimed the Gospel to youp by [the] Holy Spirit having been sent from heaven, into which [things] angels desire to look. 13 For this reason, having tied up at the waist the clothes of yourp mind [fig., having prepared yourp mind for action], being sober [or, clear-headed], place yourp hope [or, trust] completely upon the grace being brought to youp at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

If Christ has not married the church yet then (in my estimation) the women in the church still symbolize the betrothed bride about to be married and should therefore act like Rebekah by covering their head when entering into the presence of their Lord. Men likewise should uncover their head as they are more responsible to bear the image of God to the family. 

I believe the new covenant betrothal is now the new marriage covenant. The family of God has been established. The federal head is no longer Adam. The uncovered head who bears the image of Yahwey is Yeshua. The church family is reflecting the glory of Christ; their first born husbandman who rescued the nation under Adam (the body of Moses) and has established the new body of God's people; the body of Christ.

The symbolism of head covering and uncovering is still discernable today, even in nature itself. The veil was most important before marriage though. It was sign worn by the bride. She acknowledges taking on the glory of her husband, to be ever increasingly reflected by her even after the marriage. The veil is lifted after marriage as they live face to face. Laban used this well established tradition to trick Jacob who loved his daughter Rachael. Jacob did not know it was Leah until after the marriage was consummated. His uncovered head went into her veil to put his image in her before he saw her face reflecting his glory.

1 Corinthians 11:7-9

LITV 7 For truly a man ought not to have the head covered, being the image and glory of God. But woman is the glory of man; 8 for man is not of the woman, but woman of man; 9 for also man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the man;

Genesis 1:27

ECB 27 And Elohim creates Adam in his image; he creates him in the image of Elohim; he creates them male and female.

Genesis 2:18  (Yoda Version)

CLV 18 And saying is Yahweh Elohim, "Not good is it for the human for him to be alone. Make for him will I a helper as his complement.