Bibledoorajar: The High Priest's Head Covering

      The mitre or head covering of the High Priest reflects a huge battle between Jesus Christ and the Antichrist. The High Priest was to always serve in the tabernacle before God and to be completely submitted to knowing and carrying out God's will. His white head covering had an eternal meaning for God described Himself as having hair white as wool. It speaks of His eternal wisdom from the beginning and that which demands submission.
     Jesus is described as having been known by God from the beginning. In John's revelation, we see Jesus standing among the candlesticks dispensing wisdom to the churches and demanding submission. He has hair white as wool. The wisdom dispensed is eternal and is played out in the N.T. as it was in the O.T. He is the Head of the Church and we who serve are to be completely submitted to knowing and carrying out His will. He is the Pattern Son, having submitted Himself fully even to death. We honor Him as Perfect Wisdom from eternity. He is to be obeyed.
     The Bible speaks of another who seeks to rule and reign as Wisdom Himself does. Some feel He exerts his force now via an Antichrist spirit that will ultimately be overcome. Others believe this spirit exists, but also believe that Satan himself will manifest personally in the end of time to attempt to wrest Christ's eternal position before God in an ultimate battle. However it is, God has said that the war ends with Satan being completely and finally overcome. He just never has gotten the meaning of the head covering. And he never will. He doesn't have the hair for the job!

    "My gracious Master and my God, Assist me to proclaim
     To spread through all the earth abroad, The honors of Thy name.

     Hear Him, ye deaf; His praise, ye dumb, Your loosened tongues employ;
     Ye blind, behold your Savior come; And leap, ye lame, for joy! Amen"
                O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing by Charles Wesley