The Meaning of life, page six.

You might think that what I am about to say is odd, or you might think that it’s fascinating. In any event, you should brace yourself, because now I’m going to show you another part of Scripture where the “heavenly chain of command” is deeply involved in human activity. This part of Scripture shows that our ordained position here in this life will be strategic in determining which angels we will judge in Heaven. (Ordained means things that God orders in His will and are out of our control. For example, none of us ever asked to be born male or female, white or black, rich or poor.)

In 1st Corinthians 11:3, the Apostle Paul says, “the head of the woman is man” and for the most part we see this as a husband having authority over his wife, and rightly so. However, in the middle of this husband and wife chain of command, the Apostle Paul says that the wife should have a sign to indicate that her husband has the authority; he then says “because of the angels” in 1st Corinthians 11:10. Have you ever wondered, due to the fact that in Heaven there is no getting married (Matthew 22:30 and Mark 12:25), why on earth would angels have anything to do with marital relationships?

In the end time judgment, these women that have lived their lives under the “head” rule and authority of their husbands will take the stand and judge insubordinate angels. As you can see, these insubordinate angels have rejected the authority that God placed over them. They lifted their voices, claiming that they had the right to do as they pleased, but there will be no angel in heaven that will be able to lift his voice when these women say to them, “You rejected the authority that God placed over you, claiming He is unjust. We however, are the living proof of the benefits of submission; we did not have our will executed, yet we accepted God’s ways and found Him to be true.” This will more than double when it comes time for those wives that, for many years, have suffered in the shadows of abusive brutes and insensitive husbands, yet have maintained their faith in God. No angel in heaven will be able to stand against these women when they testify about what it’s like to submit to a truly unjust authority.

Allow me to take a moment and interject a very interesting reality that I have learned in my years as a minister. I have noticed that some husbands feel that they must constantly point out the biblical doctrine of a wife’s submission; however, these same Christians can’t stand having others, usually their bosses, telling them what to do. Therefore, they become insubordinate, much like the fallen angels. Many of these men can’t hold down a job for more than two or three years. They either stop working altogether, usually due to a psychosomatic (self-inflicted) disability, or end up struggling with one of those pridefully boasting but dead end “I’m my own boss” kind of jobs. I’ve seen them defiantly refuse to pay taxes, which is a form of insubordination, not to mention criminal. I’ve also watched them as they leave their families without medical coverage and struggle with past due bills, all because they can’t stand their bosses telling them to come in to work on time. For these men, I’m about to tell you what submission is all about. With the exception of God Almighty, everyone in Heaven and Earth has someone to submit to. Again, the only being in existence that is free from having to submit to anyone is God. All other entities have someone to submit to. This is one of the reasons we obey Luke 6:31, which tells us to “do to others as we would have them do to us.” Not following this Golden Rule means that you think of others, including your wife, who is the one and only human being that you vowed to cherish, as being less than you are. You see yourself as greater than others and, in doing so, you are siding with Satan.