Have you ever wondered if there is any meaning or significance in a wedding veil? A while ago as I was attending a wedding, I realized that many brides no longer wear veils over their face as they are walking down the aisle to get married. It’s that time of the year when many couples everywhere are making that walk down the aisle to become one but what ever happened to the veil? When I attended weddings as a child, I remember the majority of people having their faces covered right up until the point where the minister said, “You may now kiss the bride.” Then the groom would remove the veil with a huge smile on his face and go in for the kiss. Afterwards, fireworks would go off in the background and they would live happily ever after as they walked into the sunset. I know…super romantic 🙂 But seriously more recently as an adult, I could probably count on my hand the number of brides I’ve seen who still wear a veil over their face. I was curious as to why this transition happened and what wearing the veil signified in the first place.
As I was reading my Bible one night I came across the story of Isaac and Rebekah. I remember being in awe of the story of Abraham and now I was reading about his son Isaac and how he was looking for a wife suitable for him. Abraham, old in age, decided to send his servant to find a wife for his son Isaac. The servant was given specific instructions in regards to the wife he should select for Abraham’s son. After receiving directions and sealing a promise by placing his hand under Abraham’s thigh (I know…seems a bit awkward), the servant then started out for Aram Naharaim and made his way to the town of Nahor along with ten camels and gifts (Genesis 24:10). He eventually stops at a well right outside of the city and makes the camels get on their knees. It was evening, the time of day when women came out to the well to get water and knowing this the servant turns to God and asks for favor in selecting Isaac’s wife. The young woman who came to the well and gave the servant and the camels a drink of water was supposed to be Isaac’s wife. Rebekah passed this test with flying colors and was quickly adorned with gifts. After going to the house of Rebekah’s family, the servant received permission to take Rebekah to be Isaac’s wife and she left her family to go with Abraham’s servant. Now this is the part of the story that really caught my attention,
“Now Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev. He went out to the field one evening to meditate, and as he looked up, he saw camels approaching. Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “He is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.” (Genesis 24:62-65)
This was the first time I realized there was something in the Bible that seems to be related to a wedding veil. And then as I began trying to piece everything together, God revealed to me the bigger picture in regards to the meaning behind everything. He showed me that the veil is more than a fashion statement. It has meaning…significance…purpose. Christ’s selfless act of dying on the cross allows us to have intimacy with God because the veil of the temple that separated us from God was torn in two from top to bottom (Matthew 27:51). In the same way, marriage is a selfless act and once the veil is removed from the bride’s face it symbolizes that the groom is now able to be intimate with his bride. How awesome is that! What a beautiful reminder of God’s love! I absolutely love how marriage is symbolic of Christ’s relationship with the church 🙂
Prior to God’s revelation to me about the significance of the wedding veil I thought it was just an accessory. Some wear it…Some don’t. Now, the veil has new meaning and will never be viewed the same. Who knows, maybe this blog post will encourage more women everywhere to wear wedding veils again. As we continue to gather in celebration of weddings let us be reminded of God’s love that is displayed though The Veil.
Sorry, I forgat to tell you this:
– today it was the first time I dreamed good things, after I had asked GOD yesterday, and some other days before, to please NEVER again allow those bad horror dreams to come through anymore.
The day I asked GOD that was.yesterday after I had again a bad and strange dream.
The man I wished to love and to be married with was purchasing me and trying, 3 times, to kill me. Even after I got an official escort and help. He was also trying to kill another woman.
I found the dream strange because it is true that I wished to be his wife but it is long ago and since 2017, we had no contact anymore!
May GOD bless the dreams of those reading this message and needing good dreams.
AMEN.
Dear sis Laronda,
Thank you for sharing this with us.
This morning I got a dream in which I was preparing for a wedding. I was in hurry, readying myself to marry, and as I was worrying that I didn’t have a veil, I wemt into my preparing bedroom, then on the bed I found miraculously 2 head coverings and 2 pairs of shoes, after the pair of shoes I prepared to wear, was bad treated by a brazilian drunken friend.of mine, may be innocently but also may be because of jealousy: white beautiful white highheels but not new. And I had a bad feeling because it was not new and because of the way the brazilian woman treated it.
But as I have just said, on the bed there was:
– 1 very very beautiful clasic and luxurious white wedding veil, plus
– 1 very beautiful soft dark rose (between rose ad purple) head covering looking and short like a hat, decorated with a white (not very white) dentelle, which could also be used as a wedding veil but may be it was a covering for the civil wedding celebration or evening celebration I don’t know!
– 1 blue very very beautiful classic luxurious pair of shoes, and
– 1 pair of white (not very white) pair of shoes.
I was surprise that the shoes were blue but very happy and grateful, especially after I was not really satisfied with my own old white high heels.
So there was a woman near me and I thanked her because of the shoes and the veils (even if I didn’t know if she was the one who brought them but I guess, she was the one) and she answered with a low voice and as if she is apologizing for disturbing my feast and bringing me those things; she said:
‘I have brought much more than that’ … AMEN! …
What a dream!
I don’t have any bridegroom at hand at the moment, that’s why I guess, I was The BRIDE and JESUS-CHRIST was my BRIDEGROOM.
Or AM I going to marry very soon?
And now, you have just taught me the significance of ‘wearing a veil’, when somewhere else I read that it had no significance anymore nowaday; that it were old traditions.
Praise The LORD!
I will be expecting my wedding, cause I know now, what I should wear!
The Grace of Our LORD JESUS-CHRIST, The Love of GOD and The Sweet Fellowship with The HOLY SPIRIT be with us all.
May GOD grant you your own marriage (not mine!! hah hah) to all who are reading this when needed, in The Name of JESUS-CHRIST.
Stay blessed.
AMEN.
Wow!! What a dream! “I have brought much more than that” ….I LOVE it!! Amen!! Thank you for reading the blog and for sharing your dream 🙂
I have come to this realization myself after just attending a veil that was being abused..i immediately intervened and didnt really know why..it is sacred and should be treated as almost holy because of the veil that was torn down in the holy of holys..thanks for your blog..
Yes! The veil is sacred. Thank you for reading the blog!