WOMEN IN MINISTRY POINTS

Bypassing the Bible

PART 1 

·         Are you BYPASSING certain Scriptures?

·         Are you approaching the Scriptures with an ADVANCED PRECONCIEVED IDEA OR NOTION that Woman are allowed to teach the body of Messiah?

·         Are you claiming that your personal and private “Calling & Conviction” to serve INSIDE THE MINISTRY OF MESSIAH is more important than what ALL the Scriptures have to say on this topic? In other words, you do not care what the Bible has to say. OR The Scriptures that clearly are against Women teaching and leading in the Ministry, you will shy them off as they are corrupted or Paul was wrong or Translation is wrong etc

·         Dear Woman Is your life experience, Visions, Dreams, Feelings, Prophetic experiences MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT ELOHIM YAHWEH HAS TO SAY WITHIN THE BIBLE, then you are BYPASSING the Word of Elohim.

·         What is Patriarchy? And What is Feminism?

·         Did Elshaddai Elohim Yahweh create Man and Woman totally EQUAL in everything? Really?

·         What is Biblical Equality?

·         Submission in position does not make any woman inferior. (Submission in marriage, Submission of child to parent, This human life, Submission of Employee to Boss etc.)

·         Submission of Women in Bible is only limited to Teachings of Yah. (Adam taught Eve. Not the other way).

·         Not even 1 female or woman was allowed to become a PRIESTESS in the Levitical Priesthood when the Temple Service was functioning in Jerusalem.

·         No woman was ever given this EQUAL AUTHORITY or HIGH ROLE of serving as Temple Priests for Yahweh.

·         If woman are feeling UNDULY & UNNECESSARILY feeling left out or insulted or demeaning or less human because they were not allowed to serve as priests, then in similar understanding, then all men who were not qualified to serve shoulder to shoulder besides the Levitical men should feel UNEQUAL too.

·        Women submitting to men. Why is it considered evil and unequal? Is submission to Yahweh evil? Is submission of men to higher authorities’ evil? A child submitting to his Father and Mother is evil? Yeshua (Jesus) submitting himself to his Almighty Father and Creator Yahweh is it Evil? One could go on and on.  

PART 2: Genesis 1, 2, 3: ROLE OF WOMEN AT THE TIME OF CREATION

GENESIS 1

Here the focus of this Chapter 1 is on the relationship of subduing and having dominion on the earth. The relationship of humans (Adam and Eve) to Creation is the focus of Genesis 1.

Genesis 1:26           

“And Elohim said, Let us make man (Hebrew: ADAMAH) in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”

Hebrew meaning of Adamah:

The Hebrew word adamah means “land,” “ground,” or “soil.” The New American Standard Bible translates adamah as “ground” 64 times and “land” or “lands” 114 times. Related to adamah is the word adam, which means “man” or “mankind.” Of course, adam is also used as the proper name of the first man, Adam.

MEN AND WOMEN WERE EQUAL IN THE EYES OF THE ELSHADDAI ELOHIM YAHWEH AT THE TIME OF CREATION BEFORE SIN ENTERED THE GARDEN OF EDEN

What is the meaning of complementarian?

In Brief……

Complementarian (plural complementarians) is someone who believes that men and women are equal in status but can have different & complementary roles, especially in Marriage, at Home and in Spiritual Ministry.

In little detail……

Complementarianism is a theological view in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, that men and women have different but complementary roles and responsibilities in marriage, family life, and religious leadership.  The word "complementary" are currently used to denote this view. Some people understand that the Bible as prescribing Complementarianism, and therefore adhere to gender-specific roles that prevent women from specific functions of ministry within the community. Though women may be not allowed from certain roles and ministries, they are held to be equal in moral value and of equal status.

 What is the meaning of egalitarian?

Egalitarian believes in or is based on the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities. Egalitarian is any person who advocates or supports the principle of equality for all people.

·         Bible allows and encourages Woman to work at Home, Outside and even as Entrepreneurs or Business women too.

·         Women in Bible times were also self-employed (part time or full time) and managing their very own businesses too. Women in Bible times were surely financially independent. Examples are of Lydia, Priscilla and Aquila. Acts 18: 2-3.

·         Proverbs 31 mentions of a Female Entrepreneur (Business person).

·         Luke 8: 2-3 shows women financially supporting the Ministry of the Messiah.

GENESIS 2

Here the focus of this Chapter 2 is on the relationship of man and woman specially focusing on the inter relationship between husband and wife is the focus here.

·         Adam is made first, not Eve.

·         Eve is NOT present when Adam gives most of the animals their names.

·         Adam gives Eve her name. Eve was not provided the right to choose her individual and independent name. Adam did that for her.

·         Eve is called a HELPER or HELP MATE or HELP MEET to her husband Adam.

·         Yahweh gave the direct commandment of not to eat from the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil to Adam and not to Eve.

·         Adam was Eve’s TEACHER. Not Adam. Adam thought Eve. He communicated the first commandment of Yahweh to Eve. There was an UP to DOWN Hierarchy Level here as much as modern feminist woman may not like it. Yahweh -------- Adam ------Eve.

·         Adam was made DIRECTLY from the dust. Eve was INDIRECTLY made from Dust too, but via ADAM. Adam was not made from Eve, but rather Eve was made from Adam.

·         Does Adam’s first poetry mentioning Eve as, “Bone of his bones and Flesh of his flesh” refer to TOTAL EQUALITY OF GENDER ROLES? Does the poem or phrase as above mean that there are no authority differences between Adam and Eve? Scripture at 2 Samuel 5:1 “Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh” clears this idea. Israel requests David to be King over them and they would be his bone and his flesh.

 ·         Here David clearly has superior or higher authority over them and in fact they are proposing him to have authority over them as King. So the poetic phrase of “Bone of his bones and Flesh of his flesh” does not indicate total equal authority.

·         Judges 9:2 this role is reversed with the same poetic words. So Adams burst of praise was just plain beautiful poetry. Not to be used for equality or for authority.

·         Adam and Eve were made equal in nature and essence and in the image of Elohim, but with two different authority structures.

What is Primogeniture?

Primogeniture is the state of being the firstborn child.

It is the right of succession belonging to the firstborn child, especially the feudal rule by which the whole real estate of an intestate passed to the eldest son. NEVER this right of succession or right of being first born child is ever given to DAUGHTERS. It was always for sons.

Primogeniture is a system of inheritance in which a person's property passes to their firstborn legitimate child upon their death. The term comes from the Latin "primo” which means first, and “genitura” which relates to a person's birth.

What is an example of primogeniture?

Today, perhaps the most widely known example of primogeniture is the succession of the British throne, which gives preference to the eldest male child above all others.

Why is primogeniture important?

Primogeniture ensured that the eldest son in a family inherited the largest portion of his father's property upon the father's death. The practice of entail, guaranteeing that a landed estate remain in the hands of only one male heir, was frequently practiced in conjunction with primogeniture. 

·         In Biblical background and culture Primogeniture gains Preeminence in majority of the times. But there are exceptions to this rule in Bible times too. Meaning a younger son is given authority over the elder son. Some examples in Hebrew Scriptures and Hebrew Culture are: Jacob and Esau. Ephraim and Mannashah, Joseph and his 11 brothers. Orders were reversed in these mentioned examples. Where the younger leads the older in some way.

·         There are exceptions to the rule of Primogeniture, but the rule always existed.

·         Between Adam and Eve in the story of Genesis, this rule of Primogeniture is not overruled or any exceptions made here.

·         What is the meaning of the term EZER in Hebrew language with reference to HELPER that is Eve? 

·         The word EZER or Helper is NEUTRAL and does not have any reference to SUBJECTION OR SUBMISSION OR SUB-ORDINATION implied in that word.

Helper.”
עֵ֖זֶר (‘ê·zer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5828: A help, helper

Strong's Hebrew: 5828. עֵ֫זֶר (ezer) — 21 Occurrences

Genesis 2:18
HEB: אֶֽעֱשֶׂהּ־ לּ֥וֹ עֵ֖זֶר כְּנֶגְדּֽוֹ׃
NAS: I will make him a helper suitable
KJV: alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
INT: to be alone will make A helper suitable