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Course 122: Women in Ministry - Lesson #1:
Prologue: The challenge of Womanhood
From the day of the fall in Eden, woman hood has faced a peculiar problem: a certain kind of perception of being harbingers of the sad loss of the awesome mantle of God for humanity. Unfortunately contributions to the Eden story tend to flow from that narrative alone.
Two key facts will help us put the issue of womanhood on a more balanced footing.
Issue #1: Creation of the female was not an afterthought
The problem with religion is the thick veil it casts upon truth. From a religious perspective, the creation of Eve was an afterthought. This is based on a textual interpretation of Genesis 2:18. Proponents of this theory of creation would have us believe that Adam was the only one in the mind of God when He first created the world. Let scripture deal with that foundational lie:
Genesis 1:26-29
King James Version (KJV)
26And God said, Let us make man 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.
27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
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