Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Post #4 of my critique of the Adventist Women's Ordination video

Post #4 of my critique of the Women's Ordination video listed below: POINT 2A - After Adam and Eve sinned, it was Adam not Eve that God called out to account for the sin, even though Eve was the first to sin.  This is why Jesus came as the 2nd Adam, to win back the lost dominion and headship that Adam had surrendered to Satan.

I think if you are LOOKING for the man to be head over the woman, you can certainly find it in these texts. God does ask the man where he is first.  But on the other hand couldn’t it just be this simple…. Let’s say your children are outside playing and your eldest comes in to get a drink.  Seeing your eldest child, you remind your eldest child that both of your children should pick up their outdoor toys before they come inside.  Later on in the evening, when both of your children are getting ready for supper, you notice that the toys out in the yard are not picked up.  Who are you going to ask about it first?  The child that you spoke to or the child who was out in the yard and never heard your command?  It isn’t necessarily that you put your eldest child in charge of the younger child, it’s just that you had an expectation that your eldest would tell the younger child your instructions.  So when you realize that your commands were not obeyed, your investigation of why the toys were not put away would start with the child you actually talked to.   



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