Secret of the Veil - Part 2 Origin of Woman, Divine Plan

“The Secret of The Veil”

Part 2

By Rabbi David Taylor

davidlovesisrael@gmail.com

Copyright 2012

Now that we have seen the Divine order of the man and the woman and how it copies the Headship of G-d in relation to the Creation, now we must see how to function within that Divine pattern as a man or a woman.  What are the practicalities of living this truth out?  Is there a way to restore what was stolen from the woman?  Is there a Biblical way to give her back the authority G-d gave her?  Is there a way men can assist in this and is there a visible way to demonstrate that the woman is restored?

But before we embark on any new material and truths, let's look back at what we have already discovered previously for a moment.  

Turn to Genesis / B'Resheet 6.  Who was it that debased women?  Who was it that saw that “the daughters of men were beautiful”?

Was it a man who debased the woman or was it something or someone else?  Who was it that debased the woman sexually?

Now Turn to Genesis / B'Resheet  3.  In the Garden account, who debased woman the first time at the tree?  Again, was it a man who had humiliated the woman at the tree?  Who humiliated the woman with the temptation before G-d and man?

It was the Evil angels who left their proper abode that humiliated the woman in Genesis 3 as well as Genesis 6.  It was not man nor was it G-d who did this.  Angels who left their original holy domain created for them by G-d, left that and then made conscious decisions to take their aim at the women here upon the earth.  And after this attack from these evil angels, women have had an upward battle restoring what the enemy had stolen from them ever since that time.  G-d is now “restoring all things” as mentioned in Acts 3:21 and one of those things that will be restored is a woman's honor.  The honor given to the first woman named Eve and previous to the fall.

Read Acts 3:21 and write it out below:

Knowing that it was a group of evil angels who debased women soon after their creation, and that it was not man nor G-d who did this debasing, it now makes it easier to comprehend how to solve the problem we have today in reference to a woman's honor.  Paul also knew this truth in regard to angels who left their proper abode and this is why we will now go on to study what Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 11.

Turn to 1 Corinthians 11 and read verses 4-16.  

In verse 4, who is being spoken about?  Men or women?

Notice the topic of dishonor in verse 4.  The word dishonor in Greek is:  καταισχύνω  (kata-is-kuno), To shame or disgrace.  Strong's Number – G2617.  When a man covers his head with a veil, he brings dishonor to his head.  He in a sense shames himself by putting on a woman's garment.  Why?  We will examine this later.  For now, we must be like detectives and notice clues and phrases from the text.

From Verse 4, is the topic at hand so much about the garment or about honor and dishonor for a man?  Write your thoughts below.  Use only the text to give your answer and not any opinions.

Now read 1 Corinthians 11:5.  

What sex is being talked about here in the text?  Man or the woman?

Notice as in verse 4, we have the same topic of discussion here as well.  The word for “dishonor” here is the same word used for the woman in verse 4.  The Greek word used is: καταισχύνω  (kata-is-kuno), To shame or disgrace.  Strong's Number – G2617.  Here in this passage, when a woman does not cover her head when praying or prophesying, she does what to her honor?

Both of these verses in this passage have to do with honor and dishonor.  And from these two verses alone we can see that G-d is concerned about our honor whether it is a man or a woman.  Honor is important to G-d and therefore it also should be important to us as well. When G-d created man and woman, He gave them both honor.  The Enemy has been seeking to take that away.

Now recall what you learned about honor and dishonor and humiliation from Genesis 3 and Genesis 6.

What happened to the woman in the Garden and later on three chapters later?  

How was Eve debased?  

Did she lose her honor when she hearkened to the Serpent?  

Were women again humiliated and dishonored when evil angels procreated with them in chapter 6?

So the plan of the Enemy has to do with honor and the removal of that honor. Now, we as children of G-d, must be retrieving what honor was taken from women in the Garden and then later via improper angelic procreation.  Honor must be restored because it was taken away.  The honor that G-d gave the Female Person was traded for dishonor and debasement due to evil angels and their rebellion.  

Now recall Acts 3:21 and the “restoration of all things”.  Your King James Bible may use the word “restitution”.  From what we have studied so far, what would be one thing that the Father desires to restore to women?

Now let's explore from the Word the reasons why the evil angels did what they did.  You see they followed their leader and did what he has always done since the beginning.  The chief of the demons is a thief.  Satan steal what G-d gives to women and men.  It cannot be anymore simple than that.

What does the Devil, Ha Satan, do according to John 10:10? 

Acts 3:21 counteracts the destruction the thief brought about.  What the Thief took, the Father will restore.  That includes the honor that Eve once had.  That Divine restoration also includes the shame given back in the times of Genesis 3 and 6, being taken from women and the proper authority and glory placed back upon the woman's head.  The Thief cannot stop the restoration of all things that will one day occur.  Try as he may, the Enemy is powerless, G-d will bring back the glory He once gave the original woman previous to the fall.  Women everywhere should rejoice in that they have a time appointed when G-d will give back what was stolen from them.  I would even dare say that now is that time.

When the woman was accosted by the Thief who was also called the Serpent, and the Devil, she lost her dignity and her honor.  

How are some ways that women are debased today?

Is there any correlation between how the world debases women now and how the angels did it back then?  Note your responses below.

Have you ever felt as if women were marked as inferior by the Devil himself?  As if the enemy had placed a scarlet letter upon womanhood's breast.  A wicked symbol of what was done thousands of years ago and for all to see.  A sign that the Enemy would have the world to never forget. Women were and even now, are tainted by acts of wickedness brought upon them thousands of years ago.   Acts, they hadn't even done!  A stigma and a sign of dishonor and much of it was not their doing. It was all done by evil angels who rebelled against G-d and the creation.

List some of the stigmas and opinions that many have against women below.

Which ones are “Scarlet letters of shame”?  Could they in fact be curses?

Read 2 Corinthians 10:3-5.  What should we do with improper thoughts or stigmas or opinions that are not in agreement with what G-d says?

In 2 Corinthians 10:5, notice the word “imaginations”.  Now think about the shame and the humiliation that Genesis 3 and 6 brought women.  These kinds of harmful humiliations and debasements are really imaginations.

Imaginations are defined as this in the Strong's Concordance:  Logis-mos or λογισμός.   Words spoken that are based upon reasoning and imagining things in one's mind.  Forming an opinion based upon perception.  And this conclusion may not be based upon truth.

The way that women have been assumed upon and the way that people have presumed them to be may not be based upon facts, but rather, these judgments may be complete fabrications of the mind.  In other words, what the Devil does best, he lies.  And women have been falsely branded.

So we see from 2 Corinthians 10 that we must cast these falsities down.  This is the key to any woman's victory.  Not allowing the contrivances to flourish.  We must live the reality of who woman is.  The reality that G-d gave her in the Garden prior to the fall.

Let's now see what it means to cast down from the Greek.  The Strong's Concordance states that the Greek word is this:  Kath-air-eo, καθαιρέω - To Pull down and to lower.  Knowing this definition, what should women do with any false stigma and unjust debasement?

When we do not pull something down, it looms over us.  The place of control is above one who is weaker.  When we pull down false imaginations against women, we then gain the proper perspective.  We change our opinions and our ways.  Women take back the position that G-d gave them.  Their honor is restored.  But adversely, if a woman refuses to pull down imaginations, then she is forever trapped under them.

Now look at what else needs to be cast down by women.  Read 2 Corinthians 10:5 again.  Notice a phrase “ every high thing” in the KJV.  See the position?  It is “high” and over you.  What should we do with these things?

What the evil angels did to women have made them low and have also placed many things above them.  Things, ideals, ways, and opinions and even prejudices that must be cast down to the pit from whence they came.  The woman of G-d must start casting down the very things that have tried to debase her from G-d's original intent.

The Devil “exalted himself” against the very knowledge of G-d.  The evil angels who followed him did the same.  They did this by asking Eve the age old question: “Yea Hath G-d Said?” from Genesis B'Resheet 3:1.  This question was asked by the Serpent to the woman and ever since then he has done the very same thing to the Daughters of Eve.  The very arrogance of the Enemy is clearly seen  and it needs to be halted by women today.  Take back what the Enemy has stolen!  You do this by casting it down.

Now a woman must bring into “captivity every thought”.  The Greek word for “thought” is No-mah or νόημα and it means this:  perception, intellect or disposition.  These are where the world conceives its opinions and its concepts about women.  This may even be your own thoughts about women and who they are or should be.  You know our culture has much to do with how women perceive themselves.  But perceptions and concepts and dispositions that are not G-dly need to be caged.

What are some thoughts and concepts that are not G-dly in regard to women that should be caged?

Where in the Bible do your comments agree?  Remember that comments and answers that are not based upon Scripture are also imaginations or could be.  Were some of your answers Imaginations or thoughts?  Or could you base all your answers upon the Bible?  We must do this if we are to be in agreement with G-d about women.  You will notice quickly that if you are honest that we all have thoughts that exalt themselves against what G-d states.  Now if you do have imaginations as defined in 2 Corinthians 10, then you must cast even these down.  Sometimes our own thoughts are being used by the Enemy.  This can limit you as a woman and deny your place of honor.  I guess it is human nature to blame everyone else for why we are debased and not honored as people.  But ladies, it may be your own opinions that have debased you or humiliated you.  Cast those thoughts down and bring them captive!

Read yet again 2 Corinthians 10:5.  Notice the wording there:  “To the obedience of Messiah”.  The KJV says the Christ.  What did Messiah come to do?  Read Luke 4:18.  List below what Yeshua, Jesus, came to do.

Now how does that apply to what we have been learning in 2 Corinthians 10:5?   What did Messiah do for women?  Write and share your observations below. 

The Enemy has made captives of women.  The evil angels came and they seized the magnificent creation of G-d called woman.  They pounced up her and debased her.  Angels who left their proper home in Glory.  Angels who rebelled against the Most High.  Yeshua came to set captives free and this obviously includes men.  But notice what it did for women.

This is what Yeshua did for women:

He healed your broken hearts.  He brought you deliverance.  He set you free from being a captive.  He healed you and preached to you good news when you were poor.  Yeshua destroyed the works of the Devil and those evil angels.  He transformed your life as a woman!  The scarlet letter is gone and you no longer have to live under the stigmas and the imaginations.

At this point in the study you may just want to shout!  You may just want to stop and pray and thank the Father for what He did through His Son Yeshua.  Some of you for the first time are seeing that you are free.  You are seeing from the Scriptures that you are at liberty to be whom G-d created you to be.  No longer do you have to see yourself as inferior.  Now that is what I call restoration.  Acts 3:21 in real life and oh so wonderful.

Take the space below and write down what you are feeling right now.  Be real and express your gratitude to G-d.  List what you were freed from by name.  After many days have past and you start to feel the Enemy bring back the shame, go back and look at this list.  It will be an encouragement to you.

What a life changing thing it is to know that you are free as a woman.  What a wonderful way to wake each day and know that you no longer have to be under the Enemy's false imaginations and accusations.  You have a redeemer as Ruth had.  One who is mighty and One who is able to bring every thought captive.  A Savior who is able to cast down strongholds that were against you and your potentials.  G-d be praised for how He alone has restored your honor and glory.  What G-d originally intended back in the Garden will be as it should have been in the first place.  What evil angels did to women long ago can be halted and stopped.

You now must see yourself as a beautiful creation of G-d.  Full of potential and honor.  Remember from our first study that there is nothing like a woman.  She is unique and special.  So go and be all that G-d wants for you to be.  When times of discouragement come and people start to put you down as a woman, then recall what Yeshua did for you.  Refuse to be under what the Devil originally intended.  Tear down what the evil angels wish to do to you.  Stand strong and be of great courage ladies.

In our next study we will talk about how you can have a visible sign indicating that you are G-d's girl.  There is something that G-d has given every woman and it is so powerful.  But because of our culture and because of the stigma even the Enemy gives that sign, it remains a secret.  In our next study, we will reveal what the Secret of the Veil is.

Be blessed women of G-d,

Rabbi David Taylor

davidlovesisrael@gmail.com

Secret of te Veil -Part 1 Origin of a Woman, Divine Design

 The Secret of the Veil:

The origin of the woman- A Divine Design

Part 1

By Rabbi David Taylor

davidlovesisrael@gmail.com

copyright 2012

 Preface:

Let me first start this study off by saying that there has been much confusion in regard to women and the Torah.  Many people have preached for centuries that women have no place in the Divine design and have somehow exempted themselves from honor.  That somehow they are either the lowest of the created world or that they are above man.  And because of these types of humilities and exaltations, that are not in line with Scripture, we have division and much fighting among men and women.  Men debasing women in an ungodly fashion and then women also exalting themselves in an ungodly fashion has never been righteous nor even correct.  We must seek the Scriptures and realign ourselves with the Creator.

What I am not saying needs to be expressed here also.  First, I am not saying that women have an exalted position above men and have authority over men as the world states.  Second, and at the same time as the first statement, I am not saying that men dominate women or should do so as the church often times states.  There is a place of honor G-d gives to the woman and this must be understood by both men and women.  When we see what G-d see's and act within what He establishes, then we will have harmony and unity among men and women.  When we act like the world and have views about men and women in regard to the world, then we act worldly.  We deny women what G-d gave them.  We also can exalt women to a place that goes against creation as well.

So all I ask as your Rabbi, is that you be fair and complete the study before making any preconceived judgments about the topic at hand.  Be willing to challenge what you may think that you already know about Adam and Eve.  Be open to making any adjustments in your views and what you have previously believed.  It might just change your life.

Rabbi David Taylor

davidlovesisrael@gmail.com

Lesson 1

G-d's Creation:

Good and Very Good, No sin or lawlessness, Defined Roles,

The Bible says that “In the beginning, G-d created the heavens and the Earth”. B'Resheet /Genesis 1:1.  And with that statement of undeniable creation we have Adonai's authority established with it.  Elohim (G-d), is the Creator and what He made in the Creation.

From reading B'Resheet/Genesis 1:1, if Elohim is the Maker of All things and He commands us to heed and follow Him, what should all of Creation be doing? 

Should what was created then Submit to G-d or resist Him?

From B'Resheet/Genesis 1:4, 1:10, 1:12. 1:18, 1:21, 1:25, what do these passages say about His Creation there?

Now look at B'Resheet/Genesis 1:31.  What was different about how G-d declared His creation to be at that time?

The initial place we call the Garden of Eden and all of the Universe as well was called good by G-d who had made it and that creation was also called very good.  The Hebrew word for “Good” is   טוב  (Tov). 

 The Hebrew word for “good” has been defined as this in the Strong's Concordance:

“#2896  tove

From H2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well): - beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ([-favoured]).”

Here we see clearly that the Creation was not bad nor was it flawed.  It was perfect and innocent because Elohim had made it that way.  This includes Man and Woman and the Angels.  All of these were initially “good” and “very good”.

It is not our goal here in this study to explore all of the Creative steps and processes that Adonai went through to make the heavens and the Earth.  Nor was it Moshe's goal to elaborate on every creative aspect.  But please note that Adonai is G-d and that He was the One who made all the things and creatures in the universe good and very good.  And as a result of this established fact and the obvious conclusion that He was able to do so, we can conclude that Adonai alone should be worshiped and obeyed.  And the Creation when it was “good” and “very good” did hearken to and did obey the Almighty who had made it.

Turn to 1 Yochanan/1 John 3:4.  What is Sin and how is it defined there?

What is transgressed when we are lawless?

Are we then obeying the Creator when we are like this?

The word in our English Bibles known as “Law” (νόμος (nomos)in the Greek), is really the proper noun and title of a compilation of commands, statues, ordinances and judgments called The Torah in Hebrew, ( תּורה ).  When any creation of Adonai sins and transgresses against what G-d says, that created one who does so then denies all that the Almighty commands him or her whether in one point or in totality.  He or she then goes against the “Law” or better said, The Torah. They become lawless and transgress what was commanded them.

Was there sin initially in the Creation of Adonai?

We know that sin and lawlessness was not in the original creation and plan of G-d because G-d called what He had made “Good” and “Very Good”.

If you look at the rest of the Creation Account in the Scriptures you will see that “angelic beings” were also created.  These “heavenly beings” were angelic and not human.  Angels like man, did not create themselves.  G-d made all of the angelic beings.  As with mankind, so angels had to submit to the Creator's authority and did so.  We have a verse in B'Resheet/Genesis 2:1 that tells us “Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the hosts of them, were finished”.  The word “hosts” may refer to angels or messengers.  Some say however that angels may have been previously created prior to the Genesis account.  No one knows for sure which ones may have been previous to Genesis 2.   We cannot deny this possibility by making assumptions either for against this theory.  But regardless of your viewpoint, “hosts” may indeed be speaking of Angels being created as of B'Resheet/ Genesis 2.

In all of Genesis/ B'Resheet Chapter 2, did G-d state that the Angels had sinned or had been lawless?

So were Angels created as sinners and evil messengers?  Were they rebellious as far as we can see in chapter 1-2?  How about mankind?  Were they created as sinners?

Who created Man from B'Resheet / Genesis 2:7 and how was he formed?

Was Eve,  (Chavvah), created at the same time as Man?

When was she created? See B'Resheet/ Genesis 2:21-22.

Why was she created at the time she was from verse 20?  Weren't the animals sufficient for Adam?

In 2:22 who presented Woman to the Man?

Did Adam ever ask Adonai for a woman or another companion?

We see clearly that it was Adonai, our Creator who saw Adam's need. Adam was alone and that his solitude was not good from B'Resheet 2:18.  It says in the Scriptures “It isn't good that the person (Man), should be alone”.  So all of creation was good and very good, but what was not good?  Man being alone.  So the Father saw this fact and created a woman to be a helpmeet and a companion for the Man Adam.  It would be the Creator who would present the woman to the Man. 

The Man was not the one to look for or search for a companion as we have many men doing today.  But it would be Adonai who would do the “finding and the Searching” for Adam.  Of course we know that Eve was created by G-d after Adam's need and that she was not hiding nor needed to be discovered.  She was intended and created and was presented to the Man at the perfect time.  Man spent many days and years possibly naming all of the animals and realizing his need for a woman.  At the correct time, G-d gave man his helper and friend.

I want you to see some truths here.  G-d created a woman and only a woman to fulfill Adam's need for help and companionship.  None of the rest of Creation could satisfy that need.  Woman was unique and very special.  Out of all of the hundreds, if not thousands of creatures, there was not one creation of G-d that could be like the woman for Adam.  Nothing else, not even angelic beings would suffice.  Notice the position in creation that the woman holds!  She alone was fashioned by Adonai to fulfill Adam's needs on Earth.

Notice too that in all of the Scriptures, there is never once a mention or illusion to a female angel.  Not even an angel who had special abilities and beauty could be called or made into a woman.  Only Eve would fulfill that role.  Women are the most special of all of G-d's creations!  None other in all the universe is like her.  The Bible never refers to any other creature as it does the woman.  Her worth is far above any treasure.  She is unique in every way.

Next I want for you to see that Adam walked with the Father in the cool of the day.  Read B'Resheet / Genesis 3:8.  The Father walked among His Creation and fellowshipped with them daily.  Adam was no exception to this pleasure.  Can you imagine this!?  And even though Adam had this pleasure previous to the Woman's arrival, G-d knew that Adam needed a helper that was suited for him and comparable to him.  Now this is not to say that a woman will replace the Almighty and the fellowship man has with Him.  Not at all.  But still, see the truth here.  A woman is necessary even in a Utopian garden walking with G-d.  The Garden was perfect and was “very good”.  But at the same time, it was “not good that man should be alone”. 

Ladies, you have worth to the man and in G-d's creation.  Adonai knows that man is lacking without you.  He saw that a woman was a vital part of man's existence.  So shouldn't you see yourself in that same light and understanding?  It is not good for the man to be alone.  So you have the ultimate distinction of being the sole companion.  Especially made and fashioned to help, comfort and be there for mankind.  Now this is aside from the obvious pro creative facts.  And women are honored by G-d in that way as well.  Women are essential for happiness, beauty, companionship and the continuance of the whole human race!  No other created being has that place of authority and honor.

Men, we need to see that G-d created a woman for us and it is essential that we depend upon her.  We too must cherish her as Messiah loves the Congregation.  She has worth and value and position before Adonai and we best be sure that we honor the Eve's in our lives.  To deny your Wife, Mother or Sister honor as a woman is a great sin.  For with our debasing of her, we deny the very honor that the Almighty gave her!  We shame the Creator as we rob from her the place of creative exaltation.  And we also deny ourselves as men the help that G-d intended for us.  So to be in solitude away from your bone of bones and flesh of your flesh, to be divided, is to make your life “not good”.  We reverse the very reason why G-d brought Eve to Adam.  We go against all of Creation and disrupt the Divine Order.

What a great tragedy it is for women to not see their place in the Garden and with man.  Also what a great lapse in judgment for a man to overlook a woman's worth.  We must see the woman as a person who has value far above rubies.  Anything less is to deny the Creator and His purpose for woman.  At this point some of you may need to put this study down and repent of all the years that you have debased and put down that blessing you married.

Now a note to our single friends.  You may not have your Adam or your Eve yet so to speak.  But one day you will in G-d's Divine plan and timing.  Start praying for your future mate.  Lift them up in prayer and pray for them as if they already existed in your life.  Make changes now where needed to be the mate that they will one day require.  Be the person of G-d that you must be now.  Become that person who is a help mate for your future Husband.  Men become a man like Adam who walked with G-d in the Garden in the cool of the day.  It is far easier now to be the man or woman of Adonai that you should be, than to try and regain that after you have been married.  You have the wonderful opportunity to become all that you should become.  G-d and His Word can mold you and transform you prior to your future marriage.

An Exercise

What was the order of Creation? 

Using the Scriptures, and the Creation account, number in order the creation of man and woman and animals. Use numbers 1-3.

Animals __

Woman __

Man __

Place the Bible references next to each of your numbered answers above.

Who established this order? B'Resheet / Genesis 1:1

Why did Adonai make women last in this short list above if she has a place of honor?

So does that mean that women are less than the animals?  They were last in this list.

Read B'Resheet / Genesis 2:18.  Why were the animals created before Eve (Chavvah)? 

Nothing was comparable to the Woman Eve for Adam and this had to be proven to him by G-d.  How would Adam know that there was nothing found that was comparable to him unless he looked and searched all of the animal kingdom first?  It was only after Adam named all of the animal kingdom that he realized that he needed much more.  This creative order exalts the woman.

We see clearly from the Scripture that the creative order does NOT mean that women are less than animals.  Some false religions teach that a woman is less than an animal based upon this passage.  What a falsehood and again a denial of a woman's position!  The animals were created first so that Adam would see clearly that there was nothing in all of the living creatures that compares to Eve (Chavvah).  A woman is vastly unique and this order of creation exalts a woman.  It was never meant to debase her.  We need to deny any group or teaching that debases a woman below the status of an animal.  G-d never taught this nor does the Word agree with false teaching that humiliates a Lady.

Again, I speak to the men taking this study.  Brothers we must see that a woman has an exalted place among the living.  She and she alone is the only suitable companion for man.  Animals cannot love, talk, help or nurture.  They cannot bear your children and they can never be bone of your bone and one with you.  Despite the cat food and dog food commercials, animals are not your companions.  Women are made specifically for man by Adonai and then especially presented to the man by Him. Many of us need to repent for the way we have failed to see that G-d has exalted the Eve's in our lives.  Why not go and hug your Wife and tell her how much you have learned at this point from the Scriptures?  Single men, change your ways and repent of any false doctrines you may have been taught as boys.  Dad's rear your daughters with high esteem.  Teach them what you have learned in this study.  Have your daughters and sons take this study when they are old enough.  If we return to the Scriptures and what they teach, then we will have happy and fulfilled families and marriages.  The Torah way in the Scriptures will change the world.  It is up to us to apply them.

Women are under appreciated in our culture and in the Church or Synagogues.  We must take a good hard look at the creative process and reasons behind why G-d did what He did in the Garden and when He did that process.  When we do this kind of study, we will be more ready to love our Wives and honor our Daughters and Sisters among us.  We will also honor our Mothers and thus fulfill part of the commandment in Torah.

Now let me speak to the Ladies in more detail.  Girls, you need to see how the Father has created you and where in that creative process and order you were made.  You have worth and you must see that Adonai has placed you in a very special place in a man's life.  Many of you have been raped and defamed by abuse.  Many have been tricked by people telling you that you are less than even an animal.  My Sisters, you must open your eyes and allow the truth of who you are to sink deeply down into your Nefesh (inner beings).  Let the truth set you free from self-criticism and guilt.  Let the Light shine upon the darkness that was thrown upon you!  Deny the lies and false doctrines.  You are a “present” and a “gift” given by G-d to a specific man and also all of mankind.

A woman is “Beauty Personified”.  Everything that G-d made was “Very Good”.  This included women.  Chavvah, Eve, was “good” as a creation because Adonai made her that way in the beginning.  He then presented that “good creation” and “help meet” to the man for Adam's good.  Everything that Adonai made was beautiful.  Women you must see this and deny the lies you believe about yourself!  To debase yourself is a great sin.  For in that you defame what G-d has made.  You belittle the glory given to Eve as the “Mother of all the Living”.  If a woman see's who she is in the Creation, then she will begin to see her own beauty and viability.  She will have inner respect and know who she really is.  She will know her worth and act based upon that humble knowledge.

Read Genesis/ B'Resheet 1 again.  Notice how the entire Universe was beautiful.  We all love nature and the beauty of the outdoors.  We stand in awe of the Universe as we see the stars and all of the heavens.  Their visage is breathtaking!  We stand in awe and wonder how G-d made it all that lovely?

Read B'Resheet / Genesis 2:23.  What was Adam's reaction to Chavvah's, Eve's, beauty and who she was?  What do you suppose that he was thinking when he saw her?  Go ahead and let your imagination go wild. Write your thoughts below.

How was Chavvah (Eve), created?  Was she made from the dust of the ground like Adam was fashioned?  See B'Resheet / Genesis 2:21-22.

Did G-d name the woman?  Who did?

Adam declared that this new creation was to be called a woman.  G-d did not do this.  It was the Man who named her and declared what she was.  Why?  She was taken out of man and from the man.  She was an intimate part of Adam.  An actual part of Adam's body.  She was “Bone of his bones and flesh of his flesh”.  This tells us that a woman is not independent nor exclusive from a man.  So we see that from the beginning, there was a close relation and association that existed between the man and the woman physically.  She too was an intimate part of his DNA and his structure.  Oneness from creation and by Divine fashion.  So many people think that sex is the main way that a woman and man are one.  They are indeed one flesh by intimacy, but notice that Adonai also meshes the very core of man's Genes and cells with the woman's.  Adam and Eve were one even before sex was initiated between them.  Some call this “Chemistry”.  Not a bad way of thinking of it.  Could it be that we still have this “Chemistry” between us?  Could it be that G-d has a chemical bond of sorts between the man and the woman?  You do not have your man's genes nor do you have hers, but the term “Chemistry” is now much more interesting as we study that first man and woman.  And may I say that the “Chemistry” may in fact be divine if and only if we allow G-d to present our mate to us. 

My single friends we need to let the Almighty bring us our mates.  We must go about and do what G-d has given us to do.  We must work and so until G-d causes us to rest.  Then when we awake, G-d presents us with the greatest of all gifts!  Stop seeking and stop fretting.  Wait upon the L-rd and allow Him to present you with the perfect match.  The Father has the perfect time and the perfect place designed for the two of you and one day that design will come to be.  You can trust Him.  The trouble comes when we seek for our “help meet”.  The problems arise when we do what is right in our own eyes.

I have heard so many dominant women today state that “they don't need men” or “A woman could survive well enough without a man in her life”.  These are true statements in that you can easily live alone or by yourself.  Anyone could live on an island but it is not the ideal situation.  Women can and do this kind of solitary living everyday in our culture.  We all know that very well.  But the core of these independent and self proclaimed woman's rights declarations of today are making a very misguided assumption.  Some of these bold ladies are really saying that some women believe that they are independent and exclusive of man.  Woman's rights advocates who are over board state that they will not agree with G-d and the Divine Design.  As if Adonai never took the woman from Adam's side.  Some women deny their Scriptural origin and essential association by DNA and by chemistry.  That somehow G-d made a woman from the dust of the Earth just as He did Adam and separate from Adam.  This exclusive type of thought soon turns to rebellion against men and the G-d who created them.  This kind of rebellion does not honor a woman but debases her.  It debases the woman because in these kinds of independent declarations, a woman scraps her uniqueness via the rib and excludes Eve as especially presented to the man as a help mate.  A woman's purpose and mission in the Creation is destroyed by pride.  Women like this will often refuse to be a help.  They reject the fulfilled life that G-d designs.  They hinder mankind instead of being a help to them.

We each have a vital role to play in one another's lives.  Adonai fashioned the woman from the side using the rib.  By the way, men and women have the same number of ribs.  There is a teaching that there is one less rib in men than women.  Medically this has been proven to be a myth.  Take my word for it, men are not missing a rib nor is there an extra rib in the woman's ribcage.  Men and women both are today fashioned by the Divine design of procreation and sex.

Read B'Resheet/Genesis 1:26-31.

In verse 26-27 whose image were both men and women created in?

Does that make men and women the same?  How so?

Read 1 Corinthians 13.  G-d is love 1 John tells us.  So what attributes of G-d are found in 1 Corinthians 13.  Us the phrase “ G-d is...” before each of the terms for love.  Notice how G-d is indeed defined in this passage.

Men and women both can love.  This is just one of many examples in the Bible in regard to the attributes of G-d.  But it illustrates well how men and women can both be like G-d and possess the tributes of love.  We are both created in G-d's likeness.  Thus if G-d is love and these are the attributes of love, then men and women can be loving and imitate G-d.  This is one way that men and women are alike.

Now read Galatians 6:22-23.  Make a list of the fruit of the Ruach (Spirit) below:

Notice how men and women can be alike in many ways.  A man as well as a woman could be gentle, kind as well as  all of the other attributes listed in Galatians.  We could do this for dozens of passages where men and women are identical in character and their G-d given attributes. Yet notice that physically as well as in the order of creation there remains a distinction.  A distinction of purpose and a distinction in roles.  Roles and duties established by the Creator at the time of creation.  Places of honor and authority.  Remember, no one is like the woman.  She alone has a place of distinction in G-d's divine order.  A man could never do what she can do.  She is unique and special.  Yet a woman can have the same godly character qualities that a man does and vice versa.  The Scriptures that we just studied in 1 Corinthians as well as in Galatians prove that fact well.  Uniqueness does not equate to inferiority.  Being unique demands a knowledge and proper understanding of how we are Biblically different.  With that knowledge and understanding we then compliment one another where we are diverse.  We also build one another up as we reinforce our Biblical similarities.

How are we different?  Be real and truthful.  There are differences.  Recall the creative order we studied.  Who was created first?  Adam or Chavvah?

How does the creative order factor in to the headship of the man?

Read 1 Corinthians 11:3.

Write down the creative order that Paul declares in that passage.

How does the creative order influence the roles of a man and a woman?

How does the creative order in the Garden effect the way men and women in marriage interact?  Even though they are the same in character and by nature, there remains a distinction based upon the chronological events in the Creation.  Man was created first and then the woman was created.  That order does Biblically factor in when it comes to our interactions as man and wife.  Someone must take the lead and be responsible for the union of the family.  G-d chose the man to be the head and established that fact by creating him first.  Even as G-d is the head and was prior to man, so man must follow suite and imitate G-d as the head of the Wife.  But notice from our study of 1 Corinthians 13 and love that a man should and must be the loving leader.  For love is the great attribute of Adonai.  If man is to copy G-d and lead as He does then a man must love His wife.  The Wife also should love her G-d appointed leader as the head.  That requires a full and total adherence to what love is and what love does.  For when we lead our homes as G-d leads the World, then we are like Him and the home becomes a wonderful place and the marriage becomes divine.  A man who is a dictator and fails to love is not like G-d at all.

This view of the creative headship may not be popular or what you have been brought up with, but it remains the mainstay as a design by G-d.  And as the Creator, G-d has the right as everyone's head to establish leadership. To reject G-d's headship in your home is to reject G-d's headship in the entire world.  You cannot follow the L-rd and be rebellious against what He has instituted in the creation process.  Nor can you agree with G-d as a leader if you do not do so duplicating the attributes of the Father as you lead.