| (Copyright) by Darwin Lee (Bismarck, North Dakota) |
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| One prevalent lie of a particular scripture held by almost all of humanity, (except the few) throughout most all nations, if not all, is the lie about Gen. 3:16. All readers reading this article know well what the lie is. Except most do not recognize that it is a giant of a lie. That lie has been woven into the fabric of most of humanity for six thousand years now, that men-husbands are to rule over his wife. In general, men believe they are to rule over the inferior to them, women. A huge swath of Christians (at least those professing Jesus) also believe this lie. Certainly, the Muslim community believes it to the fullest extent of their laws. Notice I said THEIR LAWS. As already mentioned, most of the world over, people love this lie. 2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie. Let’s get to the bottom of this big lie. In the Christian community it takes it’s root in: 1Co 14:34 ¶ Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. They note the phrase, “as also saith the law”. Then they steer you to Gen 3:16¶ Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. (All emphasis mine throughout) Notice, God was talking specifically to Eve in this verse (Gen. 3:16), not Adam. Nowhere in that statement is there an implication that God told Eve, “I (God) commanded Adam to rule over you”. It plainly says, “and he (Adam) shall rule over you”. It is clear that Adam and men after that were going to take it upon themselves to take advantage of the situation and use this as an opportunity to advance themselves as the superior sex and rule over their wife and women in general. Men blame women and Eve for their predicament. After all, she “tempted” Adam to eat of the fruit, did she not? The attitude of one is, she took of the fruit and told me “Go ahead and have one too. See I’m still alive”. The attitude set in, “because she did this, I’m not going to let her forget this” and proceed to rule over her as justification for what she “made me do”. No, she didn’t make him do anything, like a wimp Adam gave up his own right to stand up and tell her “God said not to”. Now, to digress further. We need to look at all the results that were to be Eve’s misfortunes for having eaten the forbidden tree. There are four in Gen. 3:16. “Unto the woman he said: “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception. “In sorrow you shall bring forth children;” “And your desire shall be to your husband” (Much can be said about that, but for another time.) “And he shall rule over you”. In not any of those four results is there any command that Eve is to obey anything. What God told Eve are conditions or results of her disobedience. God was talking to Eve at this point, not one word said that Adam was to rule over her by a command to Adam to do such. For the Bible student looking for the truth on any given subject, a major rule, well known, is that one must look to the context of what is being said. In this case, you must take all three accounts of what the results were for each person and being, (as in the serpent), their separate, let’s say punishment. Ge 3:14 ¶ And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: Note well; “Because you have done this thing”. Clearly a result of the serpent’s transgression. Ge 3:17 ¶ And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Ge 3:18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; Ge 3:19 “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return”. Again, clearly a result for Adam because of his transgression. Remember the rule, “look at the context”. Since we know that the serpents and Adams condition set by God is clearly a result of their sin, then it must hold true for Eve too and that condition put forth by God, must be a result for her part in this “threesome” as well. You cannot pull out of Gen. 3:16 some so-called made-up law for Eve and no specific laws for the serpent and Adam. For all three entities in question, the facts are clear, they are results of sin and their future for all parties involved. There is no special law for Adam to rule over his wife. This must be repeated. Gen. 3:14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19, all three parties are given the results of their own culpability of what each did. Not once did God command Adam to rule over his wife. As a matter of scriptural fact, we read in Gen. 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female. Gen. 1:28 And 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. They were given dominion (rulership) together over God’s creation. No word here for one person to rule over the other. Do you notice that “God said unto them (both)…replenish…subdue…have dominion over the fish… fowl…every living thing”. If God wanted Adam to rule over Eve, He would have clearly said Adam was to do so in one of the three verses, in Gen. 3: 17, 18 or 19. Furthermore, look at the history of mankind and one can find millions of abuses towards women because of this lie. God never had a law intended to be enforced to batter women in its many forms and somehow justify that abuse by a command from a Holy Righteous God. Lies, lies and more lies and most of mankind, gentile and jew alike would rather believe the lies. Jewish history is full of examples of how they viewed women and it’s all very disgusting. Look at almost any of the so called “Bible scholars”, their take on Gen 3:16 claim it is a law for Adam to beat up-rule over his wife. What utter nonsense that the Holy God of all creation would make such a law. Ask yourself, what is sin? Let the Bible define that for you. 1Jo 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. Now if it is a law for men to rule over their wife and women in general, then if he refuses to do so as defined by 1Jo 3:4, then he is sinning and is now in transgression of the law punishable by death as per scripture? Ro 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. So, if I don’t rule over my wife and not repent of that, God is going to put me to death for not obeying that “law”? Folks, I’m here to tell you, stop ruling over your wife and she will be able to love you so much the more for it and respect you for your leadership role. Men the world over, rule over their wife with hard bondage and I for one do not buy into the lie that that is God approved or commanded. My sister’s husband (now deceased) believed that lie to rule over his wife, once took a banana, pealed it, threw it against a wall and told her to go and clean it up. When she didn’t do it, she got her beating. Yaa, God approved. Should I vomit now or later? Gen. 3:16 does not command Adam to rule over his wife. God was talking to Eve when He said Adam was going to rule over his wife. Adam and most men since then took it upon themselves to do so and not by command from God. |
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