I have been working on demos in experimenting with film editing software. The short film, Dreamer, is my first video. I used a trial film editing and encoder software while I was experimenting on the introduction to my autobiographical script story--Dreamer >
“It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment” (Proverbs 18:5).
Descent:
I am a descendent of a minister that preached at the time of the "great awakenings." The revival had its beginnings in the Dutch Reformed tradition. We are part Dutch. And I had been mistaken for Dutch, for a local Dutch person, when I had been in Europe on missions (MAPS 1991). "Beginnings of the movement may be traced among the Dutch Reformed Churches of New Jersey"--The Great Awakening, The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
History:
I am 55 years old. I grew up an A and B student, never had detention. I never have been married. Only daughter, next to the oldest.
Bio:
I have no sexual history but a few dating incidents I found repelling or grievous or against my standards.
I have always been monogamous and any advance sexually means serious marriage interest. All that is not authentic marriage honorable interest is cult forcing, or forcing of a molester, of a predator, of a trafficker, or a killer.
Verse:
"But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints...And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them" (Ephesians 5:3, 11).
Verse:
"The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things" (Titus 2:3).
Observation:
While I was a student at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in the 1970's I observed as we reproduced our body characteristics unintentionally while we viewed a model, and like we had in art school, children draw body characteristics parallel to their body development. They are called "tadpoles" because of the developmental process that is obvious--Consciousness >
Conscious of Development>
Regarding Roe v. Wade (1973), the United States Supreme Court said, "If the suggestion of personhood is established, the appellants' case (for abortion), of course, collapses, for the fetus' right to life would be guaranteed specifically by the (Fourteenth) Amendment"--from the Roe v. Wade ruling, as cited by The Conservative Voice ... read more
Verse:
"I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them" (Psalm 139:14-16).
Principle:
To uphold belief in life after-death--which is apart from the body--in consistent faith also upholds belief in life before brain waves.
Question:
In Christian doctrine if there are two parts of man, and there is not spirit, and the body will be resurrected at Jesus' return, at what point in early formation does consciousness begin?
Theology inevitably gets back to these questions, both in Christianity, and in world religions.
Historical Witness:
Jesus Christ is mentioned 93 times in the Koran--Inside Islam, The History Channel
They know very well He existed and did the miracles He had done. Many, however, reject Christ, rejecting His divinity. Though they heard the "good news"--
"Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds"--Philippians 1:15-16 "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come"--Matthew 24:14
--warning to the godly --appeal of the godly --angelic visitation to the godly --organized stalkers --homosexual stalkers --urgent warning by the godly --refusal by the wicked --intervention by angels --out of control attackers --wicked struck blind --removal of the godly --detailed warning to the godly --gathering of the godly --haste of the angels --urgency of the angels --command to flee --godly begging in disbelief --raining fire and brimstone (Genesis 18:17, 32, 19:1, 4, 5, 7, 9-18, 24)
"But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed"--Luke 17:29-30
Characteristic of Sodom:
"Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy" (Exekiel 16:49).
Government Data:
"According to government data, about 66% of people in the USA are now either overweight or obese"--USA Today >
Prophecy Reveals Secret Things God Knows:
"For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost"--II Peter 1:21
Defining Prophecy in the New Testament:
Making evil up about someone is not prophecy. It is not evil imaginations (Zechariah 7:10). Prophecy is accurately hearing secrets, hidden things, God is revealing as defined by the Apostle Paul (I Corinthians 14:24-25).
REVEALING SECRETS:
"But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all: And thus are th:e secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth"--I Corinthians 14:24-25
FORETELLING:
By Agabus--"And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar" (Acts 11:28).
By Anna--"And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem" (Luke 2:36-38).
By Elisabeth--"And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord" (Luke 1:41-45).
By Zacharias--"And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace" (Luke 1:67-79).
By Caiaphas--unbeknownst to him--"And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad" (John 11:49-52).
MORE ACCURATELY:
Prophecy may be, like Caiaphas in John chapter 11, not even recognized by the speaker, or as described by the prophet Joel or by Peter's citation bringing Joel's words into the New Testament (Joel 2:28, Acts 2:17). The practice of God might have been seen in the Old Testament as God spoke through an animal (II Peter 2:16).
How else might God speak by all flesh in such a wicked and perverse generation?
The accurate prophecy might not be recognized as prophecy, as it is not identified as prophecy, as had been the case of Caiaphas (John 11:49-52).
The occurrence in frequency is a sign to be occurring in the last days. Any who had their "mail read" or a private word of exhortation confirmed by a passer by knows what I mean. The individual did not literally read our private correspondence with God nor hear us. God did however. He motivates the person. God is able to motivate.
Salvation:
SALVATION IN THE NEW TESTAMENT IS SEEN INTERVENING FOR THOSE THAT NEED IT FROM MOLESTATION OF ENEMIES
sōtēria (so-tay-ree′-ah): Greek:
1. deliverance, preservation, safety, salvation a. deliverance from the molestation of enemies b. in an ethical sense, that which concludes to the souls safety or salvation; of Messianic salvation 2. salvation as the present possession of all true Christians 3. future salvation, the sum of benefits and blessings which the Christians redeemed from all earthy ills, will enjoy after the visible return of Christ from heaven in the consummated and eternal kingdom of God--Strong's Concordance (The Bible Collection software)
“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David”—Luke 1:69--PROPHESIED BY ZACHARIAS
Alert:
"Childhood abuse can produce abnormal electrical brain activity that resembles a seizure state, but does not actually produce epilepsy"--Dr. Martin Teicher, Harvard Medical School >
Verse:
Maltreatment of women makes answers to man's prayers "cut off" (I Peter 3:7).
Statistic:
"'Peer-to-peer' abuse, children abusing other children, has risen dramatically within the past decade. Criminal prosecutors report nearly 300 percent increase in reports of peer-to-peer abuse in the past five years”--Christianity Today >
Alert:
“Victims were unaware they had been assaulted until they identified themselves in photographs that had been seized by law enforcement officials"--Michigan State Police>
Predator?
I awoke with hair cut off behind an ear, which is characteristic of obsessed predators.
I awoke groggy after being awakened to something wet being placed on my mouth.
I had been in prayer at 2 - 3 am, praying and appreciating the stars before I went inside as I love to do, and repeatedly there had been a vehicle that pulled up behind my vehicle. I kept still.
I woke up to things moved in my room, a thing moved from my bed. I had been studying my theology books with my Bible, which were all over my bed, there had been no room left on my bed.
The Holy Ghost gave strong impressions of warning as I was reading my Bible in my vehicle in a park. I turned at the direction God was giving warning of and I looked directly at the individual with binoculars looking at me from 50 yards away in the weeds.
There had been impressions after waking that someone had been putting something in my mouth. I ended up having to have a root canal.
There had been impressions after I had been awakened that there had been someone that tried to put a wet object in my mouth.
I am 55 years old. I am Irish, maybe Flemish, I am naturally blond, some had taken me for Flemish in Europe. I am 5'3 1/2" and about 125 pounds, never been overweight, never married.
Verse:
Ephesians 5:11, "And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them."
Animation of clip below illustrating injury that is corrected by surgery >
As noted in one post, bullying, that a childhood molester cousin did, bullying as had occurred since an early age, where my head was jerked back (hands over my eyes from the rear), done in 2005, jerking bones apart, caused injury. I had seen improvement prior after praying for healing. A half-inch to a quarter inch has been jerked between my upper and lower rows of teeth in the back. I need surgery. The portrait above is my 1995 Bible College graduation photo.
History:
I have naturally blond wavy fine hair. Attacks against my hair that occurred have involved a person that presented themselves as a stylist that jerked at my hair as I cried out. Who I caught mocking behind me as I watched in a mirror. They were holding my hairs mocking to another person. Something wrong there I said to myself. Years earlier there had been a person four years younger that attacked, jerked my hair, and I had no idea why, other than a remark of some kind regarding sexual behavior I knew nothing about. Something wrong there I said again to myself. Injury to my jaw as I relate here is by abuse, jerks to my head, imposed by a molester cousin or related to the incidents, jerking my head with iron force from behind me.
Due to depraved attempts I have been repulsed.
I have not romantically dated for close to 30 years due to it.
History:
2010 - Strictly no immorality - continued Biblical study, mgmt.
2009 - Strictly no immorality - continuing Biblical study, mgmt. (3.69 GPA)
2008 - Strictly no immorality - continued Biblical study
2007 - Strictly no immorality - acted a season, Biblical drama
2006 - Strictly no immorality - theological study (3.47 GPA)
2005 - Strictly no immorality - theological study; had awoke and found what looked like a clipped place missing from my hair behind my ear
2004 - Strictly no immorality - theological study - Mom was raised from what the nurse labeled a brain dead condition after I laid my hand on her head and asked God to heal her brain cells, she woke by next morning
2003 - Strictly no immorality
2002 - Strictly no immorality
2001 - Strictly no immorality
2000 - Strictly no immorality
1999 - Strictly no immorality - waded in rushing flood to rescue my writing in my briefcase on the front seat, water rising over the seat, got my belongings in the trunk, wrecker came, pulled me out of water and went to rescue others, awaited until 2-3 am for his return, some died, next day I opened my trunk to retrieve the briefcase and notebook that had stood in water on the front seat, the paper was dry
1998 - Strictly no immorality
1997 - Strictly no immorality
1996 - Strictly no immorality - pro-life speakers training
1995 - Strictly no immorality - lived quietly in Bible school dorms (2 diplomas, 3.5 GPA); I had awoke groggie one night, maybe 2 am, thought I saw a flash of fire and someone hurry out, thought I imagined, but smell of burning plastic was in the room, I puzzled
1994 - Strictly no immorality - lived quietly in Bible school dorms
1993 - Strictly no immorality
1992 - Strictly no immorality - a prophecy came to light that described my life circumstance regarding those God was speaking to about Jesus second coming
1991 - I was in Europe some this year, MAPS missions
Someone pinned me on the sofa - I told them to let me up, that I belonged to God - no other incidences occurred
1990 - Strictly no immorality
1989 - Strictly no immorality
1988 - Strictly no immorality
1987 - Strictly no immorality - studied art education (3.39 GPA)
1986 - Strictly no immorality - studied art education
1985 - Strictly no immorality - studied art education
1984 - Strictly no immorality - saved and baptized in the Holy Ghost that year during the season reading my Bible in my room, not in church at all, was an unchurched person, never heard of Spirit-filled churches
1983 - Strictly no immorality
1982 - Strictly no immorality
1981 - Strictly no immorality - God began speaking to me about the second coming of Christ by 1981
1980 - There were a few incidents that occurred this year, there had been someone that came from the rear and grabbed me and gyrated, and so on, and 2 or 3 dating incidents - I was repelled by affronts against my standards and things that occurred.
1979 - There had been a fellow I dated this year that had serious interest that did not work out. And this is the year a case occurred where I was seeking a life-long monogamous relationship and there had been someone that appeared interested in that they made advances, but had made a statement that they wanted to set me up as "pretty baby" because I was innocent, when I grasped what they were after I did not have more to do with them. I NEVER had anything to do with prostitution.
1978 - I graduated art school with honors (approximately 3.8 GPA). I lived in a quiet ladies dorm during art school. There had been a case that occurred this year where I had been interested in a genuine relationship and the person turned out to be interested in pornography, had even wanted to take me to a movie and it turned out to be a porn scene. I did not have more to do with them when I grasped what they were like.
1977 - Seeking a life-long relationship I dated innocently in a few instances of no immorality, and there had been a few cases that occurred where there were those trying to do things to me that I turned down around this time.
1976 - I dated innocently once or twice - dates with a goodnight at the door
1975 - I dated innocently once or twice - dates with a goodnight at the door
1974 - My youngest brother was born happily
There had been a woman that said a man "really liked" me, and I believed it, then he said he had friends that required their girlfriends to have sex with their friends to prove loyalty. I did not have more to do with them after I grasped what they were up to.
1973 - Strictly no immorality - I graduated high school
1972 - Strictly no immorality
1971 - Strictly no immorality
1970 - Strictly no immorality
1969 - Strictly no immorality
1968 - Strictly no immorality
1967 - Strictly no immorality - my younger brother was born, I started junior high
1966 - Strictly no immorality - my younger brother was born 1965 - Strictly no immorality
1964 - Strictly no immorality
1963 - Strictly no immorality
1962 - Strictly no immorality
1961 - Strictly no immorality
1960 - Strictly no immorality
1959 - Strictly no immorality - younger brother was born 1958 - Strictly no immorality - there had been imposition where my mother's sister's son plotted among themselves, there were two of them that were a foot taller trying to handle my crotch - they were told on, Mom might not have grasped what I meant as I did not talk well at 3 years old
1957 - Strictly no immorality
1956 - Strictly no immorality - younger brother was born, and I had a brother a year older
1955 - I was born, April 5, 1955
Bio:
Strict, I never had detention, was an A and B student, grew up quiet, studied, would not go to the prom, did not want to go due to stories of what people did after, I did not drink, did not smoke (vomited at the smell), later lived quietly in a Catholic ladies dorm while in art school though I had some background in the Church of Christ, graduated with honors, later graduated from Bible college, and studied theology further, after being saved and baptized in the Holy Ghost in 1984 after God had been speaking to me with urgency about the second coming of Christ:
After the manner of Amnon:
"..For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people"--Leviticus 18:-29
Abomination is a term that described Amnon that plotted his vile ideas of sex with a relative (II Samuel 13), that is called abomination in Leviticus 18:29.
Those that obligate targeted persons like Tamar were considered abominate also most likely--trying to obligate the targeted--trying to tell them they have low standards it is "alright to do things to," is being an accessory.
Tamar had no arousal, no involvement, nothing was going out from her, so therefore no loss of virginity could be railed against her. Her standards did not lower (II Samuel 13:12).
God already labeled all like Amnon "abominate" in Leviticus 18:29.
The attempt to demand he was "wanted" was sickening as the term abomination indicates, sickening to Absalom--so in agreement with God's moral imperative Amnon was killed (II Samuel 13:32).
Leviticus 18, the account regarding Sodom in Genesis 19, and Jesus' warning in Luke 17:29-30 in that regard, as well as Revelation 2:14-16, make clear God is getting ready to judge sexual evils.
JUDGMENT IN SCRIPTURE:
The Old and New Testaments provided protection (Romans 13:3-4). Paul called for the church to exert righteous judgment for sin. For example he said regarding a fornicator,
"In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus" I Corinthians 5:4-5.
And he confronted a sorcerer, "O full of all subtlety and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord" Acts 13:10-12.
Judgment in the New Testament:
SMOTE UNABLE TO SPEAK:
"And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season" (Luke 1:20).
SMOTE BLIND:
"And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand" (Acts 13:11).
"And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus" (Acts 9:8). They were smote blind for coming against the truth of God or for coming against those that told the truth regarding what occurred in their lives in the kingdom of God. At Sodom in the Old Testament there were those struck blind for gathering together sexually to attack those with the just man Lot (Genesis 19:5, 9, 11, II Peter 2:7).
STRUCK DEAD:
"And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost" (Acts 12:23).
"And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things" (Acts 5:5).
"Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out" (Acts 5:9).
TURNED OVER FOR JUDGMENT:
"But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money" (Acts 8:20).
"To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus" (I Corinthians 5:5).
"Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme" (I Timothy 1:20).
Judgment:
On earth--“And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily.” Luke 18:7-8
In heaven--“And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?” Revelation 6:10
BIBLICAL RECOURSE:
"Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican."
Matthew 18:15-17
Intruder-based Sexuality:
Intruder-based sexuality, where arousal is based on intrusion, is against all standards God presents in His word. Arousal is to be based on the attraction between a couple, male and female, to be husband and wife, where their intense attraction is a complete attraction between them, the basis of arousal. Complete attraction is love for the spirit, the soul, and the body of the person.
Intruder-based sexuality, where arousal is based on hate and animosity or jealousy targeted outside the relationship, is not Biblical, and actually presents hatred.
Animosity, and jealousy, that attacks and maligns those outside a relationship in order to gain arousal, or any self-satisfaction, is akin to murder, strife, and other sin. The end-result of intruder-based sexuality is evident when observing incidents of crime, attack, attack against women (against the sex organs of women, or other organs) or against children.
The declaration that they "love" the woman attacked is of course ridiculous. For obviously that is not any "care" at all. Rather, it is the mangling of their organs in attack. The labeling of the targeted person--which considers that like being defecated on to be attacked at all, and when brain damage amnesia from being totally attacked by low standards against their morality is horrific, and when organ damage that is done is that agonizing because the wicked fantasizing individual made up the idea that the targeted person had a great deal of sexual involvement that never occurred, there certainly is not appreciation at all)--so it is ridiculous where they label the person attacked as having the low standards because the fantasizing person attacked them.
That is the attempt to avoid capture, typical of the attacker.
It is warped, "deviant," ideas of sexuality. And it relates to demon possession, little different than channeling as others have been condemned for in other contexts.
The idea that there is not to be great attraction between single people that are considering marriage is a form of heresy as it leads to intruder-based sexuality, where there are couples that are unfulfilled as a result of lack of physical attraction to their mate, in that they were taught that attraction is sin. It is not--for Biblical attraction, between two single monogamous Christian people, male and female, living in self-control, considering marriage, is God's best.
To force the idea that the attraction is sin, and to demand that the single individuals marry an unattractive mate, and then later rely on fantasizing toward the one they wished they were with, as alternate means to gain arousal because they are unfulfilled at home and seeking arousal by intrusion, is advocating complete heresy.
In addition, the person that is advocating their involvement in the couple's relationship, because they are trim and fit, and because they wish they could see what occurs in their bedroom, because their own relationship is "shallow" sexually, is involved in pornographic ideas every bit as much as the devout adherent to Hustler.
The idea that the couple that is single and greatly attracted to each other should not marry, as male and female, to be man and wife is heresy, particularly where that is being replaced with the aforementioned variety. As it appear particularly as such heresy as stats for marriage and divorce match or exceed those outside the church (for some Christian sub-groups are exceeding the national average).[1]
The arousal of marriage is to be based on the eternal bond of God as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for it, determining to bless His wife (Ephesians 5:26).
A passage that is referred to in regards to marriage covenant relations is interpreted only in part at times when in full context the passage emphasizes that also the husband does not have power over his own body.
I Corinthians 7:4 explains that, "The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife."
I cite it because it is cited so often in endorsing a wrong idea of submission that is in heresy. Sodomy is abomination, not required at all by God, is damaging to internal organs, “against nature” (Romans 1:26), etc., off the topic technically in some theological discussions, but this passage is used to demand that abomination. Then the balance of the verse is not interpreted, for had the whole verse been considered the women are in order to use a device to sodomize men.
The abomination is not demanded on women by God at all, as that is already condemned in scripture (Romans 1:26). And Webster's Dictionary defines sodomy clearly, "anal or oral copulation with a member of the same or opposite sex; also: copulation with an animal."
The passage in I Corinthians 7:4 cites that "power" over the spouse applies both over the man as well as over the woman, "power" being the word exousiazo: “to have power or authority, use power” in each case.[1] So that the woman has authority over the man in that context of the marriage covenant sexual relationship. The man is required to “please” the wife. The man is not to "please" the outsiders. The wife is to determine how she is to be “pleased,” as long as in scriptural boundaries, and she has “power” or authority, noted in Strong’s Concordance, lexicon, “please” being aresko: to please, to strive to please, “to accommodate one’s self to the opinions, desires and interests of others.”[2]
That definition I hear addressing women at times, by those stating that the wife is required to align, and really there is a mutual principle of submission noted in Ephesians 5:21, pertaining to submission to the overarching principles of God.
This relates because submission is part of the argument against women involved in ministry in any way.
It might be good to note the Proverbs 31 model. The man was the leader, sat in the gates (Proverbs 31:23). He was overseer of the woman. That is not dormant submission on her part, not a doormat submission. Submission is active. God in requiring submission of all of us is asking for our action, not our dormancy. That relates to faith as there are those that perceive that submission means laying down and letting God do everything. That is in error I believe.
So a woman in submission, will be in action. God is asking for our action from all of us. Similarly, God requires the leader to require action. How horrid I have thought that would be for a husband to stand before God having "managed all well," and for God to begin with the wife and for the man to say he demanded that she lay down all her gifts and never use them again--like burning her bank account worth millions.
The Proverbs 31 woman did all the household care or oversaw those things, but she had a business venture I read in scripture (Proverbs 31:16, 18, 24, 26, 27), and the man was over her as her leader. She was not a couch potatoe.
God gave woman at the start in scripture as a gift. I think it is law of first mention. The giving of the woman was a first act (Genesis 2:22).
I hear in it “team ministry." I do not think it is battling. It think it is balancing. I think it means the man as the man, the woman as the woman, there would be exousia--might, peace, serenity, tranquility at home operating as “one” (Genesis 2:24).
I hear the idea stated at times that women are the ones required to do anything that the male wants done sexually, like it or not, the context for many of the cases where submission is being argued. But the Bible does not say that there. I hear the idea that women are required to do whatever the man wants done in any context. That does not say that there. The man cannot for example order the wife to rob a bank. The wife is to submit to God first as cited in Ephesians 5:21, “Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God” (italics mine), then the passages regarding the wife submitting to the husband follow.
That is so for prophetic ministry, the wife who is a prophetess is in order. There were prophetesses in the New Testament, who no doubt spoke prophecies, as cited of Philips four daughters (Acts 21:9). Also Anna, in the temple (Luke 2:36), endorsed by scripture in Israel. So the idea that “silence” is utter silence cannot be right.
The wife is to be in submission to her husband as the husband is submitted to God (I Timothy 2:12), according to Spiros Zodhiates, in The Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible.[3]
It should be mentioned there are those that demand that women are to keep total silence in the church, but they are not equally interpreting other passages strictly, for women wear jewelry, and if passages are to be taken strictly there should be no jewelry (I Timothy 2:9).
The pair in the Biblical picture of Eden and its restored resemblance to be seen in the New Testament should be one of the most powerful witnesses the Earth has seen. It is a picture of Christ and the church (Ephesians 5:31-32).
Enduring love that is the picture of the idyllic intended creation in Eden is sung about often, yet rarely achieved.
[1] Strong’s Lexicon, The Bible Collection (ValueSoft, 2007). [2] Ibid. [3] Spiros Zodhiates, The Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible (Chattanooga: AMG Publishers, 1991), 1497.
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