Mark

Cheryl (218)

Let me say a few things. I have given you much to look at in Gen 1-3 before. As i recall, you have yet to deal with the grammatical issues i have raised…do you remember that! Why will i waste my time saying things over and over when you haven’t even dealt with past issues. Also you might wish to be careful of what you say, as if you are the only one ‘fearing’ God. Remember the tax collector’s prayer?

Maybe one point that can help clear the issue. Where is one verse that tells husbands to submit directly to their wives? Since we know it does not exist, why the egal push to claim something the Bible never declares. Here lies the inconsistency, you reject male authority because there is no ‘explicit’ command of God in Gen 1-3 (while you reject or re-interpret everything showing it), yet you wish to promote an egal theology where a husband is never told to submit to his wife (but rather the command is always for the wife to submit). If you wish to be taken seriously you need to be consistent in your threads. You can’t demand something in Gen 1-3, but then do the reverse in the New Testament.

By the way, i never had the intention to answer your or Susannah’s questions. I simply wanted to show that authority did exist in the pre-fall world.

Final thought just to re-inforce. I want you to prove from scripture where a husband is told to submit to his wife explicitly- this way the issue should be solved. You can ‘disprove’ all the reverse passages as much as you want, but you must therefore show where a husband is told to submit to his wife. If you cannot do this, the point is proven- egals are teaching a false teaching, something not declared in scripture. Then for you to be consistent, show me the second or third witnesses from the Bible. I will wait for all eternity i assume!