TL

Hi Craig,

It wasn’t always that way with God’s people. But at various times in world history, humans have devalued women. It influenced the people of God in how they read Scriptures. Women were thought to be mentally inferior, to be created as sexual beings for the benefit of men, to produce children, to please men and so forth. There are some devastatingly cruel and arrogant things Christian and Jewish men have written about women in history.

Yet, rather relevant to how the Holy Spirit has always had a remnant who could be reached, there have always been a remnant of men and women who viewed women with respect and honor. And that goes with anything imbalanced I imagine. There were always people in the world who saw through racism of various kinds, gender prejudices and so forth. Women were preaching in the 1800’s and before, writing books, being evangelists, etc. even while generally they were not allowed to get an education. There are stories of women like Thecla (not many years after Christ ascended) who were amazing ministers of God’s Word in spite of those who thought them indecent to do so.