pinklight

dogmadekate,

So I think I get that. My question is how does all of this fit into complementarian vs. egalitarian viewpoints regarding women? I’m not really seeing where these issues are connected.

The issue is how complementarians interpret the term “the Christ” as being synonymous with “God” and is connected to where the matter begins in the first place which is with Eph 5, where the wife is told to submit to the husband, (who is the head of the wife) as the Church submits to Christ. Since “the Christ” is taken to refer to Jesus’ divinity rather than just his humanity, the comp husband then views himself in a position like God to his wife. Being in a position like God to his wife, based on Eph 5, the comp then applies other passages where God is spoken of as a husband to his people, and he then applies those to himself.
Hope that helps.