Don
2008-09-06
Some things to note:
1. One, it is not a hierarchy, as it is not in the order of a hierarchy. You need to rearrange the words in order to make it in the order of a hierarchy and that is ASSUMING head means boss.
2. If head means boss, how can Christ be the head of EVERY man, many men (whether males or people) do not obey Christ.
3. For the man/husband and woman/wife metaphor, the terms in Greek have the definite article, this means they are THE man/husband and THE woman/wife. There are natural candidates for who these might be, the man and the woman in the garden, where the man was the source of the woman.
4. Is God the source of Christ/Messiah somehow? Yes, God was the source of the incarnate Word.
5. Going to the first in the list, is Christ the source of every man somehow? Yes, Christ was at Creation.
So that is how I understand it. What this means for the following verses is another discussion.
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