Genesis 2:18 – 24
18) Then the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him." 19) Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. 20) The man gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every beast of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him. 21) So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. 22) The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. 23) The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man." 24) For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. 25) And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.
Q: What reason do you see for why God created woman?
A: It was not good for man to be alone. God created us to be man's helper, to meet his every need, body mind and soul, that we might grow together in spirit and in truth, that we might encourage one another and spur one another on in all things. And that we might more fully in our finite minds understand the inner workings of God and His role in our lives. In women, we see humanity in its weak form, easily misled and beguiled, in man; we see God's strength and unswerving authority. We need man's headship and guidance to keep ourselves from falling away, and man needs God's headship and guidance to show them how to lead us in all truth and righteousness. A good king needs compassion, understanding, respect, wisdom and authority and a servants heart. In the union of man and woman we see all these components brought together and knit in harmony for the happiness of the kingdom: their home. If a woman does her part to meet the needs of her husband, thereby freeing him to do the Lord's work, she is being used of God to love and serve him physically the way God loves and serves him spiritually. Our husbands, free to hear the Lord speaking to them, are able to instruct us in the ways of the Lord. They are able to provide for us physically and love us not just from the heart but in all they do for us. They are being used of the Lord to love and serve us physically on His behalf. Perfect harmony and unity in home only comes from the authority structure given of God and from having Christ as the center of your home.
I have highlighted God's reason for creating woman. Simply put, God saw that there was a lack. God is a triune Godhead (triune meaning three-in-one), the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. To fully make man in His image we must replicate that three part relationship. Until woman was created, there were only two parts, God and man, for as God works in three parts so also must we. God could just as easily have created us out of the dust from which He formed Adam, but He didn't for a specific reason. If He had not brought us out of man, we would not be drawn man to woman and woman to man as we are. We would not have the need or the desire for each other as we do. We are to each other a missing piece of the puzzle in one another's lives and God is the one that binds the two pieces together. It takes all three of us in unity, working together as one whole. For unmarried women it is God who fulfills both the role of God and the role that will later be filled by your husband when the Lord brings him along. He also provides you with spiritual headship and fellowship within the body of Christ so that you receive all the support and guidance you will need to press on in the Lord. It is a good thing for a woman to desire a husband, to desire a man to fill the role of headship.
Q: Do you see anything else of great importance in the above scriptures?
A: It is in woman's nature (for we are created this way), to be a comforter. Just as the Holy Spirit who is THE comforter was brought to man, so also was woman (Eve) brought to man (Adam). God does these things to help us to know our role, what we were created for. But most importantly, I will bring you to the last verse. "25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed". Christ is the husband and the Church is His bride. One day we will all stand before the Lord and He will lay us all bear to examine us and bear Himself to us so that we may know Him more intimately than we ever could in our earthly bodies. The main drive of this course is that when we do stand bare before Him, we too may not be ashamed.
Help, helper, help meet: SC 5826 'âzar: A verb meaning to help, to aid. It means to support, to give material or nonmaterial encouragement to a person. God was the one who helped His people (Gen 49:25). It describes people helping each other to accomplish goals. Also SC 5828 'çzer: A masculine noun meaning helper, one who helps, help, aid. It refers to aid or assistance given, whether material or immaterial. It indicates persons who give help; the woman created as Adam's complimentary helper.
1 Corinthians 11:8 – 12
8) For man does not originate from woman, but woman from man; 9) for indeed man was not created for the woman's sake, but woman for the man's sake. 10) Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. 11) However, in the Lord, neither is woman independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. 12) For as the woman originates from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and all things originate from God.
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