This morning we're going to
be looking at Biblical headship
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in the Old Testament. But more
specifically we're going to be
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looking at Headship, the
principle of headship in Genesis
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One of the major
contentions of those in favor of
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the ordination of women is
that the principle of headship
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does not exist in the Bible
and moreover it does not exist
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in Genesis and specifically
in Genesis, chapter 2.
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That is in a prefall
situation in the Book of Genesis
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So, this morning we're
gonna take a look at headship,
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we're gonna briefly look at
a statement that was produced
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by the Theological
faculty, at least some of them
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at our University in Berrien
Springs which purports to state
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that the Bible says
nothing about Biblical Headship.
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So we'll take a look at that
and then we're gonna take a look
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at the Bible and what the Bible
really has to say about the
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Headship and how it affects
the whole issue of Ordination.
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Let me just mention in passing
here that this ordination issue
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is kind of a, it's not
really addressing the real issue
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the real issue is the Office of
Elder and the Office of Minister
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When we talk about Ordination
we know it's laying on of hands
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for service. You know we lay
hands on medical missionaries
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But they're not ordained as
medical missionaries. We just
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simply lay hands and
they're consecrated for service.
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The word Ordination has always
been used as it relates to the
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office of Minister, specifically
and also Elder and Deacon
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in the local church. So when
we're addressing the whole issue
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of Ordination we need to remem-
ber that we're really talking
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about what does the Bible say
about who is qualified to serve
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in the office of Elder or
Minister. So let's keep our
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focus on that particular
issue and let's let the Bible
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speak for itself. Now as we've
already heard, the real issue
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we're dealing with is not
just ordination or the office of
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Elder or Minister, it really
boils down to hermeneutics.
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And this issue of hermeneutics
really began to develop early on
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in 1960s at least as it relates
to the issue of feminism.
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When feminism got off the ground
you may remember names like
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Betty Friedan and Gloria
Steinham in the 1960s-1970s
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They were some of the proactive
advocates of not just ordination
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but women's liberation. And
it was in the 1960s and 70s that
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this country in general began
to get away from propositional
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truth and we began to embrace
our feelings, that is if it
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feels good let's do it. And
in fact we can even see it today
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with no longer having any
respect for what the laws say
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on the books as...
immigration for example
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We're gonna do it even though
the law says we're not following
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the law. Now in the 1960s you
recall that there was the baby
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boomer generation. In 1967
Timothy Leary came on the scene
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and one of his sayings was,
as he went around to various
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universities and spoke was
not only LSD but his phrase was
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Turn On and Drop Out. And
then we had the Summer of Love
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and the Haight Ashbury district
of San Francisco. And the Summer
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of Love, if you read the Time
Magazine article, it spoke about
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the Summer of Love issue, the
basic theme as I state it was
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Trust Your Feelings. Trust Your
Feelings. And that's what's been
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happening in this country
and that's what's been happening
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in the church ever since the
60s and so what has happened to
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propositional truth has gone
by the wayside and we've been
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trusting our feelings, what
we think we wanna do is what
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we're going to do. And
so I mentioned Betty Friedan
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I mentioned Gloria
Steinham and within the church,
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most of the churches had
adopted to that point and
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followed a faithful hermeneutic
But a new hermeneutic began to
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develop, developed long before
this and that was the historical
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critical method and following
that as the women's movement
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got underway, the
Women's Liberation Movement
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an evangelical feminist
hermeneutic began to develop
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in other words, evangelical
feminists began to read certain
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texts in the Bible a little bit
differently than what you would
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normally read from the surface,
that is a plain reading of
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Scripture. And lo and behold
the Seventh Day Adventists
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beginning in the 1970s, right
around the time 1973 and 1975
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also began to adopt a different
way of reading certain scripture
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dealing with women in the Bible.
Specifically women in ministry.
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And so we might call that
an evolution of the Evangelical
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Feminist Hermeneutic to the
Adventist Feminist Hermeneutic.
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And moreover, as we came to
the theology of ordination study
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committee it became quite
evident, in fact it became quite
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transparent, in fact they
actually confessed that they
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were using a different
hermeneutic for certain texts
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in the Bible. For certain
troublesome texts, and those
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troublesome texts would be texts
like 1 Tim chapters 2 and 3
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1 Cor chapter 11, 1 Cor:14
all the texts dealing with women
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in the New Testament. And for
these texts they adopted a new
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hermeneutic called a Principle
based Cultural Hermeneutic.
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Well, just as a little prelude,
it was in 1975 that we had a
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Spring Council and in that
Spring Council it was moved
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and it was voted to
allow women to be ordained as
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local elders. That was a
tip of the iceberg and that was
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just for the North American
Division. Then in 1984 in the
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Fall Annual Council it was
voted to go ahead and allow the
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ordination of women as local
elders worldwide if there was
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no contention, if there were no
problems you could go ahead and
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do it. Now you must realize
that the reason that they wanted
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to start with the ordination
of women as local elders because
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that is simply the first step
to becoming an ordained minister
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And so we can trace this
problem all the way back to 1975
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and 1984. So the real
issue we need to address here is
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the ordination of local elders
and the consequent ordination
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of ministers as well. And so
it's not in the upcoming 2015
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General Conference session
is important not to just address
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the ordination of women as
pastors, we need to address
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a whole issue of local elders
which began to circulate in 1975
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So, this new hermeneutic
that was confessed in the recent
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theology of ordination study
committee is called a principle
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based contextual, linguistic,
historical, cultural strategy
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a mouthful, where they use extra
Biblical sources. Now they say
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however, that the Bible is
revival in the salvation message
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However, for certain troublesome
text, those text determine the
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hermeneutical approach that
we use. Now this is their open
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statement. For these text we use
a slightly different approach
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called a Principle based
contextual historical cultural
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grading strategy. Now what
this really amounts to is a
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variation of not the historical
critical method, but certainly a
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critical method of reading the
Bible. And so they allow culture
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to become a predominant theme
in determining the Scripture
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and moreover, let me
read you this statement:
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Did you get that? Meaning
comes about as a result of an
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interchange between
the text and the reader.
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In other words, you as
the reader influence what the
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text is saying. Not just
the text or the text tells you
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what its saying. You interact
with the text and now you
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help the text say
what it really means.
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This is in contrast to the real
document, the methods of Bible
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study document which was
adopted in Rio de Janeiro
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which states the following:
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In other words a clear,
plain statement of scripture
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wherein its clear and plain.
So the issue is not ordination
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because in 1995 they said no
ordination. So what did they do?
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They just
continued to commission.
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So there is essentially no
difference between commissioning
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women as pastors and
ordaining women as pastors.
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No difference at all. The root
of the problem is the office
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the office of elder, the office
of minister. Not just ordination
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because we'll just commission
instead. So there is a unifying
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principle that runs throughout
Scripture and that principle
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is the principle of authority
and the principle of submission.
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The two go together. It's a
unifying thread that runs from
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Genesis to Revelation. It begins
with Adam and Eve in the garden
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in the pre-fall condition
and it continues with Seth
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it continues with Noah,
it continues with Abraham
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It continues with Isaac, it
continues with Jacob, the 12
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Patriarchs. Then it continues
with our Savior Jesus who was
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born as a man. Then it continues
with the apostles who were all
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men, that Jesus ordained. Then
it continues with replacement of
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Judas Iscariot with a man and
it continues with the ordination
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of seven male deacons. And it
continues with the ordination of
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by Paul, Timothy and Titus
of men as elders in the church.
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And then it concludes,
let's quickly go to Revelation
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and where we have the
New Jerusalem, the 12 gates
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and the 12 foundations -
what are the names on them?
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12 male apostles and 12
Patriarchs. So this principle of
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male headship or just headship
runs from Genesis all the way
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to Revelation. And it seems as
though our friends simply can't
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see it. But even Rosemary
Radford Reuther, a Catholic
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theologian who said herself,
it is very plain in Genesis 2
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is speaking of male headship
in the Garden of Eden. And
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she couldn't handle it so she
adopted a historical critical
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method. Now here she is and
she admits that's what the Bible
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teaches. So here's a recent
seminary statement Aug 2014
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on Biblical headship and
this is what they basically say,
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they talk about a unique, non
transferable headship of Christ
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That's what the Bible
teaches they say. A unique non
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transferable headship of Christ
and they try to justify this
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by only taking a portion of
the Bible and by only taking a
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portion of the Spirit of
Prophecy and they leave out all
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the other pertinent text. Let me
read you one that is pertinent.
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One other statement in Signs
of The Times in 1890, April 7
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Ordination. So we're going to
take a look now at the principle
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of headship in Genesis 1-3,
then we'll quickly look at some
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of the texts in the New Test-
ament. Now the view that we're
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taking here is of course
that creation headship existed
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in the Garden of Eden before
the fall. And after the fall
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that headship was ordained of
God and imposed upon Adam n Eve.
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The second view is of course
there was no creation headship
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in the Garden of Eden before
the fall, but after the fall
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a servant leadership was
divinely imposed by God on
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Adam. No creation headship in
the Garden. That's the position
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of our friends advocating the
ordination of women. Now you see
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we can establish, clearly we
will establish with 26 points
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that there was in fact male
headship in the Garden of Eden
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If they can establish that
there was no make headship, then
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of course they have a good case.
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But the point of this
presentation is to refute
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their position and demonstrate
that male headship did exist in
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in pre-fall condition in
the Garden and of course after
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the fall. So in
the beginning God said:
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Now in one paper it states
that there was no hint of male
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headship in the Garden of
Eden in Genesis chapter 1.
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No hint. But we will enumerate
in this presentation at least
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26 points of male headship
including Genesis chapter 1.
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Where God said, let Us make man
in our image. So let's go ahead
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here, by the way Genesis 3
concerning the fall is basically
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a commentary on Genesis 2.
Now let's take a look at a few
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statements by Ellen White
on this issue of male headship
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Let's see what she has to say.
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And by the way when it says Adam
was to stand as the head of the
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human family, it goes on to say
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What does that tell us
about the heavenly family?
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If Adam was the head then there
must be heads in the heavenly
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family and in other words
the angels must have leaders
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or heads as well. And as in
Vol 6 of Testimonies, pg.236
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Number 5 for Ellen White:
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So what is missing in all of
these statements by Ellen White?
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Well, we don't find any
co- monarchs, we don't find any
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co-vicegerents, we don't
find any kings and queens
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we don't find any co-heads,
we don't find any co-sovereigns
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we don't find any co-rulers
co-representatives of co-lords.
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What we do find is that Adam
was the monarch and sovereign
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of the earthly family, the
head of the earthly family.
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When she uses the words monarch
and sovereign, those words
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connote the idea of singularity.
Single. Adam was solely
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the monarch. No one else,
not Eve. Ok now the first point
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out of Genesis
concerning Biblical headship
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Now if God had intended for man
and woman to have equal roles
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He could've certainly
created them simultaneously
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from the dust of the
earth, right? But God saw it fit
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to do it, it appears in a very
cumbersome way and first created
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Adam from the dust and then
after talking with Adam, and
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going through all kinds of
things He then put Adam to sleep
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took a rib from his
side and created the woman.
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Why did He go to
all that trouble?
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So do we have co-representative
of heads here? Adam's actions
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actions alone
affected the human race.
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His actions alone
affected the whole human race
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because he was the head.
The race was redeemed by the
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last Adam, not the last Adam
and Eve. The Bible doesn't talk
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about the last Eve or a
second Eve, it does talk about a
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last Adam or what we
call a second Adam. And so,
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as the redeemed are in
heaven and they approach Jesus
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something happens and here
is the following. GC page 647
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No the father and
the mother of the race.
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The two Adams. The second Adam,
Christ, replaced the first Adam
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the new head of the human race.
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So prior to the creation of Eve
we have Adam who was provided
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with a garden home, not
Eve. Adam was then placed in the
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garden. Adam was provided
with a source of food. And then
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Adam was instructed by God
about the Garden to tend and
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keep it and to bear rule
or to rule in the garden.
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So Adam was clearly in charge
at this point as were in the
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other part of
Genesis 2. Number 3
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God made it clear to Adam
that he had accountability
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in the garden. That is
he was instructed about the
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Tree of Knowledge of
Good and Evil, and only he.
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That is person to
person, face to face by God.
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So we have face to face,
we have priority of creation
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priority of communication
with Adam not with Eve
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We have priority of
leadership accountability
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about the forbidden tree. And
all of this instills a sense of
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headship in Adam. He knows that
he is in charge. Of course this
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is before the woman comes
on the scene. And then God says
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So Adam is given a helper. Now
I'm not going to go through all
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of the theological ideas
here about Hebrew and _ but
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let me just state that in 1
Cor 11:9 Paul alludes to the
00:21:26.82\00:21:31.15
idea about a
helper when he says that
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that is as a helper for
the man. And then number 5
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Now naming in the Bible always
connotes the idea of authority
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Whoever's naming is the one
in charge. And so God brings
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all the animals to Adam
and Adam names all the animals.
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And the woman later just simply
accepts the names. She doesn't
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contradict Adam
and change any names.
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This is Paul's justification
for headship in 1 Cor 11.
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In 1 Cor 11:3 he talks
about the principle of headship
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Christ is the head of
man, man is the head of woman
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and God is the head of
Christ. Then it goes on to state
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that Adam, Paul then speaks
about, he brings about the idea
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why man is head of the woman and
he justifies it by stating that
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Man is not from the
woman but the woman is from man
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going back to the idea in
Genesis 2:22. The rib was made
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into a woman, the
rib taken from Adam.
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Now this idea of bringing the
woman to Adam, God is basically
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giving a gift to Adam. In fact
of all the gifts given to Adam
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Ellen White says the following.
That Eve was the one gift which
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in his eyes out-valued
every other gift. In fact,
00:23:17.09\00:23:22.56
she out-valued every other
gift so much that he allowed her
00:23:22.60\00:23:27.77
to take precedence
over the Word of God.
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Well the whole idea of present-
ing the woman as a gift to Adam
00:23:32.97\00:23:37.28
again infused Adam with the
idea of headship. And moreover,
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it becomes even more
clearer when we go to point no.8
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So probably the first words
Eve ever heard were from the
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voice of Adam. She didn't say to
him 'Adam where'd you come from'
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God brings the woman to Adam and
Adam says the following to her
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This is now bone of my
bone and flesh of my flesh.
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In other words he
informs the woman of her origin.
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And the woman gains an
under- standing of who she is.
00:24:15.65\00:24:19.99
That is, she realizes
that her source is from Adam.
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That she came from him
and somehow he takes priority
00:24:25.49\00:24:29.50
because she came from
him. So the woman gains
00:24:29.53\00:24:33.47
a self understanding of
her relationship with Adam
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in this whole idea where she
is brought to the man and then
00:24:36.77\00:24:41.01
the man speaks first,
this is bone of my bone
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flesh of my flesh. Point no.9
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Now this is a generic name
that is true, it's not the word
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it's not the name Eve,
it's a generic name but whenever
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names were given, for
example God called the light Day
00:24:56.32\00:24:59.33
He called the firmament heaven,
He called the dry land earth
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These were all names. Likewise
He called the woman, she shall
00:25:03.00\00:25:11.37
be called Woman - a name. So
Eve realizes Adam's leadership
00:25:11.41\00:25:16.14
as she gets acquainted
with where she came from.
00:25:16.18\00:25:19.81
This is all from
Genesis 2 before the fall.
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Now Paul alludes to this
in Ephesians 5, where he says
00:25:35.70\00:25:41.50
I tell you a mystery, the two
shall be one flesh. This is a
00:25:41.54\00:25:46.11
a great mystery concerning
Christ and His church.
00:25:46.14\00:25:49.74
The two shall become one
flesh. This is a great mystery
00:25:49.78\00:25:54.68
concerning Christ and His church
Now Paul has already stated that
00:25:54.72\00:25:58.05
Christ is the head of the church
just as the husband is head
00:25:58.09\00:26:01.89
of the wife. But when he
puts it in the context of
00:26:01.92\00:26:05.06
the two shall become one
flesh and he says it's a mystery
00:26:05.09\00:26:10.20
of Christ and the church and
Christ is the head of the church
00:26:10.23\00:26:12.57
and the husband is the head of
the wife, clearly Paul is making
00:26:12.60\00:26:16.10
the point that the husband
is the head of the wife because
00:26:16.14\00:26:19.21
it dates back all the way to
pre-fall when they were brought
00:26:19.24\00:26:22.54
together as one flesh. Okay
now we're going to Genesis 3
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We have 10 points in Genesis
2 in the pre-fall situation.
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What does she do? She leaves the
protective sphere of her husband
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She was told to stay by the side
of her husband and Adam was told
00:26:42.40\00:26:47.87
to protect her. And so
the serpent said to the woman
00:26:47.90\00:26:51.64
Has God said you shall not
eat of every tree in the Garden?
00:26:51.67\00:26:55.08
And rather than the woman
fleeing immediately to seek
00:26:55.11\00:26:59.51
counsel from Adam she goes
ahead and begins to dialogue
00:26:59.55\00:27:03.59
with the serpent. In
other words she begins to assume
00:27:03.62\00:27:07.72
independence and assert a
leadership role or position.
00:27:07.76\00:27:12.23
She leaves the protective sphere
of Adam and she seeks a higher
00:27:12.26\00:27:16.63
sphere than her original
position. Now let me read you a
00:27:16.67\00:27:21.40
statement here from
Ellen White A higher sphere.
00:27:21.44\00:27:24.24
What was her original
sphere? Her husband's side.
00:27:42.09\00:27:48.30
She was perfectly
happy by her husband's side.
00:27:48.33\00:27:50.63
And she goes on then to state
that women today are doing the
00:28:13.76\00:28:18.93
same thing. Reaching for
positions for which they are not
00:28:18.96\00:28:22.23
qualified, seeking to enter a
higher sphere. Now they were not
00:28:22.26\00:28:26.74
seeking to be like God which
which is what our theologian
00:28:26.77\00:28:30.61
friends on the other side would
say. Well she was seeking a
00:28:30.64\00:28:33.98
higher sphere to be like God.
No, Ellen White is making it
00:28:34.01\00:28:37.35
very clear in her statement.
Her original sphere was by her
00:28:37.38\00:28:40.92
husband's side and when
she left her husband's side
00:28:40.95\00:28:44.09
she was seeking a higher
sphere of equality, leadership
00:28:44.12\00:28:49.16
She initiates the dialogue with
Satan and she puts it in the
00:28:49.19\00:28:53.43
context to women today who
are seeking a higher sphere
00:28:53.46\00:28:56.26
and they're certainly not
trying to be equal with God
00:28:56.30\00:28:58.00
but they're seeking a
higher sphere. Number 12.
00:28:58.03\00:29:02.84
And so the serpent speaks
to the woman as though she were
00:29:16.38\00:29:20.89
the head, that she was in charge
so she could make the decision
00:29:20.92\00:29:24.66
herself. In other words,
Satan is attempting to reverse
00:29:24.69\00:29:30.67
the headship principle
right there. He knew what the
00:29:30.70\00:29:32.70
principle was and he knew he
couldn't get to Adam, he knew
00:29:32.73\00:29:35.87
Adam would never be deceived
with a direct confrontation
00:29:35.90\00:29:39.61
so he goes through the
woman to get to the man.
00:29:39.64\00:29:41.88
He's attempting to
reverse the headship principle
00:29:41.91\00:29:46.41
and put her in
charge. Does he succeed? Yes.
00:29:46.45\00:29:51.12
The serpent deceives
Eve and the woman responds
00:29:51.15\00:29:54.59
to the serpent's statements
with leadership aspirations.
00:29:54.62\00:29:58.29
So what does the woman do here
she forsakes Adam's headship
00:30:09.00\00:30:12.94
when she takes of
the tree and she eats.
00:30:12.97\00:30:16.85
And at that point she makes
Satan her head and forsakes Adam
00:30:16.88\00:30:24.15
I feel so good, I've never felt
so exhilarated in all my life
00:30:38.63\00:30:43.51
I feel no harmful effects.
So Eve urges Adam to eat
00:30:43.54\00:30:52.25
and when she does so she urges
him to relinquish his headship
00:30:52.28\00:30:55.92
position. Adam thinks about
it Adam mourns because he knows
00:30:55.95\00:31:02.89
what has happened. He mourns
that he permitted Eve to wander
00:31:02.92\00:31:06.33
from his side. He knew
he should've kept his eye
00:31:06.36\00:31:08.66
and he should've been protect-
ing her. He knew what happened
00:31:08.70\00:31:11.83
He failed to protect Eve.
Adam recognizes his failure
00:31:11.87\00:31:16.77
and as he thinks about it his
headship hangs in the balance.
00:31:16.81\00:31:21.84
And he took of the fruit and
he ate. He made his decision.
00:31:30.35\00:31:35.29
I want the woman. Adam
relinquishes his headship
00:31:35.32\00:31:42.16
position, he ate, the
role reversal was consummated
00:31:42.20\00:31:46.30
and we read the following in
Patriarchs and Prophets, pg.56
00:31:46.33\00:31:49.77
Through the woman,
Satan conquered the man.
00:31:49.80\00:31:52.17
And through the man
Satan conquered the race.
00:31:52.21\00:31:56.34
You see the sequence? Through
the woman Satan conquered man
00:31:56.38\00:32:01.65
and through the man Satan
conquered the race, but he had
00:32:01.68\00:32:07.12
to get to the woman first.
This all spells male headship
00:32:07.16\00:32:11.39
Isn't it so abundantly clear?
00:32:11.43\00:32:16.63
No. 16. Now here is the
un- equivocal evidence of male
00:32:16.67\00:32:20.30
headship and role
reversal in the Bible.
00:32:20.34\00:32:24.74
Now that happened not
when Eve ate the fruit but
00:32:27.68\00:32:31.01
when Adam ate the fruit.
Why not Eve? She did it first.
00:32:31.05\00:32:37.85
Only when Adam ate the
fruit, by the way our friends
00:32:37.89\00:32:42.66
our theological faculty
members at Andrews University
00:32:42.69\00:32:47.13
never want to cite this text
00:32:47.16\00:32:48.73
And Adam ate the fruit
and they both became naked.
00:32:50.27\00:32:53.87
When Adam ate the fruit. In
other words this was the signal
00:32:55.40\00:32:59.21
that Adam was responsible.
He was the head. Not Eve.
00:32:59.24\00:33:05.61
In other words the generic
transgression of Eve did not
00:33:05.65\00:33:09.38
cause nakedness. If Adam had
remained loyal what would God
00:33:09.42\00:33:13.25
have done? He
would've given a new wife.
00:33:13.29\00:33:16.66
Here's what Ellen White says,
pg.56 of Patriarchs and Prophets
00:33:16.69\00:33:20.43
He would have a
new wife apparently.
00:33:32.74\00:33:35.44
He doesn't say to Eve where are
you, he says Adam where are you?
00:33:43.39\00:33:47.96
So Adam's headship is confirmed
by the priority of nakedness
00:33:50.43\00:33:53.33
priority of apprehension,
priority of accountability.
00:33:53.36\00:33:57.00
And so we have priority of
creation, nakedness apprehension
00:34:06.34\00:34:09.98
accountability and also
priority of indictment by God
00:34:10.01\00:34:13.95
and priority of interrogation
by God. To Adam, not Eve.
00:34:13.98\00:34:19.99
And then No. 19
Adam indicts himself.
00:34:20.02\00:34:24.29
So what does Adam do here
with these words? He basically
00:34:33.44\00:34:37.01
indicts himself. Listen to this.
Adam acknowledges his headship
00:34:37.04\00:34:42.81
failure by acknowledging
he failed to protect his gift.
00:34:42.84\00:34:47.32
You gave me that
woman, that's the gift.
00:34:47.35\00:34:53.76
You gave me. The
woman you gave me.
00:34:53.79\00:34:56.06
No.2 He yields to
Eve's leadership, he gave me
00:34:56.09\00:35:03.87
She gave me of
the tree and I ate
00:35:03.90\00:35:07.27
He confesses I
yielded to her leadership.
00:35:07.30\00:35:10.97
No.3, He relinquished his
head ship role and he says
00:35:11.01\00:35:16.24
I ate. So Adam indicts
himself with those three ideas.
00:35:16.28\00:35:21.62
You gave me, she gave me, I ate.
00:35:21.65\00:35:24.35
So again we have headship
confirmed because she was
00:35:36.06\00:35:39.33
interrogated second
and she transgressed first.
00:35:39.37\00:35:45.01
So Satan deceived Eve by
speaking to her as though
00:35:45.04\00:35:48.71
she were the head and, (2) she
was deceived because she doubted
00:35:48.74\00:35:53.98
the Word of God. If you
don't want to be deceived,
00:35:54.02\00:35:58.99
don't doubt the Word of God.
Take a plain Thus saith the Lord
00:35:59.02\00:36:04.36
Now folks, I think we have
to face facts. People that are
00:36:07.76\00:36:15.14
simply denying a plain reading
of Scripture on this whole issue
00:36:15.17\00:36:17.27
and doubting what the
plain Word of God says are being
00:36:17.31\00:36:22.71
deceived. They're allowing
themselves to be deceived.
00:36:22.74\00:36:26.45
which leads to spiritualism,
when you doubt the authority
00:36:28.78\00:36:35.69
of God and you make
yourself an authority instead.
00:36:35.72\00:36:39.79
So Adam's headship is restored
by God by divine decree. He
00:36:56.21\00:37:01.25
will rule over you Eve
and harmony is restored.
00:37:01.28\00:37:04.55
Now let's look at
this idea of harmony.
00:37:04.59\00:37:06.79
So we have harmony before
the fall and we have harmony
00:37:28.71\00:37:34.15
preserved after the fall.
Now our friends will take this
00:37:34.18\00:37:40.82
statement from Ellen White and
state, well here, here it is.
00:37:40.86\00:37:43.32
She was placed in
subjection only after the fall.
00:37:43.36\00:37:47.70
Now let's read the entire
context. She's saying that
00:37:49.06\00:37:52.13
harmony existed before the
fall Eve was equal with Adam
00:37:52.17\00:37:56.04
in harmony with each other
but after their fall their union
00:37:56.07\00:37:59.31
could be maintained and harmony
preserved only by submission
00:37:59.34\00:38:01.84
on part of one or the other.
In other words, what she's doing
00:38:01.88\00:38:05.91
here is contrasting pre-fall
harmony which was natural
00:38:05.95\00:38:09.25
with post fall harmony which
would be unnatural or imposed by
00:38:09.28\00:38:14.92
God. So what is happening here
is simply restoration of the
00:38:14.96\00:38:20.20
headship principle which existed
before the fall and now is
00:38:20.23\00:38:23.57
gonna be imposed after the fall.
Harmony began with, now harmony
00:38:23.60\00:38:28.60
is gonna be imposed or
preserved after the fall.
00:38:28.64\00:38:32.54
In other words, because
you have listened to your wife
00:38:42.82\00:38:45.15
this is what's gonna happen.
He was held accountable for
00:38:45.19\00:38:49.66
two reasons - listening
to the voice of his wife
00:38:49.69\00:38:51.53
headship replaced by Eve, and
secondly disobedience to God.
00:38:51.56\00:38:56.73
So the death sentence
was not pronounced upon Eve
00:39:14.75\00:39:18.15
and of course this is
confirmed in the New Testament
00:39:18.19\00:39:20.72
in Romans 5. By one man
sin came into the world, and
00:39:20.76\00:39:23.39
death through sin and therefore
death spread to all men
00:39:23.43\00:39:26.36
because of which all sinned.
So death came into existence
00:39:26.39\00:39:30.70
not because of Adam and Eve
but because of what Adam did.
00:39:30.73\00:39:34.94
And the two Adams are contrasted
repeatedly by Paul in Romans
00:39:34.97\00:39:39.37
Romans 5 in particular. The
two Adams are contrasted because
00:39:39.41\00:39:44.08
one began as the head of the
human race and the second Adam
00:39:44.11\00:39:48.15
ends up as the head of
the human race. Not co-heads
00:39:48.18\00:39:51.95
at the beginning and
not co-heads at the end.
00:39:51.99\00:39:54.99
So again he names the woman
but he names her Eve this time
00:40:05.60\00:40:08.87
the mother of all the living,
again signifying his authority
00:40:08.90\00:40:12.94
over the woman, naming the
woman. And the woman listens
00:40:12.97\00:40:18.75
and accepts her name. She
reassumes her natural role
00:40:18.78\00:40:23.72
And so we have in the beginning
Adam is placed in the garden
00:40:29.96\00:40:36.33
followed by the woman and at the
end we have Adam expelled from
00:40:36.36\00:40:41.77
the garden and the woman simply
following Adam. So we begin
00:40:41.80\00:40:47.61
in Genesis 2 with Adam in
the garden followed by the woman
00:40:47.64\00:40:53.31
we end in Genesis 3
with Adam leading the woman
00:40:53.35\00:40:58.29
out of the garden. In both cases
Adam begins, and Adam leads.
00:40:58.32\00:41:03.36
By the way that is a perfect
inclusio but I won't go into the
00:41:03.39\00:41:08.86
inclusio idea just now.
00:41:08.90\00:41:10.47
The declaration-Let Us make man
There is clearly one personal
00:41:20.64\00:41:27.52
Godhead speaking
to the other, Let Us
00:41:27.55\00:41:32.49
This implies that the one saying
Let Us has authority telling the
00:41:32.52\00:41:36.89
other, Let us begin to make man
and woman, implies that there
00:41:36.93\00:41:42.93
is authority and submission
in the Trinity. So the image
00:41:42.96\00:41:47.34
of the Trinity is to be
reflected in the male female
00:41:47.37\00:41:51.67
relationship-Let Us make man
in Our image, male and female
00:41:51.71\00:41:55.74
He made them in the image
of God. Headship or authority
00:41:55.78\00:41:59.41
and submission in the Godhead
Let Us make, likewise in the
00:41:59.45\00:42:02.68
image of God, male and
female. So is there headship
00:42:02.72\00:42:07.26
in the Trinity, in the Godhead
in Genesis 1? Indeed there is
00:42:08.39\00:42:12.29
a hint. Here's
Ellen White's statement.
00:42:12.33\00:42:16.63
Now this is before man was
ever created and Satan clearly
00:42:39.92\00:42:47.30
sees Jesus in a
subordinate role to the Father
00:42:47.33\00:42:53.67
Okay that concludes the idea
of Biblical headship in Genesis.
00:42:57.07\00:43:01.91
Now we're briefly gonna take
a look at 1 Cor 11 and 1 Tim 2
00:43:01.94\00:43:05.75
Ingel Sark is gonna deal much
more with this, I'm just gonna
00:43:05.78\00:43:08.32
allude to it briefly. In 1
Cor 11, we have the whole idea
00:43:08.35\00:43:13.89
of Biblical male
headship in 1 Cor 11:3
00:43:13.92\00:43:19.09
Christ is the head of
man, man is the head of woman
00:43:21.13\00:43:26.10
and God is the head of
Christ. That's the principle
00:43:26.13\00:43:29.10
of headship in the Bible which
our friends at the Seminary
00:43:29.14\00:43:35.31
didn't even want to cite.
00:43:35.34\00:43:37.01
And then Paul goes on to
say in 1 Cor 11, Man is not from
00:43:41.58\00:43:46.05
the woman but the woman is from
man and man was not created for
00:43:46.09\00:43:51.09
the woman but the woman for
man and he takes those ideas
00:43:51.13\00:43:54.70
directly from Genesis 2 and
that's why we read in Genesis 2
00:43:54.73\00:44:01.24
and it's quite evident when we
are reading Genesis 2 just the
00:44:01.27\00:44:04.44
way Rosemary Reuther read it
it was obvious on the surface
00:44:04.47\00:44:09.84
what seems to be so
invisible to others.
00:44:09.88\00:44:15.22
So clearly there is no
reciprocity in headship
00:44:17.19\00:44:20.42
based on 1 Cor 11. And
Paul makes it very clear that
00:44:20.46\00:44:25.63
the man is to be the head
of the woman in the church
00:44:25.66\00:44:28.50
he uses the principle in verse
3 to establish the principle
00:44:28.53\00:44:32.63
then he goes on
to say the following
00:44:32.67\00:44:37.77
he talks about head coverings
which is an application of the
00:44:37.81\00:44:40.68
principle man is not to
cover his head and these are the
00:44:40.71\00:44:44.38
reasons why, man is the glory
of God, the woman is for the
00:44:44.41\00:44:48.15
glory of man. Get the difference
Man is for the glory of God
00:44:48.18\00:44:52.52
the woman is for the glory of
man. Man is not from the woman
00:44:52.55\00:44:55.19
but the woman is from man, v8.
And the woman was not created
00:44:55.22\00:44:58.56
man was not created for
the woman but the woman was
00:44:58.59\00:45:01.43
created for the man. All
the reasons for male headship.
00:45:01.46\00:45:07.00
Thus the woman needs authority
on her head, at least that
00:45:07.04\00:45:10.41
would be the application.
Now there would be a different
00:45:10.44\00:45:12.51
application today. Head covering
represent respect for the head
00:45:12.54\00:45:19.28
or the authority figure. In this
case the man being the authority
00:45:19.31\00:45:26.35
figure in the church. So man
was created for God, woman was
00:45:26.39\00:45:32.33
created for man and the
woman was created from the man.
00:45:32.36\00:45:36.60
So we have the principle of
headship clearly established
00:45:36.63\00:45:40.84
here in 1 Cor 11. Established
before the fall. In 1 Tim 2
00:45:40.87\00:45:47.51
and 3, Paul was really dealing
with the question-how are you to
00:45:47.54\00:45:53.95
behave in the household of
God. That's the whole question.
00:45:53.98\00:45:56.99
And that's how he concludes
at the end of chapter 3
00:45:57.02\00:45:59.65
I write these things so
you might know how to conduct
00:45:59.69\00:46:02.76
yourself in the household of
God. So the whole issue in the
00:46:02.79\00:46:06.16
2 chapters is how to conduct
yourself in the household of God
00:46:06.19\00:46:09.03
He talks about men praying
and women adorning themselves
00:46:09.06\00:46:13.20
in particular ways. Women should
learn quietly, with submission
00:46:13.23\00:46:17.17
with no meddling. Women should
not teach or have authority
00:46:17.21\00:46:20.88
or usurp authority over man
and the rationale he gives is
00:46:20.91\00:46:25.08
Adam was formed first and then
Eve. The second rationale, Eve
00:46:25.11\00:46:29.38
was deceived in sin first, head-
ship reversal but nevertheless
00:46:29.42\00:46:33.99
woman will be saved
if she remains faithful
00:46:34.02\00:46:38.89
in childbearing. What is
he saying here? He's basically
00:46:38.93\00:46:43.10
saying that her primary
role is in the home, 1 Tim 2.
00:46:43.13\00:46:48.90
So he's distinguishing between
the role of man in the church
00:46:48.94\00:46:53.17
and the role of woman.
The primary role of woman is
00:46:53.21\00:46:55.54
as Ellen White was
mentioned earlier this morning,
00:46:55.58\00:46:59.51
the woman is more important
than the man, not only at home
00:46:59.55\00:47:04.79
but probably in church because
of her responsibility in raising
00:47:04.82\00:47:08.36
God-fearing children.
There is nothing more important.
00:47:08.39\00:47:12.16
However, in church God
has appointed certain leaders.
00:47:18.53\00:47:21.44
And He's given
qualifications for those leaders
00:47:21.47\00:47:24.37
And by the way, the prerequisite
the number one prerequisite
00:47:24.41\00:47:28.31
for being a leader in
the church a spiritual leader
00:47:28.34\00:47:30.31
or an elder is you must be a
man. The leader must be a man.
00:47:30.35\00:47:35.28
That's a prerequisite,
it's not qualification.
00:47:35.32\00:47:38.15
It's a prerequisite, you must
be a man. Then if you are a man
00:47:38.19\00:47:43.22
you must also have
these other qualifications.
00:47:43.26\00:47:45.46
You must be godly, you must be
blameless and if you're married
00:47:45.49\00:47:48.43
you must have only one wife
and so on, be a faithful husband
00:47:48.46\00:47:51.47
you should be able
to rule your house well.
00:47:51.50\00:47:56.47
And therefore, he goes on to say
in chapter 3, Elders are to be
00:47:56.50\00:47:59.91
men of one wife able to teach
and rule their household well.
00:47:59.94\00:48:03.61
And there are 59
occurrences of the word man
00:48:03.65\00:48:06.58
in the New Testament and in
every case they're male subjects
00:48:06.61\00:48:12.55
In other words, this idea
of Bishop or Elder must be a
00:48:12.59\00:48:19.23
man of one woman or
a husband of one wife
00:48:19.26\00:48:22.43
It cannot be interpreted
as a spouse of one spouse,
00:48:22.46\00:48:25.97
which our friends are trying
to do, in fact that's what many
00:48:26.00\00:48:29.34
of them are trying to do at
the theological ordination study
00:48:29.37\00:48:32.27
committee that we just finished
with, as spouse of one spouse
00:48:32.31\00:48:35.38
No, Paul is very specific about
this. Able to teach and refute
00:48:38.78\00:48:44.12
Paul teaches us some primary
qualifications able to deal with
00:48:44.15\00:48:47.66
false teachers that come into
the church and are causing havoc
00:48:47.69\00:48:51.19
authoritative teaching of elders
in the church is repeatedly
00:48:54.96\00:48:58.60
referred to in the
Bible 1 Tim 2:12, 3:2, 4:11
00:48:58.63\00:49:04.97
Titus 2:15, Hebrews 13:7, 17, 24
Authoritative teaching of elders
00:49:05.01\00:49:12.85
primarily in terms of
rebuking false teachers.
00:49:12.88\00:49:16.18
So, qualified men are
only permitted to be elders
00:49:16.22\00:49:22.82
and basically Paul is prohibit-
ing women from functioning
00:49:22.86\00:49:27.16
as elders. He makes it very
clear in 1 Tim chapters 2 and 3.
00:49:27.20\00:49:32.20
So the issue at stake here
is not the appointment of women
00:49:32.23\00:49:36.34
into ministry, we encourage the
appointment of women into all
00:49:36.37\00:49:40.08
kinds of ministry, but only one
restriction and that restriction
00:49:40.11\00:49:47.65
is the Biblical office of elder
which many times includes the
00:49:47.68\00:49:53.49
minister. In times past when
a minister was ordained he was
00:49:53.52\00:49:58.86
at first called a pastor or
an elder, he was first called an
00:49:58.89\00:50:04.83
elder at that time.
So let's go on here.
00:50:04.87\00:50:09.04
Paul concludes his statement
about how to conduct yourself
00:50:11.31\00:50:15.98
in the household of God
and he says without controversy
00:50:16.01\00:50:18.48
Great is the mystery of
Godliness. God was manifested
00:50:18.51\00:50:22.82
in the flesh. Now why does Paul
conclude with a statement like
00:50:22.85\00:50:26.76
that, that doesn't seem to
harmonize with the rest of the
00:50:26.79\00:50:30.16
text that we're reading. Without
controversy great is the mystery
00:50:30.19\00:50:35.00
of Godliness, God was manifest
in the flesh referring to Jesus
00:50:35.03\00:50:38.40
All this is an allusion to the
condescension of the Son of God
00:50:38.43\00:50:42.30
stepping down to be our
Savior and it all has to do with
00:50:42.34\00:50:45.71
headship and submission as
it relates to how to conduct
00:50:45.74\00:50:49.38
yourself in the house of
God between men and women
00:50:49.41\00:50:51.61
So Paul concludes with that
statement about relationship
00:50:51.65\00:50:55.32
of the Son of God to the
Father the mystery of Godliness.
00:50:55.35\00:50:59.15
So we have authority throughout
the universe. There are a number
00:51:03.46\00:51:06.70
of statements by Ellen White
which I'm not going to read
00:51:06.73\00:51:09.36
right now but she makes it
very clear that there are angels
00:51:09.40\00:51:13.23
who are in charge of other
angels, there are commanding
00:51:13.27\00:51:17.47
angels and these commanding
angels are always a little bit
00:51:17.51\00:51:21.48
taller than the other
angels in their company
00:51:21.51\00:51:25.28
the angels were marshaled in
companies with their commanding
00:51:25.31\00:51:28.45
angel being taller at their head
The very highest angels in the
00:51:28.48\00:51:32.82
heavenly court are appointed
to work out prayers which ascend
00:51:32.85\00:51:35.92
to God, Bible Commentary pg.1173
00:51:35.96\00:51:39.63
The first one was in Vol
1, Spiritual Gifts, pg.17
00:51:39.66\00:51:43.97
So we have authority and
submission with the angels
00:51:44.00\00:51:46.43
we have it in the Garden
of Eden and in fact we have it
00:51:46.47\00:51:50.81
in the Trinity. Now I'm quickly
gonna go through the Trinity
00:51:50.84\00:51:53.78
very quick here to show you
this is why Paul establishes
00:51:53.81\00:52:00.22
the principle of headship using
1 Cor 11:3, God is the head
00:52:00.25\00:52:06.49
of Christ. And it doesn't just
refer to His work to redeem the
00:52:06.52\00:52:12.33
human race in the incarnation.
It refers to, because the Bible
00:52:12.36\00:52:17.80
goes on to say that the Son
will be subject to the Father
00:52:17.83\00:52:21.60
throughout eternity, 1 Cor 15:28
so throughout eternity the Son
00:52:21.64\00:52:27.64
will be subject to the Father.
He was subject to the Father
00:52:27.68\00:52:31.01
during the Incarnation. Was
he subject to the Father prior
00:52:31.05\00:52:36.48
to the Incarnation?
Yes. We know that Lucifer
00:52:36.52\00:52:41.16
didn't understand the
position of the Son of God.
00:52:41.19\00:52:43.79
He thought that Jesus was
just another glorious angel
00:52:43.83\00:52:49.63
like himself. But maybe a
little bit brighter, perhaps.
00:52:49.66\00:52:54.37
Maybe in charge, but he
should be equal and so on.
00:52:54.40\00:52:57.11
Let me read you a
few statements here
00:52:57.14\00:52:58.77
concerning incarnation and
salvation there is little debate
00:53:02.88\00:53:06.61
that Christ was subject to the
Father. We know that from the
00:53:06.65\00:53:11.75
Bible. Jesus said I seek the
will of the Father, I always do
00:53:11.79\00:53:14.56
those things that are pleasing
to Him. I have kept my Father's
00:53:14.59\00:53:16.69
commandments. So God does
the directing and He does the
00:53:16.73\00:53:21.16
sending and the commanding.
But we read likewise in eternity
00:53:21.20\00:53:26.97
past the Sovereign of
the Universe, by the way the
00:53:27.00\00:53:29.40
Sovereign of the
Universe is always the Father.
00:53:29.44\00:53:31.77
The Sovereign of the Universe
had an associate, a co-worker
00:53:33.88\00:53:37.05
one in nature. Who
was the co- worker? Jesus.
00:53:37.08\00:53:40.12
The Father and the Son relation-
ship has always existed. The Son
00:53:40.15\00:53:43.89
was never inaugurated as the
Son or the Word. He has always
00:53:43.92\00:53:48.96
existed as the Word.
Here's Evangelism, pg.16
00:53:48.99\00:53:53.90
The Word existed as a divine
being even as the eternal Son of
00:53:53.93\00:53:58.10
God, in union and oneness with
the Father. From everlasting He
00:53:58.13\00:54:01.57
was the mediator of
the everlasting covenant.
00:54:01.60\00:54:03.61
The Word, the Son of God,
the Mediator from everlasting.
00:54:03.64\00:54:09.24
Everlasting means eternity. This
would suggest that from eternity
00:54:09.28\00:54:14.75
the Son has been subject to the
Father. However, we don't have
00:54:14.78\00:54:20.62
an explicit statement to that
effect but we know for certain
00:54:20.66\00:54:24.36
that even in heaven before
creation Lucifer understood
00:54:24.39\00:54:28.00
the Son being inferior in
terms of role to the Father.
00:54:28.03\00:54:33.50
Patriarchs and Prophets, pg.38
00:54:41.51\00:54:44.18
So there you see
the confusion of Satan.
00:54:57.83\00:54:59.89
Volume 1 of the Spirit of
Prophecy, the Son should be
00:55:03.43\00:55:07.40
equal with Himself. The Father
made known that it was ordained
00:55:07.44\00:55:09.90
by Himself that Christ His Son
should be equal with Himself.
00:55:09.94\00:55:12.67
His Son He had invested
with authority to command the
00:55:12.71\00:55:17.45
heavenly host. Who invested
the authority? The Father.
00:55:17.48\00:55:23.25
And the Son received it, second
in command. And endowing the Son
00:55:23.28\00:55:28.76
with unlimited power. Then the
Son received permission to step
00:55:28.79\00:55:33.19
down from heaven. Early Writings
pg.126. The Son pleaded with the
00:55:33.23\00:55:38.43
Father and He finally obtained
permission from the Father
00:55:38.47\00:55:41.64
to give His own life
as a ransom for the race.
00:55:41.67\00:55:44.81
So we see the Son being
submissive to the Father
00:55:46.37\00:55:49.04
prior to creation, during
His incarnation and He will be
00:55:49.08\00:55:57.52
throughout eternity. So we have
the headship principle in the
00:55:57.55\00:56:04.13
Trinity. Christ is seated
at the right hand of the Father
00:56:04.16\00:56:09.53
that will be throughout eternity
let me finish this up because
00:56:09.56\00:56:11.83
I'm running out of time. The
Son of God was next in authority
00:56:11.87\00:56:16.64
to the great Law-giver,
Vol 2 Spirit of Prophecy, pg.9
00:56:16.67\00:56:21.04
The Son was second in
authority to the great Law-giver
00:56:21.08\00:56:24.25
the Holy Spirit is subject to
the Son. The Son appointed the
00:56:26.75\00:56:30.59
Holy Spirit to be His represent-
ative here on this earth.
00:56:30.62\00:56:33.69
I'm afraid I'm running out
of time. I don't have time to go
00:56:36.49\00:56:39.39
through all the rest of this but
let me just state to conclude
00:56:39.43\00:56:42.56
The image of God includes
autological equality in terms of
00:56:42.60\00:56:48.77
nature and being but headship
and submission in terms of
00:56:48.80\00:56:52.87
their functional roles with
one another. They were created
00:56:52.91\00:56:56.81
He created them male and
female in the image of God
00:56:56.85\00:56:59.45
which implies that they were
created with functional roles
00:56:59.48\00:57:02.45
for differentiation. Human
beings were a new and distinct
00:57:02.48\00:57:05.92
order. They were
made in the image of God.
00:57:05.95\00:57:08.42
And the whole purpose of the
plan of redemption is to restore
00:57:08.46\00:57:12.93
the image of God in man. And He
intends to do that in the church
00:57:12.96\00:57:19.07
as well. The image of God
not only includes character
00:57:19.10\00:57:24.91
but it also includes husband and
wife, the relationship in the
00:57:24.94\00:57:29.74
home and the relationship
in the church. May God bless
00:57:29.78\00:57:34.78
the 2015 General
Conference Session.
00:57:34.82\00:57:38.19