.
● 1Cor 14:34 . . Let the women keep silent in the churches; for they are not
permitted to speak, but let them subject themselves, just as the Law also
says.
● 1Tim 2:11-13 . . Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I
suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be
in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
It's important to note that those rules address neither gender, nor
competency, nor intelligence when the issue is so obviously primogeniture,
viz: of the two; Adam was the senior and Eve the junior.
Paul appealed to "the law" as the basis for 1Cor 14:34. Normally when Paul
speaks of the law he's referring to the covenant that Moses' people agreed
upon with God per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
Exactly where in the covenant that women are forbidden to lead an
assembly and/or speak in a mixed group I don't know. However, it's quite
obvious that the covenant is very sexist, i.e. women were not installed in
either the priesthood or the Sanhedrin, to wit; the priesthood was Israel's
spiritual arm and the Sanhedrin was Israel's governing arm.
* Moses' law doesn't always explicitly address certain things. Sometimes the
law's rules and procedures imply principles that we call "the spirit of the
law".
FAQ: What about women like Anne Graham Lotz and/or Tara-Leigh Cobble?
Aren't they out of order?
REPLY: Paul's instructions are limited to churches, i.e. congregational
activities; they don't extend to public venue's, e.g. forums, town squares,
street corners, coliseums, stadiums, convention centers, radio, television, or
social media like YouTube and/or Facebook.
FAQ: What about Deborah in the old testament book of Judges? Exactly how
was she an exception to the rule, if indeed she was?
REPLY: Things are quite a bit different now with Christ at the helm, i.e.
Christ's association with his church trumps Deborah's association with the
Jews. I do not recommend using her, or any other woman in the Bible, as an
excuse to circumvent Paul's instructions in matters pertaining to the function
of Christian congregations.
● 1Cor 14:37-38 . . If anybody thinks he's a prophet or spiritually gifted, le
him acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord's command.
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● 1Cor 14:34 . . Let the women keep silent in the churches; for they are not
permitted to speak, but let them subject themselves, just as the Law also
says.
● 1Tim 2:11-13 . . Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I
suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be
in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
It's important to note that those rules address neither gender, nor
competency, nor intelligence when the issue is so obviously primogeniture,
viz: of the two; Adam was the senior and Eve the junior.
Paul appealed to "the law" as the basis for 1Cor 14:34. Normally when Paul
speaks of the law he's referring to the covenant that Moses' people agreed
upon with God per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
Exactly where in the covenant that women are forbidden to lead an
assembly and/or speak in a mixed group I don't know. However, it's quite
obvious that the covenant is very sexist, i.e. women were not installed in
either the priesthood or the Sanhedrin, to wit; the priesthood was Israel's
spiritual arm and the Sanhedrin was Israel's governing arm.
* Moses' law doesn't always explicitly address certain things. Sometimes the
law's rules and procedures imply principles that we call "the spirit of the
law".
FAQ: What about women like Anne Graham Lotz and/or Tara-Leigh Cobble?
Aren't they out of order?
REPLY: Paul's instructions are limited to churches, i.e. congregational
activities; they don't extend to public venue's, e.g. forums, town squares,
street corners, coliseums, stadiums, convention centers, radio, television, or
social media like YouTube and/or Facebook.
FAQ: What about Deborah in the old testament book of Judges? Exactly how
was she an exception to the rule, if indeed she was?
REPLY: Things are quite a bit different now with Christ at the helm, i.e.
Christ's association with his church trumps Deborah's association with the
Jews. I do not recommend using her, or any other woman in the Bible, as an
excuse to circumvent Paul's instructions in matters pertaining to the function
of Christian congregations.
● 1Cor 14:37-38 . . If anybody thinks he's a prophet or spiritually gifted, le
him acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord's command.
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