As Paul the apostle
instructed Timothy concerning the women who were in the church in
Ephesus, he told him that women should “adorn themselves in
modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety”,
“profess godliness
with good works”, “learn in silence with all subjection”
and “not ... to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man”.
Paul had his reason for this, and we learn why in the next two verses
of which the first is in chapter two and verse thirteen where we
read:
For Adam was first
formed, then Eve.
The verse begins, “For
Adam was first formed,...” When
we read the word “For”
we can substitute the meaning “because or since”, and therefore
“For Adam” or
“Because Adam”
whose name means “"the red earth" and was “the
first man and the parent of the whole human family” “was first
formed” which is “plasso
protos plasso” in Greek and means “first in time, place,
succession or rank molded like unto clay or wax”. In the book of
Genesis chapter two and verse seven we read:
And the LORD God formed
man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
God
created Adam, the first man, and He breathed the breath of life into
him.
The
verse continues, “...then
Eve.” As Paul continued his
explanation of his directives toward women, he added, “then
Eve” whose name means “life”
and was the “first woman in the scriptures and mother of the
entire human family”. We read in Genesis chapter two and verses
twenty-two and twenty-three:
And
the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and
brought her unto the man. And Adam 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.
It was
only after Adam was formed that it was possible to take “the
rib” from him to make “a woman”, and this woman was
“Eve” who was the mother and beginning of everyone else.
While we
consider Paul's words, we should think about God's procession of
creation. After God had created Adam, He created Eve, and though this
seems like a very simple concept to understand, let us keep in mind
that Paul is giving his explanation as to why women are to be subject
to the ideas he previously stated. Sometimes we are prone to jump to
conclusions hastily because we do not like what the Bible has said,
but let us continue to study Paul's words and we may change our
minds. The Lord God Almighty has a purpose in every verse, directive,
and rule in the Bible, and sometimes it takes a little while to
discover it. Jesus Christ will indeed help us by the power of His
Holy Spirit to know and learn the word of God. We simply have to
continue in and enjoy the quest. May the Lord God give us the desire
to know His word more and more even unto the most fine detail.
Next
time Paul shares about the deception of Eve and Adam being in the
transgression, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until
tomorrow…there is more…
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