GOD vested authority, not in a “sex”, but in the one who took the right moral view.

150. In Genesis 21:11 we are told that it was “very grievous” to Abraham to do what Sarah demanded. Did the Lord remind her that she must rather obey him? No; He told Abraham that he must obey Sarah. The authority was vested, not in a “sex,” but in the one who took the right [...]

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Contrary to the theological fiction as to the import of the “headship” of the husband…!!!

147. Rebekah had no child. As often happened in Bible characters, being destined to become the mother of an important personage, (i.e.,—Jacob), no child came until it was conceived of spiritual desire, expressed in prayer (Genesis 25:21),—not merely of natural desire. A few months later, she went to enquire of the Lord concerning a perplexing [...]

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Unsubjugated Wives

LESSON 20.
UNSUBJUGATED WIVES.
146. We have much incidental evidence that Jewish women, before the captivity of Babylon especially, enjoyed much liberty, of which they were gradually deprived after that time. This subordination was in accordance, not with Scriptural, but with rabbinical and pagan teaching. So soon as it became necessary for the common people to [...]

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