The Issues About Women's Liberty pt 13

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right in. Look at verse 21. Genesis chapter 2

Genesis 2:21

verse 21. The Lord God caused a deep sleep to

fall on Adam. And he slept. He took one of his

ribs, closed up the flesh in its place. Then

the rib which the Lord God had taken from man,

he made into a woman, brought her to the man.

Excuse me. So we think now this is starting,

right? Yes, starting. And we've been discussing

in this series. issues about or around women's

liberty. We are on a matter which we have stayed

for a long time trying to discuss what is God's

plan for the woman, what is God's original intention

in creating the woman. Did he create the woman

just to give birth for the man? I mean, which

means that her purpose is defined only by the

man or he has an independent, a really independent,

she has a complementary or a partnership kind

of thing with the man to achieve the plan of

God. It's her purpose defined by her gender.

It's her purpose defined by whether she can give

birth to children or not, or whether she can

even give birth to male children or not. For

some of us who are coming from, So villages that

are troubling us is a value defined by a given

body mass or physique. This has been our discussion

and last Sunday we discussed the matter and looked

at how Moses communicated. And we said that the

key to understanding the Bible is... really to

pay attention to the author and to the audience

because it's very important, what we generally

call the context. So we have been considering

scripture, particularly we dwell in Genesis chapter

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2 for some time now. And we're still there because

there's a lot we need to clarify here because

first, the woman is seen as what we call the

helper of man. And we noted that that word helper,

and then we quotient that. As we read, we have

to be very careful to know in the context whether

the Bible should be taking that in the context.

Was the author speaking literally? Was he using

figurative expression? Or was he using... which

type of item to describe whatever he's describing.

So there's no actually like a formula one plus

one equals to two. Because I know these days

we love to have formula which we can apply everywhere.

You know, even those days, once they taught us

quadratic equation, we made a formula which is

not almighty and we call it almighty formula.

And it's not almighty. And we knew that quadratic

equation, there are some quadratic equation that

you can't solve using. actually the formula.

I knew that then you have to, sorry, all of us

have done mathematics, so at least general mathematics.

I knew that there are four ways which we were

taught, you understand, to solve quadratic equations

from using the graph, using the formula, by factorization

and so on. Again, we found out that we cannot

use almighty formula in scripture. So we have

to learn to pay attention to context. That's

what we have been describing. So that when we

see a word, like in the case of helper, we don't

just pick it like that as if we are... Even dictionary,

when you are reading dictionary, dictionary does

not just give you one word. It gives you several

words and you have to look. and be careful to

know which one are you looking for. So the same

thing here, we need to pay attention to what

we are talking about. And we saw that the word

helper, no, no, no, no, that is not talking about

the woman because that word helper is ezer. And

nowhere has the word ezer been used for a woman.

And the context in which it appears, it couldn't

have been the woman because man, the woman cannot.

rescue man from trouble. In fact, the trouble

that she was to be rescued from, I mean the trouble

that they are entering, which she herself was

the one who through her came, she also needed

help. So the helper is also for her, which needed

to get her out of the trouble that plunge humanity.

And so we noted and we continued our discussion,

now to reach a point whereby he talks about the

rib. That's where I read to us. And we saw that.

We asked a very personal question. Was Moses

referring to the biological or the physical rib

we know, or in anatomy that we know, the rib

which we have? 12 PS, as we said, was he talking

about that to build the woman? What was the discussion

actually there? You know, even though most of

the times we use these scriptures actually in

the issue of marriage generally, and we have

not come to realize that even marriage itself

was actually a parable, was actually... a pointer

to something that the teaching of marriage ought

to be done in such a way that it points to Christ

because it's not meant to be when the word a

man coming together and to join most times we

use it in marriage well we can use it but if

we have the understanding that God desire us

and I'm going to talk about that later on so

The point is that we then asked actually, was

Moses talking about the physical rip? And then

we began to see, okay, let's go to Moses because

he's not only in Genesis that he taught. So he

had the teaching material in the same Genesis,

Exodus, in the same Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy.

And we tried to look at that same word, how he

used it. And throughout where we read, we read

throughout Exodus. In Exodus, that's where he

used that so well to teach with that word. And

we later find out that that word, rip, is always

where it appears in Moses' teaching material.

It's in reference to the building of a tabernacle.

Is that where we stop? Yes. So we saw that it

was in reference to the building of a tabernacle.

And the tabernacle, we said again, it wasn't

a strange thing. I mean, because when you see

Moses emphasizing something over and over, you

need to be, wait a minute, why did he emphasize

that so well? He has used that word in several

places and in reference to only a particular

thing, you understand, and which is a tabernacle.

So we're trying to ask again, why was it that?

Then we saw that, ah, tabernacle was not a strange

thing. to the children of Israel. We now saw

that it wasn't that Moses just imagined and said,

okay, let me build Tabernacle for you. No, they

are aware. They are acquainted with the Tabernacle

because of their experience in Egypt. And so

we saw that Tabernacle actually, because of Egypt

experience, they knew. And we read a couple of

scriptures. And I want us to note all those scriptures

in which we noted, showing that Egypt was actually

a place of idolatry. Egypt was a place that is

full of all kinds of gods. And I want to read

one more scripture today to show that also that

these people, they learned so much of this idolatry.

And even when they were out of Egypt, they were

still in the wilderness. Still that thing never

let them. Come with me to Exodus chapter 32.

Exodus 32 · chapter mention

Exodus chapter 32. So I'm just going to add this

Exodus 32 · chapter mention

scripture. to the ones I've already talked about,

like Exodus chapter 12, verse 12 to 13, and we

Exodus 12:12–13

read also Joshua chapter 24, verse 14, and Ezekiel

Joshua 24:14

25 to 18. So I'm going to add Exodus 32, verse

Exodus 32:1–6

1 to 6. Exodus 32, verse 1 to 6. I want us to

Exodus 32:1–6

go there. all of us. Okay, so I will read from

just verse 1. It says that now when the people

saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain,

the people gathered together to Aaron and said

to him, come, make us God that shall be before

us. Where do you think the land is? Make us what?

God. They were coming from somewhere, you understand?

Look at what they continue to say. He said, As

for this Moses, the man who brought us up out

of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has

become of him. And Aaron said to them, Break

off the golden earring. Don't wish to have a

leader like that. Don't wish to have a leader

like that, who anything goes. Aaron told them,

he said to them, Break off the gold earrings

which are in the ears of your wives, your sons,

and your daughters, and bring them to me. So

all the people broke off the golden earrings

which were in their ears and brought them to

Aaron. And he received the gold from their hands.

He fashioned it. with an engraving tool and made

a molded calf. Then they said, This is your God,

O Israel, that brought you out of the land of

Egypt. Verse 5. So when Aaron saw it, he built

an altar before it. Did you see what is happening?

You see, the issue of idol worship was not a

strange thing to them. He built an altar. They

knew what they were doing. So not just only that,

they made an idol, a molded calf. Aaron also

built an altar. And Aaron made a proclamation

and said, Tomorrow is a feast to the Lord. Then

he arose early on the next day, offered a burnt

offering, and brought peace offering. And the

people sat down. Now, eat, drink, and arose to

play. This also text was made reference in the

New Testament. I believe we treated it in the

book we read last three months. Amen. So this

is very important. And I want us to pay attention

to it. So you could see that these people are

coming from somewhere with... He already had

the information on how to build the altar, how

to do this was not a strange thing. The worship

of idols was not a strange thing. So Moses' audience

were familiar or is familiar with the tabernacle

or the temple. You can call it the temple from

Egypt. There is a scripture again I need to add.

I think that would be good. Jeremiah chapter

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43. Please look at Jeremiah 43. Jeremiah 43,

look at verse 12. I will candle a fire in the

houses of the gods of where? The gods of Egypt.

I want you to know the word, the houses of the

gods of Egypt. And he shall burn them and carry

them away captive and he shall array himself

with the land of Egypt as a shepherd puts on

his garment and he shall go out. from there in

peace. He shall also break the sacred pillar

of Beth Shemesh that are in the land of Egypt.

This word Beth Shemesh, if you look at some other

version, talks about the house of the sun. That

is sun, that you know. S -U -N. Beth Shemesh.

So, and the house of the gods of the Egyptians,

he shall burn with fire. The house. of the gods

of the Egyptians. So these people are conversing

with this. They are conversing with house. I

told you that word house also in Hebrew can also

mean temple. It's temple also. Temple, house.

Temple is the same thing or tabernacle. It's

the same thing. It's the word bayit. B -A -Y

-I -T. It also means, so you can see the house

of the gods of the Egyptians or the houses of

the gods, sorry, or the tabernacle of the gods

or the temple of the gods. They still mean the

same thing. So this is very key and clear that

we understand that when Moses was communicating

to them, he knew they understood what he was

trying to say. This is why we said sometimes

you have to sit where the audience sat to be

able to hear what they heard. Because the audience

also plays no matter how you communicate will

be based according to the audience. And so I

don't want you to forget the message actually

we have been reading in Genesis chapter 1 and

Genesis 1 · chapter mention

Genesis chapter 2. The message there is one of

Genesis 2 · chapter mention

God building his house. It's one God building

his own house. And this house is not a place

like we see for idols. It's a tabernacle. It's

a house. In fact, he has repeated it over and

over. It's not a house made with hands. Isaiah

66 tells us, even in the book of Acts, you understand,

Paul was teaching and he brought that also to

the people, I think to the people of Arkans,

understand, that he doesn't live in a house made

with hands. So right, the message about God's

building a house starts from Genesis, talking

about how he will build a family. You can call

that again a family. a house, a family. So that's

the message of Genesis. We have seen that from

Genesis. We keep teaching it, you understand,

until we get that. That's what Moses was communicating.

But then I want to point you to something else

before I come, so that you know that when Moses

was talking about Tabernacle, he was using what

they knew, but he was communicating something

ahead. Something ahead, you understand? Something

ahead. Now, maybe probably we should refresh

our mind with what the intention of God is. Probably,

let me go to Hebrews. Come with me to Hebrews

first before I now look at other scriptures that

we have looked at before. Hebrews chapter 8.

Hebrews 8 · chapter mention

Look at Hebrews chapter 8 verse... Look at verse

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3. Hebrews chapter 8 verse... Three, he said,

Hebrews 8 · chapter mention

for every high priest is appointed to offer both

gifts and sacrifice. Therefore, it is necessary

that this one also having something to offer.

He said, for if he were on earth, he would not

be a priest, since there are priests also, or

there are priests who after the gift according

to the law. There are priests according to the

law. You understand? According to the law. Are

we together? Remember, once you say law, he's

talking about what Moses gave. What Moses instituted.

You understand? Or gave them. You understand?

Which came about as a result of unbelief. You

understand? In the gospel. So, he said, who shall

have a copy? Because you cannot have priests.

without having where they worship, you understand?

And that is the temple, the tabernacle. And that

setting was actually depicting where they are

coming from. So they have a quite understanding

of what Moses was talking about. So when Moses

was to communicate to them, he uses what they

are familiar with, but then talking about what

is to come. He said, who serve the copy and a

shadow of the heavenly things as Moses was divinely

instructed. when he was about to make the tabernacle.

Now, can you look at how the New Testament put

it? He said, when he was about to make the tabernacle.

Now, he's showing that it wasn't God who asked

him directly to make the tabernacle. But when

he was about to make it in the psalm, God told

him, you have to do it according to pattern.

Because that pattern he's talking about, he's

talking about what he saw ahead, what Christ

will come to do. He said, you are now about to

do something. I want you to do it according to

pattern. You understand? He said, he was divinely

instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle.

That was when he was instructed. The instruction

was not to make the tabernacle. But when he was

about to make the tabernacle, he was instructed.

You understand? That's what he said. See that

you make all things according to the pattern

shown you. on the mountain. So he built the tabernacle

with something in mind. And as you continue to

read, verse 6 says, but now he has obtained a

more excellent ministry in the sand, inasmuch

as he is also a mediator of a better covenant,

which was established on better promises. We

have discussed this text. a better covenant,

a better promises. This is talking about not,

it's not comparatively. We have discussed this.

Pastor Fred also have taught in this time. He's

not talking about comparing the two, which one

is. No, no, no. He's talking about just the same

way we are taught also when the Bible says this

is true bread. He's not talking about that there

is a fake one. He's trying to say that one, which

is the bread they ate, you understand, was a

pointer, was a hypodigma. was an example of what

is to come. It was pointing to something. That's

what is communicated. So we saw that when Moses

was doing, so these people, as Moses was doing

that, he was pointing them to a tabernacle. He

was pointing them to a priesthood, you understand,

which is heavenly. He's pointing them to a tabernacle,

which is heavenly, you understand. He was pointing

them to the building of God. which will happen.

And I want you to see what Jesus talked to Peter.

Look at what Jesus told Peter in Matthew chapter

Matthew 13 · chapter mention

13. Sorry, Matthew 16. Look at what Jesus told

Peter in verse 18. Matthew 16, verse 18. He said,

Matthew 16:18

And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this

rock... I will build, I will build my church

and the gate of Hades shall not prevail against

it. And the gate of Hades shall not prevail against

it. That building is a church. That tabernacle

is a church. That's the dwelling place of God.

That's the dwelling place of God. In fact, Peter

understood clearly what Jesus was talking about

because he said he's going to build a house.

He was there when they were being communicated,

when they were being taught as recorded by John.

He said, in my father's house are many mansions.

You understand? So he was in John 14. So he was

there when they were communicating. So when he

was talking about here again, I will build my

church. You understood what he was talking about.

That was why when Peter wrote in 1 Peter 2, he

clearly, that was what he was saying. You understand?

He knew what God was saying. I mean, what Jesus

spoke to him in the sand, and he knew that death

would not actually stop, would not oppose, would

not stop, would not prevail upon what Jesus was

about to build by his death and resurrection.

Look at 1 Peter 2, verse 4. Look at 1 Peter 2,

1 Peter 2:4 1 Peter 2:4

verse 4. He said, coming to him as to, well,

coming to him is... Coming to him a living or

life, you understand. Anyway, that word in, what

do you call it? In Italics, you understand, it

was inserted by the translators. So, let's just

begin it. Coming to him as to a living stone,

you understand, rejected indeed by men, but chosen

by God and precious. Verse 5. You also, as living

or lively stones, have been built up a spiritual

house, a holy priesthood. Do you see that? A

spiritual house. Moses was building a physical

one pointing to a spiritual house. Do you understand?

A spiritual house, a holy priesthood. Do you

see that? They were a physical priesthood who

are unbelievers, who never believed, you understand?

You know, normally, when we normally speak, we

used to exempt... We used to exempt those, the

Levites, as if they are the ones who believe

God. They are unbelievers, all of them, you understand?

All of them are unbelievers. So, they refused

to believe too. So, while they were... doing

that, they were pointing to a spiritual priesthood.

You understand? Spiritual priesthood. Not some

certain, unfortunately, some churches have made,

I keep perpetuating the old system. I see there

are some spiritual people on top of a pulpit.

No. Our brother was praying and helping us before

we start this teaching. He said the goal is for

us, all of us, to be taught to mature. that we

also would teach others to do what was done to

us. That's the order of God. So the priesthood

is everyone, everyone in the South, holy priesthood,

to offer up spiritual sacrifice acceptable to

God through Jesus Christ. So what makes your

service, your sacrifice acceptable? It's not

whether you go and wash your hands and bath,

you know, those days before they offer it, you

have to go and cleanse themselves. They normally

call it consecrate themselves. No. What makes

us, our service acceptable is what Christ has

done. You understand? Your merit does not give

you qualification. It doesn't make God accept

your service. We offer spiritual sacrifices through

Jesus Christ. Are we together? He said, Therefore,

it is also contained in the Scripture, Behold,

I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, a leg precious,

and he who believes on him will by no means be

put to shame. Therefore, you who believe is precious,

but to those who are disobedient, the stone which

the builder rejects has become the chief cornerstone.

and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.

They stumbled, being disobedient to the word

to which they also were appointed. Verse 9. But

you, my chosen generation, a royal priesthood,

a holy nation, his own special people, that you

may proclaim the praises of him who called you

out of darkness into his. The same thing Paul

wrote as well. Paul wrote in Ephesians chapter

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2, Ephesians chapter 2 verse 9, Ephesians chapter

Ephesians 2:9 Ephesians 2:19

2 verse 19. Did I say 9? Sorry. He said, now,

therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners,

but fellow citizens with the saints and members

of the household of God. We are members of the

household. We are a fulfillment of what Moses

wrote about. The communication of Moses was a

fulfillment. A household of God. Not male, not

female, all of us. You understand? There is no,

we have one identity. You understand? Here he

didn't mention male or female. No, he said all

of us are members of the household of God. Having

been healed. How? By the death and resurrection

of Christ. Because he told Moses, you understand,

on this rock. I mean, sorry, he taught Peter

on this rock. I will build my church and the

gate of Hades. Death will not prevail against

it. I will resurrect and that will be the means

by which the church, by which the building of

God, that spiritual building will be built. He

said, having been built on the foundation of

the apostles and the prophet. What is that foundation?

It is Jesus Christ because he is the founder

of the church. He founded it upon his resurrection.

He said the foundation of the apostles and the

prophets, that is Jesus Christ. He's not saying

different, you know, some people now come to

say, you understand, we are the apostles and

the prophets. We are the foundation of the church.

No, that's not what this place is saying. He's

not saying the apostles and the prophets are

the foundation of the church. He said, no, they

are actually, we have been built on the foundation.

What is that foundation? That foundation is Christ.

That is the foundation that the apostles used.

Do you understand what I'm trying to say? Because

it's Christ they have taught. It's Christ they

have taught. It's Christ they have taught. It's

Christ they have taught. You understand? So they

could not be the very people that actually they

are talking about themselves. And so Jesus Christ

himself, the chief, not being, but the chief

cornerstone in whom the whole building, did you

see that? in whom the whole building be fitted

together grow into a holy temple. That word again.

So temple, house, household means the same thing.

Or tabernacle means the same thing. Are we together?

He said a temple, a temple in the Lord in whom

you also have been built or build. together for

a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. Amen.

So, and each time these people are about to deviate

from their identity, you will hear Paul talk

in 1 Corinthians 6, 19, don't you know, or do

you not know that your bodies are the temple

of the Holy Spirit? Because each time he would

tell them, don't you know? in the sand. Don't

you know? Don't you know? Don't you know? Are

we together? So we saw that in that Hebrews,

that that is what Moses was talking about. He

was pointing to whatever he did was a copy. Whatever

he did was a shadow. Whatever he did was actually

pointing to something ahead that I want us to

take note. Therefore, it is evident, it is very,

very evident that Moses built the tabernacle

or the temple, you can say, to teach his audience

God's plan for the new tabernacle. Are we together?

Moses built, you understand, remember, these

people, I want you to get that very clearly.

Moses built, you know, we normally, we have clarified

that, that Moses did not give them the law to

substitute grace. Are we together? Because he

preached to them, they refused. So he said, okay,

let me give them another means. You understand?

Like today we normally say, you know, there are

many means, you understand, to serve the Lord.

It's not only one means. So don't always insist

on your own. You know, just to make you slack,

you understand? Don't always insist on your own

way. There are many means. If God wanted to make

us all one, he would have made us. No, it doesn't

work that way, you understand? He doesn't force

us into those things. So it is evident that Moses

built the tabernacle. in the south of the temple

to teach his audience God's plan for the new

tabernacle, God's plan for the new house, the

new humanity, the new creation, where he will

inhabit and he will dwell in the sun. He will

inhabit and he will dwell. So when Moses said,

go back to Genesis chapter 2. Genesis chapter

Genesis 2 · chapter mention Genesis 2 · chapter mention

2. Go back to Genesis chapter 2, verse 21. So

Genesis 2:21

when Moses said in verse 21, And the Lord God

caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept

in the sand. And he took one of his three, that

word, and he took one of his three. So it's evident

that Moses was not just talking about just basically

biology. Are we together? He was not referring

to Adam's physical rib. Or he was not referring

to Adam's biological body. Moses was not teaching

using biology there. Did you hear how I put it?

I didn't say Moses was not teaching biology.

I said Moses was not using biology or anatomy.

Please. It's very important you get it. how I

put it in the sand. So he was not using, because

it looks as if he was using actually biology

or anatomy. No, he was not using that. He was

not using biology or anatomy to teach. Because

we discover that that word rip is not a biologic

term, even though it appears that way there.

Are we together? From Moses' teaching note, if

you look at the entire place where that word

rip appears, which we said that rip, is the word

sight. We look at Moses' teaching notes where

we go through all where he taught using that

word in the book of Exodus and also in Genesis

where we saw in the sand, Moses did not use that

term as a human anatomy term. But one thing we

saw, it was an architectural term. Please, I

want you to know that. It was an architectural

term. that he utilizes in the sun to refer to

a part of a building, meaning a part of a hole

in the sun. It's a building, a tabernacle, or

a portion in the tabernacle, like an ark, to

describe a part of a hole. Again, a part of a

hole. So, rip is not a biological term. Rip there

is not actually a... a term in anatomy, in human

anatomy, that word rib is an architectural term.

An architectural term that talks about or refers

to a part of a building. In this case, a part

of or a site. Now, what side of the tabernacle?

Now, there's a question then we will have to

ask. Understand? If that is the case, or since

that is the case, that the rip is a site or a

part of a tabernacle. Now the question is, what

tabernacle was Moses talking about? If actually

we said that place or rip there is a site of

a tabernacle, then what tabernacle was Moses

referring to? When he said the sight of a man

or the rip, one of the rip of a man in the sand.

What is he talking about? Which side of a tabernacle

is he talking about? So we need to clarify that.

Now, go back to that scripture also, because

we need to do some work now to clarify what Moses

was referring to. Now, what is that? Look at

it. Let's, we can follow. reading from the response

of Adam when the woman, yes, was brought to him.

Look at what Adam said. It can give us a lead

to where we are going, to how to answer which

type of tabernacle Moses was referring to. So,

look at verse 23. It said, and Adam said, understand,

this is now born of my bones and flesh of my

flesh. She shall be called woman because she

was taken out of man. She shall be called woman

because she was taken out of man. She was taken

out of man. I want you to know the word the bones

of my bones. and the flesh of my flesh. Now,

before we answer that, we have to clarify because,

you know, those words that were there, we need

to explain a number of them that normally bring

confusion. One of them before I'm coming to this,

we will answer this. But I want you to note the

bones of my bones and the flesh of my flesh.

What does that mean? We're going to answer that.

But let's look at that. He said, verse 21, he

said, and the Lord God caused a deep sleep, fall

on Adam, and he slept and he took. So he looked

as God performed an operation. And we said that

the description here is not biology. All those

descriptions are a description, like rip we have

mentioned is an architectural term. So how did

Moses be using these terms here? What is this

deep sleep? That's the question now. If the deep

sleep is not literal, because we saw now, rip

is not literal. You understand? It means sight.

Again, then what is deep sleep? Then deep sleep

could actually not be also literal. You understand?

What is then deep sleep? You understand? Now,

deep sleep is a single word I want you to note

in Hebrew. Deep sleep is a... single word in

Hebrew. It means hedema. It means T -A -R -D

-E -M -E. T -A -R -D -E -M -E. Which means trans.

It means trans. Of course, there are many places

where in the Bible that talks about It uses it

literally, actually. But we're looking at the

teaching notes of Moses, you understand? So it

actually means trance, you understand? And so

what exactly are we saying now, you understand?

So that means, let's look at some scripture,

you understand? That same word was used in Genesis

15. Look at Genesis 15, verse 12. Genesis...

Genesis 15:12

Just go up a little bit because we're trying

to study the teaching notes of Moses. Genesis

Genesis 15:12

15 verse 12. And when the sun was going down,

a deep sleep fell upon Abraham and behold, horror

and great darkness fell upon him. Now, if you

just read this verse alone, you would think actually

that Abraham just slept. No. But when you start

from verse 1, you understand what the Bible is

talking about. Look at verse 1 of Genesis 15.

After these things, the word of the Lord came

to Abraham in a what? Oh, talk to me. In a vision

saying. Did you see that? In a vision. So that

reading continually, when you continue to read

in the context up to 12, and all the discourse

on the event that was happening, it was in the

dream. You understand? You remember dream when

I'm saying dream? That means it's in a vision.

So that means this word is in reference to vision,

deep sleep, trance, you understand? Vision. Are

we together? Therefore, deep sleep means vision.

So what actually happened to Adam was not a surgical

or a medical operation, you understand? No. It

was a vision that God took Adam to see something.

Then you will not be surprised. His response,

immediately you walk off from the vision. Did

you understand what I'm trying to say? So he

saw the vision of what God in the sand, what

God intends. So what God showed Adam was a vision

ahead, what he will do. Are we together? So when

God says, and the Lord God caused a deep sleep

to fall on Adam and he slept, he was talking

about a vision and he took one of his ribs. We

have already described that rib. That means what

Adam is seeing, that means now you can now understand

that he's not talking about literature. The rib

is not literature. So when he said he took one

of his ribs, that means he was talking about

a building. So in the vision, that was what Adam

was seeing. You understand? And close up with

the flesh in this place. Now, it is not God performing,

as I said, a surgical procedure on Adam. No.

You understand? Like Abraham, Adam was just being

shown a vision. Was being shown a vision. Now,

the question again we want to ask, what vision?

What vision was God showing him? You understand?

Now look at Adam's response in verse 23. In verse

23 of that Genesis. And this is what he said.

I said, this is now the bone of my bones and

the flesh of my flesh. So this Adam's response

in verse 23 tells us what vision Adam saw. And

I want you to note the word, this is the bones

of my bones and the flesh of my flesh. The word

they are bones is... Follow me gradually because

we're so close. The word bones there is a Hebrew

word which means ascent. Which means is E -S

-E -M. Ascent. E -S -E -M in Hebrew. Also of

my bones is also the same thing ascent. So bones

means ascent. Of my bones means ascend. So if

we say the bones of my bones, I will say ascend,

ascend. So if you are going to say that in Hebrew,

it will be ascend, ascend in a sign. And that

word ascend means self, same. Please follow me

gradually. That word ascend means self. It means

also or same, same. That is the same in a sign,

the same. Moses used the same word. And I want

you to see where Moses used the same word of

that ascent. That is the bones of my bones. Oh,

bones. You understand? Because that was what

Adam saw. And he now responds. He is the bones

of my bones. It means ascent, ascent. That means

what he is saying is that he is the same, the

same. You understand? Same, the same. What is...

Adam saying, Genesis chapter 7. Genesis 7 verse

Genesis 7 · chapter mention Genesis 7:13

13. Look at Genesis 7 verse 13. On the very same

Genesis 7:13

day, Noah and Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth,

and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons,

with them entered the ark. On the very same.

Did you see that word? That word same there.

On the very same. That word same. Means a sin.

Genesis 17. Genesis 17. It means that very sin.

Look at Genesis 17 verse 23. So Abraham took

Genesis 17:23

Ishmael, his son, all who were born in his house

and all who were bought with his money, every

male among the men of Abraham's house. and circumcised

the flesh of their foreskin that very same day.

That word same there is also a sin as God has

said to him, as God has said to him. So that

word is same there. So in other words, when Abraham

said, this is my bones, or this now, or this

is now bone of my bone, he was saying same, same.

We are the same. Do you understand what I'm saying?

So he was saying that this woman, we are the

same. We are the same. We are the same. The bones

of my bones. You know, we have used this as a

marriage statement. Do you understand? This is

not a marriage statement. It's a response to

a vision. Adam saw. He said, this, we are the

same. Men don't want to hear that one. So this

was not a marriage statement. Well, you know,

sometimes, as I said, we can use the term in

marriage if we understand and speak correctly

about what it means. You understand? Because

if you talk about, even in marriage, you can

print John 3, verse 16. You understand? So, but

John 3:16

if you say those things, so you must have to

preach it correctly. You understand? You must

have to preach it. Look at Genesis 29. Look at

Genesis 29. Genesis 29 verse 14. Genesis 29 verse

Genesis 29:14 Genesis 29:14

14. And Laban said to him, Surely you are my

what? Oh, speak to me. Surely you are my what?

My bones and my flesh. And he stayed with him

for a month. Were they married? Oh, talk to me.

Were they married? So how come he would say,

he was my bones and my flesh? So that's, you

see, the word bones is talking about a different

thing. What he's trying to say that we are of

the same family. We are the same. We come from

the same, the same kindred. Are we together?

So that's what, so when Adam said, the bones

of my bones and the flesh of my flesh. He was

referring that the woman is of the same family

in the son. And when he was saying that he was

talking about the new humanity in the son, when

he was saying that he was talking about the family

of God, which he will establish, we are both

of us. That was what Peter was speaking about.

That was what Paul was saying about that we are

members of the same household. of the household

of God. That was what he was talking about. Look

at Judges. Judges. I'm looking for where to stop.

Judges. Glory to Jesus. Judges chapter 9, verse

Judges 9:1

1. Judges chapter 9, verse 1. Then Abimelech,

Judges 9:1

the son of Jeroboam, went to shake him. to his

mothers, please I want you to know those words,

to his what? Mothers, brothers, and spoke with

them and with all the family of the house of

his mother's father, saying, please speak in

the hearing of all the men of Shechem, all the

men of Shechem, which is, Better for you that

all 70 of the sons of Jeroboam reign over you

or that one reign over you. Remember that I am

your what? Your own flesh and bone. Is he talking

about marriage here? No, he was talking about

marriage. He was talking about we are of the

same. We are of the same family, the same stock.

The same nation. You understand? We are of the

same nation. We are of the same nation. 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 5 · chapter mention

chapter 5. 2 Samuel chapter 5. 2 Samuel chapter

2 Samuel 5 · chapter mention 2 Samuel 5:1

5 verse 1. 2 Samuel chapter 5 verse 1. Then all

2 Samuel 5:1

the tribe of Israel came to David. Did you see

that? The entire nation. So that means a member

of a household, a member of the same nation,

a member of the same... We call bone and flesh.

Are we together? Are we together? Amen. Can you

move to 2 Samuel 19? 2 Samuel 19. Look at verse

9. 2 Samuel 19, verse 9. Now all the people were

2 Samuel 19:9

in a dispute throughout all the tribe of Israel,

saying, The king... Verse 11. And Abiathar the

priest, saying, Speak to the elders of Judah,

saying, Why are you the last to bring the king

back to his house, since the words of all Israel

have come to the king to his very house? Verse

12. You are my brethren. I want you to know that.

You are my brethren. You are my what? Oh, talk

to me. Oh, talk to me. You are my brethren. You

are my bone and my flesh. That means same family.

Same. Understand. Why then are you the last to

bring back the king? Verse 13. And so to Amasa,

are you not my bone and my flesh? God do so to

me and more also. If you are not commander of

the army before me continually in place of Joab.

Did you see that? Okay, let me read the last,

probably last scripture because we have to close

it. Hallelujah. 1 Chronicles chapter 11. 1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 11 · chapter mention 1 Chronicles 11 · chapter mention

chapter 11. 1 Chronicles 11. Are you following

the teaching? Okay. It says, Then all Israel

came together to David at Hebron, saying, Indeed,

we are your what? Your bone and your flesh. Now,

did you see that? That means it's evident that

bone of my bone means the same stock, the same

kindred, the same family, the same nation. identity,

and the same. Are we together? The same. So that

was the vision. Remember, deep means vision.

And so in the vision, God showed to Adam that

this woman will be of the same family. You will

not be different from her in the son. While we

have differences physically, because the woman

gives birth, you understand, and there are some

physical features, but that is not in the household

of God. In the new nation, God is building. It's

not different. We are not different. We have

one Lord, one identity, the same spirit, you

understand. We are the same. That was what the

Lord showed to Adam. And Adam saw that and he

exclaimed, This now is the bone of my bone and

the flesh of my flesh. So that was not a marriage

thing. It wasn't a marriage thing. Are we together?

It was not a marriage statement. It was an affirmation

that this woman is of the same stock with me.

We are the same. Let me show you that. I think

that is a good way to conclude. Because if we

don't conclude in the New Testament, I mean,

it will look somehow. Amen. So let's go to New

Testament. Ephesians. I think that's the best

way to conclude. Ephesians chapter 5. Ephesians

Ephesians 5 · chapter mention Ephesians 5:30

chapter 5, verse 30. Good to me, verse 30. So

let me read from verse 29. I think it's good.

It says, For no one ever hated his own flesh.

Did you hear that? You know, sometimes when we

read that verse, you used to think that he's

talking about this one. Remember when he talked

to the man to love? He said, For no one ever

hated his own flesh, but nourished and cherished

it, just as the Lord does the church, that is,

the Lord does to his own also. Are we together?

For we are members of his word. Of his what?

Are we together? Oh, talk to me. Members of his

body. Of his what? Oh, are you there with me?

Of his flesh. And what? That's what he's saying.

Hebrews 2, 11 talks to us that he is not ashamed

to call us brethren. We are of the same. We are

members of his body. That was what Adam saw what

God is to do in Christ. That will become members

of his body. That's why he said the bones of

my bones, the flesh of my flesh. Are we together?

So Jesus Christ now said, for we are members

of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

Look at that one. He said, for this reason, a

man shall leave his father and mother. and be

joined to his wife, and the two shall become

one flesh. One flesh. Verse 32. This is a great

mystery, but I speak concerning who? The Christ

and the church. The Christ and the church. So

one flesh is when he was spoken about. was actually

pointing to what Christ will do to bring us into

himself, to be in the house of God, in the tabernacle

of God. We are the same. We are not different.

In the sad, we are members of his body, his flesh

and his bones. So bones of my bones refers to

God's plan for humanity. God, which actually

we are in the fulfillment. So you cannot be in

church and see a woman lower. That means something

is wrong with your teaching. We are the same.

We have the same stock. We are the same family.

We are members of the same family. We have the

same identity, you understand? No one is higher

in value, in significance, in purpose. So it's

an aberration to say... Because a woman is a

woman, so she cannot leave the church. Or a woman

is a woman, so she cannot be able to sing. Or

she must keep quiet in the church. Or she cannot

lead. Or she cannot do certain things. I mean,

you don't really understand the plan of God.

The plan of God is that all of us together, we

are the house of the Lord. Are we together? We

are the house of the Lord. Amen. So we will stop

here and continue with our discussion later on

to see how God will help us. But I want you to

note, because we are discussing issues around

woman's liberty. Now the question is, what is

God's original plan for the woman? The same plan

he has for the man. What is God's original plan

for the woman? The same plan he has for the man.

Simple and short. Remember, we are answering

the question now. You understand? It took us

a long while to answer that question. It's a

little bit quiet. But now we are answering, what

is God's plan, original plan for the woman? Is

the same plan that he has for the man, that together

they become a tabernacle for him? Hallelujah.

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