There is much to be
said about 1st Peter 3-7. And it is a pretty bold move for The Bible
to come off and basically say “Women, submit to your husbands.” However, when this seemingly off-puting part of The Bible is broken down, it is easy to see why some of the long-standing battles have erupted and maintained within the the rise of feminism and the established Christian church.
Listen ladies, if
you just submit to your husbands…everything would be great! Lol So wrong…people
have taken this simple translation and perverted it so much that many will not
even consider The Bible as a viable form of spiritual worship because of this
small and delicate verse.
See the thing is,
back when this chapter was being translated, there was no decent translation
for the original word which was “hupotasso” which
means “To arrange under” and was therefore written as “Submit to”….what a
tragic and unfortunate necessity for such an important scripture.
The intended
message was indeed that within the family unit, females…..or ‘Wives” as it were…were
to share the responsibility of the family and the home that family resided in. It was
not the intention of Peter to say that women were in fact inferior to men and
should ultimately make themselves submissive to the whims and devices of just
any male. Rather, the instruction was to share the house…to share the life of
the family….to make it your systematic goal to get the house in order (house of
course being symbolic for ‘life as a family’) in an attempt to align yourself
with the life God intends for you.
This is not an
argument, you see, of weather or not women should be submissive to men. This is
not an argument about who is a stronger person or even the sex of the couple…..although
The Bible is quite clear on heterosexual marriage. It is rather a very clear
and absolutely accurate signal from God that a marriage should in fact be
shared and cherished together. While the suggestion of the man as the head of
the household will always ring true in the scriptures and in life, any good and
decent man who is worth his weight in salt knows that he cannot get anyplace in
life without honoring his wife as his equal for her ability to “hupotasso”, or ‘arrange under’ him those things which
he clearly cannot do…and let’s face it…there are a ton of things we men cannot
do that the fairer sex can and have been successful at for generations.
My opinions on the
perversion of the institution of marriage from what it was divinely sanctioned
as…or even blow-hards like Rachel Maddow and other liberal, church and institution
destroying anti-Christians are absolutely beside the point. The Bible is very
clear that when it comes to a man and a woman in a
Christian-Sanctioned-Marriage (which has been the bedrock of the evolution of
stable society since the dawn of man)….men and women should share the load…with
the man as the head of the household, as it’s representative and spokesperson.....and the woman making those things in order that men are clearly incapable of.
When you step
outside those divine lines…you are bound to fail...and trust me...a divinity failure is an ETERNAL BITCH....I have been there PLENTY of times when I have tried to do this life "My way." There is a reason humanity has evolved since the dawn of man when God set His plan in place. Follow the plan...and you cannot fail.
Trying to "forge your own way" is not why
Berkley’s football team sucks or even why nobody wants to be Chancellor at the school (unless you are an expert on drama….and involved in it yourself) which is most famous for bra-burning and an organization called "Queer Army" (lol) in a state that teaches CHILDREN to be confused as to what bathroom to use or where they should change after gym practice because of rediculous legislation designed to confuse children beginning in middle school.......Berkley's failure and continued marginalization as an institution is clearly because of it's detraction from The Bible.
So...if Jesus DID become a Berkley bear ...lol He's not an "I told you so" kind of deity...but you know He would be smiling on the inside...mingling amongst the misled masses as He watched His Father's work which is the continued failure of the school.... unfold in front of Him....
So...if Jesus DID become a Berkley bear ...lol He's not an "I told you so" kind of deity...but you know He would be smiling on the inside...mingling amongst the misled masses as He watched His Father's work which is the continued failure of the school.... unfold in front of Him....
The Bible is quite
simple…and doesn’t need to engage in shenanigans as it quietly and quite
steadfastly, says what it says and means what it means.
Interpretation is anyone’s right…including silly Berkley in silly California…and fundamental Christians like me in the majority (Conservative) states like Texas….who are not interested in the controversy that The Word Of the Lord stirs up…..just interested in what it says and in ‘savin’ tha drama for your mama’ as it were.
Interpretation is anyone’s right…including silly Berkley in silly California…and fundamental Christians like me in the majority (Conservative) states like Texas….who are not interested in the controversy that The Word Of the Lord stirs up…..just interested in what it says and in ‘savin’ tha drama for your mama’ as it were.
A man gives his
name to a woman out of respect at the outset of a marriage….a woman ‘get’s his
shit together that he cant…’arranging the house underneath’…and they serve as
equals on a team moving forward. Anything that deviates from this iron-clad and proven system of doing things will be doomed to failure.
Count on it.
Count on it.
It’s in The Bible.
It’s The Word Of The Lord.
Mark
