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Nurturing the Nations Reclaiming the Dignity of Women in Building Healthy Cultures

Nurturing the Nations Reclaiming the Dignity of Women in Building Healthy Cultures. Sexism and the Spirit of Baal. Part 4 THE TRANSFORMING STORY. 12 The Big Story 13 Genesis 1: Equal in Being 14 Genesis 2: Corresponding in Function 15 Genesis 3: The Distortion

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Nurturing the Nations Reclaiming the Dignity of Women in Building Healthy Cultures

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  1. Nurturing the NationsReclaiming the Dignity of Women in Building Healthy Cultures Sexism and the Spirit of Baal

  2. Part 4THE TRANSFORMING STORY 12 The Big Story 13 Genesis 1: Equal in Being 14 Genesis 2: Corresponding in Function 15 Genesis 3: The Distortion 16 Sexism and the Spirit of Baal 17 The Coming of the Bridegroom 18 The Bride of Christ 19 The Wedding of the Lamb 20 The Reign of Women: Nurturers of Nations

  3. Four Epochs of Biblical History:CREATION

  4. Four Epochs of Biblical History:FALL

  5. Four Epochs of Biblical History:REDEMPTION

  6. Four Epochs of Biblical History:CONSUMMATION

  7. Three Strands • The Dark Strand • The Spirit of Baal and the Rise of Sexism • The Brighter Strand • Hebrew Distinctive in the Ancient World • The Brightest Strand • The Return of Ishi

  8. The Dark Strand The Rise of Sexism and the Spirit of Baal

  9. The Great Exchange • Genesis 6:5-6 • Romans 1:21-23,25 • Romans 3:23

  10. Your concept of man and husband is determined by the kind of God that you worship!

  11. Ishi

  12. God the Archetype Ishi • Genesis 2:23 • Ishi – Hebrew for husband • God is the Archetype for husband • He is Husband • God’s very nature is to husband - loving, self-sacrificing headship • He is Ishi to His people Israel • Christ is Ishi to His bride the church

  13. God the Ishi of Israel • Israel entered into a covenantal marriage with God (Exodus 19-24) • No sooner had they ratified the covenant (Genesis 24:3) than Israel committed adultery with a god of her own making (Exodus 32) – the Golden Calf

  14. Golden Calf GRAPHIC

  15. God the Ishi of Israel • God the loving Husband accepts Israel’s repentance and renews the covenant (Exodus 33-34) • But because of their unfaithfulness they will wander in the wilderness 40 years (Numbers 14:33) • During this time God warns Israel against prostituting herself with Baal (Exodus 34:14-16)

  16. Psalm 106Breaking Her Vows • Psalm 106: 19-22 • Psalm 106: 24-29 • Psalm 106: 36-39

  17. Baal: Pagan Animistic Deity • Local deity in Moab and Philistine • Gained ownership of a place by providing water – fertility of the land • Often had a consort, fertility goddess – Ashtoreth – the “great mother of the earth” • Name: owner, master, husband • Worship of Baal involved “sacred sexual” practices with temple prostitutes

  18. “Lord of the Hole” • Baal-peor • Mt. Peor in Moab place of worship • Another name Molech (Jer. 19:5) • Name means “Lord of the Hole” – body orifices

  19. Breaking Their Wedding Vow 1“While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with Moabite women, 2 who invited them to the sacrifices to their gods. The people ate and bowed down before these gods. 3 So Israel joined in worshiping the Baal of Peor.” Numbers 25: 1-3

  20. As Worship Changes, Culture Changes • Cult (Worship)  Culture • We make cultures like the god(s) that we worship • As Israel worshiped the Lord of the Hole, her culture changed

  21. Culture of Baalism • Culture is a product of cult (worship) • The marks of Pagan Animistic culture • Sensuality • Self indulgence • Sexual immorality • Faithlessness in marriage • Human sacrifice (low view of human life) • Fatalism • Corruption (bribery of the gods)

  22. Change of GodsChange of Language • God is Ish: loving, self-sacrificing, headship • God Baal- Peor: owner, master • Word for Husband changes from ISH to BAAL

  23. Concept of marriage changes • Husband • He is no longer the loving, self-sacrificing head • He is the master, owner, tyrant • The wife • Is no longer the Vice-Regent of Creation, the imago Dei • She is now the property ofher owner - husband

  24. The Darkest Days for Women • Pagan Animistic culture brought dark days for women • Their being is no longer equal; their function as the nurturer of the nations is no longer respected • The one man, one woman sacredness of marriage is lost for polygamy and adultery • A man could reverse a wife’s vows

  25. Dark Days (Cont.) • A woman would receive reproach in the community if she did not produce a son • A husband could divorce his wife, but she had no right to divorce a tyrant husband • A woman became a slave in her own home

  26. The Brighter Strand Hebrew Distinctive in the Ancient World

  27. O.T. Order that Honored Women • Creation Story • Hebrew Laws that Protect Women • God hates divorce, calls husbands to faithfulness (7th commandment) • First year of marriage honored (Deut. 24:5) • Daughter has a right to inheritance (Numbers 27:1-11)

  28. Women Are Prominent in Scriptures • Women mentioned 400 times • Mothers mentioned 300 times • Wives mentioned 400 times • Daughters mentioned 200 times • Women named 200 times

  29. Women Are Prominent in Scriptures – Two Books Named for Heroines Esther Ruth

  30. Women Are Prominent in Scriptures • One book written to a woman: 3 John • Women are heroines and the focus of stories • Their songs are recorded in Scripture • 886 verses are recorded by women • Women led public celebrations

  31. Women Are Prominent in Scriptures • They are public figures • Queens: Esther and Sheba • A Judge (Deborah) • Prophetess (speak authoritatively on behalf of God)

  32. More Precious than Rubies • Proverbs 31 – the ideal wife • Vital part of an extended community • The maker of a home • “The master of the manor” • “The queen of the forest” • A Vice-Regent of Creation

  33. Her Virtues • Her reputation (31:12, 31) • Discernment (31: 13, 16) • Work ethic (31:15, 17, 18b, 27b) • Entrepreneurial (31:16, 24) • Profitable (31:18) • Compassionate (31: 20)

  34. Her Virtues (Cont.) • Prepared (31: 21, 25b) • Personal Strength (31:25a) • Dignity (31:25a) • Wise (31: 26a) • Fear of the Lord (31:30b)

  35. Her Skills • Investment (31: 16) • Farming (31:17b) • Art (Fabrics and Interior Design) (31:22) • Weaving and sewing ( 31: 13, 19, 22, 24) • Sales (31:24b)

  36. Skills (Cont.) • Communication (31:26a) • Education/Instruction (31:26b) • Management (31:27) • Parenting (31:28)

  37. John Angell James “There she is seen enlivening the sacred page with her narrative and adorning it with her beauty, sometimes darkening it with her crimes, at others brightening it with her virtues; now calling us to weep with her in her sorrows, then to rejoice with her in her joys.

  38. John Angell James “In short, woman is everywhere to be found wrought into the details of God’s Scriptures, a beacon to warn us or a lamp to guide us. And all the notices written by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit are to be considered as His testimony to the excellence and importance of your sex, and the influence it is intended and destined to exert upon the welfare of mankind.”

  39. The Brightest Strand The Return of Ishi

  40. Hosea The God Sized Love Story

  41. Israel’s Legacy “But when they came to Baal Peor, they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol and became as vile as the thing they loved.” Hosea 9:10b

  42. Hosea and Gomer

  43. Gomer’s Three Children • Hosea 1:3-5 Jezreel - “God Scatters” • Hosea 1:6-7 Lo-Ruhamah – “No Mercy” • Hosea 1:8-9 Lo-Ammi – “Not My People”

  44. Ish Continues to Husband Israel “She has not acknowledged that I was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil, who lavished on her the silver and gold— which they used for Baal.” Hosea 2:8

  45. Israel’s Response • Hosea 2:12-13 • Hosea 10:1-2 • Hosea 2:8b

  46. A Living Parable • Read Hosea 1:2-3, 3:1-3 • Questions: • What did God ask Hosea to do? • By what standard is Hosea to do what God has called him to do? • Why did God ask him to do this? • How do you respond to God’s request?

  47. The Love Song of God Hosea 2:14-23

  48. God will Court Israel “Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her.” Hosea 2:14

  49. Bring back Hope • “There I will give her back her vineyards, • and will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. • There she will sing as in the days of her youth, • as in the day she came up out of Egypt.” • Hosea 2:15

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