God's word is perspicuous. This is a simple text, and much of this cultural treatment just obscures what it plainly says.
In this chapter, God is prohibiting women from exercising authority over men (v.12). Then He tells us the ontological reason for it (v.13). And then He tells us how His ontological reason was vindicated in early history (v.14), when the woman tried to exercise authority over the man. And then he tells us that her salvation (the original word for "saved" can be translated as healed/restored, made whole, preserved) from the danger of the sin of usurping authority would be through having babies, in two very straightforward ways: 1 - in rearing children, she exercises her rightful duty of authority and teaching by bringing forth the next generation of Christians, and ultimately 2 - the Messiah, our ultimate redemption, would come through the womb.
In this chapter, God forbids women from exercising authority over men (v.12). Then He gives the ontological reason (v.13) for such a prohibition. Then He demonstrates the vindication of His ontological argument in the early history of mankind (v.14). And then He gives women a twofold hope (v.15). First, her ultimate redemption from her sin of usurping authority will come through the womb (i.e., the Messiah, the propitiation for such sin). And second, her distorted impulse to teach and exercise authority will be restored/healed (a direct translation of the original word 'saved') to its original design/state: to be applied in child-rearing and bringing forth the next generation of faithful children.
If you ever obscured the meaning of this passage, now you have no excuse.
I’m just here to call you out. I love you, brother, but your kind of verbose and obscuring Christianity is dying, fortunately. The younger generations are rejecting all this explaining away of clear things. It’s a matter of time.
Beloved brother, if you are indeed denying the plain reading through a basic biblical theology / covenantal lens of 1 Timothy 2:15, and are letting the cultural context change the meaning of what God is literally saying, your worldview is different than mine and there's nothing I can do to change your mind.
In God’s world, the fruit and consequence of novel ideas like yours catch up pretty fast. This will die on the vine. It’s already happening. The declining numbers do not lie. I’m just offering you a helping hand out of that sinking boat.
Posted in: Getting the Whole Picture, Part 15: Women, Childbirth, Salvation, and Leadership
God's word is perspicuous. This is a simple text, and much of this cultural treatment just obscures what it plainly says.
In this chapter, God is prohibiting women from exercising authority over men (v.12). Then He tells us the ontological reason for it (v.13). And then He tells us how His ontological reason was vindicated in early history (v.14), when the woman tried to exercise authority over the man. And then he tells us that her salvation (the original word for "saved" can be translated as healed/restored, made whole, preserved) from the danger of the sin of usurping authority would be through having babies, in two very straightforward ways: 1 - in rearing children, she exercises her rightful duty of authority and teaching by bringing forth the next generation of Christians, and ultimately 2 - the Messiah, our ultimate redemption, would come through the womb.
Posted in: Getting the Whole Picture, Part 15: Women, Childbirth, Salvation, and Leadership
1 Timothy 2:15 is actually very simple.
In this chapter, God forbids women from exercising authority over men (v.12). Then He gives the ontological reason (v.13) for such a prohibition. Then He demonstrates the vindication of His ontological argument in the early history of mankind (v.14). And then He gives women a twofold hope (v.15). First, her ultimate redemption from her sin of usurping authority will come through the womb (i.e., the Messiah, the propitiation for such sin). And second, her distorted impulse to teach and exercise authority will be restored/healed (a direct translation of the original word 'saved') to its original design/state: to be applied in child-rearing and bringing forth the next generation of faithful children.
If you ever obscured the meaning of this passage, now you have no excuse.
Blessings!
Posted in: Getting the Whole Picture, Part 15: Women, Childbirth, Salvation, and Leadership
I’m just here to call you out. I love you, brother, but your kind of verbose and obscuring Christianity is dying, fortunately. The younger generations are rejecting all this explaining away of clear things. It’s a matter of time.
Posted in: Getting the Whole Picture, Part 15: Women, Childbirth, Salvation, and Leadership
Beloved brother, if you are indeed denying the plain reading through a basic biblical theology / covenantal lens of 1 Timothy 2:15, and are letting the cultural context change the meaning of what God is literally saying, your worldview is different than mine and there's nothing I can do to change your mind.
Posted in: Getting the Whole Picture, Part 15: Women, Childbirth, Salvation, and Leadership
In God’s world, the fruit and consequence of novel ideas like yours catch up pretty fast. This will die on the vine. It’s already happening. The declining numbers do not lie. I’m just offering you a helping hand out of that sinking boat.