Givers of Life and their Protectors

If we return to the Garden of Eden we see a story of simplicity.

After God created the earth and filled it with life, He created Adam and after examining His new creations, He stated, “ It is not good for man to be alone” ( Gen 2:18) That statement, “ it is not good”, does not refer to creation of man but to the simple truth that by himself, Adam was incomplete. God therefore, created the first woman, Eve.

It is of paramount importance for us to realize that from the very beginning of life on planet earth that the creation of women has given God great satisfaction. The creation of the female gender was not an afterthought or a last minute addition to God blue print for the world in general. Nor was the female gender created as a piece of equipment created for the benefit of the so-called king of creation-man! If man is the crown of God creation, the women are the jewels on the crown.

Together the new couple was given stewardship over all creation, as equal partners. Even though they were equal partners in God eyes, they were each given unique abilities, and responsibilities. Simply speaking Eve as a female of the species was given the ability to carry the seed of life. Women alone know what it feels like to shelter another life at such an intimate level. Along with that ability, women were also given the ability to nurture a child at her breast, and the instinct to know what was best for her children, and to comfort them in time of need. Women are also the ones who primarily shape and mold the character of a child during the early years of life. For with in her she has the ability for great love and compassion. Although, we can also see once more that a lot of women, do not know how to tap into these natural abilities, because satin has robbed them of the ability to view themselves as “Givers of Life”. The ability is still with in each female!

For those woman who have tap into this natural ability. This nurturing ability fallows a woman all through her life, and it gives her a unique ability in the form of planting positive seeds with in the lives of her grandchildren. If she has not been able to have children of her own, she still carries with in her the natural ability to plant positive seeds of love, compassion and into the lives of friends and family. If she allows it to flow from her.

Adam as a male of the species was given the strength of body and mind, so that he would have the ability to be the “Protector of Life” itself. When God molded Adam of the dust, He shaped him in the outward form of Himself; He gave this unique form to man alone. Besides this, God gave man dominion over his environment, and to do this job, He gave him abilities like His own. Man can think, reason, make decisions, and plan. He can originate and evaluate ideas and bring them to completion. He can communicate and express complex concepts that can be understood by other men.

Personally, I often get lost when reading some articles written by men, especially educated men. For they tend to often use big words as they describe in detail the subject they are discussing. To me the message they are trying to convey, seems to sail right over my head. I have lost count of the many times I have had to ask my husband Paul to speak English. Or more to the point, dumb it down. I am not saying I am not an intelligent woman, God simple made men to evaluate things in a different way than women. There thinking process is different, and something that some women can not understand and accept, this can lead to misunderstandings.

Although men have the ability to love and have compassion towards their wives and their children. It is not as instinctive as a woman’s is. That is why scripture has to remind men over and over how to treat their women. (Colossians 3:19); “Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.”

(Ephesians 5:28-33a ) “So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Master the assembly: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Messiah and the assembly. Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself…”

As we return to the Garden, we read the following:

(Genesis 3:1-6) Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.’” The serpent said to the woman, “You surely will not die! “For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.

We are often taught in with in many church denomination, that Eve was alone when the serpent tempted her and then after having eaten of the "apple", she went to look for Adam and when she found him she offered him the fruit. And of course without a second though, he took a bit. But that is not true; he was standing there listening the whole time. And could have step into the conversation at any time. Instead he took the forbidden fruit when it was handed to him and took a bit. Although the same outward act was performed as they both ate of the fruit, the two sins were of a totally different nature due to motive.

We are also told that Eve had been deceived by the serpent and fallen prey to her own fleshly desires to "be like God". (1 Timothy 2:14); ”And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.” But, in the case of Adam's fall, it came not as the result of deception, or a reaction to Eves womanly wiles, but was based on an informed choice.

As we see from the scripture, not only did Adam choose to disobey God, but he failed to be Eve’s protector. Adam showed his inability to protect Eve, when he chose first to blame God Himself and then Eve for his own sinful action. (Genesis 3:14) Adam said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate." (Adam blamed Eve) We see that in Genesis 3:13 that Adam was not the only one to lay the blame upon someone else. “Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate. ” (Eve blamed the serpent) Since that moment in time, this tendency to shift the blame for our actions has become an integral part of human behavior. Everyone is innocent in their own eyes and few are willing to be accountable for their own actions. This behavior is rooted firmly in the soil of PRIDE, another facet of our nature that was born out of Adam and Eve's sin and which plagues us all to this day.

We can see the blame game still rages with in the Biblical misconceptions that still control many of the belief systems with in the Body of Christ. More to the point with in the wide spectrum of Christian denominations, that continues to cause division between the “Givers of Life” and the “Protectors of Life”.