Sun, Jul 29th - 8:09PM
Feminist Degradation Of Women
An important part of the feminist agenda has been persuading women to degrade themselves by mimicking the sexual attitudes, behavior, and aggressiveness of men, instead of being the civilising and stabilising influence on men that they are designed to be. Women have tremendous power or influence over men which they relinquish when they trade the complementary role for equality. Women civilise men through marriage, monogamy, and family, and it is very difficult for men to do this on their own without women. But many have become so accustomed to feminism and the feminist agenda that they do not realise that feminism degrades women. Why did the Bible attach so much importance to feminine virtue? Note that in Bible times it was so offensive for a woman to marry under the false pretense of virginity because this was grossly disrespectful to her parents and note also that among the ancient heathens it was common worship false gods and goddesses by practicing prostitution and in the heathen cultures surrounding the children of Israel a girl was expected to lose her virginity through temple prostitution as an act of worship. (Deuteronomy 22:13, 14, 20, 21) Also, an unmarried woman's virginity was especially valued and respected because the most binding and sacred covenants were those that were sealed or confirmed by the shedding of blood, and marriage is illustrative of Jehovah's union with the Jewish nation under the Law Covenant and Christ's union with His Church. (Isaiah 54:5; Jeremiah 3:14; Hosea 2:19-20; Ephesians 5:23-32; also Exodus 24:3-8; Hebrews 9:18-20; 12:24) In the ancient world women were often used, abused, discarded, replaced at will, and often regarded as mere chattels, and the extremely low morals of heathen women was a big factor in this. Women were designed to be a civilising and stabilising influence on men, but if they overcome their natural inhibitions they can become worse than men. When women are raised to the status of moral superiority over men this naturally compels men to respect women, while loose morals and promiscuity make women cheap and disposable and encourage abuse. (Proverbs 11:16, 22; 12:4; 14:1; 31:10, 11, 28-30)
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Tue, Jul 10th - 5:29PM
The Church Is Israel
Natural Jews were and are being saved individually, but the Bible does not say that natural Israel will be saved as a nation. (Romans 11:1-2, 5) God's covenant with natural Israel was a conditional covenant. (Deuteronomy 4:23, 26-27; 28:15, 49-53; Jeremiah 31:36; Micah 3:9-12) The Old Testament requirement of the obedience of faith and genuine repentance removed Israel as a special nation, as natural Jews as a people cast off God's Word for their human traditions and rejected Christ. (Numbers 15:30-31; Matthew 15:1-9; 21:43; John 8:33-44, 47) In the first century many Christians were unfairly judging one another on the basis of the observance or neglect of circumcision, the seventh-day Sabbath, Jewish holidays, dietary restrictions, and other aspects of the Old Covenant that separated or distinguished natural Jews from Gentiles as a result of the teaching that Jewish priority and privilege is perpetual; those laws were based on principles and truths that did not change, but their application changed under the New Covenant. (Consider Matthew 5:17 & Romans 3:31) The New Testament made it clear that the real issue was whether anyone could really be considered a Jew without first becoming a Christian as the Church is a continuing body in the Old Testament and the New Testament and the New Testament Church is the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy concerning Israel. (Acts 2:16-21; 15:15-17; Romans 2:28-29; 9:6-8; Galatians 3:7,16-19,24-29; 4:21-31; Hebrews 10:15-17; 12:22-24; I Peter 2:9) Old Testament prophecy about restoring Israel was fulfilled by the calling of the Gentiles to be God’s people. (Compare Amos 9:11-12 & Acts 15:13-17; compare Hosea 1:10; 2:23 & Romans 9:22-26) The prophecy of the New Covenant that is made with the house of Israel is fulfilled in the New Testament Church. (Jeremiah 31:31-34; Matthew 26:26-28; Mark 14:22-24; Luke 22:19-20; I Corinthians 11:23-25; II Corinthians 3:5-6; Hebrews 8:6-13; 10:14-18)
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Name: Arnold Saxton
