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right in. Look at verse 21. Genesis chapter 2
verse 21. The Lord God caused a deep sleep to
fall on Adam. And he slept. He took one of his
ribs, closed up the flesh in its place. Then
the rib which the Lord God had taken from man,
he made into a woman, brought her to the man.
Excuse me. So we think now this is starting,
right? Yes, starting. And we've been discussing
in this series. issues about or around women's
liberty. We are on a matter which we have stayed
for a long time trying to discuss what is God's
plan for the woman, what is God's original intention
in creating the woman. Did he create the woman
just to give birth for the man? I mean, which
means that her purpose is defined only by the
man or he has an independent, a really independent,
she has a complementary or a partnership kind
of thing with the man to achieve the plan of
God. It's her purpose defined by her gender.
It's her purpose defined by whether she can give
birth to children or not, or whether she can
even give birth to male children or not. For
some of us who are coming from, So villages that
are troubling us is a value defined by a given
body mass or physique. This has been our discussion
and last Sunday we discussed the matter and looked
at how Moses communicated. And we said that the
key to understanding the Bible is... really to
pay attention to the author and to the audience
because it's very important, what we generally
call the context. So we have been considering
scripture, particularly we dwell in Genesis chapter
2 for some time now. And we're still there because
there's a lot we need to clarify here because
first, the woman is seen as what we call the
helper of man. And we noted that that word helper,
and then we quotient that. As we read, we have
to be very careful to know in the context whether
the Bible should be taking that in the context.
Was the author speaking literally? Was he using
figurative expression? Or was he using... which
type of item to describe whatever he's describing.
So there's no actually like a formula one plus
one equals to two. Because I know these days
we love to have formula which we can apply everywhere.
You know, even those days, once they taught us
quadratic equation, we made a formula which is
not almighty and we call it almighty formula.
And it's not almighty. And we knew that quadratic
equation, there are some quadratic equation that
you can't solve using. actually the formula.
I knew that then you have to, sorry, all of us
have done mathematics, so at least general mathematics.
I knew that there are four ways which we were
taught, you understand, to solve quadratic equations
from using the graph, using the formula, by factorization
and so on. Again, we found out that we cannot
use almighty formula in scripture. So we have
to learn to pay attention to context. That's
what we have been describing. So that when we
see a word, like in the case of helper, we don't
just pick it like that as if we are... Even dictionary,
when you are reading dictionary, dictionary does
not just give you one word. It gives you several
words and you have to look. and be careful to
know which one are you looking for. So the same
thing here, we need to pay attention to what
we are talking about. And we saw that the word
helper, no, no, no, no, that is not talking about
the woman because that word helper is ezer. And
nowhere has the word ezer been used for a woman.
And the context in which it appears, it couldn't
have been the woman because man, the woman cannot.
rescue man from trouble. In fact, the trouble
that she was to be rescued from, I mean the trouble
that they are entering, which she herself was
the one who through her came, she also needed
help. So the helper is also for her, which needed
to get her out of the trouble that plunge humanity.
And so we noted and we continued our discussion,
now to reach a point whereby he talks about the
rib. That's where I read to us. And we saw that.
We asked a very personal question. Was Moses
referring to the biological or the physical rib
we know, or in anatomy that we know, the rib
which we have? 12 PS, as we said, was he talking
about that to build the woman? What was the discussion
actually there? You know, even though most of
the times we use these scriptures actually in
the issue of marriage generally, and we have
not come to realize that even marriage itself
was actually a parable, was actually... a pointer
to something that the teaching of marriage ought
to be done in such a way that it points to Christ
because it's not meant to be when the word a
man coming together and to join most times we
use it in marriage well we can use it but if
we have the understanding that God desire us
and I'm going to talk about that later on so
The point is that we then asked actually, was
Moses talking about the physical rip? And then
we began to see, okay, let's go to Moses because
he's not only in Genesis that he taught. So he
had the teaching material in the same Genesis,
Exodus, in the same Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy.
And we tried to look at that same word, how he
used it. And throughout where we read, we read
throughout Exodus. In Exodus, that's where he
used that so well to teach with that word. And
we later find out that that word, rip, is always
where it appears in Moses' teaching material.
It's in reference to the building of a tabernacle.
Is that where we stop? Yes. So we saw that it
was in reference to the building of a tabernacle.
And the tabernacle, we said again, it wasn't
a strange thing. I mean, because when you see
Moses emphasizing something over and over, you
need to be, wait a minute, why did he emphasize
that so well? He has used that word in several
places and in reference to only a particular
thing, you understand, and which is a tabernacle.
So we're trying to ask again, why was it that?
Then we saw that, ah, tabernacle was not a strange
thing. to the children of Israel. We now saw
that it wasn't that Moses just imagined and said,
okay, let me build Tabernacle for you. No, they
are aware. They are acquainted with the Tabernacle
because of their experience in Egypt. And so
we saw that Tabernacle actually, because of Egypt
experience, they knew. And we read a couple of
scriptures. And I want us to note all those scriptures
in which we noted, showing that Egypt was actually
a place of idolatry. Egypt was a place that is
full of all kinds of gods. And I want to read
one more scripture today to show that also that
these people, they learned so much of this idolatry.
And even when they were out of Egypt, they were
still in the wilderness. Still that thing never
let them. Come with me to Exodus chapter 32.
Exodus chapter 32. So I'm just going to add this
scripture. to the ones I've already talked about,
like Exodus chapter 12, verse 12 to 13, and we
read also Joshua chapter 24, verse 14, and Ezekiel
25 to 18. So I'm going to add Exodus 32, verse
1 to 6. Exodus 32, verse 1 to 6. I want us to
go there. all of us. Okay, so I will read from
just verse 1. It says that now when the people
saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain,
the people gathered together to Aaron and said
to him, come, make us God that shall be before
us. Where do you think the land is? Make us what?
God. They were coming from somewhere, you understand?
Look at what they continue to say. He said, As
for this Moses, the man who brought us up out
of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has
become of him. And Aaron said to them, Break
off the golden earring. Don't wish to have a
leader like that. Don't wish to have a leader
like that, who anything goes. Aaron told them,
he said to them, Break off the gold earrings
which are in the ears of your wives, your sons,
and your daughters, and bring them to me. So
all the people broke off the golden earrings
which were in their ears and brought them to
Aaron. And he received the gold from their hands.
He fashioned it. with an engraving tool and made
a molded calf. Then they said, This is your God,
O Israel, that brought you out of the land of
Egypt. Verse 5. So when Aaron saw it, he built
an altar before it. Did you see what is happening?
You see, the issue of idol worship was not a
strange thing to them. He built an altar. They
knew what they were doing. So not just only that,
they made an idol, a molded calf. Aaron also
built an altar. And Aaron made a proclamation
and said, Tomorrow is a feast to the Lord. Then
he arose early on the next day, offered a burnt
offering, and brought peace offering. And the
people sat down. Now, eat, drink, and arose to
play. This also text was made reference in the
New Testament. I believe we treated it in the
book we read last three months. Amen. So this
is very important. And I want us to pay attention
to it. So you could see that these people are
coming from somewhere with... He already had
the information on how to build the altar, how
to do this was not a strange thing. The worship
of idols was not a strange thing. So Moses' audience
were familiar or is familiar with the tabernacle
or the temple. You can call it the temple from
Egypt. There is a scripture again I need to add.
I think that would be good. Jeremiah chapter
43. Please look at Jeremiah 43. Jeremiah 43,
look at verse 12. I will candle a fire in the
houses of the gods of where? The gods of Egypt.
I want you to know the word, the houses of the
gods of Egypt. And he shall burn them and carry
them away captive and he shall array himself
with the land of Egypt as a shepherd puts on
his garment and he shall go out. from there in
peace. He shall also break the sacred pillar
of Beth Shemesh that are in the land of Egypt.
This word Beth Shemesh, if you look at some other
version, talks about the house of the sun. That
is sun, that you know. S -U -N. Beth Shemesh.
So, and the house of the gods of the Egyptians,
he shall burn with fire. The house. of the gods
of the Egyptians. So these people are conversing
with this. They are conversing with house. I
told you that word house also in Hebrew can also
mean temple. It's temple also. Temple, house.
Temple is the same thing or tabernacle. It's
the same thing. It's the word bayit. B -A -Y
-I -T. It also means, so you can see the house
of the gods of the Egyptians or the houses of
the gods, sorry, or the tabernacle of the gods
or the temple of the gods. They still mean the
same thing. So this is very key and clear that
we understand that when Moses was communicating
to them, he knew they understood what he was
trying to say. This is why we said sometimes
you have to sit where the audience sat to be
able to hear what they heard. Because the audience
also plays no matter how you communicate will
be based according to the audience. And so I
don't want you to forget the message actually
we have been reading in Genesis chapter 1 and
Genesis chapter 2. The message there is one of
God building his house. It's one God building
his own house. And this house is not a place
like we see for idols. It's a tabernacle. It's
a house. In fact, he has repeated it over and
over. It's not a house made with hands. Isaiah
66 tells us, even in the book of Acts, you understand,
Paul was teaching and he brought that also to
the people, I think to the people of Arkans,
understand, that he doesn't live in a house made
with hands. So right, the message about God's
building a house starts from Genesis, talking
about how he will build a family. You can call
that again a family. a house, a family. So that's
the message of Genesis. We have seen that from
Genesis. We keep teaching it, you understand,
until we get that. That's what Moses was communicating.
But then I want to point you to something else
before I come, so that you know that when Moses
was talking about Tabernacle, he was using what
they knew, but he was communicating something
ahead. Something ahead, you understand? Something
ahead. Now, maybe probably we should refresh
our mind with what the intention of God is. Probably,
let me go to Hebrews. Come with me to Hebrews
first before I now look at other scriptures that
we have looked at before. Hebrews chapter 8.
Look at Hebrews chapter 8 verse... Look at verse
3. Hebrews chapter 8 verse... Three, he said,
for every high priest is appointed to offer both
gifts and sacrifice. Therefore, it is necessary
that this one also having something to offer.
He said, for if he were on earth, he would not
be a priest, since there are priests also, or
there are priests who after the gift according
to the law. There are priests according to the
law. You understand? According to the law. Are
we together? Remember, once you say law, he's
talking about what Moses gave. What Moses instituted.
You understand? Or gave them. You understand?
Which came about as a result of unbelief. You
understand? In the gospel. So, he said, who shall
have a copy? Because you cannot have priests.
without having where they worship, you understand?
And that is the temple, the tabernacle. And that
setting was actually depicting where they are
coming from. So they have a quite understanding
of what Moses was talking about. So when Moses
was to communicate to them, he uses what they
are familiar with, but then talking about what
is to come. He said, who serve the copy and a
shadow of the heavenly things as Moses was divinely
instructed. when he was about to make the tabernacle.
Now, can you look at how the New Testament put
it? He said, when he was about to make the tabernacle.
Now, he's showing that it wasn't God who asked
him directly to make the tabernacle. But when
he was about to make it in the psalm, God told
him, you have to do it according to pattern.
Because that pattern he's talking about, he's
talking about what he saw ahead, what Christ
will come to do. He said, you are now about to
do something. I want you to do it according to
pattern. You understand? He said, he was divinely
instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle.
That was when he was instructed. The instruction
was not to make the tabernacle. But when he was
about to make the tabernacle, he was instructed.
You understand? That's what he said. See that
you make all things according to the pattern
shown you. on the mountain. So he built the tabernacle
with something in mind. And as you continue to
read, verse 6 says, but now he has obtained a
more excellent ministry in the sand, inasmuch
as he is also a mediator of a better covenant,
which was established on better promises. We
have discussed this text. a better covenant,
a better promises. This is talking about not,
it's not comparatively. We have discussed this.
Pastor Fred also have taught in this time. He's
not talking about comparing the two, which one
is. No, no, no. He's talking about just the same
way we are taught also when the Bible says this
is true bread. He's not talking about that there
is a fake one. He's trying to say that one, which
is the bread they ate, you understand, was a
pointer, was a hypodigma. was an example of what
is to come. It was pointing to something. That's
what is communicated. So we saw that when Moses
was doing, so these people, as Moses was doing
that, he was pointing them to a tabernacle. He
was pointing them to a priesthood, you understand,
which is heavenly. He's pointing them to a tabernacle,
which is heavenly, you understand. He was pointing
them to the building of God. which will happen.
And I want you to see what Jesus talked to Peter.
Look at what Jesus told Peter in Matthew chapter
13. Sorry, Matthew 16. Look at what Jesus told
Peter in verse 18. Matthew 16, verse 18. He said,
And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this
rock... I will build, I will build my church
and the gate of Hades shall not prevail against
it. And the gate of Hades shall not prevail against
it. That building is a church. That tabernacle
is a church. That's the dwelling place of God.
That's the dwelling place of God. In fact, Peter
understood clearly what Jesus was talking about
because he said he's going to build a house.
He was there when they were being communicated,
when they were being taught as recorded by John.
He said, in my father's house are many mansions.
You understand? So he was in John 14. So he was
there when they were communicating. So when he
was talking about here again, I will build my
church. You understood what he was talking about.
That was why when Peter wrote in 1 Peter 2, he
clearly, that was what he was saying. You understand?
He knew what God was saying. I mean, what Jesus
spoke to him in the sand, and he knew that death
would not actually stop, would not oppose, would
not stop, would not prevail upon what Jesus was
about to build by his death and resurrection.
Look at 1 Peter 2, verse 4. Look at 1 Peter 2,
verse 4. He said, coming to him as to, well,
coming to him is... Coming to him a living or
life, you understand. Anyway, that word in, what
do you call it? In Italics, you understand, it
was inserted by the translators. So, let's just
begin it. Coming to him as to a living stone,
you understand, rejected indeed by men, but chosen
by God and precious. Verse 5. You also, as living
or lively stones, have been built up a spiritual
house, a holy priesthood. Do you see that? A
spiritual house. Moses was building a physical
one pointing to a spiritual house. Do you understand?
A spiritual house, a holy priesthood. Do you
see that? They were a physical priesthood who
are unbelievers, who never believed, you understand?
You know, normally, when we normally speak, we
used to exempt... We used to exempt those, the
Levites, as if they are the ones who believe
God. They are unbelievers, all of them, you understand?
All of them are unbelievers. So, they refused
to believe too. So, while they were... doing
that, they were pointing to a spiritual priesthood.
You understand? Spiritual priesthood. Not some
certain, unfortunately, some churches have made,
I keep perpetuating the old system. I see there
are some spiritual people on top of a pulpit.
No. Our brother was praying and helping us before
we start this teaching. He said the goal is for
us, all of us, to be taught to mature. that we
also would teach others to do what was done to
us. That's the order of God. So the priesthood
is everyone, everyone in the South, holy priesthood,
to offer up spiritual sacrifice acceptable to
God through Jesus Christ. So what makes your
service, your sacrifice acceptable? It's not
whether you go and wash your hands and bath,
you know, those days before they offer it, you
have to go and cleanse themselves. They normally
call it consecrate themselves. No. What makes
us, our service acceptable is what Christ has
done. You understand? Your merit does not give
you qualification. It doesn't make God accept
your service. We offer spiritual sacrifices through
Jesus Christ. Are we together? He said, Therefore,
it is also contained in the Scripture, Behold,
I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, a leg precious,
and he who believes on him will by no means be
put to shame. Therefore, you who believe is precious,
but to those who are disobedient, the stone which
the builder rejects has become the chief cornerstone.
and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.
They stumbled, being disobedient to the word
to which they also were appointed. Verse 9. But
you, my chosen generation, a royal priesthood,
a holy nation, his own special people, that you
may proclaim the praises of him who called you
out of darkness into his. The same thing Paul
wrote as well. Paul wrote in Ephesians chapter
2, Ephesians chapter 2 verse 9, Ephesians chapter
2 verse 19. Did I say 9? Sorry. He said, now,
therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners,
but fellow citizens with the saints and members
of the household of God. We are members of the
household. We are a fulfillment of what Moses
wrote about. The communication of Moses was a
fulfillment. A household of God. Not male, not
female, all of us. You understand? There is no,
we have one identity. You understand? Here he
didn't mention male or female. No, he said all
of us are members of the household of God. Having
been healed. How? By the death and resurrection
of Christ. Because he told Moses, you understand,
on this rock. I mean, sorry, he taught Peter
on this rock. I will build my church and the
gate of Hades. Death will not prevail against
it. I will resurrect and that will be the means
by which the church, by which the building of
God, that spiritual building will be built. He
said, having been built on the foundation of
the apostles and the prophet. What is that foundation?
It is Jesus Christ because he is the founder
of the church. He founded it upon his resurrection.
He said the foundation of the apostles and the
prophets, that is Jesus Christ. He's not saying
different, you know, some people now come to
say, you understand, we are the apostles and
the prophets. We are the foundation of the church.
No, that's not what this place is saying. He's
not saying the apostles and the prophets are
the foundation of the church. He said, no, they
are actually, we have been built on the foundation.
What is that foundation? That foundation is Christ.
That is the foundation that the apostles used.
Do you understand what I'm trying to say? Because
it's Christ they have taught. It's Christ they
have taught. It's Christ they have taught. It's
Christ they have taught. You understand? So they
could not be the very people that actually they
are talking about themselves. And so Jesus Christ
himself, the chief, not being, but the chief
cornerstone in whom the whole building, did you
see that? in whom the whole building be fitted
together grow into a holy temple. That word again.
So temple, house, household means the same thing.
Or tabernacle means the same thing. Are we together?
He said a temple, a temple in the Lord in whom
you also have been built or build. together for
a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. Amen.
So, and each time these people are about to deviate
from their identity, you will hear Paul talk
in 1 Corinthians 6, 19, don't you know, or do
you not know that your bodies are the temple
of the Holy Spirit? Because each time he would
tell them, don't you know? in the sand. Don't
you know? Don't you know? Don't you know? Are
we together? So we saw that in that Hebrews,
that that is what Moses was talking about. He
was pointing to whatever he did was a copy. Whatever
he did was a shadow. Whatever he did was actually
pointing to something ahead that I want us to
take note. Therefore, it is evident, it is very,
very evident that Moses built the tabernacle
or the temple, you can say, to teach his audience
God's plan for the new tabernacle. Are we together?
Moses built, you understand, remember, these
people, I want you to get that very clearly.
Moses built, you know, we normally, we have clarified
that, that Moses did not give them the law to
substitute grace. Are we together? Because he
preached to them, they refused. So he said, okay,
let me give them another means. You understand?
Like today we normally say, you know, there are
many means, you understand, to serve the Lord.
It's not only one means. So don't always insist
on your own. You know, just to make you slack,
you understand? Don't always insist on your own
way. There are many means. If God wanted to make
us all one, he would have made us. No, it doesn't
work that way, you understand? He doesn't force
us into those things. So it is evident that Moses
built the tabernacle. in the south of the temple
to teach his audience God's plan for the new
tabernacle, God's plan for the new house, the
new humanity, the new creation, where he will
inhabit and he will dwell in the sun. He will
inhabit and he will dwell. So when Moses said,
go back to Genesis chapter 2. Genesis chapter
2. Go back to Genesis chapter 2, verse 21. So
when Moses said in verse 21, And the Lord God
caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept
in the sand. And he took one of his three, that
word, and he took one of his three. So it's evident
that Moses was not just talking about just basically
biology. Are we together? He was not referring
to Adam's physical rib. Or he was not referring
to Adam's biological body. Moses was not teaching
using biology there. Did you hear how I put it?
I didn't say Moses was not teaching biology.
I said Moses was not using biology or anatomy.
Please. It's very important you get it. how I
put it in the sand. So he was not using, because
it looks as if he was using actually biology
or anatomy. No, he was not using that. He was
not using biology or anatomy to teach. Because
we discover that that word rip is not a biologic
term, even though it appears that way there.
Are we together? From Moses' teaching note, if
you look at the entire place where that word
rip appears, which we said that rip, is the word
sight. We look at Moses' teaching notes where
we go through all where he taught using that
word in the book of Exodus and also in Genesis
where we saw in the sand, Moses did not use that
term as a human anatomy term. But one thing we
saw, it was an architectural term. Please, I
want you to know that. It was an architectural
term. that he utilizes in the sun to refer to
a part of a building, meaning a part of a hole
in the sun. It's a building, a tabernacle, or
a portion in the tabernacle, like an ark, to
describe a part of a hole. Again, a part of a
hole. So, rip is not a biological term. Rip there
is not actually a... a term in anatomy, in human
anatomy, that word rib is an architectural term.
An architectural term that talks about or refers
to a part of a building. In this case, a part
of or a site. Now, what side of the tabernacle?
Now, there's a question then we will have to
ask. Understand? If that is the case, or since
that is the case, that the rip is a site or a
part of a tabernacle. Now the question is, what
tabernacle was Moses talking about? If actually
we said that place or rip there is a site of
a tabernacle, then what tabernacle was Moses
referring to? When he said the sight of a man
or the rip, one of the rip of a man in the sand.
What is he talking about? Which side of a tabernacle
is he talking about? So we need to clarify that.
Now, go back to that scripture also, because
we need to do some work now to clarify what Moses
was referring to. Now, what is that? Look at
it. Let's, we can follow. reading from the response
of Adam when the woman, yes, was brought to him.
Look at what Adam said. It can give us a lead
to where we are going, to how to answer which
type of tabernacle Moses was referring to. So,
look at verse 23. It said, and Adam said, understand,
this is now born of my bones and flesh of my
flesh. She shall be called woman because she
was taken out of man. She shall be called woman
because she was taken out of man. She was taken
out of man. I want you to know the word the bones
of my bones. and the flesh of my flesh. Now,
before we answer that, we have to clarify because,
you know, those words that were there, we need
to explain a number of them that normally bring
confusion. One of them before I'm coming to this,
we will answer this. But I want you to note the
bones of my bones and the flesh of my flesh.
What does that mean? We're going to answer that.
But let's look at that. He said, verse 21, he
said, and the Lord God caused a deep sleep, fall
on Adam, and he slept and he took. So he looked
as God performed an operation. And we said that
the description here is not biology. All those
descriptions are a description, like rip we have
mentioned is an architectural term. So how did
Moses be using these terms here? What is this
deep sleep? That's the question now. If the deep
sleep is not literal, because we saw now, rip
is not literal. You understand? It means sight.
Again, then what is deep sleep? Then deep sleep
could actually not be also literal. You understand?
What is then deep sleep? You understand? Now,
deep sleep is a single word I want you to note
in Hebrew. Deep sleep is a... single word in
Hebrew. It means hedema. It means T -A -R -D
-E -M -E. T -A -R -D -E -M -E. Which means trans.
It means trans. Of course, there are many places
where in the Bible that talks about It uses it
literally, actually. But we're looking at the
teaching notes of Moses, you understand? So it
actually means trance, you understand? And so
what exactly are we saying now, you understand?
So that means, let's look at some scripture,
you understand? That same word was used in Genesis
15. Look at Genesis 15, verse 12. Genesis...
Just go up a little bit because we're trying
to study the teaching notes of Moses. Genesis
15 verse 12. And when the sun was going down,
a deep sleep fell upon Abraham and behold, horror
and great darkness fell upon him. Now, if you
just read this verse alone, you would think actually
that Abraham just slept. No. But when you start
from verse 1, you understand what the Bible is
talking about. Look at verse 1 of Genesis 15.
After these things, the word of the Lord came
to Abraham in a what? Oh, talk to me. In a vision
saying. Did you see that? In a vision. So that
reading continually, when you continue to read
in the context up to 12, and all the discourse
on the event that was happening, it was in the
dream. You understand? You remember dream when
I'm saying dream? That means it's in a vision.
So that means this word is in reference to vision,
deep sleep, trance, you understand? Vision. Are
we together? Therefore, deep sleep means vision.
So what actually happened to Adam was not a surgical
or a medical operation, you understand? No. It
was a vision that God took Adam to see something.
Then you will not be surprised. His response,
immediately you walk off from the vision. Did
you understand what I'm trying to say? So he
saw the vision of what God in the sand, what
God intends. So what God showed Adam was a vision
ahead, what he will do. Are we together? So when
God says, and the Lord God caused a deep sleep
to fall on Adam and he slept, he was talking
about a vision and he took one of his ribs. We
have already described that rib. That means what
Adam is seeing, that means now you can now understand
that he's not talking about literature. The rib
is not literature. So when he said he took one
of his ribs, that means he was talking about
a building. So in the vision, that was what Adam
was seeing. You understand? And close up with
the flesh in this place. Now, it is not God performing,
as I said, a surgical procedure on Adam. No.
You understand? Like Abraham, Adam was just being
shown a vision. Was being shown a vision. Now,
the question again we want to ask, what vision?
What vision was God showing him? You understand?
Now look at Adam's response in verse 23. In verse
23 of that Genesis. And this is what he said.
I said, this is now the bone of my bones and
the flesh of my flesh. So this Adam's response
in verse 23 tells us what vision Adam saw. And
I want you to note the word, this is the bones
of my bones and the flesh of my flesh. The word
they are bones is... Follow me gradually because
we're so close. The word bones there is a Hebrew
word which means ascent. Which means is E -S
-E -M. Ascent. E -S -E -M in Hebrew. Also of
my bones is also the same thing ascent. So bones
means ascent. Of my bones means ascend. So if
we say the bones of my bones, I will say ascend,
ascend. So if you are going to say that in Hebrew,
it will be ascend, ascend in a sign. And that
word ascend means self, same. Please follow me
gradually. That word ascend means self. It means
also or same, same. That is the same in a sign,
the same. Moses used the same word. And I want
you to see where Moses used the same word of
that ascent. That is the bones of my bones. Oh,
bones. You understand? Because that was what
Adam saw. And he now responds. He is the bones
of my bones. It means ascent, ascent. That means
what he is saying is that he is the same, the
same. You understand? Same, the same. What is...
Adam saying, Genesis chapter 7. Genesis 7 verse
13. Look at Genesis 7 verse 13. On the very same
day, Noah and Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth,
and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons,
with them entered the ark. On the very same.
Did you see that word? That word same there.
On the very same. That word same. Means a sin.
Genesis 17. Genesis 17. It means that very sin.
Look at Genesis 17 verse 23. So Abraham took
Ishmael, his son, all who were born in his house
and all who were bought with his money, every
male among the men of Abraham's house. and circumcised
the flesh of their foreskin that very same day.
That word same there is also a sin as God has
said to him, as God has said to him. So that
word is same there. So in other words, when Abraham
said, this is my bones, or this now, or this
is now bone of my bone, he was saying same, same.
We are the same. Do you understand what I'm saying?
So he was saying that this woman, we are the
same. We are the same. We are the same. The bones
of my bones. You know, we have used this as a
marriage statement. Do you understand? This is
not a marriage statement. It's a response to
a vision. Adam saw. He said, this, we are the
same. Men don't want to hear that one. So this
was not a marriage statement. Well, you know,
sometimes, as I said, we can use the term in
marriage if we understand and speak correctly
about what it means. You understand? Because
if you talk about, even in marriage, you can
print John 3, verse 16. You understand? So, but
if you say those things, so you must have to
preach it correctly. You understand? You must
have to preach it. Look at Genesis 29. Look at
Genesis 29. Genesis 29 verse 14. Genesis 29 verse
14. And Laban said to him, Surely you are my
what? Oh, speak to me. Surely you are my what?
My bones and my flesh. And he stayed with him
for a month. Were they married? Oh, talk to me.
Were they married? So how come he would say,
he was my bones and my flesh? So that's, you
see, the word bones is talking about a different
thing. What he's trying to say that we are of
the same family. We are the same. We come from
the same, the same kindred. Are we together?
So that's what, so when Adam said, the bones
of my bones and the flesh of my flesh. He was
referring that the woman is of the same family
in the son. And when he was saying that he was
talking about the new humanity in the son, when
he was saying that he was talking about the family
of God, which he will establish, we are both
of us. That was what Peter was speaking about.
That was what Paul was saying about that we are
members of the same household. of the household
of God. That was what he was talking about. Look
at Judges. Judges. I'm looking for where to stop.
Judges. Glory to Jesus. Judges chapter 9, verse
1. Judges chapter 9, verse 1. Then Abimelech,
the son of Jeroboam, went to shake him. to his
mothers, please I want you to know those words,
to his what? Mothers, brothers, and spoke with
them and with all the family of the house of
his mother's father, saying, please speak in
the hearing of all the men of Shechem, all the
men of Shechem, which is, Better for you that
all 70 of the sons of Jeroboam reign over you
or that one reign over you. Remember that I am
your what? Your own flesh and bone. Is he talking
about marriage here? No, he was talking about
marriage. He was talking about we are of the
same. We are of the same family, the same stock.
The same nation. You understand? We are of the
same nation. We are of the same nation. 2 Samuel
chapter 5. 2 Samuel chapter 5. 2 Samuel chapter
5 verse 1. 2 Samuel chapter 5 verse 1. Then all
the tribe of Israel came to David. Did you see
that? The entire nation. So that means a member
of a household, a member of the same nation,
a member of the same... We call bone and flesh.
Are we together? Are we together? Amen. Can you
move to 2 Samuel 19? 2 Samuel 19. Look at verse
9. 2 Samuel 19, verse 9. Now all the people were
in a dispute throughout all the tribe of Israel,
saying, The king... Verse 11. And Abiathar the
priest, saying, Speak to the elders of Judah,
saying, Why are you the last to bring the king
back to his house, since the words of all Israel
have come to the king to his very house? Verse
12. You are my brethren. I want you to know that.
You are my brethren. You are my what? Oh, talk
to me. Oh, talk to me. You are my brethren. You
are my bone and my flesh. That means same family.
Same. Understand. Why then are you the last to
bring back the king? Verse 13. And so to Amasa,
are you not my bone and my flesh? God do so to
me and more also. If you are not commander of
the army before me continually in place of Joab.
Did you see that? Okay, let me read the last,
probably last scripture because we have to close
it. Hallelujah. 1 Chronicles chapter 11. 1 Chronicles
chapter 11. 1 Chronicles 11. Are you following
the teaching? Okay. It says, Then all Israel
came together to David at Hebron, saying, Indeed,
we are your what? Your bone and your flesh. Now,
did you see that? That means it's evident that
bone of my bone means the same stock, the same
kindred, the same family, the same nation. identity,
and the same. Are we together? The same. So that
was the vision. Remember, deep means vision.
And so in the vision, God showed to Adam that
this woman will be of the same family. You will
not be different from her in the son. While we
have differences physically, because the woman
gives birth, you understand, and there are some
physical features, but that is not in the household
of God. In the new nation, God is building. It's
not different. We are not different. We have
one Lord, one identity, the same spirit, you
understand. We are the same. That was what the
Lord showed to Adam. And Adam saw that and he
exclaimed, This now is the bone of my bone and
the flesh of my flesh. So that was not a marriage
thing. It wasn't a marriage thing. Are we together?
It was not a marriage statement. It was an affirmation
that this woman is of the same stock with me.
We are the same. Let me show you that. I think
that is a good way to conclude. Because if we
don't conclude in the New Testament, I mean,
it will look somehow. Amen. So let's go to New
Testament. Ephesians. I think that's the best
way to conclude. Ephesians chapter 5. Ephesians
chapter 5, verse 30. Good to me, verse 30. So
let me read from verse 29. I think it's good.
It says, For no one ever hated his own flesh.
Did you hear that? You know, sometimes when we
read that verse, you used to think that he's
talking about this one. Remember when he talked
to the man to love? He said, For no one ever
hated his own flesh, but nourished and cherished
it, just as the Lord does the church, that is,
the Lord does to his own also. Are we together?
For we are members of his word. Of his what?
Are we together? Oh, talk to me. Members of his
body. Of his what? Oh, are you there with me?
Of his flesh. And what? That's what he's saying.
Hebrews 2, 11 talks to us that he is not ashamed
to call us brethren. We are of the same. We are
members of his body. That was what Adam saw what
God is to do in Christ. That will become members
of his body. That's why he said the bones of
my bones, the flesh of my flesh. Are we together?
So Jesus Christ now said, for we are members
of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Look at that one. He said, for this reason, a
man shall leave his father and mother. and be
joined to his wife, and the two shall become
one flesh. One flesh. Verse 32. This is a great
mystery, but I speak concerning who? The Christ
and the church. The Christ and the church. So
one flesh is when he was spoken about. was actually
pointing to what Christ will do to bring us into
himself, to be in the house of God, in the tabernacle
of God. We are the same. We are not different.
In the sad, we are members of his body, his flesh
and his bones. So bones of my bones refers to
God's plan for humanity. God, which actually
we are in the fulfillment. So you cannot be in
church and see a woman lower. That means something
is wrong with your teaching. We are the same.
We have the same stock. We are the same family.
We are members of the same family. We have the
same identity, you understand? No one is higher
in value, in significance, in purpose. So it's
an aberration to say... Because a woman is a
woman, so she cannot leave the church. Or a woman
is a woman, so she cannot be able to sing. Or
she must keep quiet in the church. Or she cannot
lead. Or she cannot do certain things. I mean,
you don't really understand the plan of God.
The plan of God is that all of us together, we
are the house of the Lord. Are we together? We
are the house of the Lord. Amen. So we will stop
here and continue with our discussion later on
to see how God will help us. But I want you to
note, because we are discussing issues around
woman's liberty. Now the question is, what is
God's original plan for the woman? The same plan
he has for the man. What is God's original plan
for the woman? The same plan he has for the man.
Simple and short. Remember, we are answering
the question now. You understand? It took us
a long while to answer that question. It's a
little bit quiet. But now we are answering, what
is God's plan, original plan for the woman? Is
the same plan that he has for the man, that together
they become a tabernacle for him? Hallelujah.
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