PATRIARCHAL STUDY

1.      Adam: God first created Adam.  Eve was not formed until after the animals were named by Adam.  This fact of the order of creation is part of the explanation that Paul uses in the New Testament to explain the submission of women to male headship.

2.      Covenant: All covenants made by God in Scripture involved a man i.e. Noah, Abraham, Moses and David all entered into covenants with God.  The Scripture does not record a single instance of God making covenant with a woman.

3.      God’s Name: God frequently calls Himself the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.  Clearly these men were heads of their homes and the inheritors of the Covenant.  The women of these families were not unimportant but had roles in relationship with their husbands and not as primary leaders.

4.      Seventy Elders: God told Moses to select seventy men to assist him.  There were not women selected, not even the Miriam, the prophetess.

5.      Priests: God only called men, generation after generation, to His priesthood in the Old Testament.  Aaron and his sons were called to this ministry.  Aaron’s daughters or the daughters of his descendants were never call to be priests.

6.      Kings: The only examples in Scripture of God calling someone to the throne of Israel involve men.  There are several examples of women ruling during the time of the kings.  These women were all wicked.

7.      Tribal Leadership: The twelve tribes of Israel took their names from the sons(not daughters) of Jacob.  These tribes and families were led by men generation after generation.

8.      Eternal Gates: The gates of the heavenly city will eternally have the twelve male names of the twelve sons of Jacob on them.

9.      Eternal Foundation: The foundation stones of the heavenly city will eternally have the male names of the Twelve Apostles on them.

10.  Angels: Where angels appear in Scripture, they resemble men but never women.

11.  Apostles: The original twelve apostles are all men.  There is not a feminine version of the word apostle in Scripture.

12.  The Seven: The original seven are all men.

13.  God: God has revealed Himself as Father.

14.  The Savior: Jesus Christ is a resurrected man and is the eternal Son of God.

15.  Divine Pronouns: Masculine pronouns are used in Scripture to describe Father, Son and Spirit.

16.  Authors of the Bible: Only male authors wrote the sixty-six books of the Bible.