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Creation Story is clarified

‘Rev. Margaret _ ‘Marquardt “recently -addressed — an audience in Terrace

by Reverend Margaret Marquardt There are some passages in scripture that have been interpreted in ways not in- tended and the meaning of

the story has been misin-.

terpreted. Such ‘is our Hebrew passage. Genesis 2:4B-9, 15-17, 25:3-7, The misinterpretation and misuse of the second creation story and the temptation story has hada profoundly negative effect On women’s lives, There- fore, before we can look at what is really intended

in the passage, we need to_

move through the misin- terpretation.

First: the second Crea- tion story, usually known as ‘“‘woman made from the rib of man,’’ It is tra- ditionally interpreted as man created, then a helper is needed for him, Woman then is created from his rib,

This interpretation has

been used to support the view of what is called the ‘Chain of -Command.” First ranks God in author- ity, then man, then wo- man. It has also been us- ed, and still is, to support the view of woman as less than man; as helper to him, but not as equal. This misinterpretation is picked up in the New Testament. 1 Timothy

(which is not Paul's work — Paul has a much deeper understariding of mutuali-

ty of women and men). i Timothy 2:11-13: ‘Let a woman learn in silence with all submissiveness, I permit no woman to teach

‘or -have' authority over ~ men; she is to keep silent.

For Adam was formed first, then Eve. vo And Titus 2:4:5: “And so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be sensible, chaste, domestic, kind and submissive to their hus- bands, that the word of God may not be discred- ited.” This view continued with our Early Church Fathers -—- those who wrote theology in the third, fourth and fifth centuries. These views have impacted on women in denying the contribu- tion of women in many areas of society. They

~ have also been used to

justify control of a hus-

band over his wife even to.

the extent of beating her. She is his property. What is the story really about? Simply, but profoundly... Humanity, is God’s gift! God has given humanity the responsibility to till

“and keep the earth and to

have dominion, but. not

domination over the crea-

tures and the earth,

The Second Genesis story is a description of God creating an earth cre-

.ature (Adam) ~~ a crea-

ture from the earth. The creature is not male or female; it is without sex-

uality. It is given the earth to its care -—- given good

things to eat — all is pro-

vided but one thing is set

as a limit. No eating of the tree of good and evil. These are the parameters of human existence.

Then ‘God says, sit, is not good for the creature to be alone.’’ God chooses to-give the earth creaturea ‘companion -: no con- notation of helper. here.

‘God does surgery on the

earth creature. Simultan-

eously with the advent of ~

woman isthe advent of man. Sexuality of male and female is known only. at this point. Only after

the creation of woman is -

the creature identified as

‘male. Creation is simul-

taneously male and fe- male. ‘One does not precede

_the other, It is then. that’

the male speaks concern- ing the woman: ‘‘Bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh,’’ These words speak of unity, solidarity, mut- uality and equality. Her sexuality depends upon his, even as his depends upon hers. There is no- thing of one being more important than the other.

The story describing God’s creation of humani- ty — male and female was never intended to be used

' as it has been.

Holocaust poet; in the

mid-70s established his -

Jewish roots in an album called ‘Planet Waves’, In one of the songs he sings: ‘*Papa’s in the vineyard, his’ working days are

_threugh; Sister’s on the

highway to see the valley

‘through’’.

_ by Brian Gregg

Terrace Contributor

While most Christians are wondering where Dy- lan is. at, few recognize that even before his much publicized conversion to fundamentalism he was recognizing the modern Sisterhood between Israel, known in dispensational scripture as God’s wife;

and the Bride of Christ, —

the church. - . The Vineyard in

Dylan’s song is the Chur- . ' sun, and thé moon ‘under her feet, and upon her.

ch just prior. to the Rap- ture and reminds us that the Christian Era ended in

. 1948. That is the. Good

News for the world today.

“Sister’’ is the state of Israel which is re-emerging under God’s prophetic grace according to Isaiah 62:10 — “‘cast up the highway, gather out the

Stones, lift up .a standard - -for the people; for, behold the Lord hath proclaimed

unto. the ends of the world, ‘“‘Say unto the daughter of Zion, behold thy salvation comes; be- hold: his reward is with him and his work before him’’. The ‘“‘reward’’ is the Bride of Christ re- united with the Bride- groom.

Joseph Seiss explored this relation in his book on

-dispensationalism, ‘The

Gospel in the Stars’’. Seiss points out that in’ the tight-brained. culture of the Middle East the-con- stellations became -sym- bols that told the Bible stories we now have writ-

_ten down in our left-brain

print form. One of the reasons sO many Chris-

‘tians refuse to rightly

divide the word today is because much of this right-brain symbolism is lost on them.

The original Bible mes- sage also degenerated into

. what is now known as as-

trology, horriblescopes, and the zodiac. Virgo ac- tually represents the birth of Christ. through Mary while the Leo sign stands for tribulation judgement by the Lion of Judah.

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Commentary |

Taurus - symbolizes the. © Hitler ‘period when the ‘prophecies of Israel's re- birth .came to ‘pass. The in the last verse: ‘All ‘along the watchtower “princes. kept the view,

Gemini: twins (one holding a harp, the other-a club of

war) represent the phases

after the Taurus dispensa- tion. The “harpist. repre- sents the Church in this final stage of evangelism; the twin with the club. is Israel coming into her own

once more by military

muscle. In terms. of mother- hood, Israel is seen pro-

ducing the Rapture of the

Church in: Revelation 12:15. Israel, is viewed by Joseph (his coat of: many colors reminds us today of Noah's rainbow covenant) who saw in a vision a woman. clothed with the

‘head a crown of 12 stars. The sun is symbolic of

Christ, the moon repre-.

sents earthly powers and

the 12 stars are the 12. ¥ - worldly people; the “‘bare-

tribes of Israel. °

It is true that. God - .the people of Israel who

manifests the feminine symbol throughout the Bi- ble concerning his church and Israel. Unfortunately too many Christians to- day, clinging to the by- gone days of church glory, find themselves in rock throwing concerts while the goddess of ignorance has the final say... The prophetic scriptures refer to our present time

as the ‘‘Laodicean Church |

period” which means that the rights of people are

-considered more impor-

tant than the command- ments of Christ. - One of Dylan’s early songs, ‘‘All Along the Watchtower” is a perfect description of our Laodi-

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"along. the line know what

any of it is worth’’, In this song-Dylan sings.

while the women came

‘and went,. barefoot Ser- -vants too, ‘outside in the

distance a wildcat did growl, two riders were ap- proaching the wind began

to howl’,

‘Francis Schaeffer in “How Should We. Then

'. Live” echoes Dylan by us- _ing the watchtower. line

from Ezekiel 33:1-11, 19, The* “‘princes’’. represent

- the men and women of the

Gospel. at this time (fun- damentalists believe in the

priesthood of all believers

both..men and women so

any .woman who is a

Christian is. automatically a priest, which makes the current theological debate

over. humanist Laodicean

titles rather silly); the “women” represent the

foot. servants’ represent

are unshod by the Gospel. The Laodicean times are “‘wildcat”. Revelation 13. describes two anti-messiahs — one of. war who emerges from

‘the sea (salt is often sym-

bolic of wat); the other of peace (earth is symbolic of peace)... These. two. beasts conform to Hasidic tradi- tion which teaches that a humanist ‘messiah of war shall be followed by a humanist messiah of peace

' before the Jewish King-

dom Age begins. Dylan’s two riders and their howl- ing wind of prophetic judgement come out of this chapter of scripture. Dylan is a prophet of God; and thus he is obvi- ously a dispensationalist. The word ‘‘prophet”’ sim- ply means ‘‘anointed spea-

‘ker and anointed poet’’

and in this sense Dylan has been called to a much larger arena than that of

the modern ,Church. He

speaks for the Sisterhood

of Gemini in our Laodi-

cean times for those who haye ears to hear.

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