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was a life of self-seeking, and self-advancement. The woman who would find favor with
Yahweh must abase herself. She must take the lowest seat. She must be humble, laying
aside personal ambition, adopting another’s will as her own.
The woman was created “for man.” She is to be his helper. If the woman seeks to save
HER LIFE, she will lose it. The woman who loses HER LIFE will find the true and lasting
life that Christ came to give.
If you are a Christian woman, it is unlikely that you approached marriage as an
invitation to surrender your life to another. Yet, this is the will of God for the woman who
aspires to godliness. Even as a man entering into relationship to Christ is to surrender his
life, taking Christ as Lord in everything, so too must the woman be subject to her husband.
Paul wrote, “as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their
husbands in everything.”
The apostles referenced three distinct things that serve as a foundation for their
teaching to women: Creation order - man was created first; Creation purpose - woman was
created for man; and divine government - “your desire shall be toward your husband, and
he shall rule over you.” Each of these things finds its parallel in man’s relationship to Christ.
Christ precedes man in creation order even as the man precedes the woman. Christ
is the firstborn of all creation (Colossians 1:15). He is the “ONLY begotten” Son of the
Father.

John 1:14
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of
the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

For many years I did not understand what was meant by Christ being referred to as
“the only begotten Son.” It has only been as the Father has opened my eyes to perceive the
creation order of all things that I have come to understand this mystery.
The Scriptures testify that Christ came forth directly from the Father. Everything else
in creation was fashioned by Christ.

John 1:1-3
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and
apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

Colossians 1:16-17
For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and
invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities - all things have
been created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things
hold together.

In the original Greek manuscripts of the New Testament, the words “only begotten”
appear as “monogenes.” You may recognize “mono” as a prefix meaning “one.” “Genes”
(pronounced gen-ace) is the root of the words “generate,” and “genesis.” Christ is declared
to be the only direct generation of the Father. Nothing else has come forth from the Father
in the way Christ has come forth.
There exists a hierarchy in creation. Yahshua is the firstborn of all creation. He is the