BIBLE PROVES MEN, WOMEN CREATED EQUAL

Sir,

God created a woman in His image and bestowed on her equal dignity with a man. But as sin entered the world and things began to change, the God-given dignity of men and women has been lost as corrupt people with power oppress those without power. Because people who have always been in power have created their own rules and laws of running this world, God’s feminist ideals do not correlate with the world’s circular ones.

Value

In actual fact, it is nearly impossible to value women and put forth their needs and rights correctly without first valuing the God in whose image they were made. So does this mean when women are being demeaned and abused, it is indeed God who is being disrespected and debased? If we value the God in whose image women were made, we will value the woman herself.

In Isaiah 1:17 God says; “Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression, bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause.” Here, God clearly calls humanity to justice, He judges in favour of those without resources. He directs these words to those with resources and power and pleads with them to actively bring the justice that everyone deserves.

While the Bible is not exactly the first book that comes to mind when talking about feminism, it does have many stories about feminist women who made a mark; women who are strong or outspoken or overcome great odds or simply question the status quo around them.

Equal

Take for example, the very first woman the Bible reports to having been created by God, Eve. While she is called lesser because she was created from Adam’s rib, her existence in the beginning of the Bible proves that men and women were created together equally. Eve is the only one in the Garden of Eden who questioned the status quo, she shows no sign of seeing herself as anything other than equal to Adam and having the ability to make her own choices.

Another example of a feminist in the Bible is Esther. She is one of two women with a book of the Bible named after her. When Haman wanted to kill all Jews, Esther defied Persian law by presenting herself to the king without being summoned. She told the king of Haman’s plan and the Jews were saved, Haman was punished and Esther established a memorial that is still even celebrated today.

My other example is Deborah, who is the only female judge who is mentioned in the Bible, and a prophet among the Israelites. She helped lead an attack against Canaanites and prophesied that not only will the Israelites win, but that the glory of killing the enemy commander will go to a woman.

Instead of a social justice that gives women complete independence from men, God calls for social justice in interdependent relationships between men and women. God lifts up all His creation, but not in a way that frees one from the other. The Bible instructs men and women to work in covenants of mutual responsibility, at the same time advocates that each one of us be responsible for their actions, to be careful that our actions do not bring injustice and unfairness to the other. These principles are the foundation of feminism, and therefore, God is a feminist.

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