No, God's ordained order for the family has not changed.
Les Feldick teaches that the husband-as-head order is rooted in creation, not culture, and continues throughout Scripture because God never withdrew it. The order was established in the Garden of Eden and remains in effect.
Genesis 3:16 — After sin, God reiterates the husband's rule over the wife, showing the order continues.
1 Corinthians 11:3 — Paul, by inspiration, affirms the headship order for the church age.
In Genesis 2, God creates Adam first, then forms Eve from Adam's side (Genesis 2:21-22). Genesis 5:2 notes that male and female were created and called 'Adam,' indicating Eve's inclusion in Adam's creation. After the fall, God tells Eve, 'thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee' (Genesis 3:16). In the New Testament, Paul instructs wives to submit to their husbands, stating 'the husband is the head of the wife' (Ephesians 5:22-23), and in 1 Corinthians 11:3, 'the head of the woman is the man.'
Les explains that God's order for the family has never changed because it began at creation, not as a later custom. Adam was created first, with Eve symbolically inside him, and then God brought Eve forth from Adam's side (Clip 0). This creation order establishes the man as the head of the woman, a structure God has never withdrawn (Clip 4). Les clarifies that headship does not mean slavery or oppression; the wife is a complement and helpmate, and the two are one (Clips 2, 6).
Les teaches that because Eve was created after Adam and from his side chamber, she was part of Adam in a certain degree (Clip 0). This makes Adam the federal head of the union, and the woman is to recognize that God has ordained the man to be head of the home (Clips 4, 5).
Absolutely not. Les emphasizes that the Bible never gives the husband authority to downtrod his wife (Clip 2). The wife is a helpmeet, meaning a complement, and she is a part of him; they are one (Clips 2, 6).
Creation of Eve from Adam
Les explains that Eve was created from Adam's side chamber, and because Adam was created first, he is the federal head.
Wife's Response to Love
Les shows that God has placed a responsiveness in women to respond to their husband's love, which makes the marriage work.
Headship Not Tyranny
Les clarifies that the husband's headship does not give him license to downtrod his wife; she is part of him and they are one.
Genesis 1:26-27: Who Are "Us"? The Trinity in Creation
If a woman doesn't, there's something wrong with her, because God has created within the woman that responsiveness, that when the man extends his love, she's going to respond and you have a happy relationship. It just can't be otherwise. But it all began back here when God created man, and the whole concept is, He's going to give us a will, and God is going to give us the very best that He can giv…
Creating Order to Keep Subservience
Les connects the headship order back to the Garden of Eden and notes it is not slavery but recognition of authority.
God Ordained Man as Head
Les teaches that the woman recognizes God's order that the man is head of the home, not as a taskmaster but as a place of authority.
Woman as Complement
Les explains that the woman is a helpmeet or complement, completing what Adam lacked, and that she was formed from Adam's side.
Tongues, Prophecy & Order in Worship - 1 Corinthians 14:14-40 Explained
That's the way He ordained it. And so all the way up through the Old Testament, yes the woman was, to our way of thinking, almost overly subdued, but nevertheless this is still part of Paul's thinking as he deals with the Corinthian church. That the women were to recognize the fact that the man was still the head of the family, he was the head of the woman, and that she was to be subdued under tho…
Genesis 2:21-22: And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
This shows the order of creation: Adam first, then Eve from him.
Genesis 5:2: Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
Indicates Eve was in Adam, and both were called Adam.
Genesis 3:16: Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
After the fall, God reiterates the husband's rule, showing continuity.
Ephesians 5:22-23: Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
Paul confirms the headship order for the church, referencing creation.
1 Corinthians 11:3: But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
Paul, by inspiration, states the order plainly.
No. Even after the fall, God told Eve that her husband would rule over her (Genesis 3:16). Les explains that this order was prompted by Eve's sin but continued to be part of God's design.
No. Les teaches that the Bible never gives the husband authority to downtrod his wife; she is his helpmeet and complement, and they are one flesh.
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