So that we can enter into a greater unity in the body of Christ on earth, we are in need to understand the view of man and woman correctly from the perspective of our Creator and Heavenly Father, so that we are truly able to respect and complement each other properly.

Children of God

The apostle Paul made reference to the spiritual body in Jesus Christ, in which neither nationality nor gender plays the leading role, but the first essential requirement of a born-again believer should be to know that he is a child of God (see Galatians 3:26-28).

Galatians 3:26-29:
26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Sons of God and Bride of Christ

It may be difficult to comprehend, but in the body of Christ we are on the one hand sons of God and on the other hand the bride of Christ, which means that the man should deal with the structure of the woman and the woman with the structure of man, in order to have a right understanding of the body of Christ and the required respect for the opposite gender in the earthly realm (see Romans 8:14-16; 2 Corinthians 11:2 i.c.w. Revelation 19:7).

Romans 8:14-16:
14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.

15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”

16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.

17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs – heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

2 Corinthians 11:2:
2 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him.

Revelation 19:7:
7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.

 

The Right Understanding about Man and Woman

It is essential that men, according to the Word of God, have a true understanding of the basic structure of woman (note: Eve) and women of the basic structure of man (note: Adam) in order to be able to reflect a greater glory on earth.

The Greater Glory

I am convinced that in the coming times, according to the Word of God, true unity between man and woman will play a such important role, so that this greater glory can be revealed and reflected in the world (see Proverbs 12:4a).

Proverbs 12:4a:
4a A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, …

A Strategic Revelation

Personally, I take the following strategy from the basic structure of the relationship between man and woman created by God:
 

The man should first receive the revelation of the Father's hand and breath in order to have a divine understanding of erection and empathy (note: first the dew/mist established itself, then God's hand formed the earthly substance in order thereafter to fill it with His breath). This means that the man must first have an understanding of the woman's structure to be able to recognize or assess her correctly.

 

In the basic structure, Eve was extracted by God from Adam's side (note: The Hebrew word for “side/rib” means “ȥēla`” and means “board, rib; it also means a mountainside, the longer side of the ark of the covenant and the tent of meeting; the side of the altar or sides (floors) at the temple, boards, beams/girder”), in order that Adam could recognize her bones (note: also meant feelings) and their flesh (note: also meant a human heart that is turned towards God; see Ezekiel 11:19; Ezekiel 36:26 => in the sense of a fleshy heart; the Hebrew word for “flesh” is “bāsār” and means, among other things, “to bring good news, to proclaim and also to bring a neutral or good news”).

 

This means that the woman assigned to the man by God becomes like the tendon of a bow (note: rib) from which God shoots His revelatory arrows.

 

The assigned woman has the potential of a bearing width (see Ephesians 3:18-19), having an understanding of God's greatness (note: mountainside), the being of Jesus (note: the longer side of the Ark of the Covenant), His presence (note: the longer side of the tent of meeting) and also His heart (note: the altar). This width/length also carries the knowledge of the priestly movement of Jesus, that is moving from east to west, just as the priest in the Word of God went from east to west to the Holy of Holies, which is furthermore related to the power of revelation and the coming of Jesus (see Matthew 24:27).

 

27 For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

 

This explanation reveals that a woman should have a similar vision or ministry character like her husband, because the promise was woven from the “ground” into the man from whom Eve came by the hand of God (see Genesis 2:6-7.21-22).

 

6 but streams (note: a mist) came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.

7 Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. …

21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.

22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

 

 

Therefore, carrying the similar vision by man and woman (note: referring to marriage) is, in my view, helpful in order for the woman to be the right complement, as described in Proverbs 12:4a.

This in turn means that the man, through such agreement, allows the woman to take the higher place, which does not mean the higher authority in marriage, but her rightful position before God.

The man is first “ennobled” by the woman and the woman needs the man to bring “ennoblement”, meaning that they can only reveal the glory of God on earth together (see Proverbs 12:4a i.c.w. Ephesians 5:25).

 

4a A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, …

 

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her …

 

 

If this recognition and loving respect of husbands towards their wives exists and vice versa, it even leads to accelerated responses to prayer (see 1 Peter 3:7).

 

7 Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

 

 

In order to describe the feelings of man and woman even more deeply, let me mention the creation of Adam and Eve at this point. The first man on earth did not know any earthly father or mother. Furthermore, he also had no experience of earthly birth, death, or any competition among men.

Adam was completely unbiased to understand the life of God right, since he was created by God through the dew, His hand and His breath to be a living being from the earth (see Genesis 2:6-7).

 

… 6 but streams (note: a mist) came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.

7 Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

 

Before the Fall, Adam had no reason and natural desire to fight for survival, as he was placed into the fullness of delight by God (note: “Eden” means “delight”; see Genesis 2:8).

 

8 Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.

 

Adam and later Eve did not know what it meant to be dead, which might have been a reason for Eve's and Adam's curiosity.

The first natural human death and the pain they experienced was when their common son Abel was murdered by Cain (see Genesis 4:8).

 

8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

 

God, however, had experienced the pain of death earlier, because He killed a “lamb” for Adam and Eve to cover their shame or error (see Genesis 3:21).

 

21 The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.

(note: To make garments from skins, it was necessary for an animal to die.)

 

 

Through the fall of man the portal to death opened. This provoked fear in Adam, who now knew what it meant to die, because God made it clear that he would become dust again (see Genesis 3:19 i.c.w. Romans 5:12).

 

19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”

 

12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned – …

 

The decision of God for man to die caused a certain kind of fear in Adam, since God was speaking primarily to him in this context. This fear is still present today in people who do not really know Jesus Christ, which means that they are afraid of loss and death.

 

This is why men in particular carry an increased form of fear of loss within, which even appears to them as compared to “dust” and through which they suddenly feel worthless. This is the reason why men who have not properly recognized Jesus Christ try so hard to present themselves to the public by performing all kinds of achievements, possessions or work. In contrast, women do not have this kind of fear of loss to that extent because the woman has been addressed by God in a different way after the fall (see Genesis 3:16).

 

16 To the woman he said, “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

 

 

Women who have not properly recognized Jesus Christ suffering more an inner fear of pain and long for true protection. Women are usually not as afraid as men of not being seen because they are originated from man's side and therefore women are not directly connected to the earth. They are more relational and herein cannot fall deeper than into the arms of a man. They carry this certainty deep in their hearts. Even if there are women who may not want to admit this, there is a deep desire in the nature of a woman to be appreciated by a man because God has established it in this way (see Ephesians 5:25-29).

 

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church – …

 

The knowledge concerning this basic principle should also be carried by us as the bride of Christ and we should be convinced that we have our security and appreciation in the side of Jesus Christ, just as Moses felt secure in the cleft of the rock while he saw the glory of God (see Exodus 33:21-22).

 

21 Then the Lord said, “There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock.

22 When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.

 

Jesus Christ, who is the lion of the tribe of Judah, understands men (note: lions) and also women (note: lionesses) in His body, because He carries the characters of a male and female lion (see Revelation 5:5 i.c.w. Genesis 49:8-12).

 

5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

 

8 “Judah, your brothers will praise you; your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons will bow down to you.

9 You are a lion’s cub, Judah; you return from the prey, my son. Like a lion he crouches and lies down, like a lioness – who dares to rouse him?

10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he to whom it belongs shall come and the obedience of the nations shall be his.

11 He will tether his donkey to a vine, his colt to the choicest branch; he will wash his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

12 His eyes will be darker than wine, his teeth whiter than milk.

 

Amen and Amen.

 

In His Wisdom,

 

Daniel & Tina Glimm