Firstborn males inherited everything. But women didn't inherit. Jesus not only is the firstborn son who says everything I have is yours, but he's also the one who makes us adopted sons male and female,. He made them sons. Every man who has been baptized into Christ is the bride of Christ. So you have this kind of both ways that the new Adam is Jesus and his bride, his Eve as it were, is the church.
The conversation of gender identity seems to have swept into every crevice of our culture. From debating gender “norms” to questioning the concept of biological gender completely, society has demanded to have a say in how men and women should understand themselves and the roles they play. But what are the ramifications of allowing the world to tell what we are to be instead of Scripture? In this episode of White Horse Inn, hosts Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Bob Hiller, and Walter Strickland untangle the narrative of creation as male and female and the importance of the differences we have been given by our Creator.