In the ancient Greek world, only males and firstborn males inherited everything. But women didn't inherit. And now you go to the New Testament. What is the term of adoption, the dear term of adoption? Son. It's not trying to be chauvinistic in any sense. It's actually elevating. The flip side of it would be every man who has been baptized into Christ is the bride of Christ right? So you have this kind of both ways that the groom, the new Adam is Jesus and his bride, his Eve as it were are 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.