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Adam and Eve questions .
josh:
Kat,
After reading your post, I jumped over to dictionary.com to look up the word "gender"... as it was to my understanding a term that is a parent to or word that describes "male" and female"... and refers to "sexual identity."
Here are a couple of definitions that I found:
"The properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles"
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"The sex of an individual, male or female, based on reproductive anatomy.
Sexual identity, especially in relation to society or culture."
To say that God, who as you have stated is SPIRIT, can be grouped as a gender or in both genders... I do not believe to be accurate. The scriptures say that God is NOT a man... nor is He female.
While the genders are made up of characteristics of who God is... I do not believe that all of the chacateristics of God can be found in male, female, or the combination of both.
He transcends every categorey.
God's Peace.
Josh
iris:
Josh,
That's very interesting!!! :)
Thanks for sharing.
Iris
Deborah-Leigh:
Hello Josh
He transcends every categorey.
Does transcendence mean God is cut off from every category or that every category is an extension out from God?
Everything is out of God surely? This does not limit God to His creatures I know. HE is the Creator the SOURCE not the creature yet Male and Female He crreated them in His image and likeness. What does that mean? That is us. Humankind is who is being created in His image. We are in Gods process of becoming His image and likeness. Gen 1 : 28 HE is ONE. What is a male and female put together. ONE. When the woman was taken out of Adam she was identified by Adam as bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh. What was he before?....What is God? Mother Father, Brother Sister, All in All perhaps? I think so....Does that limit God. NO.
....Well these are only thoughts Josh....not written to conflict with you...but the Dictionary has been known to decieve and be very limited also. Take the translation on Hell for example or love....See what I mean?
Have you checked out some of the Interlinear Scriptures on this? May be there is something in there to take this further...I know there is much illumination in Ray's Mobil conference audio about this very subject if you have not already heard it and I meantion this last but not least!
Peace to you
Arcturus :)
YellowStone:
Josh,
Please let me add my two cents in here :)
I think perhaps there is some confusion between the physical and the spiritual.
As Kat correctly included:
Gen 1:27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
There is no getting around the fact that the human forms of both male and female gender were created, representative of God's spiritual form. Let us forget the physical differences and concentrate on the spiritual. :)
There are fundamental differences in the way men and woman think; although not exclusively true, it is certainly generally true.
We need not be surprised at this because God created woman "compliment" the man. :)
Gen 2:18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
I'm not sure if God has given humankind all of his "characteristics" or not; but I would be leaning towards he has, even if we are not yet aware of them. :)
Please do not take offense of this; for I see husband and wife as a complete article, being in the image of God.
Love to you in Christ,
Your Brother,
Darren
YellowStone:
Hi Arcturus,
You mirror my sentiments perfectly, just a bit sooner than I.
Your Brother In Christ,
Love,
Darren
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