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God names the first women “Ezer Kenegdo”
Does Ezer Kenegdo only apply to married women?
If that is the case then it does not apply to 60% of women and girls in America.
Let alone all the women and girls world wide.
What does God mean by “Ezer Kenegdo”?
Kenegdo: literally means “according to the opposite of him.”
The idea is Women are the best match to partner with men to accomplish the mission of God.
Does the English word “helper” capture the meaning of the Hebrew word “ezer”?
What connotations does the word helper carry in our culture?
Carolyn James writes in here book Half the Church.
“The focus on the wife as her husband’s helper has led … to practices that communicate that women are second class citizens at home and in the church.
None of this is true.
There is nothing second class about God’s vision for his daughters, and the ezer holds the clues.
Merriam-Webster Defines helper as one that helps - especially : a relatively unskilled worker who assists a skilled worker usually by manual labor.
Does helper capture well what God means?
Is this the message we want to send to all women?
How do we determine the meaning of a word?
Word usage determines its meaning.
In these passages who is the helper - ezer?
Sisters God has given you a name he bears.
Ezer!
Sisters you image God as Ezers.
What does this mean?
The connotations for “Ezer” in the Hebrew mean strength or might and hero or warrior.
The sense of the meaning then is a mighty warrior coming to help.
Carolyn James writes “Descriptions of the woman as dependent, needy, vulnerable, deferential, helpless, leaderless, or weak are—to put it simply—wrong.
Such definitions betray cultural biases and I fear a deep-seated misogyny.
The ezer is a warrior.
Like the man, she is also God’s creative masterpiece—a work of genius and a marvel to behold — for she is fearfully and wonderful made.
The ezer never sheds her image-bearer identity.
Not here.
Not ever.
God defines who she is and how she is to live in his world.
That never changes.
The image-bearer responsibilities to reflect God to the world and to rule and subdue on his behalf still rest on her shoulders too.
Sisters you are an Ezer - a helping mighty warrior.
Receive your name from God. Jesus reclaimed this identity for you.
Lets join together with God and rule and subdue furthering God’s Kingdom.
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