I believe that it is the rider on the pale horse in revelations followed by hades. Everything that happens on the earth happens in the spiritual realm first. Part of this is judgement. God is getting tired of the lawlessness. By lawlessness I mean loving all the idolatry of the world, and not living by spirit and truth.
I'm glad you are not a man-hater. Equality is definitely desirable. I can agree on many of your points. Though I'm a bit more traditional on other points. Blessings!
What I meant by being hostile to women is refusing to ordain them, although some denominations go further than that. I can't imagine why rejecting adultery would be sexist.
I was equating homosexuality to hetero adultery.
Wow. I thought it was obvious that these groups refuse to ordain women and gays. Clearly I should have been more explicit.
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But "the rest" does have support from one verse or another in Scripture, just as the admonition you are referring to here does. That's the problem with a lot of church policies that people dismiss as "manmade."
But "the rest" does have support from one verse or another in Scripture, just as the admonition you are referring to here does. That's the problem with a lot of church policies that people dismiss as "manmade."
For one person or church, X,Y and Z are commanded by the Bible but not A, B and C. To the next church it's the other way around. And to the Amish or some others it may be A,B,C,X,Y and Z.
It's possible to determine which beliefs or practices are "in" and which are "out," but it's not as simple as a lot of folks seem to think.
