THE MALE AS VISIONARY AND LEADER!!!!

Genesis chapter 1










Today we are walking in: The Male As Visionary And Leader!!!!










Today we look to the word-LEADER- H5057 nagiyd-- leader, ruler, captain, prince; excellent thing, (chief) governor, leader, noble, prince, (chief) ruler.





The Torah Testifies.............................

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The prophets proclaim...............





Isaiah 55:4 - Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader H5057 and commander to the people.










The writings bear witness.............





2Chronicles 32:21 - And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders H5057 and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword







The Male as Visionary and Leader




Yah Always Provides for the Vision He Gives.




Yah wants men to understand their dominion assignments and then to develop the qualities that are required in order to carry them out. This is the way that men can pursue Yah‘s purpose for their lives and grow in true manhood, for Yah‘s purpose is the key to our fulfillment.




The Male as Visionary




The first responsibility that brings fulfillment and spiritual rewards to the male is that of visionary. This is a foundational responsibility because, without it, he can‘t fulfill the other assignments of leader, teacher, cultivator, protector, and provider.




Being a true visionary is a lost art in our times. The average male can‘t say who he is because he has no real vision for his life. He is either floundering without purpose, or he is diligently pursuing a false vision based on the values of contemporary society, which are often the opposite of what Yah values. Yah wants males to have a vision for their lives that comes from Him and belongs to them personally—not something dictated by the cultural environment, current trends, man-made religion, or someone else‘s image of what their lives should be.




In the teaching, Seven Principles of Purpose, I asked you to consider several questions, including, ―Do you know where you‘re going? Are you still questioning what you‘re about? These are issues related to vision.




Proverbs 29:18 says, “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (KJV). Vision is necessary for life. The word “vision” in the Hebrew means a ―dream, revelation, or oracle. Obviously, a vision that is connected to Yah‘s purposes is something that needs to be revealed by Yah Himself. You need His revelation of your life‘s vision. The only way you can discover this vision is to listen to what Yah is saying to you. This is a crucial point that we‘ll return to shortly.




To have vision means to be able to conceive of and move toward your purpose in life. A man shouldn‘t get married, then say to his wife, ―What are we going to do? Well, you know, we‘ll just wait on the Most High. We‘ll see where we‘re going when we get there. That‘s ridiculous.




Now, it‘s true that we might not always see the whole picture right away, as Abraham had to trust Yah to lead him to an unfamiliar land in which he would become a great nation (Gen. 12:1–2). However, Abraham had a clear vision that he was going to the place Yah had promised him, and he moved steadily toward that goal. Having vision means that you can already see the end of your purpose. It means that you have faith in Yah and what He has told you to do, so that you are continually moving toward your vision as it is moving toward you. Your responsibility is to support and sustain the vision until it comes to fruition.




Created and Designed for Vision




We can know that Yah has a vision for every male because the male was created to be a visionary. Remember that one reason the man was formed first was so that he could be the initial recipient of all the information, revelation, and communication Yah desired to share regarding humanity‘s relationship with Him and its purpose for being. Then He created the female to enable the man to fulfill this vision. Yah‘s priority has not changed.




When Joel prophesied about the outpouring of the Ruach Hackodesh in the last days, he spoke these words from Yah: “I will pour out my Ruach on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions” (Joel 2:28). Notice what this verse says about males. Old men will receive dreams and young men will see visions from Yah. It doesn‘t say that women will see visions. It says that women will prophesy. This means they will speak of the things the men see in the visions. If you look at Yah‘s pattern in the Bible, the man is given the vision, but the woman is there to make sure that he accomplishes it. Males and females each have their specific functions.




The male is also designed to be a visionary. Yah created men to be able to look at the big picture in life, to plan for the future from a logical, practical standpoint. Men like to determine what steps are necessary to get from A to B, and all the way to Z. They have built-in qualities that enable them to receive the vision and work to bring it to pass.




Prerequisites for Discovering Vision




Many men don‘t have a vision for their lives because they are not committed to Yah and to seeking His will in this area. If a man does not have relationship with Yah, he cannot fully function in his purpose.




1. Follow Hamachiach’s Example




The greatest example of someone who had a vision for His life is Yahusha. He constantly repeated and affirmed who He is. Yahusha was able to live in the confidence of His purpose from an early age. Remember what He said to His parents when He was only twelve years old? “I must be about My Father‟s business” (Luke 2:49 NKJV). Yahusha knew His identity as the Son of Yah and as Yah the Son. He said, “Before Abraham was born, I am!” (John 8:58). He knew His reason for being and His purpose in life: “The Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost” (Luke 19:10).




The example Yahusha set for us by His life shows us our need for these important elements related to purpose: (1) a clear self-image; (2) a life consistent with one‘s purpose and calling. Yahusha lived a life that was totally consistent with who He said He was. He had complete integrity; He always kept and fulfilled His own words.




John the Baptist is another example of a man who knew his identity. He had a sense of confidence in who he was and what he was called on to do, so that he could affirm, “I am the voice of one calling in the desert, „Make straight the way for the Most High‟” (John 1:23).




The apostle Paul also clearly had a vision for his life. He had a strong self-image and exhibited clarity of purpose. How frequently he began his letters with such statements as, “Paul, a servant of Hamachiach Yahusha, called to be an apostle,” or “Paul, an apostle of Hamachiach Yahusha by the will of Yah” (See, for example, Romans 1:1, Ephesians 1:1.) He also made these statements of purpose: “For this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle” (1 Tim. 2:7); “Of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher” (2 Tim. 1:11).




John the Baptist and Paul received Yah‘s vision for their lives through their encounters with Him. True vision can be found only in Yah‘s presence. Yahusha Himself was given to prayer and reflection during His entire earthly life. He was in constant contact with the Father in order to know how to fulfill His life‘s purpose. After a day of particularly busy ministry in which He had healed the sick and demon-possessed, He got up early the next day and went to pray in a quiet place. When Peter and the other disciples found Him there, they exclaimed, “Everyone is looking for you!” (Mark 1:37). Yahusha could have basked in the people‘s praise, but He continued to follow His life‘s purpose. Yah had shown Him the next step when He was in prayer. He said, “Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also. That is why I have come” (v. 38).




2. Acknowledge Hamachiach’s Headship




The Bible says, “The head of every man is Hamachiach” (1 Cor. 11:3). The most important thing a male can do is to acknowledge the headship of Hamachiach and commit to following Him on a daily basis in order to receive His direction. “I am the way and the truth and the life,” He said in John 14:6. Ultimately, Yahusha Hamachiach not only gives vision, but He is the vision, since we are called to be conformed to His image.




3. Listen for Yah’s Direction




You aren‘t fulfilling your purpose as a man until you can hear the voice of Yah. You aren‘t fulfilling your purpose as a man until you start speaking and affirming the Word of Yah in your life. To do this, you need to be in the same garden environment that Adam was first placed in.




We need to get back to the place where the glory can flow between Yah and man, where we can hear the voice of Yah, and Yah can give us direction. Because the Ruach Hackodesh has been poured out into the hearts of believers, the garden is no longer just one spot on the earth—it is within the heart of every man who belongs to Hamachiach. That is why Hamachiach said, “The kingdom of Yah is within you” (Luke 17:21). It is not within you of its own accord; the kingdom of Yah is within you because Yah Spirit lives within you.




The kingdom of Yah—Yah‘s Spirit and will ruling in our hearts—has come to us through Hamachiach, and it is through Him that we can fulfill the dominion mandate. We are called to spread the gospel message of reconciliation with Yah through Hamachiach and of the gift of the Ruach Hackodesh—who brings us power for living, working, and creating to the glory of Yah. If we want to fulfill our dominion responsibilities and assignments, we have to do so through the Spirit of Hamachiach as we follow Yah‘s will.




I believe that many men think, ―It‘s the preacher‘s job to stay in the presence of the Most High. Yet men are to function as priests in their homes. One of the things that blesses me about Abraham is that he would go to his wife and say, ―The Most High says so-and- so. Men need to stay close to Yah so they can tell their families what Yah is saying to them. Many men can tell their families what the Dow-Jones average is or what the status of the local economy is. But they need to be able to tell them, ―This is what Yah says is important. Women need somebody who can tell them what Yah is saying. Many women go from prayer meeting to prayer meeting and to this or that prophetess because there isn‘t a man in the house providing them with vision.




In other words, you shouldn‘t depend on the preacher to lead your family. Don‘t go to the community and say, ―Well, preacher, tell me what to do. You had better find out from Yah what to do for your own family. The presence of the Most High is key.




4. Be Open to Yah’s Communication




Yah can communicate vision in a variety of ways. First, He speaks as we pray and read His Word. These are among the most important habits we can develop. Yah may also speak through the counsel of trusted Hebrews, or as we conduct an assessment of our gifts and talents. Is there one idea or vocation that keeps coming to your mind, especially after prayer? That may well be Yah‘s vision for your life. You should also allow Yah to broaden and expand a vision He has already given you. Remember that when we‘ve been faithful in smaller things, He often promotes us to larger ones. A vision may also be inherited, but the man who inherits it needs to make it his own and exercise true leadership in fulfilling that vision.




“Where There Is No Vision”




A man needs a clear vision of these three things: (1) who he is in Yah, (2) what his overall purpose as a male is, and (3) what his purpose as an individual man is. In this way, he can know where he is going in life and can lead those under his care and responsibility.




First things have to come first. Before Yah gave the man a helper, He gave him a vision for what he should be doing. That is also the order we need to follow today.




If a man has no vision, or if his wife has the only vision, the man and his whole family will have a difficult time. This is because Yah has designed the male to carry others with him in his vision. Our society is in trouble because wherever the man goes, he brings everybody else along. Right now, most men don‘t know where they‘re going, and the women and children who are following have no direction.




It‘s dangerous for a woman to marry a man who doesn‘t know Yah, because she won‘t know where he‘s taking her. Even if he does know Yah, he needs to learn to live in Yah‘s presence, because some men who know Him don‘t talk to Him enough. No man has the right to lead a woman if he doesn‘t have the ability to truly hear Yah. “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Prov. 29:18 KJV).




This is a serious matter. It means that a male-man cannot ask a female-man to follow and help him if he isn‘t really doing anything. Where is she supposed to be going? What is she supposed to help him with? The woman is looking for somebody who is doing something to which she can contribute. All the potential, all the energy, all the excitement, and all the creativity within her has to be applied to something. There are many women who have skills and abilities, but men aren‘t doing anything they can help with. Some women wait for weeks, months, even years with latent skills, eager to help fathers, husbands, friends, employers—to no avail. The resulting lack of direction can sometimes make women vulnerable to making mistakes. A woman needs to have direction and be involved in meaningful activity in order to fulfill her purpose.




Remember that the man wasn‘t meant to fulfill the vision himself. Yah created the woman to enable the man to accomplish the purpose for which they were both created. Everything the woman has was made to help the male. All her abilities were designed for his vision. Therefore, the woman‘s purpose cannot be truly fulfilled without the man‘s purpose—and vice versa. Yah has special plans for each woman‘s gifts and talents. Yet because of the way he designed humanity, a woman needs a man who has vision in order for all her purposes to be fulfilled. This applies not only to marriage but also to the community and to the workplace. Ministers, employers, and others in leadership positions need to provide vision for those whom they are leading. Otherwise, the things they and their followers are involved in doing will lack meaning and be unfulfilling.




When a man has no vision, he causes a woman to feel insecure. One of the saddest things a husband can do is to sit down with his wife and say, ―What should we do? That sounds very nice and democratic. However, because it is the man‘s responsibility to provide vision, his having a goal and direction in life brings her a needed sense of security.




Vision is therefore more important than money. A man may have a large amount of money, but no vision beyond accruing wealth or indulging in wild speculation. He might have hit pay dirt in some deal, but this doesn‘t mean he has vision. Many wealthy people don‘t have real purpose in life.




Men need vision even before discipline, because discipline comes from vision. Discipline comes as you plan ahead and make sacrifices to fulfill your vision.

POWER VERSUS STRENGTH

Genesis chapter 1







Today we are walking in: Power Versus Strength!!!







Today we look to the word-SUBMIT- H6031 `anah, to humble oneself, submit





The Torah Testifies………….




Genesis 16:9




And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit H6031 thyself under her hands.






The Prophets Proclaim…………..




2 Samuel 22:45




Strangers shall submit H6031 themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.







The Writings bear Witness………..





Psalms 18:44


As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit H6031 themselves unto me.







Power versus Strength




What men need is a picture of what a truly strong man looks like. A strong man is a man who understands his Yah-given strength. A strong man is a fully maximized man. Strength is ability, authority, capacity, potential. To be a strong man is to maximize all your potential for the purpose for which you were created. Yahusha was the strongest Man who ever lived, yet He is also described as meek. Someone has said that meekness is power under control. That is what true strength is. It is power that is ready to be channeled into good and constructive purposes rather than reckless or selfish ones.




Remember that the purpose of something is the reason for which it was made, and its design is determined by that purpose. Strength was given to men to enable them to lead effectively. If you as a man understood your purpose, you would realize that you were not put in a leadership position because you are big, strong, or overbearing. You are put in that position because of your purpose. Your strength is meant to support that purpose.




I once heard a man on the Oprah Winfrey television show say, ―I‘m the head of my home, and if my wife doesn‘t like it, she can put up or shut up. I was sitting there thinking, ―He needs a good session with me. Oprah asked him, ―What makes you the head of the home? and he said, ―I‘m the head of the home because I say so. I wear the pants in the family. Listen, if you‘re the man just because you wear the pants, you have a problem, because women wear pants, too.




Males didn‘t choose their position. Yah gave it to them. However, the problem is that many males have taken another position that they weren‘t given. If we voted for a man to become the president or prime minister of the country, but instead he took over by force and became a dictator, he‘d be taking a position he wasn‘t given. The first position was given to him by legal authority; the other was seized.




Whenever you take your position by force, you‘ve moved out of your legal standing. The difference between an elected head of state and a dictator is very simple. The first has authority and the second merely has power. To have authority means to have a right to govern. Therefore, if a man slaps his wife, kicks his children, and then says, ―I‘m the man of the house; I do what I want, that‘s an abuse of authority; it‘s merely wielding power over others. Whenever you abuse your power, you no longer have legitimate authority.




That is why, any time a man starts to dominate another human being, he is out of Yah‘s will. This principle applies to preachers, as well. Any minister who says to you, ―You can- not go and visit anybody else‘s community, is someone to be wary of. He‘s beginning to dominate. And Yah says men were created to dominate the earth, not one another. When this occurs, and power is abused, then authority is forfeited.




A Distorted View of Submission




Many men‘s distorted understanding of strength can be seen in the way they view the concept of submission. Yet the passage in which this concept is found, Ephesians 5:22–23, contains something many people miss. It says, “Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Most High. For the husband is the head of the wife as Hamachiach is the head of the community.”




Let‘s first talk about the word submission. The definition of submit means to ―willfully give your will to another. Submission has nothing to do with force or pressure. It‘s an act of the will. To submit is the choice of the person who is submitting, not the command of one who wants to be submitted to. Put another way, you cannot submit unless you want to, and no one can make you submit if you don‘t want to.




Any man who has to force a woman to submit does not deserve to be submitted to. He is no longer worthy of submission; he has become a slave driver. Do you know what makes a slave a slave? Force and fear. Those are the elements that are dominating too many homes. The Bible says, “Perfect love drives out fear” (1 John 4:18). This means that if a man has to make a woman afraid of him in order to force her to do something he wants done, then he doesn‘t know what love is.




The Scripture says, “Wives submit to your husbands as to the Most High” (Eph. 5:22, emphasis added). As long as a man is acting like the Most High, a womanshould be in submission to him.




I‘ve never seen Yahusha slap one of His children. I‘ve never seen Yahusha scream or swear at His people. No matter what we do to Yahusha, He is ready to forgive us. This is how husbands need to treat their wives.




However, probably half of men do not deserve their wives‘ submission. Yahusha said to His community—His bride— “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you” (Heb. 13:5). And yet, some men stay out all night, then come home and want their wives to cook for them. They forsake their wives and their children spiritually and emotionally, even financially, and they still want submission. That‘s a sin, men. You don‘t deserve submission. Submission is not dependent on what you say. It is dependent on how you live.




Do you believe in the Most High Yahusha Hamachiach as your personal Savior? All right, then. Before you were saved, did Yahusha ever come to you and hold you up against the wall by your collar and say, ―If you don‘t believe in Me, I‘ll send you straight to Hades? He didn‘t do that. As a matter of fact, He probably waited a long time for you. When you were involved in all your foolish living, He didn‘t force you to accept Him. He didn‘t break down your door. He is very polite. He very quietly convicts people. He doesn‘t pressure us. He just shows us His love.




So, one day, you realized, ―This love is overwhelming, and you accepted His love. You desired to follow Yahusha. One of the things I love about Yahusha is that He calls us to follow Him. He doesn‘t tie a rope around our necks and drag us. He leads, and we follow. If we are willingly following somebody, we are not being forced against our wills.




Have you ever been on a guided tour of a cavern? The guide takes you down through these tunnels, and all you do is follow him. You submit to his authority because He knows the way through the dark tunnels. Of course, you can turn around anytime and go back, although you would probably walk into some walls and stub your toes and scrape your knees because you‘re not familiar with the cavern. However, the point is that you can turn around if you want to. And that is what Yah is trying to tell us.




Yahusha doesn‘t force us to submit to Him. All He ever says to His disciples is, ―Follow Me. This is exactly what husbands are supposed to say to their wives: ―Honey, follow me. That‘s what submission is really about. Now, a woman may say, ―I don‘t want to go where you‘re headed, buddy. You may be going toward making money and acquiring prestige while you ignore Yah and your family. You may be headed toward destroying your health with drugs and alcohol. You may be killing yourself with carousing and fooling around. Your wife doesn‘t want to follow you under those conditions, and you can‘t expect her to.




Do you know why we keep following Yahusha? It is because He knows where He‘s going, He knows how to get there, He‘s the only Way there, and we like where He‘s going. Even more than that, His love draws us to Him. We love Yahusha so much, we‘ll do anything He asks. Why do we love Him? It is not because He threatens us with a big hammer, saying, ―If you sin, I‘ll kill you. He doesn‘t say that. He says, ―If you sin, I am faithful and just to forgive you. (See 1 John 1:9.) Isn‘t it wonderful to follow Someone like that? Every time you slip, He picks you up and brushes you off. He doesn‘t talk about your past at all. We submit to Him because we love Him.




So the Scripture says, in essence, ―Wives, submit to your husbands when they act like the Most High. Many wives, as well as husbands, don‘t understand this truth. For instance, suppose a husband comes home very drunk, and he goes up to his wife and says, ―I want another drink! Go buy me another drink. Now, she‘s a precious Hebrew lady, so she says, ―I don‘t think you should be dr— He interrupts her, saying, ―Shut up, woman! I‘m the head of this home. The Bible says.... And he‘ll quote it, too! ―The Bible says you‘re supposed to submit. Now, go and buy me a drink. She doesn‘t understand the true nature of submission, so she becomes afraid, takes some money, buys a bottle of something, and gives it to her husband—which he uses to abuse his health.




What she should do is look him in the face and say, ―Honey, the Bible says that I should submit to you—when you act like the Most High. The Most High has never asked me to buy Him something that will destroy Him. And because I love you so much, honey, I won‘t go. I want you to live. Then, of course, she takes off running after she finishes saying that! But that is what the man needs to hear.




Situations in which people have unbelieving husbands or wives can be difficult, but the Bible tells us what to do under these circumstances. First Corinthians 7 says that if a woman holds to the standards of the Word of Yah, and her unbelieving husband agrees to stay with her, “let her not leave him” (v. 13 KJV). However, if he cannot live with her convictions, the Bible says, “Let him depart” (v. 15 KJV). In other words, if he can‘t live with her commitment to the Most High, the Bible tells her, ―Let him go. You don‘t compromise your faith even for your spouse.




Some women allow their husbands to beat them half to death because they think that is being submissive. I have counseled many women who think this way. They come to my office badly battered, and ask, ―What am I supposed to do? I say, ―Remove yourself from the premises. ―But the Bible says to submit. ―Yes, but not to a beating. You are to submit to the Most High. Until you see the Most High in the house, leave. You are not to be foolish enough just to sit there and let your life be put in jeopardy.




―Well, the Bible did say we have to suffer for Yahusha. ―My dear woman, your husband comes home totally drunk and beats you, and you‘re talking about suffering for Yahusha? There is nothing in the Bible that says you should just stand there and suffer abuse. First Peter 2:19–20 says that if you suffer for the sake of the Gospel, that is true suffering. But if you suffer for the sake of your own sin and folly, that is not to your credit. It‘s foolish for you to let somebody beat you black and blue, then turn around and say, It’s all for Yahusha.‘ That is not submission.




The point I‘m trying to make to men is this: don‘t quote Scripture to a woman unless you are behaving like Yahusha does. When you start acting like Yahusha, you won‘t have to demand that your wife submit. When you start loving her like Yahusha loves her, when you start forgiving her like Yahusha forgives her, when you start blessing her like Yahusha blesses her, when you start caring for her and listening to her like Yahusha does, she will do anything for you—because she wants a man like Yahusha in the house.




Yah is saying to men, ―Don‘t you dare demand respect. Don‘t you dare order submission. Earn it. Remember that Yahusha never once commanded anybody to follow Him. Never. He always asked, because He knew who He was and where He was going. He didn‘t need to demand allegiance to give Himself a sense of importance. And Yahusha said, ―If you love Me, you‘ll keep My commandments. Our keeping of His commandments is based on our loving Him. That‘s the pattern we‘re to follow in the marriage relationship and really in all relationships between males and females. If a male wants to be a true leader, he must learn who he is in Yah and become someone who earns respect—someone who loves, guides, and inspires rather than who forces others to do what he wants.




Equal and Different




Once men understand the true nature of their strength, what they need to keep in mind is that men and women were created both equal and different. They both have dominion, so that their assignment is the same. However, because men and women have different purposes, designs, and physical bodies, their authority is manifested and carried out in distinct ways.




The male was made first because he was to be responsible for everything and everyone who came after him. Yah hasn‘t changed His program. He isn‘t going to relinquish that responsibility from the male at all. The female that Yah created needs to understand her purpose as helper.




We aren‘t to walk around saying, ―Well, the culture has changed now. A woman doesn‘t need to honor a man as the leader in the family. It doesn‘t matter if the husband is less educated or is making less money than his wife. That does not change Yah‘s purpose. The only way to fix our confused society is to get back to Yah‘s plan. Purpose, not social change, determines position.




A woman can say to her husband, ―Let me tell you something. I have a college degree, and you just have your GED. I make more money than you do. I could pay for this house by myself. I don‘t need you. What kind of spirit is that? I know that some women had that attitude before they were saved and knew Yah‘s ways. However, that isn‘t the perspective we‘re to have any longer.




I can hear some people saying, ―You are always going back to the old days, to the time when men used to walk on women and treat them like doormats. You don‘t understand what I‘m talking about. This is a matter of purpose and position.




Most of us have problems with this concept because we believe that being ―different implies being inferior or superior to others—especially inferior. Don‘t confuse being different with being lesser. Different does not imply inferiority or superiority; different simply means different. A woman is not less than a man because she is a woman, and a man is not more than a woman because he is a man. Their differences are necessary because of their purposes.




I like the way Paul said it in 1 Corinthians 11:7–8: “A man...is the image and the glory of Yah; but the woman is the glory of man. For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.” Is that true? Sure. Yah caused the man to go into a deep sleep and drew the woman out of him. “Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man” (v. 9). Is that true? Yes. Yah said, “I will make a helper suitable for him” (Gen. 2:18). “For this reason [purpose], and because of the angels, the woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head” (1 Cor. 11:10). The Scripture says, “For this reason.” In other words, this is Yah‘s order in creation, and so men and women should live in that order.




Yet here‘s what most people forget: “In the Most High, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman” (v. 11). Yah is saying, in effect, ―Men and women need one another. They need each other‘s position. “For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman” (v. 12). I like that. The example Paul used is that men need women to give them birth, but women need men to enable them to conceive. This is definitely not an inferiority- superiority situation. It has to do with purpose. Ephesians 5, which talks about wives submitting to their husbands, also says, “Submit to one another out of reverence for Hamachiach” (v. 21, emphasis added). There has to be a mutual submitting to one another if Yah‘s purposes are to be carried out.




The Restoration of Yah’s Purpose




If men would realize that—




• dominion is not the same thing as domination,

• dominion is to be exercised over the world and not over other people,

• submission is something earned rather than demanded,

• men and women are equal but different,

• men and women need one another,

we would go a long way to restoring both harmonious relationships between males and females and Yah‘s plan for humanity.




I am convinced that there can be no true dominion over the earth unless Yah‘s original design is intact. It is crucial for us to understand the principle that the way we are designed is because of our purpose for existence. The way a male is and the way a female is are directly related to why they exist. They each have been called to special and specific responsibilities in Yah‘s kingdom purposes.




In the next three teachings, we‘ll take a closer look at Yah‘s dominion assignments for the male.




Principles




1. Yah created men and women to dominate the earth, not to dominate one another.




2. Yah‘s plan is for the individual strengths of men and women to combine to produce exponential results— outcomes much greater than either could accomplish alone.




3. Adam and Eve fell because they stopped looking to their Creator for their purpose and instead looked to themselves. They thought they knew their true purpose better than Yah did.




4. The results of the Fall were mankind‘s broken relationship with Yah and spiritual death, the loss of the balanced relationship between men and women, and the loss of humanity‘s true dominion over the world.




5. Despite the Fall, Yah‘s purposes have never changed. Through the Redeemer, Yahusha Hamachiach, these lost and broken relationships and Yah‘s dominion purposes can be restored.




6. Men have an innate desire to prove themselves strong, but this has become distorted through sin so that they end up misusing their power and authority.




7. Whenever you abuse your power, you no longer have legitimate authority.




8. Submission is an act of the will of the person submitting. It cannot be forced.




9. A man needs to be a leader by following Yahusha‘ example—by loving, guiding, and inspiring those under his authority, not by demanding that they do what he says.




10. Men and women were created both equal and different.




11. Both men and women have dominion. However, because they have different purposes and designs, their authority is manifested and carried out in distinct ways.




12. A woman is not less than a man because she is a woman, and a man is not more than a woman because he is a man. Their differences are necessary because of their purposes.

DOMINION VERSUS DOMINATION

Genesis chapter 1







Today we are walking in: Dominion Versus Domination







Today we look to the word-DOMINION- H4475 memshalah--rule, dominion, realm, rule, dominion, realm, domain









The Torah testifies..................…
Genesis 1:28

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.










The prophets proclaim...............…
Jeremiah 34:1

The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, H4475 and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying,




Jeremiah 51:28 - Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion. H4475




Miciah 4:8 - And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; H4475 the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.













The writings bear witness.............






1 Kings 9:19 - And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of




Psalm 103:22 - Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: H4475 bless the LORD, O my soul.

his dominion. H4475


Psalm 145:13 - Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion H4475 endureth throughout all generations.




Dominion versus Domination




Yah Created Men and Women to Dominate the Earth, Not One Another.




Both males and females were created in Yah‘s image. The basis of their equality before Yah is that man, the spirit, resides within both of them. As physical beings they were created of the same essence, but differently—because each has been designed with specific purposes to fulfill. The different ways in which their dominion assignment is carried out does not affect their equality; it only reflects their distinct purposes, designs, and needs.




We saw in the previous teaching that the male was created to exercise dominion over the earth through his priority, position, and assignment. The female was created to help the male fulfill Yah‘s dominion purposes for mankind in both the earthly and spiritual realms. It is Yah‘s intention that, together, their individual strengths would combine to produce exponential results—outcomes much greater than either could accomplish alone. The woman adds to the man‘s power in living and working, so that the sum is far greater than its parts.




If males and females were created with perfectly complementary designs, why do men and women experience conflict and competition rather than cooperation? Why does the purpose of dominion over the earth seem more like a quest for domination of one sex over the other?




The Dominion Plan Attacked




The third chapter of Genesis explains the source of the conflict. Sometime after Yah had instructed Adam that he could eat from any tree in the Garden except the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, and Adam had passed this information along to Eve, HaSatan, in the form of a serpent, tempted Eve to eat from the tree.




Yah’s Word Questioned




I don‘t think this was the first time this animal had approached Eve. First, she didn‘t seem surprised to see him or to hear him speaking. I imagine she said to the serpent, ―Oh, there you are again. What do you want this time? Second, I believe they had talked earlier about Yah‘s instructions because of the way HaSatan phrased his crafty question: “Did Yah really say, “You must not eat from any tree in the garden?” (Gen. 3:1, emphasis added). His first tactic was to try to cast doubt on Eve‘s memory and understanding of what Yah had said.




Yah’s Integrity Assaulted




Eve replied, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but Yah did say, You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die‟” (vv. 2–3). She had most of her information correct, so HaSatan‘s next ploy was to try to undermine Yah‘s integrity in her eyes. “„You will not surely die,‟ the serpent said to the woman. „For Yah knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like Yah, knowing good and evil‟” (vv. 4–5). Eve succumbed to the temptation, Adam joined her of his own free will, and they both ate of the fruit of the tree. (See verse 6.)




The Spirit-Man Rejected Yah’s Purposes




This decision resulted in the spiritual deaths of the man and the woman and their banishment from the Garden by Yah. (See verses 7–24.) Realize that it was the spirit- man—the responsible spiritual being—within both the male and female that made the fateful choice to eat the fruit in disobedience to Yah‘s command. This is why mankind‘s dilemma is a spiritual one.




When Adam and Eve rebelled, they immediately died a spiritual death—just as Yah had warned—and eventually the physical houses Yah had given them to live in on the earth also died. However, the spiritual death was the worse predicament of the two because it separated them from their former perfect fellowship with Yah. Yah still loved them, but they no longer had the same open channel to Him with which to receive His love. While they still retained elements of their creation in Yah‘s image, they no longer perfectly reflected the nature and character of their Creator.




HaSatan had presented Adam and Eve with a big lie, and they had fallen for it, to their own sorrow. However, there was an underlying reason that mankind fell. To understand it, we need to look to our foundational principles of purpose:




• To discover the purpose of something, never ask the creation; ask the creator.




• We find our purpose only in the mind of our Maker.




In his temptation, HaSatan suggested to Adam and Eve an alternate purpose for their lives than Yah had already given them—they would know good and evil and supposedly become equal with Yah. Their wrong choice was based on their own ideas about their purpose, which were limited. In actuality, they were already ―like Yah in nature; they had been created in His image and reflected His glory. As for knowing good and evil, there were certain things Yah knew it was best for them not to know—or else He would have told them. If they were eventually to know them, Yah wanted them to be ready to receive this information so that it wouldn‘t harm them. Like the training in dominion rule they were meant to receive in the Garden, it would be best for them to learn it when they were prepared for it, so that they could handle it.




Adam and Eve fell because they became dissatisfied with their position and roles. They stopped looking to their Creator for their purpose and instead looked to themselves. They thought they knew their true purpose better than Yah did. Yet their rejection of Yah‘s plan brought them only heartache, because they were not meant to live independently from Yah and the purpose for which He had created them.




Consequences of Lost Purpose




Adam and Eve‘s tragic choice inevitably led to the fulfillment of another principle of purpose:




• Where purpose is not known (or rejected), abuse is inevitable.




Mankind‘s predicament can be summed up by a statement from the book of Romans: “Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools” (Rom. 1:22). Because the man and woman thought they knew what was best for themselves, they rejected their true reason for being and suffered the loss of many of the benefits and blessings Yah had given them. Inevitably, they also began to abuse each other‘s purposes. Men and women cannot function in true harmony and effectiveness outside Yah‘s plan.




Broken Relationship between Males and Females




First, they lost their perfectly balanced relationship. Right away, we see conflict between them. When Yah asked Adam, “Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?” Adam accused Eve, saying, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it” (Gen. 3:11–12). Feeling trapped, Eve tried to put the blame on HaSatan (v. 13). Yet Yah held each of them accountable because both were spiritual beings responsible to Him.




We see how Adam and Eve‘s decision to disobey Yah altered their relationship. Yah said that one of the consequences of their rejection of His purpose was that they would strive with one another. “Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you” (Gen. 3:16). This statement emphasizes the fact that the male and female were originally created to rule together. They were designed to function together equally. Yah had said to them, “Fill the earth and subdue it” (Gen. 1:28). Both of them were supposed to be rulers—and that is still His plan.




After the Fall, both the man and the woman still ruled, but their relationship was distorted. Instead of equality, there was imbalance. The woman now had a longing after her husband that became controlling because it never seemed to be fulfilled. Yah also said that the man would develop an attitude of rulership over the woman. This was not part of Yah‘s plan; however, because of sin, the man‘s twisted perception of life would cause him to want to dominate the woman, and because of sin, the woman would continually desire to do anything to keep him.




Broken Relationship with the Earth




Adam and Eve also lost their harmonious relationship with the earth. They forfeited their right to live in the controlled Garden environment in which they were to learn to have dominion over the earth, so that now they had to live under harsh conditions. Yah told Adam, “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field” (Gen. 3:17–18). In other words, He was saying, ―It is the earth that is really going to feel the impact of your disobedience. Because of this, you will have to struggle to survive in it.




In these consequences of sin—the broken relationship between Adam and Eve and the cursed ground—we see HaSatan‘s scheme to try to undermine Yah‘s purposes of dominion. He was afraid of the power that would be released through a man and woman united in Yah‘s purposes. He also didn‘t want Yah‘s Garden spread over the world; he wanted his own fallen kingdom to prevail. Therefore, he sought to distort the relationship between males and females and limit the Garden by bringing an atmosphere of thorns and thistles to the rest of the earth. Yahusha referred to HaSatan as the “prince of this world” (John 12:31) because, through the Fall, mankind became controlled by the “spirit of the world” (1 Cor. 2:12) rather than by Yah‘s Spirit.




Yet regardless of the Fall, Yah‘s purpose has never changed. His original design still stands. At the very hour of humanity‘s rejection of Yah‘s purpose, Yah promised a Redeemer who would save men and women from their fallen state and all its ramifications (Gen. 3:15). The Redeemer would restore the relationship and partnership of males and females. Yahusha Hamachiach is that Redeemer, and because of Him, men and women can return to Yah‘s original design for them. Hamachiach came to redeem us from the spirit of the world so that we can fulfill Yah‘s purposes once again. We could call Him the legal representative of the Manufacturer. He came as an Authorized Dealer to restore the Manufacturer‘s specifications for His products. Purpose, peace, and potential can return to humanity. We can again have true dominion over the earth—but only through Hamachiach.




Let‘s take a look at the problems of dominion and relationships that occur when we try to function without Yah‘s plan and without Hamachiach‘s redemption and restoration.




A Lost Understanding of Dominion




Yah created men and women to dominate the earth, not to dominate one another. The Fall, however, has caused us to lose the concept of what shared responsibility and respect is all about. Although both males and females reflect a controlling tendency in their own ways, I want to focus here on how it affects men. Throughout history, this tendency has particularly undermined the male‘s true purpose and has resulted in the widespread devaluing of women— preventing both men and women from fulfilling their purposes in Yah.




Fear of Appearing Weak




Much of a man‘s tendency to control comes from a false understanding of how his own nature is to function in dominion. Men have lost the knowledge of what Yah created them to be. They have mistaken power for strength. Let me explain what I mean.




Men have a deep desire to prove themselves strong. It is one of the underlying issues every male faces, whether he is a ten-year-old boy or a ninety-year-old man. Men‘s internal passion to prove their strength is inherent in their nature. Some call it ―ego or ―manliness. Others call it ―male pride or ―machismo. But all men have it in some form or another because of the purpose for which they were created. It is built in by Yah in order to give them the ability to fulfill their purpose of leading, protecting, and providing.




In its true form, the male ego is not negative, but positive. It is not evil, but Yahly. The problem is that the male‘s passion to prove his strength has been perverted and abused by HaSatan and the sinful nature.




Because of this tendency to want to prove their strength, there is nothing more frightening to most men than to be perceived as weak. Again, this fear is a result of the Fall. Now that his true relationship with the female has been distorted, he feels vulnerable in this area of strength. He doesn‘t want to be perceived as being helpless or out of control by either males or females. This fear drives the man to feel as if he has to constantly prove himself. It is the source of his aggressive spirit. It is the source of his being overly competitive. It is also the source of some men‘s tendency toward violence.




A lot of men have muscle, but are weak in their minds, their hearts, their discipline, their responsibility, and their spirits. That is why they feel the need for excess muscle—to hide their weakness in these other areas. Many men don‘t understand why they have this desire for strength, so they compete with, fight, or even kill other men. They domineer their wives and cheat on them because they need to feel in control.




You can observe men in a barroom trying to build up each other‘s egos. ―I showed my woman who‘s the boss in the family. ―Yeah? Me, too. I tell her what she can and can‘t do. What they are really doing is lying to each other about their strength. They‘re fooling themselves. If you‘re wrong and I‘m wrong, we‘ll feel better if we say we‘re right. Both of us are wrong, so we‘re comfortable together. We get together with all our foolishness and failures, and we encourage each other in order to give our failures dignity.




Now, you may think that you are different from other males. You may not outwardly fight with other men or try to control women, but you still struggle with the issue of proving yourself strong—in relationships, in work, in sports, in various aspects of life. If you ask women, they will agree that all men are alike in wanting to prove themselves strong— whether in positive or negative ways. And it‘s true. We have different personalities. We have different visions. We have different sizes and skin colors. We have different jobs and vocations. But we are all the same in this tendency. I can affirm this fact because I travel all over the world, and I see a similar pattern everywhere.




Dr. Myles Munroe said, When I was in South Africa, I found that the men there, whether they are black or white, have the same tendency. In Ghana or in Nigeria, men are the same. The tendency can be found in Germany or in Italy. When I was in Canada, the women there had the same complaints about men that women do in the Bahamas. All over the world, women have the same complaints, no matter what language they speak or what nationality they are.

ASPECTS OF THE MALE'S ASSIGNMENT!!! PART 2!!!!

Genesis chapter 1







Today we are walking in: Aspects Of The Male's Assignment Part 2!!!!!










Today we look to the word- CREATE- H1254- bara’ - create, creator, choose, make, cut down, dispatch, done, make fat









The Torah testifies……………




Genesis 1:1




In the beginning God created H1254 the heaven and the earth.










The Prophets proclaim…………………




Isaiah 4:5




And the LORD will create H1254 upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.









The Writings witness……………………




Psalm 51:10




Create H1254 in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.








We have completed the Method style of study this morning reviewing, (CREATE) First we recognize the standard set in the Torah and 613 principles, then we search the witnesses in the books of the Prophets (Nevi’im), and the books of the Writings (Ketuvim) collectively the Torah, Nevi’im and Ketuvim are identified as the TANAKH which is the Old Testament’s proper title, and is the only Word that Yeshua studied & referenced throughout the New Testament.










Six Aspects of the Male’s Assignment




The male‘s assignment has revealed six specific purposes that Yah created the man to fulfill: visionary, leader, teacher, cultivator, provider, and protector. If every man could live out these six things, he would begin to realize his true purpose as a male. Any man who does not understand these elements will experience great frustration—which some of you are experiencing right now. To be a strong man means to discover, understand, and fulfill these basic aspects of purpose. These areas are so crucial that we will look at them in more detail in later teachings.




It is important to realize that although some of the traditional male roles reflect these purposes, much of the gender confusion and many of the other problems we‘re having in our societies have come from our interpretation of these roles. For example, as we saw, being a provider means supplying not only financial support but also emotional and intellectual support. A man whose wife makes more money than he does but who is doing his utmost to work a job and to fulfill these needs can still be a good provider. We need to focus on Yah‘s purpose, rather than roles.




Yah will enable men to fulfill their true purpose as they look to Him for guidance and help.




I also want to emphasize that because these areas have to do with the male‘s purpose, the ability to fulfill them is already in his nature. Many people don‘t understand how close the relationship is between purpose and nature. The nature of a man reveals who he is and how he functions.




A Complete Man Is Still Alone




All these purposes for the male were given to him by Yah before the creation of the female. This is a vital point to remember: it is the man who is already living and working in his purposes about which Yah says, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him” (Gen. 2:18). You might not think that a man who has a close relationship with Yah, who understands his role as foundation, who has been given the vision, who can lead, teach, cultivate, provide, and protect, needs anyone else. Yet even a man who knows and lives in his purpose is not complete, according to Yah. The male needs a companion, someone to be his helper—not as a subordinate or a sidekick, but as an equal partner with a complementary purpose. This is as true for single men as it is for married men. Men need women as fellow workers and colleagues in this world if they are to fulfill their purpose in life.




The Creation of the Female




When Yah placed the spirit-man in the male, Yah and man still maintained a relationship of love through their spirits. However, because the man now had a physical body, he also needed someone with whom he could share his life on earth, someone with whom he could express emotional and physical love.




Genesis 2:20 tells us, “So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field.

But for Adam no suitable helper was found.” Yah presented every animal to the man, but none was suitable for him. There was no one to whom he could relate, no one who could help him in his proprietorship of the earth. So Yah said, in effect, ―It‘s not good for man to be alone in one body. It is impossible for love to love alone. So Yah created the

woman, the female-man. The primary purpose of the female was to receive love from the male, just as Yah‘s major purpose for creating the spirit-man was to have a relationship of love with mankind. Having dominion over the earth was secondary.




1. Of the Same Substance and Essence as the Male




The method that Yah used to create the female is significant to our understanding of the relationship between males and females:




The Most High Yah caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man‟s ribs and closed up the place with flesh. Then the Most High Yah made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. (Gen. 2:21–22)




Just as Yah had drawn man from Himself and created him as a spiritual being, He drew the woman out of the man and made her a physical being. This parallel in creation illustrates the oneness and mutual love that Yah and man and male and female were created to have.




The word “rib” in Genesis 2:22 is the Hebrew word tsela. It does not necessarily mean a rib as we understand the word. It could mean ―side or ―chamber. The Scripture is telling us that Yah drew the woman from a part of the man. Why? It is because the receiver has to be exactly like the giver. Just as man needed to be spirit in order to receive love from Yah and be in relationship with Him, the woman needed to be of the same essence as the man in order to receive love from him and be in relationship with him.




That is why Yah did not go back to the soil to fashion another house when He formed the female. If He had done that, she would not have been the exact duplicate of the man. She would not have been made of the essence of the male, the way humanity was made of the essence of Yah. So Yah took just what was needed from the male to make an exact replica, and He created the woman.




Now, while males and females are of the same essence, and while the woman is a replica of the man, Yah actually made them using different methods. The Bible says that the man was “formed” of the dust of the earth (Gen. 2:7). The Hebrew word for “formed” is yatsar, meaning to ―mold, as a potter molds clay. However, the Bible says that Yah “made” the woman (v. 22). The Hebrew word for “made” is banah, which means to ―build or ―construct.




So there was this beautiful structuring in the creation of woman. When Yah had finished making her, she was just like the man. She was so much in likeness to him that, when Yah presented her to him, his first words were, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called “woman,‟ for she was taken out of man” (v. 23). And she became his wife. The man‘s words are both beautiful and instructive. Something that is built has the same components as the material from which it is made or from which it comes. Therefore, Yah built the female out of the part that He took from the male so that they would be made of exactly the same substance.




2. The Male’s Perfect Complement




The female-man is the perfect complement to the male- man. Because the woman came from the man, the man is essentially the giver, and the woman is essentially the receiver. Yah fashioned the woman to be the receiver. If you look at the way the female body is made, she is a receiver from A to Z. Her receiving complements the male‘s giving. The woman is like the man because the receiver has to be of the same essence as the giver. However, in order for the woman to be the receiver, she also has to be different from the man.




Though the woman was built to be like the man, she is also a distinct creation. This fact is highlighted in her physical difference from the man in that she is able to bear children. You could say that a woman is a ―wombed man. She is a man with a womb. She is still the same as a male, but she has certain differences. These differences are complementary in nature and are designed so that the male and female can fulfill one another‘s emotional and physical needs while they are spiritually nourished by Yah and His love—and so that together they can fulfill their mandate to have dominion over the world. Therefore, men and women were created with complementary designs that reflect their individual roles in the larger purposes for which they were created.




3. The Male’s Yah-Given Companion




When Yah said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him” (Gen. 2:18), He was saying, in essence, ―I will make someone who will solve the male‘s aloneness.




Now, Adam did not go looking for a wife. She was Yah‘s idea for him. Adam was so busy doing what Yah had told him to do that he didn‘t even know he needed a woman. Yah had to tell him, ―Man, it‘s not good for you to be alone. Note that Yah didn‘t say Adam was lonely. There is a difference between ―being alone and ―being lonely.




You can be lonely in a crowd, but you can be alone and be as happy as a lark. There is nothing wrong with being alone at times. The Bible tells us that it‘s important to be alone and quiet before the Most High. Yahusha often made it a point to go off by Himself in order to pray and rest. Being alone can be healthy, but loneliness is a disease.




Have you noticed that people who are suffering from loneliness never can go into their houses and just sit down in the quiet? As soon as they get inside, they run for the television and click it on. They have to have something going on that will occupy their minds. When they can‘t find anything on television that they like, then they run to their music. When they become bored with music, they try something else. They keep doing things in order to stay occupied. Why? Because they‘re not comfortable with themselves. They can‘t stand being alone.




Some of you single men and women are afraid of being alone. When you hit age twenty-five, you begin to think you‘re past your prime, and so you say to yourselves, ―I‘m never going to get married. I‘d better latch onto the first thing that comes along. That‘s the reason many people marry spouses who aren‘t right for them. Do you know what the problem is? They haven‘t learned what it means to be a whole person.




Adam was so together as a man that he didn‘t even know he was alone. He was busy obeying Yah‘s Word; he was so occupied with dominating, ruling, and subduing; he was so lost in what he was doing, that he didn‘t know he needed somebody. But most of us do the reverse. We don‘t have time for Yah because we‘re busy trying to find a mate.




Some people run from community to community looking for a spouse. They think we preachers don‘t know what they‘re up to. They don‘t go to community to worship Yah; instead, they walk around checking out the opposite sex. They say, ―Huh, that‘s a nice one over there. Really cool. Instead, they‘re supposed to be getting themselves together so they can be ready for the one whom Yah is preparing for them. Become so preoccupied and consumed by Yah that you don‘t walk around with a passion that‘s looking for a place to happen.




Adam was so prepared for Eve that when he saw her, all he said was, ―Woooo-man! But you see, he didn‘t go looking for her. Yahusha talked about the attitude we should have when He said, in effect, ―Don‘t worry about what you‘re going to eat, what you‘re going to wear, or whom you‘re going to marry. Seek first the kingdom of Yah. Become immersed in His righteousness. Then your mate will be added to you. (See Matthew 6:31–33.)




Become like Adam—get lost in the garden of Yah‘s righteousness. Get lost in Yah, because when He brings you a spouse, you had better understand His ways. Adam was so busy following the command of Yah that, when his mate came along, he was ready, and it was the right time for him.




4. The Male’s “Suitable Helper”




So the woman was Yah‘s idea. He made the woman specifically so that the man could have somebody with whom to enjoy creation and share the dominion of the earth.




Yah said, “I will make a helper suitable for him” (Gen. 2:18). The King James Version uses the words “help meet” rather than “helper suitable” as in the New International Version or “helper comparable” as in the New King James Version. “Help meet” is not a Hebrew expression, and it‘s not a holy phrase. When King James ordered an English translation of the Scriptures at the beginning of the seventeenth century, the translators used the words that were common at the time to explain various concepts. Helpmeet or helpmate are

words that developed in the English language based on this King James translation, and they have remained in the language. However, because our use of words has changed, they do not fully capture the concept the Bible is conveying here about the role of the woman.




The woman is not just someone who helps here and there while the men do the real work. “Meet” actually means ―fit—something that is suitable, compatible, or comparable. This means that females are a perfect match for males in fulfilling Yah‘s purposes.




Yah designed the woman to fulfill her purpose of being a compatible helper for the man. Everything in her is designed to help. Now, the last thing many men want women to believe is that they need their help. Yet Yah announced from the beginning that a man needs a woman‘s help. Again, this is true for all men, not just married men. Males need females not only in the family, but in society, in all of life.




One of the reasons our nations are so troubled is that males don‘t know their own purpose or the purpose of females. Many men don‘t run their homes properly because they walk around saying, ―I am the final authority. They don‘t realize that the women Yah gave them are a blessing and that they are there to help them carry out their vision. If you as a man—whether married or single—believe that you don‘t need women, you are missing an important aspect of your existence.




Many males with whom I‘ve been in contact over the years believe that women were put on earth by Yah to destroy them. They think that everything a woman does is conniving and scheming. They don‘t understand the true nature and purpose of women. If you don‘t understand why something is the way it is, you will become suspicious of its nature.




For example, sometimes the help that a woman brings a man is interpreted as a threat. He sees it as her trying to take his position. Many men don‘t understand the value of the woman in her purpose as helper. So when a woman wants to be a part of what a man is doing, he thinks she‘s interfering. Yet she is the way she is because of why she was created. She wants to know what you‘re doing that she can‘t help with. What could be so secretive, so deep?




Women who are kept at a distance by men keep on reaching out, trying to help, but the men see them as a nuisance and say, ―Mind your own business. This is a man‘s world; find your place. Well, her place is right next to you, helping you. If she can‘t help you, she will help something—or someone—else.




Some of these precious women are so talented, so experienced in all kinds of things. They have excellent educations, are very accomplished, and are ready to help their husbands or other males in any way they can, but the men get flippant with them because they don‘t understand Yah‘s plan.




One of the reasons for this is that some men can‘t handle the presence of a complete woman. My friend, you‘re not a strong man until you can handle the weight of a real woman—I‘m talking about a real woman. Some women are off balance. However, there are some real women in the world, and it takes a real man to be a support for them. Many women are loaded with gifts and anointing. Because women have such an awesome capability to help, most men feel powerless when their helper shows up. Why? Because they were never taught what a man is all about and don‘t know how to fulfill their own purpose.




Do you ever wonder why the community is so filled with women? Often, it is because they don‘t have anything to help with at home. Do you know why your wife leaves you to go to community? You don‘t have any vision in the home, so she goes to community and helps this minister with his vision. She helps in the children's community because she has a need to contribute.




Some women even help men do wrong things if they can‘t find men doing right things. A man may tell a woman, ―You wait in the car while I rip off this store, and she feels good about it, because she is doing something to help him. She feels worthy. She feels valuable to this man. Some women carry drugs and do deals for their kingpin boyfriends. Do you wonder how they can do that? In a warped way, they are seeking to be fulfilled, to have their needs met.




The Abuse of Purpose




Remember one of our principles: where purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable? When men and women misunderstand their purposes, then these purposes will be abused in some way. It is a misunderstanding of purpose that has pulled men and women away from Yah‘s original design in creation. This has resulted in a false idea of dominion and of the relationship between males and females that is causing confusion and conflict between them. As long as we allow this to continue, we won‘t live fulfilled lives as men and women, and society will continue to decline.




It all started with the male and female thinking they knew their true purpose better than Yah did. Let‘s look next at the implications of this tragic misjudgment.




Principles




1. The male‘s purpose was chosen by Yah.




2. The male was made to serve the needs of man (the spirit)

on earth and to enable him to fulfill his purpose.




3. The purpose of the male may be summed up as his priority, his position, and his assignment.




4. The male‘s priority means that he was formed first in order to be the foundation of the human family.




5. The male‘s position means that he is to remain continually in Yah‘s presence. Without this, he cannot function in Yah‘s purposes.




6. Yah never intended for Adam to move from the Garden. He intended for the Garden of His presence to move over the earth.




7. Yah intended for the man to grow in dominion ability by first learning to rule the Garden.




8. The male‘s assignment includes six specific purposes he is meant to fulfill: visionary, leader, teacher, cultivator, provider, and protector.




9. Yah has designed and equipped the male to carry out every purpose and function he has been given.




10. Yah allowed Adam to name Eve because He wanted the male to be totally responsible for the female.




11. It is the male who is already living and working in his purposes about which Yah says, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him” (Gen. 2:18).




12. The female was drawn from the male and is made of the same essence as the male.




13. The female is the male‘s perfect complement and equal partner in the purposes of Yah.




14. The female is the male‘s Yah-given companion. She is Yah‘s idea for the man.




15. The female is the male‘s ―suitable helper. Everything about her is designed to help the man.

ASPECTS OF THE MALE'S ASSIGNMENT!!!!!

Genesis chapter 1










Today we are walking in: Aspects of The Male's Assignment!!!!!










Today we look to the word- MAN- H120- 'adam-ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)









The Torah Testifies……….




Genesis 1:27




So God created man H120 in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.







The Prophets Proclaim………





Isaiah 17:7




At that day shall a man H120 look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.






Jeremiah 5:1




Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man H120, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.







The Writings Witness………





Proverbs 7:7




And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man H120 void of understanding,







Proverbs 9:9




Give instruction to a wise man H120, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.







Teacher




Yah told Adam, in effect, ―This is My command: Do not eat of the tree in the middle of the Garden, the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.‘ He didn‘t tell this to Eve. He told it only to Adam, which means that it was the man‘s responsibility to teach and guide her in the Word of Yah.




If I were the first one to discover something, and then someone else were to show up on the scene needing to know the information, what would that make me? It would make me the teacher. The fact that I was there first and had all the information would put me in that position. Likewise, the male was given the purpose of being the teacher, not because he‘s smarter, but because he was first. This is the pattern that Yah established. Again, this doesn‘t mean that women are unable to teach, but that Yah intended men to be primarily responsible for teaching His ways.




In Genesis 3, HaSatan came to tempt Eve, and he asked her, ―Didn‘t Yah say you shouldn‘t eat from any of these trees? (See verse 1.) Eve‘s answer was based on what she had heard from Adam, not from Yah, because Adam had been the one Yah instructed. She said, ―No; we can eat of all the trees except the one that‘s called the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. We can‘t even touch it. (See verses 2–3.) Eve learned that from her teacher. Perhaps she added the embellishment, or perhaps Adam did; it‘s not clear. But the point is that it was Adam‘s job to teach her Yah‘s instructions.




Ephesians 5 tells us that Yahusha Himself teaches His

bride, the Ekklesia, “by the washing with water through the word” (v. 26). Hamachiach is a teacher, and “husbands ought to love their wives...just as Hamachiach loved the Ekklesia” (vv. 28, 25).




To this very day, Yah has not changed His purpose. The male must be responsible for Yahly instruction. I‘m not talking about the way things are right now. I‘m talking about what is supposed to be. Yah expects males to reveal His will and His Word to females. However, in our day, the males have lost Yah‘s will so badly that Yah is telling the females directly. He can do this because the woman has a spirit man within her and has her own relationship with Yah. Yet Yah desires men to be spiritual leaders.




Cultivator




What assignments did Yah give the male in regard to the Garden? The Bible says, “The Most High Yah took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work [“cultivate” NASB] it” (Gen. 2:15). So one of the male‘s responsibilities is to work or cultivate. Let‘s look first at the idea of the man cultivating the Garden.




The nature of the work the male was given to do was not mindless labor—it was cultivation. I wish every man could take hold of this truth. To cultivate means to make something grow and produce a greater yield. This means that, if you are a man, your purpose is to cultivate everything around you. Cultivate also means to make something fruitful, to develop it into its perfection. The man is to be a developer and a fruit producer. He is to be a source of fruitfulness. Yah gave this assignment to the male before the female was created, and before the first child was born. Therefore, the purpose of the male-man is to develop and cultivate both people and things to Yah‘s glory.




Provider




Now let‘s look at the idea of the man working the Garden. Cultivation involves both creativity and effort. These two things are the nature of true work.




Men, I want to introduce you to one of your primary purposes. It is very simple, nothing complicated. You don‘t have to try to be Batman. You don‘t have to compete with Arnold Schwarzenegger or anybody else. You don‘t have to have big muscles. You can weigh 110 pounds and still fulfill your purpose—no problem. Yah gave you the assignment of work.




Now, I hear somebody saying, ―I‘m so mad at Adam. Because Adam sinned, now I have to go to work. I have news for you: work was given to the man in Genesis 2, before the Fall. In other words, work is not a curse, my friend. Let me tell you the primary reason Yah gave you work. It is given in Genesis 2:2–3:




By the seventh day Yah had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. And Yah blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.




Yah Himself worked when He created the world, and He still works to carry out His purposes. For example, Paul said in Philippians 2:13, “It is Yah who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.” Because you are made in Yah‘s image and likeness, you are designed to work. Yet remember that work is meant to include creativity and cultivation, not drudgery. It is also supposed to be kept in its proper place. In Genesis 2, the Bible says that Yah worked hard and completed His work, so that He stopped His work and rested. He didn‘t burn the midnight oil or work seven days a week just for the sake of working. He stopped working when it was appropriate. He told us to do the same. (See Exodus 20:9–10.)




What is the significance of work? Work exposes your potential. You cannot show what you have inside unless demands are made on it, and demands are placed on it by work.




Yah gave the male work because it is related to his purpose. His purpose is to stay in the presence of the Most High and learn to rule and manage what Yah has given him to do. In this way, he can eventually fulfill Yah‘s complete plan for him, which is to dominate the earth.




Yah gave the male work not only because it exposes his potential and allows him to reflect Yah‘s nature, but also because it enables him to provide for those for whom he is responsible in his position as visionary and leader. Provide comes from a Latin word meaning ―to see ahead. The male should be a visionary. He should have a vision for his life, and he should work to see that it is accomplished—for himself, his family, and others under his care. A male is designed for this purpose of provider. In general, he‘s built physically stronger than the female, particularly in his upper body, because of Yah‘s command that he work.




Protector




“The Most High Yah took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to...take care of it” (Gen. 2:15). The next responsibility the male was given was to “take care” of the Garden. I would include under this responsibility guarding and protecting the Garden and everything in it. That included the plants, the animals, even the woman who would be created and live in the Garden. Yah never told the woman to protect anything. Why? Because the woman is one of the things the man is supposed to protect.




I once asked Yah, ―Most High, with all the responsibilities you gave men, how do they know they can fulfill them? His answer was very, very simple. He said, ―Whatever I call for, I provide for. It is so true. You are designed as men to fulfill these functions.




Yah designed the male to protect everything that is in his care and under his covering, so that the male is a natural protector. The man is built in every way to protect. His physical frame is evidence of that, but so is his mental capacity. The way he is structured psychologically is designed to protect. We will discuss this idea more in the teaching entitled, ―The Male as Provider and Protector. Rest assured that, as a male, Yah has equipped you to carry out every purpose and function you have been given.




There‘s a final aspect of the male as both provider and protector that I want you to recognize. Before the woman came, Yah gave the man one last responsibility:




Now the Most High Yah had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field. (Gen. 2:19–20)




Did you know that the Hebrew concept of naming things actually means to possess them? This idea is very important in the Bible. Why did Yah tell the male-man to name the animals? Why didn‘t Yah name them Himself? It is because whatever you name, you own. Whatever you name, you control. Very interesting. That‘s why Yah named the male.




Yah called us His children because He always wants to have rights to us. We belong to Him. “In him we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28). No one else has a right to you because Yah named you. Do you understand that this is why HaSatan has no legal rights to you? You are already named, so he can‘t name you.




This idea is why Yah made sure that Mary and Joseph didn‘t name Yahusha. He personally named His Son. Why? He didn‘t want Yahusha‘ earthly parents to possess Him. He knew that the day would come when Yahusha would reach twelve years of age and His mother would ask Him, ―Why did you leave us, Son? and He would have to say, ―I must be about My Father‟s business.‟ He named Me. You didn‘t name Me. (See Luke 2:48–49 NKJV.)




Can I take you one step further? This is why Yah did not name the woman. Now, men, that‘s a lot of weight on our shoulders. Yah chose not to name the female. He wanted the man to be totally responsible for her. This is why, in marriage, a woman has traditionally taken her husband‘s name. It is to signify that he is responsible for her.




Real men are very careful about naming things, because they know the truth of this principle: what you name, you claim; and what you claim, you have the responsibility for. Young men, don‘t be so quick to give your name away, because whomever you give your name to, you have to cherish and love; care for and secure; and protect and work for. Young women, the next time a man comes to you and wants to give you his name, see if you want to be claimed.




Check him out. Say, ―Can you sustain me? Can you supply what I need? I‘m not referring to just money. I‘m talking about comfort, knowledge, intellectual stimulation, protection, security. Ask him, ―Can you provide these things for me? Many men have money, but they don‘t have much sense. You don‘t want a rich fool. You want a real male-man.

THE MALE'S POSITION!!!!!

Genesis chapter 1










Today we are walking in: The Male's Position!!!!!










Today we look to the word-NEED- H4270- machcowr- deficiency; hence, impoverishment:—lack, need, penury, poor, poverty, want.









The Torah testifies………...




Deuteronomy 15:8




But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need H4270, in that which he wanteth.









The Prophets proclaim………….




1 Samuel 21:15




Have I need H4270 of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?









The Writings witness……….




2 Chronicles 2:16




And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need H4270: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.







2. The Male’s Position




Man‘s priority in creation not only means that he was designed to be the foundation of the human family, but also that he was the first to be positioned on earth according to Yah‘s purposes. He was the first to have a relationship with Yah, to experience Yah‘s creation, and to receive Yah‘s instructions.




In the Garden




The male was placed in the environment in which he was meant to carry out his purpose: “Now the Most High Yah had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed” (Gen. 2:8). This point is very, very crucial. Yah put the man in the environment in which he was supposed to remain in order to fulfill his reason for being. What was this environment like?




A Place of Heaven on Earth




“Eden” comes from a Hebrew word meaning delicate, delight, or pleasure. The word for “garden” means an enclosure or something fenced in. This was more than an ordinary garden. All that was influencing heaven influenced that particular location on earth. Yah did not start by placing man over the entire earth or by placing him just anywhere on the earth. He placed man at the spot called Eden, where there was a glory connection between the seen and the unseen. There was glory flowing back and forth from this particular place on earth.




The Garden can be considered Yah‘s incubator for His new offspring. Sometimes a newborn baby is placed in an incubator so that he can become physically acclimated to his environment. In a sense, man was in Yah all along, since he was “chosen ...before the foundation of the world” (Eph. 1:4 KJV). It was as if man was so used to the environment of being in Yah that Yah chose a special place on the planet and put His anointing on it for the sake of the man when He put him on the earth. In this way, the transition wouldn‘t be a strain on him. He could live in a controlled environment—a little spot of heaven on earth.




A Place of Yah’s Continual Presence




A central reason that Yah placed the male in the Garden was so that he could be in His presence all the time. He could walk and talk with the Most High in the cool of the day. He could hear Yah‘s voice. This was a place where communion, fellowship, and oneness with Yah was always intact.




A manufacturer will always position a part in the location where it can best carry out its purpose. Similarly, we can conclude from what we‘ve learned about the environment of the Garden that the primary purpose of the male-man is to be in Yah‘s presence. The male is not wired to function outside the presence of the Most High.




Here‘s the significance: Yah never intended for Adam to move from the Garden. He intended for the Garden to move over the earth. Yah wanted Adam to take the presence of the Garden and spread it throughout the world. This is what He meant when He told Adam to have dominion over the earth.




This is still Yah‘s purpose. As it says in Isaiah 11:9, “The earth will be full of the knowledge of the Most High, as the waters cover the sea.” Adam could fulfill this purpose only if he was in constant communion with the Yah of the Garden.




If a man is not living in the presence of Yah, he might be moving, but he is not really functioning. Outside the presence of Yah, he‘s a dangerous, uncontrolled beast. Paul said that a man without Yah is a creature without conscience. (See Romans 1:28–32.) You can‘t trust the perspective of a man who doesn‘t know Yah. You cannot totally trust the perspective of one who is just beginning to get to know Yah either, because he‘s still getting used to the Presence.




It is only by continually being in Yah‘s presence that our minds and hearts can be renewed. We need to learn to walk “in step with the Spirit” (Gal. 5:25), rather than in step with our own ideas about life. As the prophet Jeremiah said, “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?” (Jer. 17:9).




The problem with many men is that they think they don‘t need Yah when, in fact, He‘s the first thing they need. I‘m amazed when I observe men trying to make it without Yah. They may appear to be making it, but they aren‘t. They‘re not fulfilling their true purpose. Often, the making it is just an external face they put on to keep people from seeing the way things really are. If you knew what was truly going on in their lives, you‘d know they weren‘t making it.




You should never doubt your need of Yah. What was the first thing that Yah gave the male? He didn‘t give him a woman, a job, or even a command; He gave him His presence.




It isn‘t enough just to be in a community. You need to be in touch with Him constantly, hearing His voice, listening to His commands, following His direction. Why? Because your inner beings need to be strengthened (Eph. 3:16), and because you are responsible for leading those for whom you are accountable. That‘s why Yah gave Adam Himself before He gave him anyone or anything else.




Yah built into the male a need for His presence. That is why all men are searching for Yah in one way or another, whether they acknowledge it or not. It doesn‘t matter if they are Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, Unitarians, even satanists. No matter who they are, they are searching for the same Person. Men will always find some kind of religion, even if they call it atheism. They have a hunger to believe in something or someone greater than themselves.




That passion to find Yah‘s presence is what produces cults. It‘s the male-man‘s cry for Yah. Deep in your heart, you really want Yah, young man. You really want Yah, older man. You‘re trying everything else, but you‘re really looking for Yah. It‘s built into you. You can have fame, authority, influence, money, and everything else, but there is still something missing in your life, my friend. I know what it is. You‘re looking for Yah.




Some of you listening to this teaching ran around in the world for a while and eventually came back to Yah. You ran far and wide trying to get away from Him. You slept with everybody, drank everything, sniffed everything. And now look at you you‘re right back in Yah‘s presence, and you‘re glad you found what you were looking for all the time. It‘s good to come back to the One whom you‘ve been looking for. If this is your experience, you likely don‘t have any fear of preaching the Gospel—because you know exactly what men are looking for. Oh, they hide behind all kinds of things—briefcases, fancy cars, stubbornness, swearing, fighting, drinking—but deep in their hearts, they‘re looking for Yah. And you can tell them, ―When you‘re finished searching, I‘ll be right here. I‘ll lead you to Yah, because you‘ve been where they are.




Wouldn‘t it be great for a family to have a husband or father in the home whom they could know was in touch with Yah so that they could get direction for their lives? The key is relationship. Yah put the male in the Garden because He wanted him always to be related to Him in fellowship and communion.




A Place of Training




Yah‘s directive to man was, “Fill the earth and subdue it” (Gen. 1:28). Yet Yah told the male, in essence, ―Have dominion over this spot right here so that you become used to ruling on a smaller scale at first. The implication is that Yah intended for this man to grow in dominion ability by learning to dominate the area in which he was initially placed. If you‘ve been faithful over a little, then your rulership will be expanded to much more. (See Matthew 25:14–23.)




Yah is so good to us. He doesn‘t give you more than you can handle. He always gives you just enough to train you for the rest. I hope you understand this principle. Yah will always give you just enough so that you can get used to the idea of more. Many of us want everything right now. We short-circuit Yah‘s plan because we grasp for everything at once. Yah is saying, in effect, ―You‘ll get everything, but not right at this moment. You have not yet developed the character and the experience and the exercising of your potential to enable you to handle more.




The story of the Prodigal Son is a case in point. (See Luke 15:11–32.) The son demanded from his father what was coming to him. He really always had everything, since he was a beloved son of his father and would receive his inheritance. However, his father wanted him to work with him first in the family business. He wanted him to gain experience by helping to run the estate and by learning responsibility. Then he would be able to handle whatever difficulties he might face in the future.




You should find out what Yah has qualified you for, then ask for that. If you receive more than you are qualified for, then what you receive may well disqualify you because you‘re not prepared for it.




So Yah placed the male in Eden in order to prepare him. Yet, as we‘ll see, the man couldn‘t even handle the Garden. Imagine if he had had the whole earth to begin with! It‘s dangerous to have everything, all at once. I thank Yah for the process He uses in our lives. Yah doesn‘t just promote us. He qualifies us for promotion. Your question of Him should not be, ―Yah, when will you promote me? but ―Yah, am I ready for promotion?




3. The Male’s Assignment




The third thing that determines a man‘s purpose is his assignment. Assignment means a task or something that has been entrusted to you to do. The responsibilities with which Yah has entrusted the male are very clear, and they indicate his purpose. What Yah gave Adam to do still holds true for men today because Yah is a Yah of purpose and has a reason for everything He does. He is teaching us His plan for mankind in the account of Creation.




Visionary and Leader




“The Most High Yah took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And the Most High Yah commanded the man” (Gen. 2:15–16). Whom did the Most High command? He commanded the male-man. What did He tell him? “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die” (vv. 16–17). The male, being first, received all the information, all the revelation, all the communication from Yah. Yah wanted him to be the initial recipient of His plan for mankind. He showed him the whole Garden, the whole environment of Eden, a vision of everything He had created, and then He gave him instructions for living.




The female wasn‘t formed until after the events of the above Scripture passage. Therefore, the male received all that information alone. He was in charge alone. He was responsible alone. He was a leader alone. Thus, the male was given the charge of being the visionary and leader, the one who would guide those who came after him in the ways of Yah. You will see as we go along that everything that is necessary to lead the family is built into the male.




This doesn‘t mean that women don‘t also have the capacity to be visionaries and leaders. However, the male is the one to whom Yah first entrusted His plans and purposes for the world. He was a leader before the woman was created. Yah gave the man the job of passing along what He had communicated to Him. This is still His purpose for males in the family and in society.




This fact is very important for men to understand. They have been entrusted with Yah‘s purposes. The male is to be responsible for everything under his jurisdiction. This is a serious thing. If something goes wrong in your family, you are accountable. You may say, as Adam told Yah when mankind fell, ―But the woman.... (See Genesis 3:12.) No, not the woman—you are responsible. Yah went straight to Adam

even though Eve was the one who first ate the fruit. When Yah asked him, “Where are you?” (v. 9), the question was not one of location, but of position. ―You are not fulfilling your purpose of leadership, Adam. What has happened to your family?




The male‘s purpose was not chosen by the male but by Yah. Whatever your purpose, that‘s where your position comes from. Purpose, rather than social expectation, should determine position. The male is not elected the head of the family. You don‘t canvas for votes in the family to become the head of the home. If you are a man, you are the head of the family. You are the responsible one, whether you like it or not. If you run from this responsibility, it will run after you, because it‘s not just a role; it‘s a Yah-given purpose. However, it needs to be understood in light of Yah‘s Word and not in the context of society‘s definition of what head of the household means. We‘ll talk more about this in the next teaching.