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.