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.

YAH'S PURPOSE FOR THE MALE!!!!!!!

Genesis chapter 1







Today we are walking in: Yah's Purpose For The Male!!!!!




Today we look to the word- KING- H4427- Malak- to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel:—consult, indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reigning, rule, surely.










The Torah Testifies……………………




Genesis 14:18

And Melchizedek king H4427 of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.











The Prophets Proclaim……………………




Isaiah 44:6

Thus saith the LORD the King H4427 of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.










The Writings Bear Witness…………………..




Psalm 10:16

The LORD is King H4427 for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.




Yah’s Purpose for The Male




Yah Designed and Equipped the Male to Carry Out Every Purpose and Function He Has Been Given.




Many men are still wondering why they exist. Yet the Creator of man did not leave us guessing about who the male is supposed to be and what he is designed to do. In this teaching, we are going to explore Yah‘s original intentions for men, so that there‘s no more worry, no more guessing as to their reason for being. We turn again to Proverbs 19:21 for the vital truth, “Many are the plans in a man‟s heart, but it is the Most High‟s purpose that prevails.” Many are our opinions of what man should be, but the Most High‘s purpose is the only one that counts—and this purpose is the key to our fulfillment.




What we will be looking at is the male‘s ideal purpose. This is not where we are right now. Yet Yah‘s ideal is what we should be moving toward; and by His grace, we will.




The Creation of the Male-Man




We first need to remember that Yah creates according to the requirements of His purposes. In the previous teaching, we learned that Yah desired to dominate and influence the planet through mankind, and so He created man—the spirit—in His image and then placed the man in two physical ―houses, male and female. “So Yah created man in his own image, in the image of Yah he created him; male and female he created them” (Gen. 1:27).




I would like to point out here that since the spirit-man dwells in both male and female, we may refer to the male as a male-man and to the female as a female-man. This will remind us that men and women are both man. The distinctions between men and women are physical and functional, rather than of their essence.




The purpose of man—the spirit—and the purpose of the male are two different things, although they are related. Man was created in Yah‘s image for the purposes we discussed in the previous teaching. Male was made to serve the needs of man on earth and to enable him to fulfill his purpose.




Genesis 2 gives us a more detailed explanation of the manner in which Yah made male and female. First, He “formed” the male: “The Most High Yah formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being” (Gen. 2:7). The male was made first, and there was an interlude of time before the female was made. There is much we can learn about Yah‘s purposes for the male by what the male saw, heard, and learned during this interlude.




Remember that the purpose of something determines its nature, its design, and its features. This means that the nature, design, and qualities of males were decided upon by Yah and created by Him according to what He determined was best for the sake of His purposes.




Elements of the Male’s Purpose




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

-Priority refers to the man‘s order in creation and what this means in regard to his reason for being.

-Position refers to the environment and place in which the man is to carry out his purpose.

-Assignment means the functions or tasks that the man has been given.




1. The Male’s Priority




The order in which the male was created gives us the first indication of his reason for being. Why did Yah make the male first? It was not because the male was better, but because of his purpose.




When you think about it, Yah really made only one human being. When He created the female, He didn‘t go back to the soil, but He fashioned her from the side of the man. (See Genesis 2:21–23.) Only the male came directly from the earth. This was because the male was designed by Yah to be the foundation of the human family. The woman came out of the man rather than the earth because she was designed to rest on the man—to have the male as her support.




I believe that the foundation of society, the infrastructure Yah intended for this world, has been misunderstood. We often say that the family is the foundation of society. It is very true that the family is the adhesive that holds it together. Yet Yah did not start to build earthly society with a family. He began it with one person. He began it with the male- man.




Remember our discussion of the principles of purpose in past teachings? Because Yah is a Yah of purpose, He planned everything before He began to create, so that when He started digging the foundation, He knew exactly what He wanted and what the completed picture would look like. But he had to start with the foundation.




Have you ever seen a contractor build a house starting with the roof? Have you ever seen a guy walk into an empty lot and hold up a window in the air, trying to get it to stay? You don‘t start with the windows. You don‘t start with the roof. You don‘t start with the rafters. Likewise, Yah starts like any other builder. The priority in building is always what you need to do first. You start with the foundation.




Yah‘s communications to man in the Bible indicate the importance He places on building from the foundation up.




What did Yahusha describe as our foremost priority? What we‘re building on. (See Matthew 7:24–27.) He said, in effect, ―Now, some of you are building on sand. Your building looks good, but I don‘t care how good your building looks. If your foundation isn‘t right, there‘s going to be a great crash.




Paul said, “No one can lay any [spiritual] foundation other than the one already laid” (1 Cor. 3:11). What—or rather, who—is that foundation? “Yahusha Hamachiach” (v. 11). So Yah does not think of foundations in terms of only concrete and water, but also in terms of people.




That is why, when Yah began to build the human race, He began by laying the foundation of the male. Yah placed males at the bottom of the entire building of humanity. This means that society is only as strong as its males. If the males don‘t learn what it means to be a strong foundation in Yah, then society is sunk. That goes for America, Canada, Russia, China—all the nations of the world. If the male leaves the home, or if he neglects his responsibility, you have a house built on sand. It becomes very difficult for those windows to stay intact. The rafters rock when the pressures come because the man isn‘t there.




You children of divorce know what I‘m talking about. Your mother was a single parent and had to struggle, so that you weren‘t sure what was going to happen to the family. Of course, you are grateful to your mother. You really appreciate what she did, and you thank Yah that she weathered the storm and got through life. She did well. However, you all suffered the trauma of a missing foundation.




When the male-man has cracks and faults in the substructure of his life, then the whole building is on shaky ground. Now men, let‘s talk. This is the year you must decide to get yourself on solid ground, for as the man goes, so goes the family, society, and the world. Take a look at the condition of our societies and nations. How do you think the men are doing?




Our societies are in a mess because, as the foundation, men have become sandy—uncertain and unstable. How can you build a human race on a foundation that is full of sand mixed with straw? A foundation is always measured by how much weight can be placed on it.




When I was building my house, the architect and contractor were discussing all these figures, and I got confused. I was sitting there acting as if I knew what they were talking about. They were saying things like, ―How much weight can the foundation hold? I said, Concrete is concrete. But, no, I found out that they had to calculate things like the height of the house, how many stories it would have, and what the roof would weigh when it was finished. They had to check all those things before they even started the foundation. Why? Because if there are twenty tons weighing on the foundation, they have to put in enough reinforced steel so that when the weight sits on it, it doesn‘t crack. The foundation has to have the first priority because everything else will be built on it.




Again, when Yah made the male first, He wasn‘t saying that the male is more important than the female. He was saying that the male has a specific responsibility. He has a purpose to fulfill that is just like the foundation. Even though the foundation is important, it‘s not more important than the other parts of the building. The foundation can‘t perform all the functions itself. For example, it cannot protect the occupants from the weather. You can walk around saying, ―I have a $500,000 foundation here. Isn‘t that nice— solid concrete. But then the rain comes. The foundation can‘t keep you dry; only the roof can. It‘s the same way with the human family. The foundation is crucial, but the rest of the family is essential, also.




Remember that the foundation is often hidden. I don‘t see the foundation of my house anymore, even though I was involved in discussions about it and watched it being dug and poured. I know it‘s there, because I saw it being put in. Today, I walk on the foundation all the time, but I never see it. The foundation is meant to be solid, dependable, but not necessarily seen.




Many of you men need to live like the foundation you were created to be just be there and keep the home steady so that your wife and children can always lean on you and know that you aren‘t going to crack. Many young boys with absentee fathers—men who are missing either physically or emotionally are walking in mud instead of on concrete. These young boys are trying to find a foundation for their lives, but there‘s mud all over them, because there‘s just no place where they can stand on solid ground. Their foundations are missing. Then, when they grow up, they will go out and try to become foundations themselves. The only problem is, they were never shown what a true foundation is.




I once heard the statement, ―A young boy becomes a man when his father tells him he‘s a man. Many young boys never had a father to tell them who they are. The purpose of the male-man is to give foundation to the structure of life.




I‘m praying that Yah will raise up some strong foundational men. Men who will stand by their wives and stand with their children and be there as a stabilizer. Men whose families will feel secure in their strength. It doesn‘t matter what your father was you can be a strong foundation by becoming the man Yah created you to be.




I was speaking about this topic recently, and a young man said to me, But you don‘t understand the history of the Afro-Caribbean man. I inherited my granddaddy and great-granddaddy‘s legacy, you know. I said, Hold it right there. Whenever a negative history predicts your future, your present is in trouble. Don‘t come and tell me that you have to repeat your history. What men are about is creating history. You need to create a new history for all our children‘s children. And then I told him, It doesn‘t matter who your grandfather was. The important issue is what your grandchildren are going to say about you.




Solomon said, “A good man leaves an inheritance for his children‟s children” (Prov. 13:22). I like that. A good man doesn‘t think about the past. He thinks about the fu- ture. A good man doesn‘t leave an inheritance of just money and land. That‘s not the only inheritance Solomon was talking about. He was talking about a heritage, something to stand on, something to lean on throughout life.




Maybe when you were growing up, your father left when things got tough. You think you need to do the same thing now that you have a family. Let me tell you: if you have a little boy, and you leave, you‘ll teach him the same thing your father taught you. It doesn‘t stop. It causes a perpetual cycle of destruction. We have to stop this cycle by getting back to Yah‘s Manual and getting on course again.

THE CREATION OF MAN!!!!

Genesis chapter 1




Today we are walking in: The Creation Of Man!!







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.




The Creation of Man




The Spirit-man Resides within Both Male and Female.




Men can know the true meaning of their existence only by understanding who they are in relation to Yah‘s creation of mankind as a whole. They need to see how they fit into Yah‘s great picture of humanity, which He designed and then constructed when the world began.




The first thing we must realize is that there is a distinction between being man and being male, and that each has unique purposes for being. What do I mean by this? The account of Creation in the first two chapters of Genesis reveals the essential difference. Genesis 1 is a declaration chapter. It declares what Yah did in Creation. Genesis 2 is an explanation chapter. It explains how Yah accomplished His act of Creation and shows how the creation of man relates to the creation of man‘s two physical manifestations: male and female.




In Genesis 1:26–28, we read,

Then Yah said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule [“have dominion” NKJV] over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So Yah created man in his own image, in the image of Yah he created him; male and female he created them. Yah blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.”




The first thing we learn from this passage is that man was made in the image of Yah. When Yah made man, He essentially drew man out of Himself, so that the essence of man would be just like Him. Since “Yah is spirit” (John 4:24), He created man as spirit. Spirit is eternal. Man was created as an eternal being, because Yah is eternal.




It is important to recognize that we are not yet talking about male and female. It was mankind that Yah created in His image. Man is spirit, and spirits have no gender. The Bible never talks about a male or female spirit.




What was the reason Yah created mankind in His image? He didn‘t create any of the animals or plants in His image. He didn‘t even make angels in His image. Man is the only being of Yah‘s creation that is like Him.




To Be His Offspring




Yah created mankind for relationship with Himself—to be His family, His offspring, spiritual children of Yah. The nature of Yah is to love and to give. Since “Yah is love” (1 John 4:8, 16), He wanted a being who could be the object of His love and grace. He wanted man to be the recipient of all that He is and all that He has.




The fact that man was created in Yah‘s image is an awesome revelation about our relationship to Him. Yah desired children who would be like Himself. Yet He didn‘t just desire it, then walk away without doing anything about it. He conceived His desire and made it a reality. He became pregnant with what He was desiring. Once Yah conceived, He began to prepare for the ―birth or creation of man. Before there was anything at all on the earth, there was Yah, and Yah was pregnant with us.




What do we call a woman who is pregnant? Expectant. Yah was in expectation of man‘s birth, so right away He began to prepare a ―nursery for His children, even before there was any physical evidence of His offspring. Yah‘s desire for His children caused Him to create the universe in preparation for their arrival.




Let me tell you what we‘ve been taught, and it‘s not biblical. We‘ve been taught that Yah created the universe, and then He decided to make man. That‘s not the way it happened. Yah first decided to make man, and that was the reason for the creation of the world.




When I first moved into this house, I had the daycare setup before I had any daycare children. I had the nursery fixed up before the babies arrived. I remember the day my sister, Aisha, flew out and began putting up walls and decorations and I remember her surprising me when it was finished and we stood looking at the whole thing. She had thoroughly cleaned the room. We had the new pack n play’s, emoji pillows, chairs, tables, toys, high chairs, baby food, and everything else all ready. We had pictures on the walls. There were no children, but everything the kids would need and use was ready. Then we stepped back, looked at the room, and said, This is good. What were we doing? Preparing. That‘s exactly what Yah was doing in Genesis 1 when He made the world in preparation for the creation of man.




Just as a new baby is at the center of his parents‘ thoughts, mankind was and is at the center of Yah‘s thoughts. The wonder of this idea struck King David one day. He said, “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?” (Ps. 8:3–4). David asked Yah, in effect, ―Why are you thinking only about us? Although the psalm doesn‘t give us Yah‘s answer, I think His reply would be, ―Every time you see the moon and the stars, and everything else I‘ve created, I want you to know that all that exists because of you.




We are so important to Yah that He created the entire universe for us. Not only that, He created it with great care to make sure we had the best environment in which to live. Everything Yah created keeps everything else in balance. For example, when He made our solar system, He created the sun to be a light for us, and then He carefully placed the planets around it. I can imagine Yah making adjustments so that the solar system would be just right for us. I see Him pushing the earth out a bit, then saying, ―No, it‘s too close to the sun. That‘s too hot. Let‘s pull it back a little. Now it‘s too cold. They‘ll freeze. Ah, this is just right. The conditions are perfect. The baby will do fine. Then I imagine Him saying, ―Children like colors, so let‘s cause some vivid flowers to spring up from the ground. That‘s a beautiful rose; they‘ll like that. Let‘s put some colors on the fish, too. Now, we‘ve already created the sunset, but let‘s make the ozone layer run right past the light so that it changes color. Let the light come through the atmosphere and the stratosphere, so that when it hits them it will turn purple, yellow, blue, and pink. I see Him thinking about man‘s future physical needs. Now we must have a lot of food for the baby. We‘ll need some fruits and vegetables. We also need to separate the salt water from the fresh, so that the baby can drink. Now everything is in order. The nursery is ready!




I submit to you that man is the reason for the universe. I didn‘t say man is the center of it. Humanists say that man is the center of the universe. That is wrong. Yah is the center of everything. He “[upholds] all things by the word of his power” (Heb. 1:3 KJV). It is He who is the center of life. Everything He created and every movement of our being exists in Him. Yet because we are His offspring, He created the universe just for us.




When Yah finished creating the world, He called everything good. (See Genesis 1:4–25.) I believe He said this be- cause everything was ready. It was after Yah called the physical world good that He said, “Let us make man” (v. 26). What‘s so interesting about this is that the heavens and the earth were created first because of their purpose. Some people might say, ―Well, if the heavens and earth were created first, does that mean that they are more important than man? No. They were just leading up to the advent of man. Their purpose was to be a perfect environment for Yah‘s children. When my wife and I were getting the nursery ready, we had the crib, powder, and all the other material things in the room first. Did that mean they were more important than the baby? No. Those things were there only because of the baby. The same is true concerning man‘s relationship to the physical world. Ephesians 1:4 explains the order of priority in this way: “For he chose us in him before the creation of the world” (emphasis added).




To Have Fellowship with Him




Another reason man was created in Yah‘s image was to have fellowship with Him, like a close family relationship. The only reason man can have this fellowship with Yah is that Yah made man to be spirit, just as He is Spirit. “Yah is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth” (John 4:24).




Although Yah is the Creator, He has always emphasized that He is man‘s Father. It wasn‘t His desire to be primarily thought of by man as an awesome Yah or a “consuming fire” (Deut. 4:24). Although at times it is difficult for our religious minds to grasp this concept, Yah wants us to approach Him as a child would a loving father.




Yah and humanity were made for one another. That is why, no matter how many relationships you have or how many gifts you buy for others, in the end, you aren‘t going to be satisfied until you love Yah. Yah must have the primary place in your life. Your love was designed to be fulfilled in Him.




To Manifest His Nature




Yah created man in His image so that man could also reflect His character and personality. When Yah created man, heaven and earth stood in awe of this amazing being who manifested the Creator‘s very nature and reflected His glory.




Consider this remarkable verse in Psalm 82: “I said, „You are Yahs, and all of you are children of the Most High‟” (v. 6 NKJV). This verse is speaking of mankind. It calls us “Yahs” and “children of the Most High.” Why are we called little Yahs? It is because as children of the Most High Yah, we have His nature and share His purposes. Physically, we are children of men, but spiritually, we are children of Yah.




Two foundational aspects of Yah‘s character are love and light, and man is meant to exhibit these qualities. However, man‘s being made in Yah‘s image does not mean that man can reveal these qualities apart from Him. Man was always meant to reveal Yah‘s nature in the context of being continually connected to Him in fellowship. First John 4:16 says, “Whoever lives in love lives in Yah, and Yah in him,” and Proverbs 20:27 says, “The spirit of man is the candle of the Most High” (KJV). This means that when you have fellowship with Yah, you reflect His light. You show the nature of Yah, for “Yah is light; in him there is no darkness at all” (1 John 1:5).




Yah also created man to demonstrate His wisdom and the goodness of His precepts. This purpose is part of Yah‘s eternal plans, and it culminated in the coming of Hamachiach Yahusha and the birth of the community:




His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of Yah should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, according to his eternal purpose which he accomplished in Hamachiach




Physically, we are children of men, but spiritually, we are children of Yah. Yahusha our Most High.

(Eph. 3:10–11)




To Share His Rule




Yah said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule [“have dominion” NKJV]” (Gen. 1:26, emphasis added). Man was created to share Yah‘s authority. Yah never wanted to rule by Himself. Love doesn‘t think in those terms. You can always tell a person who is full of love. He doesn‘t want to do anything for his purposes alone. A selfish person wants all the glory, all the credit, all the recognition, all the attention, all the power, all the authority, all the rights, and all the privileges. But a person of love wants others to share in what he has.




Note that the word “man” in Genesis 1:26 refers to the spirit-being created in Yah‘s image. The purpose of dominion was given to man the spirit. This was before the creation of male and female, which we will discuss in more detail shortly. Therefore, spiritually, both male and female have the same responsibility toward the earth because rule was given to the spirit-man, which resides in both of them.




The account of Creation reveals an interesting fact that we often overlook today. Yah didn‘t create man for heaven. He created man for the earth. Yah is the Ruler of heaven, and He made man to express His authority on earth. He said, I want what‘s happening in heaven to happen in the created world; I want My rule to extend to another realm, but I don‘t want to do it directly. I want man to share My rule. The plan of Creation was this: as Yah ruled the unseen realm in heaven, man would rule the visible realm on earth, with Yah and man enjoying continual communion through their spiritual natures. Yah said to man, in essence, ―Let Me rule through you so you can appreciate, enjoy, and share in rulership and know how it feels to be ̳little Yahs.




It‘s important to realize that man was created not only for fellowship with Yah but also with a responsibility to carry out. I want to emphasize this point because sometimes people use their worship of Yah as an excuse for negligence in other areas of their lives. They say, ―I was created only to love the Most High, worship the Most High, and praise the Most High. These things are good and necessary. However, you can‘t spend all your time in the sanctuary worshiping, praising, and singing. There comes a time when you have to carry out your responsibility to demonstrate what your relationship with the Most High means in terms of living and ruling in the world.




Man has been given the freedom to exhibit creativity while governing the physical earth and all the other living things that dwell in it. The earth is to be ruled over, taken care of, fashioned, and molded by beings made in the image of their Creator. In this way, man is meant to reflect the loving and creative Spirit of Yah.




To Expand the Family Business




We also need to understand that when Yah created man to share His authority, it was in the context of man‘s relationship to Him as His offspring. Yah didn‘t create man to be a servant but to be a son who is involved in running the family business. This was His plan for mankind from the beginning. He has always wanted His children to help Him fulfill His purposes.




This means that Yah doesn‘t want man to work for Him; He wants man to work with Him. The Bible says that we are “Yah‟s fellow workers” (2 Cor. 6:1) or “workers to- gether with him” (KJV). In the original Greek, “fellow workers” means those who ―cooperate, who ―help with, who ―work together.




It‘s common to hear people say, ―I‘m working for Yahusha. If you are working for Yahusha, you are still a hired hand. When you understand the family business, then you become a worker alongside Hamachiach.




To Rely on the Father for Personal Needs




What are some of the implications of our being Yah‘s children, working in His business? First, we don‘t have to worry about our day-to-day living expenses. If your father and mother owned a prosperous business, and they put you in the business to run it, should you wonder where you will get food to eat? Should you wonder where you will get water to drink? Should you wonder where you‘re going to get clothes to wear? No, you are family, and you are going to be provided for.




If you are hired to work in the business only as an employee, then you don‘t know the company‘s true financial condition. In addition, if you want more money, you have to ask for a raise. You have to work hard to receive a bonus. You have to impress the boss so that you can get just a little increase in salary. You may also live in fear of being fired. However, if you are a son, you know just how well the company is doing.




In Yah‘s company, there‘s always plenty of provision to go around, and you can rely on that with confidence. Yahusha said,




Do not worry, saying, “What shall we eat?” or “What shall we drink?” or “What shall we wear?” For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. (Matt. 6:31–33)




Yahusha didn‘t say, ―The boss knows that you need these things. He said, ―Your Father knows that you need these things. We can trust our Father, the wealthy Businessman, to provide for all our needs.




To Rely on the Father for Kingdom Needs




When Yahusha knew that His earthly ministry was about to end and that He would be crucified, resurrected, and then return to His heavenly Father, He

talked to His disciples about their role in advancing the family business on earth.




“I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master‟s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you” (John 15:15). What was Yahusha‘ reason for calling His disciples His friends? He said, in effect, ―The servant doesn‘t know what the boss is doing. I call you friends because I have told you everything the Father has revealed to Me.




Think about how large and prosperous Yah‘s business is. It is so big that Yah says He can supply all your needs (Phil. 4:19). I don‘t think that in this context He is referring to your smaller needs, such as a house, a car, clothes, or food. Remember that He told us we don‘t even have to ask for those things. Therefore, He must be talking about leads for further investment for the purpose of expanding the company business. He is saying, in essence, ―The company has so much collateral that My children never have to worry about materials for further investment.




I believe that if we will get busy spreading the company‘s influence and building its interests, our access to resources will be unclogged. (See Matthew 6:33.) Yah created man to be His offspring and to work in His business, and He has all the resources we need to fulfill this purpose.




To Execute His Righteous Judgment




Man was created in Yah‘s image for yet another reason: to execute His righteous judgment. In all the prophecies about the Messiah, especially in Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Daniel, you will find that this was also the main purpose for Hamachiach‘s coming to earth. It was the result of His life, ministry, death, and resurrection. All these things were connected to His fulfilling His purpose of executing righteous judgment on the earth.




The reason this is also the purpose of man is that it is Yah‘s intention that we rule the earth through the Spirit of Hamachiach. Recall that, through man, Yah desires to extend His rule from the unseen to the seen. He wants to expose His character, nature, principles, precepts, and righteous judgment to the visible world. Even though the fall of man brought humanity out from under Yah‘s purposes, Hamachiach redeemed us so we could be restored to His original plans for us. Dominion over the earth, including exercising righteous judgment, is not a temporary but an eternal assignment from Yah to man.




Because of the Fall, when we die, our spirits will separate from our bodies, and we will go to be with Yah in heaven. Again, it was never Yah‘s intention that man would work in heaven. Even though in our spiritual growth and development we will learn to have dominion over spiritual as well as physical things (see 1 Corinthians 6:3), Yah gave man the earth to rule. Since Yah‘s purposes never change, He made provision in His plan of redemption for man to fulfill that purpose.




Yah made us a promise. He said that when we come to the head office (heaven), we will stay there only for a while. There will come a Day when our bodies will be resurrected and rejoined with our spirits, so that He can send us back to finish the job. (See 1 Corinthians 15:42–44, 52–53; Isaiah 65:17.)




If you are finding it hard to take all this in, read the book of Revelation. Yah keeps on talking about thrones, reigning with Him, and ruling with Him. The reason we will reign is that Yahusha came to bring righteous judgment back to the earth. He came to bring it back to where it was supposed to be in the first place. That has always been Yah‘s purpose for man. Yah made you a manager, and He always fulfills His eternal purposes.




He isn‘t going to raise you from the dead just to live with Him forever. He‘s going to raise you from the dead so that you can get on with your work. That‘s why the Scripture says that when Yahusha returns to earth and we are resurrected, we will reign with Him (Rev. 5:10.) Reign means what? To have dominion, to administrate.




Created Male and Female




Therefore, Yah created man so that He could have someone to love, someone who would work with Him in His purposes for the earth. Yet the earth is a physical entity, and man is spirit. The earth needed someone with a physical body to live in it and take care of it. Yah knew this would be necessary, and that is a primary reason He created the male and the female.




“So Yah created man in his own image, in the image of Yah he created him; male and female he created them” (Gen. 1:27). After Yah created man, He placed him in two physical ―houses: male and female. This means that man the spirit exists within every male and every female. All of us—males and females alike—are man. The essence of both male and female is the resident spirit within them, called ―man. Genesis 5:1–2 says, “When Yah created man, he made him in the likeness of Yah. He created them male and female and blessed them. And when they were created, he called them [together] „man.‟”




Why did Yah take man, who is spirit, and put him in two separate physical entities rather than just one? It was because He wanted man to fulfill two distinct purposes. We‘ll explore the significance of this fact in more detail in coming teachings. For now, we need to remember that the spirit-man has no gender and that, in order to fulfill His eternal purposes, Yah used two physical forms to express the spiritual being made in His image.




Therefore, whether you are male or female, the person who lives inside you—the essential you—is the spirit-man. Although males and females have differences, they are of the same essence.




Since human beings fellowship with Yah and worship Him through their spirits, this means that men and women both have direct spiritual access to Yah and are individually responsible to Him.




“Created” versus “Made”




Genesis 1:26–27 implies that the process through which Yah created man was different from the process through which He produced the male and female. We can think of the distinction in this way: Yah created man, but He made male and female. The words for “made” in verse 26 and “created” in verse 27 are different words in the Hebrew. “Make” comes from asah, which means to form out of something that is already there. “Created” comes from bara, which means to form out of nothing. These verses say that Yah created man in His own image, but that Yah also made man. Yah used both of these words in reference to how He brought man into existence. In effect, He was saying, ―I will both create him and make him. I will create him out of nothing and I will make him out of something.




Recall that Yah created the spirit-man out of His own being rather than out of anything from the physical world. Man was not created from matter; man came out of Yah‘s Spirit. Therefore, the part of man that was made from ―nothing came out of Yah. Yah spoke him into existence, similar to the way in which He spoke, “„Let there be light,‟ and there was light” (Gen. 1:3). Yet when Yah made male and female, He used material from the physical world that He had already created.




Recognizing this distinction is critical to understanding our purpose in the world as both spiritual beings made in Yah‘s image and physical beings who carry out man‘s Yah- ordained purposes in the world. It is also essential to the male‘s understanding of who he is and how he is meant to relate to the female. We will see the practical implications of these purposes in the next teaching.




Principles




1. Men can know the true meaning of their existence only by understanding who they are in relation to Yah‘s creation of mankind as a whole.




2. There is a distinction between being man and being male.




3. Mankind was created in the image of Yah.




4. Yah created man to be spirit, as He is Spirit.




5. Man was created to be Yah‘s offspring, to have fellowship with Him, to manifest His nature, to share His rule, to expand the family business, to rely on the Father for personal needs and for kingdom needs, and to execute Yah‘s righteous judgment.




6. After Yah created man, He placed him in two physical ―houses: male and female.




7. Man—the spirit-man—resides within both male and female.




8. Yah created man, but He made male and female.




9. Yah made male and female because He wanted man to fulfill two distinct purposes on the physical earth.