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Genesis 2:18
Then Yahweh God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone; I will
make him a helper suitable for him."

Many women look at the Biblical instructions regarding womanhood and they see
them as being part of an outdated patriarchal society. They see no reason why men
should be leaders in the home, in the church, in government, or any of the other
forums of life. The woman’s movement asserts that there is no difference between
man and woman, that a woman is to be seen as an equal to man in all areas of life.
In this is an echo of Lucifer’s transgression, “I will ascend..., I will ascend..., I will
ascend....”

Satan has worked tirelessly to destroy the order of creation that Yahweh has set in
place by His own counsel and forethought. He rejected Yahweh’s will for his life, now
he seeks to cause all others to join in his rebellion. At some point Lucifer began
looking at himself and thinking that he deserved better. He began to despise his
calling. Now as Satan the adversary he uses the same corrupted wisdom on men and
women.

Women have their minds buffeted with thoughts of, “Why should I submit myself to
man? They are just common, rude, lowly, self-centered creatures that are no better
than women.” In every possible way Satan seeks to lower the image of man in the
eyes of women. The lower man appears, the more unreasonable it seems for a woman
to walk in submission and humility before man, and the more reasonable it seems
that she has every right to seek to ascend above this role to a higher calling.

Satan’s attacks have not just been to deceive women, however. He has been greatly
effective in getting man to see himself as nothing more than an advanced ape. The
man who sees himself as little more than a beast will act little better than a beast. By
external observation there would seem to be little to distinguish man and to cause
any to think highly of him. Men waste themselves in drunkenness, carousing,
fornicating, lying, thievery, selfishness, ignorance, slothfulness, and envy. The news
is full of stories of men acting as mere brute beasts, killing and abusing one another.

Yes, the whole world does lie in the power of the evil one. His power is deception and
he has deceived the whole world and now the world is living out of a deceived
mindset. By looking at the world through our human senses it seems unreasonable
to conclude that women should submit to man in any form, but we are not of this
world and we are not to judge by appearances.

Though man has been deceived to see himself as an advanced beast, this is not his
identity at all. Man did not evolve from a common ancestor of the lower primates,