Eternal Subordination

I’ve been contemplating on the concept of eternal subordination. The hierarchalists claim that a hierarchy has always existed in the Godhead leaving Christ eternally subordinate to the Father. They don’t mention the Holy Spirit, but a hierarchy would imply that the Holy Spirit would then be eternally subordinate to the Son.

The hierarchalists use this concept to then say that the first female human, who was formed second, while the male human was formed first, sets up a similar hierarchy as the Godhead so that women are to be eternally subordinate to men.

This implies that the concept of the Godhead was founded on an order of God the Father being first, not on birth, but on primacy. God the Father is more what? Is God the Father more important than God the Son or God the Holy Spirit? I cannot figure that one although I’ve read much of the claims.

However, while the claim is that there is an eternal hierarchy in the Godhead, Christ clearly corrected the Sadduces when they tried to figure out which husband a wife would be subordinated to in heaven.

Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven.

So if there is no eternal subordination of wives/women in heaven, why is there a need to claim that there is eternal subordination of the Son in order to claim earthly subordination of wives? And if the reasoning is that God the Father is more important in some way than the Son, then the implication by comparison is that a husband is more important in some ways than a wife--which appears to cancel out the “equal but different” mantra.

hmmm?

TL

Comments

[Stephanie Brail]

Well, if you ask me, a lot of what passes as theology today is nothing more than personal bias and hubris. You're looking up to very human men interpreting scripture for guidance. If what they say doesn't feel right to you, it probably isn't.

But then again, I don't believe the Bible is the literal word of God, and I wouldn't call myself a Christian either.

[TL]

Unfortunately, you are quite right. Too few men who consider themselves called into ministry really are. Thus they are propelled not by the unction of the Holy Spirit but by, as you say, personal agendas. The ministry has become just another kind of job for some.

With the Bible translated into over 120 different English translations through the years, not one of them is a perfect translation. We can only trust absolutely the orginal manuscripts in Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic. But with what we have I believe the discerning reader who searches diligently can arrive at God's will sufficiently. Problem is that it seems these days too many are willing to let someone else do the studying for them.