Book 7 By Grasping The Kingdom has Come Among Women

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Contents

Introduction

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Rejoice The Kindom Has Come Among Women

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Bibliography and Acknowledgments

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Introduction

I surrendered my life to Jesus Christ on the 18th of December 1995 as a very broken and fragmented woman. Desiring to come out of homosexuality I went to church. My heart grieved, and with anger towards God I prayed “why do You have to have male dominated leadership in churches?”

Then one weekend I was in Stanthorpe Queensland Australia on a camping trip with my daughter and I had purchased a book from the local second-hand book shop Women Men & the Bible by Virginia Ramey Mollenkott.

I could not put the book down; my heart pounded with relief that women had office in a church and could be in the same positions as men if Jesus calls them. However I was to prove for myself with The ministry of The Holy Spirit and The Word of God if Virginia’s book was correct doctrine.

The following booklet is only a brief study of my findings after many years of study to prove if this was indeed the truth. It is not complete, as it introduces my major book To A Thousand Generations of Women that I believe I was called to write since the womb of my Mother.

It will bless you and inspire you to press into the call and be all that He has for you in this age for the age to come.

Agape

Kathleen Malligan

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Recall Jesus was a Rabbi and Rabbi’s used circumstances for practical lessons. Incidents were object lessons for teaching for all Rabbis’ either in or out of a synagogue meeting or study houses. The mainstream school of Hillel and Gamaliel, the school of Shammai and the more liberal school of Libertines (Acts 6:9) and the newly formed Nazarenes (Acts 24:5) and many others had their interpretation of what Torah the Prophets and The Writings meant concerning women.

What they could be and do according to the Law of Moses, The Prophets and The Writings and oral laws.

Overall this mainstream rabbinical school that is the temple scribes and rulers (in twentieth century today, picture the Lutherans, Catholic and the Anglican schools of doctrine and traditions) gave women a lowered status “some even considered it preferable to burn the Torah rather than to place it into female hands.” 1. [Ramey Mollenkott, 1977:11] However in the day there were schools that did let women learn and into synagogues to hear, pray, recite and learn Torah the Prophets and the Writings “And He was teaching in one of the synagogues on one of the Sabbaths. 11. And, behold, there was a woman having a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent together, and was not able to be completely erect. 12. And seeing her, Jesus called her near, and said to her, Woman, you have been freed from your infirmity. 13. And He laid hands on her.

And instantly she was made erect, and glorified God.” Luke 13:10-13 “In Israel of this period [first and second century, words in brackets here mine] women as well as men read from the Torah scrolls in synagogues and houses of study. They prayed often with phylacteries and presided as celebrants and sages in the community at Sabbath tables. Women and men served together, a nation of priests according to the Pharisaic teachings that all creation reflect God’s glory. Women’s names appear along with men’s as leaders and members of ancient synagogues. All these activities drove St. Jerome to lament years later, “The trouble with Jews is that they give their women too much freedom!”

2. [Johnson, 1991:15] Our Rabbi Jesus Christ of Nazareth had women disciples. He allowed women to sit at His feet follow His school of teaching and to even advance to Rabbi. Even Rabbi Paul the Apostle after his Damascus 6

road experience allowed women in his school of teaching (1 Corinthians 9:5) he allowed them to be a part of his company as disciples.

In the same era the second century a rabbinic sage exclaims, “Every scholar in the Land prizes an invitation to the Sabbath Table of the great sage Beruriah” (Talmud). There in Tiberias by the Sea of Galilee Beruriah taught Torah all Sabbath night in her home until the hour of morning prayer.” 3. [Johnson, 1991:15] Jesus being The Word said “You have heard that it was said to the ancients… But I say to you …” (Matthew 5:27-28) Or in other words “you have heard it said by the Rabbis of the houses of study and of synagogue” “but I say to you” “this is how it is; this is how it should be and how it will continue to be now down the ages, women can be my disciples, anointed for Kingdom purposes with the same name title and rank as the men.” “Women are flesh of my flesh and bone of my bone.”

Even Paul said “have we not authority to lead about a sister” meaning a fellow Jewess (1 Corinthians 9:5) The woman caught in adultery in John 8:3-11 was brought to Him by Pharisees and the scribes or the teachers of the Law of Herods Temple, these mainstream ‘thinkers’. These men were influenced by the teachings of Gamaliel and Hillel and Shammai and may well have been schooled by Gamaliel (Acts 22:3) or his grandfather Hillel. Recall these are the ones that Jesus always had trouble with. They “the learned ones” “they who thought they knew it all” “they the influential ones” “they the mainstream ones” “they who sat in the seat of Moses” disbelieved Jesus teachings and were always looking for a way to entrap Him to have Him killed according to their interpretations of the Law of Moses or Torah (Matthew 26:57-59, whole of chapter 23). So you could image their opinions their doctrines about women and woman according to the ‘curse of Eve!’ These scribes and the others of the Temple held their double standards knowingly and unknowingly against women and especially on divorce. “The school of Hillel taught that a man could divorce his wife if she spoiled his cooking, while [another school of doctrine - words in brackets here mine] Rabbi Akiba said that a man could divorce his wife if he found a woman more beautiful than she (Gittin 9:10).” 4. [Ramey Mollenkott, 1977:11] However concerning this matter the school of “Shammai taught that adultery was the only cause for divorce;” 5. [Ramey Mollenkott, 1977:11] so “the position of Jewish women was perilous indeed” 6.

[Ramey Mollenkott, 1977:11] within these mainstream schools of doctrine; those who held influence in the temple of Herod who had 7

influenced Judea as a whole (Matthew 23:1-3, 4-39). These who Jesus said were full of “dead man’s bones” which is symbolic for demon spirits, generational spirits. They were filled with the heresies passed down the generations both oral and Mosaic and the generational sin of the forefathers.

Rabbi Jesus supported the woman in adultery and upheld His Word that day even though the Law clearly stated “…the adulterer and the adulteress are surely to be put to death” (Leviticus 20:10). It could be in this case in their hearts and head the demonic doctrinal gender war at hand by stoning only the adulteress. But recall what Hosea 4:14 writes “I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery, for the men themselves go apart with harlots, and they sacrifice with prostitutes.” They had forgotten their guilt and the guilt of themselves as a collective of men of Israel, and recalled their teaching of their Rabbi’s. But Jesus did not “let he who is without sin cast the first stone.”

We as women have to know what our inheritance is in Christ Jesus.

His Lordship, His finished work, His teachings; His ministry incidents all won the battle for the freedom for us as women “woman thou art loosed” “the kingdom has come among women” (Matthew 12:28) “the kingdom to women.”

We do not have to be influenced by the mainstream theologians, our modern day temple scribes, Pharisees, lawyers, doctors of the law, rabbis, elders and sages. We do not have to take their doctrines and traditions and oral laws as being gospel. They under the influence of doctrines of demons (Matthew 23:27) have been stoning women to death for centuries, just like the Herod’s Temple scribes, rulers and Rabbi’s, lawyers, doctors of the law and so on.

Know what your inheritance is, “If God be for you who can be against you” (Romans 8:31) “God will fight those who fight against you.” (Psalm 35:1) “God, He [is] always [willingly] leading us in triumph in Christ” (2 Corinthians 2:14) to take what is our inheritance.

If you lie down and let the demonic take the Kingdom away from you, not only do they get inroads against you but other women and the women that are and will come into your generations. Can you put your imagination into a mindset of the sisterhood, the African American women? Think how they ban together in unity of one heart as ‘black’ women. Now then can you imagine any sense of allegiance towards your own gender and ‘her’ entitlements as woman, and woman of Christ?

Rise up and fight, get up and fight in your heart, He is on our side and has given us life from centuries of death, we are joint heirs with 8

Jesus.” “You have heard it said but I say...” (Matthew 5:27-28) “…woman thou art loosed from where Satan has bound you these eighteen years.” (Luke 13:11-13) Woman you have heard it said but I say as the I Am, as Rabbi Ben Joseph Yeshua of Nazareth as Son of God as the One who created all things (Ephesians 3:9-10; Colossians 1:16-20, 27). I tell you that you “are joint heirs, co-heirs in Christ” “you are all members in part of the one body Christ” “one new man in the Spirit” you are “flesh of my flesh and bone of my bone” I have united Myself to you for “good works” (Ephesians 2:10) for My Kingdom plans purposes and for the Government of My Kingdom.

My Gospel is for every creature under heaven for the sake of My body, My Church. How great is the riches of the Glory of God in you so as to proclaim, to teach to, to present both men and women ‘every man’ mature in Christ (Colossians 1:24-29).

Sinful religious socialization and injustices due to heresy and error did not and does not get changed overnight. But if you continue to lie down and let death reign then it will. If you allow Satan to bind you another eighteen centuries he will.

Applaud the women with ministry titles today, the pioneers who suffered much offense from men. They have refused to give into men’s traditions men’s ‘home made’ customs and their modern day social religious oral laws passed down by the denominations (Matthew 15:23, 6, 16:12; Mark 7:3-5, 8-9, 13; Colossians 2:8).

A particular woman had many men in a congregation turn their backs on her whilst she addressed a men’s meeting. She stood, she stands today, and she has written her books to which she claimed and wrote this book “Just Give Me Jesus.” 7. [Graham Lotz, 1973:?])

These women sensed the call of God on their lives and went after it and they have stood with loyalty for their gender to the call and glory of God. They did not bury their talents out of fear of men and men’s doctrines but went for the increase. Slavery would never have been abolished if the deceived the corrupt the sinful had not been challenged!

Look what happened to the Apostles! Eusebius records “Stephen being stoned to death, James the son of Zebede the brother of John as being beheaded. James the brother of Jesus thrown off a ledge then stoned then clubbed to death.

He writes of the harassment of other Disciples of Christ and how they were driven from the land of Judea or the holy land 8. [Eusebius, 9

1998:70] By the mainstream, these scribes and elders the Sanhedrin the same ones who were always “looked for false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death.” (Matthew 26:57-59) “Wake up oh sleeper and rise from the dead see the Sanhedrin in your life and invite Jesus into that area. You do not have to loose your head, be stoned to death or thrown off a ledge or clubbed to death spiritually anymore as woman. You can live, have life have the glory God has promised us women.”

Women are heirs of the promises of Abraham, and that includes the gifts and the callings of the promises (Genesis 22:16, 26:4-5, 28:14; 1 Chronicles 17:11-12; Galatians 3:29).

We as women are not to just have the enmity between Satan and the seed woman (Genesis 3:15) then not receive the promises the gifts the callings of the seed of Abraham or the blessing and riches given to the Gentiles! “If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” (Galatians 3:29) “Satan has bound this daughter of Abraham these eighteen years.”

“The curse of the Eve” “he shall Rule over you” now is in redemption, we are reconciled, the second Adam has come and all authority has been given back to Him so ‘mankind’ never forfeits it again.

The Government is upon His shoulders, Head of the Church His body.

Head to place woman in whatever position He wants to.

Freedom dignity is restored to women by a Covenant of Blood a Covenant written in blood the blood of Christ Jesus our Restorer, Savior, Deliverer, Redeemer and Lord. “One new man in the spirit” (Ephesians 2:11-22) “joint heirs and coheirs” (Romans 8:17; 1 Peter 3:7) “All members in part of the one body Christ” (1 Corinthians 12:12-31) “…man is not apart from woman, nor woman apart from man, in the Lord.’ (1 Corinthians 11:11) Man is not apart from woman in the things of the Lord, in God’s choice of calling and gifts, men or women do not differ “there is neither male nor female” “in the things of the Lord.” “man is not apart from women in the Lord” “But I commend to you our sister Phoebe, being a servant of the church in Cenchrea; that you may receive her in the Lord,” (Romans 16:2) I am not referring to marriage or denoting the headship of a husband or the first born spiritual principle or Patriarchal or the calling of 12 male Apostles, or the twenty-four elders around the throne. But I refer to “in the things of the Lord,” “in the Lord” in the things of Kingdom business, in the things of Kingdom work, in the things of 10

Kingdom calls, in the things of Kingdom authority, in the things of Kingdom gifting for the things for the body, the church, in the things of Him Governing.

That is His body for Him the second Adam’s government over all things to do things according to how He wills and how He wills to work all things after the counsel of His own will by His decisions.

He works all things after the counsel of His own will (Ephesians 1:1-23) “In whom we [women –words in brackets here mine] also have been chosen to an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of the One working all things according to the counsel of His own will,” (Ephesians 1:11) It is His choice His decision as Head of the body. As the Christ Head of the church as both his people and the name of any particular church to appoint and place a woman according to the counsel of His own will.

It is written evidence women are more represented in The New Testament than the Old. We have Priscilla an Apostle, a church Pastor and a teacher of the Word and Gospel truths (2 Corinthians 8:23; 1 Corinthians 15:58, 16:19; Acts 18:24-26; Romans 16:3-5; 2 Timothy 4:19). Consider taking some time to look up various versions of these scriptures and others mentioned in this teaching.

There is Lois and Eunice who were noted as teachers of Torah (2 Timothy 1:2-5) they brought up Timothy as a disciple from a babe (2 Timothy 3:15) as was according to Jewish custom (Proverbs 22:6).

Timothy would have been around thirty when Jesus through Paul anointed him into the ministry as a ‘teacher’ or as a ‘Rabbi’ or as terminology today: a Pastor a Teacher a Servant of the church.

It is probable that Eunice sat in a school and in a Synagogue to have learnt, Lois too, Timothy with them. Even though these were in a different region (Acts 16:1-3) they still raised Timothy from a babe in Torah. Jews from an early age learnt to read and write via study of Torah, the Hebrew Scriptures, that was their English lesson and even their Math’s lesson to learn their counting.

Phoebe (Romans 16:1-2) was a servant (AV) of the church in Cenchrea this same word is rendered minister and deacon, all have reference to an ecclesiastical office. “That you may receive her in the Lord” Many writers agree that moreover this word is meant to be as rendered deaconess and she was a ruler of many (Romans 16:1-2).

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It is worth mentioning her name means “a champion, leader, chief, protector, and patron.” 9. [Bushnell, 2003:172] The Hebrews named their children to have the destiny the name meant. God did ordain and bless their choice and even gave upon the heart the names to name their daughters and sons.

Mary Magdalene; Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward; Susanna; (Luke 8:2-3) Salome (Mark 15:40) wife of Zebedee mother of James and John, a sister of Mary Jesus mother; Mary the Mother of Jesus (Have you ever considered Mary spent thirty three years around Jesus?

Therefore she would have had much knowledge, and would have been able to teach any Apostle and disciple! Have you considered she may have been one of the young women belonging to a house of study and a synagogue that was up to the time in her life of learning the rest of the Old Testament by heart when she was chosen to birth the Messiah?

Her cousin Elizabeth of the daughters of Aaron was married to Zechariah the High Priest of that year of conception of John the Baptist and Jesus Christ The Messiah. Both Zechariah and Elizabeth were walking in the commandments and ordinances of the Lord (Luke 1:6).

I would image if Mary had not had knowledge of Torah, the Prophets and The Writings and what they spoke of Messiah she would not have been able to receive and agree with what Gabriel said about her birthing the Son the God “Behold I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” (Luke 1:5-13, 26-38) When we think Hebrew and think Hebrew culture we will glean more of the Hebrew Scriptures both Old and New reading and studying.); Continuing the names of women: Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee (Matthew 27:56); Mary and Martha of Bethany; Dorcas; Sapphira; Rhonda (Acts 12:13-16); Lydia (Acts 16:14-15, 16:40); Tryphena (Romans 16:12); Euodia and Syntyche (Philippians 4:2-3); Claudia (2 Timothy 4:21), Junia, Priscilla, Nympha, Chole, Phoebe, Tryphosa, Persis and many other women as mentioned but not named (Mark 15:41) were disciples of Christ Jesus and Paul and were anointed with the Holy Ghost for Kingdom purposes “in the things of the Lord.” (1 Corinthians 10:11) Considering against how many men are mentioned, women Apostles and disciples in the New Testament do have a high number of representations?

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The focus throughout the centuries has been on the men, our mindsets have been trained to think only male, only male disciples, only male Apostles, only male this male that when we hear and listen to Gospel teaching and preaching; “one new man” “man’s wisdom” “every man’s works shall be made” ‘man’s judgment” – but we are all “blessed with all spiritual blessings” ”built up and established in Him” “led by His Spirit” “receiving the promises of God” “the elect of God” “overcomers” “of the seventy sent” “[She] who believes in Me, the works that I do [she] will do also; and greater works than these [she] will do, because I go to My Father. (John 14:12 par)” 10.

[Washburn Osborn, 1990:193] Is it time for renewal of the mind, time to put in your heart both he and she? She belongs in the gospel where there is mention of he or man or him; she has identity and mention and representation along with the man. It is time if you are not to think the feminine with the masculine as you read His Word?

Recall Jesus gave His disciples instructions not to go forth to witness for Him until they had been baptized in the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:4, 8). These were in the upper room along with many of these women disciples (Acts 1:13).

These women who would have been raised in houses of study and sat in one of the many synagogues that allowed women. “These were all continuing steadfastly in prayer and in supplication with one mind, with the women, and with Mary the mother of Jesus, [To make mention here Mary is believed to have been a teacher after the ascension of Jesus - words in brackets here mine] and with His brothers” (Acts 1:14) being about one hundred and twenty (Acts 1:15).

So it can be said Jesus company or Jesus immediate disciples were 120 men and women, they were part of the seventy that were sent! Of course they were. It was not just a male thing contrary to what has been spoken down the ages “you have heard it said, but I say to you.”

It is studied negligence and ignorance to take the work and word of a Theologian or Rabbi or writer as being pure Gospel. Rightly divide the Word of Truth for yourself (2 Timothy 2:15), search in the scriptures and prove for yourself that women were a part of Gospel Ministers.

This is not saying we are totally wrong in all our teachings, theologians and Rabbi’s do teach truth according to the doctrines of Christ Jesus and the Apostles (Mark 11:18; John 7:16, 18:19; Acts 2:42). But there are many reasons why all of us given the same Holy Spirit to drink get it incorrect. For your understanding, I have listed 13

various reasons in “To a Thousand Generations of Women” why we can get it wrong or only partially right.

The women were given the baptism of The Holy Spirit that day to be witness’s to be sent. Yes they would have been those numbered of the seventy Jesus sent who had been given power and authority over devils (Luke 10:1, 17).

There were women who had spent years in houses of study and in synagogue. Do you not think Jesus had not prepared the ground, the heart of particular women prior His coming, even whilst He spent 33 years in Israel?

The women were and are part of the “all” (Acts 2:4; Luke 8:13) the company of disciples, they had the proof of evidence of speaking in tongues or other languages, “tongues of fire” (Acts 2:3-4; Luke 23:55, Acts 16:6) that rested on their heads. Release your thinking to think women in the upper room, to include women in the ministry accounts of the Gospel and the Letters.

These women out of Galilee had witnessed the facts of His life, many of His miracles, schooled in His school, sat at His feet to hear His teachings and heard His claims of being Messiah. They had come out of many of the synagogues, the houses of study. They were all not new, green ignorant unlearned women of Torah some were. Torah was a way of life, Torah study and synagogues were the Hebrew culture. Males and females celebrated Passover, the feasts, temple visits on appointed times and practiced keeping Sabbaths.

These women were as the “And you are witnesses of these things.”

(Luke 24:48; Acts 16:6) This evidence of personal testimony is what the Holy Spirit uses to enforce truth (Acts 4:33) and women were chosen to give testimony to Jesus life and Gospel truths for teaching and private witnessing (Luke 8:1-2).

Women were not to be chosen as Priests or Chief Priests in Temple services under the Law of Moses. So by Rabbinical standards they were not Temple elders, scribes, lawyers, doctors of the law or considered as one of the Pharisees and Sadducees. They were not part of these mainstream influential ‘holy men’. But recall it was this group that Jesus was often pursued by and the ones to whom He challenged their false doctrines and their traditions of men and their elders (Matthew 15:1).

Jesus knew there was a new day dawning. Women were part of the company of disciples (Luke 24:22), they were to be Disciples of Christ, ministers of the Gospel. Recall “Jesus left the temple… Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another, that will 14

not be thrown down.” (Matthew 24:1-2) First there was the earthquake (Matthew 27:54) then the Temple was destroyed by fire by the Romans in A.D. 70. Also recall “this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us.” (Acts 6:14) These women and recall the specific women at the crucifixion and tomb, they had “the testimony of Jesus” which is a spirit of prophecy (Revelation 19:10) to hear “father forgive them” (Luke 23:34) and the promise to the thief “today you will be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:43) the cry “My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken Me?” (Matthew 27:46) and heard His prayer when He commits His spirit into “thy hands I commend My spirit” (Luke 23:46).

It is undeniable He gave women position and power to be His witness unto all the earth. “He made the witness of women the very meat and marrow of His Gospel.” 11. [Bushnell, 2003:331] “greater works than this she will do, because I go to my Father” Women were emancipated, but did the mainstream Rabbi’s want this? Did the temple Priests scribes and rulers, the Pharisees and Sadducees, lawyers or the doctors of the law? (Matthew 16:12, 15:9; Mark 7:7-13; Colossians 2:22) Did those of the day believe this, of course not, they did not even believe Jesus was Messiah and were always looking for a way to stone Him for breach of the Law of Moses! Consider again they were the influential ones of Jerusalem who ‘ran the show’ so to speak.

After all the miracles He did throughout Judea they still did not believe in Him. They were so stuck and staunch on their interpretation of the traditions of Moses it blinded their minds and heart, “blind guides” Jesus exclaimed (Matthew 15:14; 23:16-19, 24). Are you like this today? “No I just cannot agree women can be ministers of the Gospel?”

Recall these and others stilled killed many disciples including some of the Twelve after what they witnessed of Christ and after He had been raised and ascended.

The events of the morning of the resurrection were given to be seen by the women disciples only. Mary of Magdalene the first witness to the resurrection, a “loosing” and given honor to woman of the risen Christ from the grave. This speaks volumes “women be thou loosed to do the work of the Kingdom, be thou loosed to proclaim the good tidings (Psalm 68:11; Isaiah 40:9) “be thou loosed from where Satan has bound thee these eighteen years.”

The mainstream rabbinical teaching was that “the testimony of one hundred women was not sufficient to refute that of one man” and

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“But let not the testimony of women be received, because of the frivolity of the sex.” 12. [Bushnell, 2003:?]

Jesus as One who had and has authority loosed (Matthew 18:18) woman from this heresy by choosing a woman and women to be His first witness of His resurrection. To add two or three witness (Matthew 18:16, John 8:17) Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary mother of James at the sepulcher were first to witness the angels (Luke 23:5556; Luke 24:1, 4-10) telling them that Christ was risen. They reported this to the eleven apostles, some disbelieved, and who we see many a time with Jesus seeing but not hearing, hearing but not seeing (Matthew 16:22, 14:31, 16:7-12, 26:56).

Elizabeth would have been a learned woman being the wife of the High Priest Zacharias. Anna was a Prophetess alongside Zacharias (Luke 2:36-37) “who did not depart from the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers.” That is at the Temple of Herod. Recall she was not allowed through the Nicanor Gate into the court of Israel, the men’s court, but under the temple were various rooms and there was through the gate beautiful the women’s court and the outside court of the gentiles, also Solomon’s porch where different Rabbi’s taught. The temple as a whole was on 26 acres.

The four virgin daughters of Phillip the deacon and evangelist (Acts 21:8-9; 6:2, 5-8; 8:4-8, 39-40) were anointed to prophesy (Acts 21:8-9) who would not have been silent in church meetings or before men.

Junia is believed to be by many writers a woman, a fellow Jewess, and was named as one of the Apostles in Romans 16:7. She would have been in a school of studies and a synagogue that allowed women.

No man or woman could be given an apostolic mantle unless they had first gone through the system of schooling and this begins from the age of three learning by memory the first five books or known as Torah either at home or those that went through the ‘mainstream’ teachers of the Temple of Herod.

Custom reveals under the era of Law that at three the males and females go to study Torah. By twelve the males got their first fringes and were allowed to go to Temple for Passover and those brought up in the schools were allowed to talk and ask questions to the sages and religious leaders at Temple.

Throughout this time they have been and continue to be in home studies and synagogue meetings learning oral Torah, learning scriptures by memorizing and the doctrines by discussion and arguments. At thirteen they learn the rest of the Old Testament off by heart. If they 16

continued on by twenty-five they would have known the Old Testaments off by heart. Then at thirty they could become a Rabbi then and only then could they have disciples as learned men or women of the Bible (John 7:15).

As we read Jesus was teaching that day in only one of the synagogues in Israel (Luke 13:10) when He loosed the woman bent over. There were many a school in homes to teach Torah Prophets and The Writings it was custom and culture and Biblical Tradition of the day.

The mainstream today of teaching has held pre-eminence over the centuries regarding women not being able to be pastors, priests, leaders, elders or deacons – the theologians Origen, Luther, Calvin, the Anglicans, and the Catholics traditions, the Methodists doctrines and the …. The traditions of men, manmade customs that annul the New Testament laws of God for their own tradition and studied negligence and bias. But to give understanding they sincerely believed they were glorifying God and honoring Him. To make mention the Scottish theologian John Knox on purpose when translating his version of the Bible changed references to women and erased the “she” and replaced it with the “he.” Why? He did not believe Mary of Scotland being a woman could take the place on the throne as Queen so he used the Bible as an instrument, a weapon against her to refute her.

This was the same in the days of Jesus, the mainstream teachers or theologians Hillel and Gamaliel and the scribes and others of the Temple of Herod were the ones who geared doctrine against women even though women were under Mosaic Law, the Patriarchs they were still unjust to women overall in their interpretation of Law by their doctrines of men and cultural laws. Consider some cultural customs in the world today that devalue the beauty and rights of women “African tribal circumcision of women” “middle eastern views” These mainstream group held sway over the multitude or should we say those who did no study for themselves to prove the doctrines the rabbinic theology to be correct! (Matthew 15:3) Or maybe they feared men, or they wanted to be as one of those who had the best seats who were seen as a prayer in front of many, who wanted to be seen as a somebody. Recall at that time there was no indwelling Teacher to convict them or to be lead them into all truth as we have today to all who believe.

It is said by Bushnell that “in the thirteenth-century translators changed the name of Junia to Junias and the context of the scripture to make it seem masculine.” 14. [Bushnell, 2003:284] Again she is 17

believed to be an Apostle with Paul or as those he mentions as being “fellow workers” “laboring in the Lord with me” (Romans 16:3-5; 1 Corinthians 16:16, 19; Colossians 4:11; Philemon 1:1) “see that you submit to such ones working and laboring with me” (1 Corinthians 16:16) “those who labor over you” (1 Thessalonians 5:12).

“And this one being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, lo, eighteen years, was it not right to free her from this bond …”(Luke 13:16) Persis we read who “labored much in the Lord” (Romans 16:12). Read above the scriptures that say “submit to such ones” “submit to those ones working and laboring with me” and you will hear Paul saying submit to a woman if she is in a position over you as she is laboring much in the Lord with me.”

The rendering does not give justice to her position in the church.

She is believed to have been apostolic, part of Rabbi Paul’s company of disciples who labored with him (1 Corinthians 9:5); a fellow Jewesses or the language used “sisters” following about Phoebe “But I commend to you our sister Phoebe, being a servant of the church in Cenchrea; that you may receive her in the Lord” (Romans 16:1-2).

Consider all the Apostles and all disciples both men and women are out from under the first Adam and under the second Adams Lordship and decisions. Therefore if Apostolic Paul under the inspiration of The Holy Ghost wills to, in the authority of Christ, place a woman as a servant of the church as a Deaconess or Pastor or Teacher then as the Spirit of Christ the second Adam He can make this choice.

Dorcas or Tabitha (Acts 9:36-43) ministered in helps, good works and charitable deeds. Peter raised her from the dead, giving her a testimony to witness and many believed as this became known throughout all Joppa and many believed on the Lord (Acts 9:42).

Nympha in Asia Minor region held a congregation at her house (Colossians 4:15). Tryphena and Tryphosa and Persis were all women “who were working hard for the Lord” (Romans 16:12) who were in leadership positions, part of Rabbi Paul the Apostles company and or they were his disciples, probably even considered as Apostles?

1 Thessalonians 5:12 writes “respect those working hard among you” (CJB) “to know which labor among you and are over you” (KJ).

“That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to everyone that helpeth with us, and laboureth.” (1 Corinthians 16:16 KJ) “Submit to those who are over you in the Lord” These three women did not just go to ‘sew and knit’ and serve food for Paul and his male Apostles and disciples, no they 18

too were Apostles, disciples, workers, ministers of the Gospel “working hard for the Lord”. They most assuredly would have been schooled in Torah, schooled in houses of books and earned their fringes on their prayer shawls.

Otherwise they would not have been chosen as his laborers as Judaic custom and Apostolic Biblical tradition does not allow a novice into a ministry position.

To add here the Disciples who were fisherman – Simon called Peter and Andrew, James and John (Matthew 4:17-22) were also learned of Torah, the Prophets and the Writings otherwise they would not have been chosen by The Word Himself.

They had to have a trade like others as this was the customs of the Jews who were to be in school since three learning Torah, maybe they were not aspiring to be Rabbi’s or not the most dedicated in class, but most assuredly were trained in the doctrines of their God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob according to custom and culture they learnt to count and read by learning Torah, this was religious custom.

Lydia of Acts 16:14 ran a church in Philippi according to or recorded by the church historian Eusebius. 14. [Cruse, 1998:]…………..

When you weigh these facts against “Let a women learn in silence, in all subjection. 12. But I do not allow a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in silence” (1 Timothy 2:11-12) you cannot dispute the facts women did teach and teach men and have authority over men and women did not stay silent in the churches.

Consider the operative word in these scriptures is “learn.”

Therefore the rendering of interpretation of “let a woman learn in silence in all subjection and I do not allow a woman to teach nor exercise authority over a man, but to be in silence” must be interpreted in line with and against custom, culture, city, translators and translation and the usage of the Hebraic terminology of words, to mention just a few.

Hebrew language has a variety of meanings. To learn in silent and submission basically means, learn before you are released to teach. And you could only be released by Apostolic authority (Acts 15:22, 6:6 find other scripture) you could not be a novice and or unlearned (1 Timothy 3:6) like these particular women were about the teachings of Judaism. 1 Timothy 5:22 says “lay hands quickly on no one” to put into ministry positions.

The scripture also has reference to new women converts who wanted to teach men and “they neither knew what they spoke about or 19

what they affirmed” (1 Timothy 1:7) again here the fishermen would not have been given the opportunity to become Disciples if they did not have the teaching and knowledge prior. But for these particular women here, some had once been priestesses and were used in holding prominent positions as teachers over men and were mediators under the multiplicity of goddesses in Ephesus. “I forbid, I do not allow these women to teach or to have authority over men.” This is not made up or hearsay; the other scriptures above prove women in Apostolic, teaching and leadership positions.

Paul as the Apostle had to forbid these women to be in Ministry positions until they learnt at the feet of a Rabbi – like Timothy as a learned Teacher, they had to go through protocol - learn first. Just like John the Baptist had to before He was released to be a Rabbi with disciples (Luke 7:19). Again, just like Timothy, just like all those in Judaism and for us today, Bible College and or years in the school of The Holy Ghost.

To learn in submission and be silent in Jewish understanding was to be still to be silent so as to receive teaching from Yahweh. You had to be “formed” first, brought up in the scriptures, the prophets and the writings. These women had to learn the doctrines of the Law (2 Timothy 2:15, 1 Timothy 2:4-5) before they could be approved as teachers of the Law and teachings in line with Gospel teachings (1 Timothy 3:11).

They had to be established in truth (Romans 16:25) had to be “formed.” This is a Hebrew word with Hebrew understanding: “formed” means taught before you could be given by apostolic authority to teach both men and women.

I have written a book “To a Thousand Generations of Women” with through evidence and scriptural evidence on women the body of Christ including these scriptures meaning. If you will to study and prove the doctrines of women in ministry positions I recommend you read books for and against women in ministry to come to your own conclusion.

It’s ridiculous as Yahweh did not keep silent all women in the Old Testament “according to law” this is oral law, cultural law. Women were singers Ezra 2:65, Nehemiah 7:67, Psalm 68:25. Anna the aged prophetess preached that Messiah had come in Luke 2:36-38. Miriam, Deborah, Huldah and Anna were all prophetesses.

Miriam was a leader alongside Moses and Aaron. Deborah and … were judges before and over first born males. Huldah a Prophetess (2 Kings 22:14) sat at the gate as an elder with the male elders, a gate is even named after her.

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The role of a prophet or Prophetess is a messenger (Isaiah 44:26; Haggai 1:13) also a servant of God (Amos 3:7) a Shepherd (Zachariah 11:4; Jeremiah 17:16) and a watchman (Isaiah 62:6) and or a watchwoman - Anna (Luke 2:36-37).

Consider this, Jacob the second born received the blessing from his father Isaac (Genesis 27:21, 32-40). Even though Esau gave it up for a bowl of lentils and the deceit by his mother, Isaac did not revoke it to give it back to Esau. Joseph’s father Jacob or then Israel crossed his hand and gave the blessing to the second born Ephraim not the firstborn Manasseh (Genesis 48:8-12, 13-14, 17:20).

Behind this decision was Yahweh Sovereign hand to move it to the second born. All scripture is profitable for teaching and instructions in righteousness. Yahweh has a shadow of things all throughout His Old Testament writings and or teachings. Jesus was the firstborn Son of Yahweh and we the body of Christ received the blessings of life whilst He took the penalty of sin being death.

Gentiles got grafted into a Jewish root the firstborn’s blessings and we as both male and female receive the blessings of Abraham! It is implied in replacement theology that “the church takes the blessing and the Jews are left with the curses.” But this is not true just as it is not true that “the men in the church get the blessings and the women get the curses.”

If Yahweh wills to give a ministry positions to the second born He alone has the right, consider Christ crucified “he shall Rule over you” on the cross of Calvary. We as women are “flesh of His flesh and bone of His bone” we are part of the body of Christ, and we are heirs of the gifts and the callings that are without repentance (Romans 8:17; 1 Peter 3:7; Ephesians 2:11-22; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31; 2 Corinthians 5:18; Ephesians 2:6, 1:2, 11).

“Come on “home woman He has left the light on for you.” Come back to your rightful place as the body of Christ the living stones come back to the church of Jesus Christ, “I will build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.” (Matthew 16:18) That’s you woman, you are the church, the body of Christ.”

That’s you and that is me, women are the church, women are being built. Women do get the blessings. It is the third day He is building His temple again (Matthew 26:61) and “the women who proclaim it are a great army” (Psalm 68:11; Isaiah 40:9). We women are the temple of the living God, the body of Christ, the living stones, the church.

We are His people, His women and His daughters. “Neither Jew nor Gentile, male or female” in the things of the Lord.”

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Rise up “flesh of His flesh and bone of His bone” (Ephesians 5:30-32, 1:23; 1 Corinthians 6:15; Romans 12:5) arise and live woman church of the living God. He has got the superior weapons, under the anointing ‘we are dangerous’ “the gates of hell will not prevail against you” (Matthew 16:18) her seed “shall bruise his head (Genesis 3:16). Rise up He goes before you, the gates of hell will not prevail against you, and neither will any gates of men unless you give up, and the operative word is unless ‘you’ give up and forfeit your position your blessings, but don’t do that.

It written by the Breath of God, your future destiny has already been prophesized since the world began, it is already sealed. By the Second Adam, The Kingdom has come among women, the Kingdom is to women.

The Kingdom of Christ makes room for a place a position of authority for women. The Government is on His shoulders, Rabbi Jesus Christ has loosed you to establish to pastor, to minister, to prophesy, to teach, to lead and to govern over men and women, girls and boys you were not born to just serve or serve tea and coffee or wait on men.

Compromise heresy flesh the curse of Eve, interpretations, denominations, pagan views and much more has absolutely caused gross suffering against women. It is not just about you or just about me we are a team, different members in part but one team.

You can continue to be an obstacle and stay joined to the devil to keep hindering women if you want. This fight is not just for you and the women of your family, but it is for women globally, our women the body of Christ. “It is the acceptable year of the Lord” (Luke 4:18-19) it is “the time of restoration of all things which God hath spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began” (Acts 3:21) “Woman you have been freed loosed from your infirmity, from this spirit of Satan these eighteen years.” (Luke 13:11-13) “Seed of the woman” (Genesis 3:16) “the type of One who was to come” (Romans 5:14) “the second Adam (1 Corinthians 15:45) “has redeemed you from the curse of Eve” (Galatians 3:10) “you are bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh.” (Ephesians 5:30) stand go forth and become.

The mystery hidden in the first Adam, He took bone of his bone to create Eve, the two became one. Woman you are one with Christ, His body, His bone, His flesh you have Kingdom heir-ship to be an Apostle, or a Prophetess, or a Teacher, or a Pastor, or an Elder, or an Leader, or a Deaconess, or a Preacher, or an Evangelist as He lays the call upon your heart, this is your inheritance “I will give you the nations as your inheritance.” To make mention, not of your own choosing just like the 22

men both of us cannot appoint ourselves to be any type of ministers of the Kingdom, we all have to be called and appointed by our Father and Christ Jesus.

The prophets of old have called you “Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech…Tremble, ye women that are at ease: be troubled, ye careless one… Upon the land of my people shall come thorns and briars; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city. Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be dens forever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; Until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high” (Isaiah 32:9-15) “For these are not drunk, as you imagine, for it is the this is that which has been spoken by the prophet Joel.” “I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh” (Joel 2:28; Acts 2:17-20) Woman that is for you.

We do not want to stay in agreement with what has been done in days of old against women “thou art loosed from thine infirmity that Satan has kept you for these eighteen years.”

Woman the outpouring of His Spirit is available to you right now, right here today.

Destiny awaits you, let Him woman, allow Him in your heart to lay hands on you and cast out this spirit of infirmity with which Satan has bound you “these eighteen” hundred centuries plus. Let Him infuse you with His anointing to rise up and walk no longer bent over to the earth but face to face to be a woman with Kingdom position and authority. Let Him show you, you are woman, bone to bone, flesh to flesh with King Jesus.’

You are to be part of His redemptive plans and purposes on the earth today for the outworking of His Kingdom purposes of His body of people – the church.

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Many things will hinder our destination especially the knowledge of “Are women allowed in ministry positions?”

Yes, Jesus Christ has revealed this in the mystery hidden in the first Adam. He took bone of his bone to create Eve, and the two became one. Jesus is the Second Adam and we are bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh.

You are Wo-man, a wombed man, you are one with Christ, you are His body, His bone, and His flesh. You are called into the Order to be king and priest. Therefore you have rights to be an Apostle, or a Prophetess, or a Teacher, or a Pastor, or an Elder, or a Leader, or a Deaconess, or a Preacher, or an Evangelist. Only as He lays the call upon your heart, this is your inheritance “I will give you the nations as your inheritance.”

Inside this book it will teach you biblically, then you will know the truth and truth you know will set you free. Free to be all that Jesus Christ has ordained and called you to be in His Kingdom.

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