DAY 36
女人的詛咒
雷克-喬納 Rick Joyner
翻譯：Kate
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"又對女人說：我必多多加增你懷胎的苦楚；你生產兒女必多受苦楚。你必戀慕你丈夫；你丈夫必管轄你。"（創世記3:16）

主創造男人和女人是為了生育，但生育並不是為了痛苦。由於墮落，痛苦 "多多"增加了，這是由於罪進入世界的不和諧造成的。在犯罪之前，所有的生物都生活在和諧之中。地球上的受造物和他們指定的統治者之間存在著合作。現在有了衝突，這導致痛苦。

作為詛咒的一部分，男人被任命為女人的統治（管轄）者。這是一個越來越不受歡迎的真理，主要是因為男人對女人的壓迫和濫用權力的悲劇。即便如此，主有一個 "婦女解放運動"，它將大大超越敵人所實施的、試圖搶佔和偏離的運動。真正的屬靈權柄的頒佈將是所有人的釋放。

真正的屬靈權柄不是綑綁和壓迫，而是釋放。"主的靈在哪裡，哪裡就有自由"（見哥林多後書3:17）。真正的屬靈權柄是一個保護罩，給在它之下的人帶來自由，成為他們被創造的樣子。這種權柄不是為了征服，而是為了服事和釋放那些被其覆蓋的人。當真正的屬靈權柄按照它最初的意圖恢復到教會時，它將使男人和女人都得到自由，成為上帝創造他們的一切。權柄將在愛中行使，而不是在憤怒中行使，那些在真正愛的權柄下的人將是地球上最自由的人。

很明顯，男人在墮落之前確實有領導作用，因為不吃知識樹上的食物的命令是給男人的。但 "領導 "和 "管轄 "是有區別的。儘管他們要統治被造物，但似乎最初的目的不是讓男人統治其他男人或女人。由於墮落，和諧已經被打破。必須建立統治權，使受造物不至於陷入完全的混亂，直到有可能從墮落中恢復過來。

現在需要統治者來維持秩序。即便如此，為人類的救贖和恢復而工作的真正權柄是通過愛來體現的。它不是專橫的，儘管它有時可能是果斷的和堅定的。當權柄是為了其下的人的利益而行使時，它是釋放的。這種類型的權柄很少，即使在教會中也是如此。即便如此，我們必須追求真正的權柄，直到它被恢復。這就是為什麼以弗所書5:22-28告訴我們：

你們作妻子的，當順服自己的丈夫，如同順服主。
因為丈夫是妻子的頭，如同基督是教會的頭；他又是教會全體的救主。
教會怎樣順服基督，妻子也要怎樣凡事順服丈夫。
你們作丈夫的，要愛你們的妻子，正如基督愛教會，為教會捨己。
要用水藉著道把教會洗淨，成為聖潔，
可以獻給自己，作個榮耀的教會，毫無玷污、皺紋等類的病，乃是聖潔沒有瑕疵的。
丈夫也當照樣愛妻子，如同愛自己的身子；愛妻子便是愛自己了。

女人被從男人的身上拿出來，因為那是她應該有的位置，在男人身邊。他們在許多方面被創造得不同，有不同的角色，但這並沒有使一個人比另一個人更重要。男人被創造來承擔某些類型的權柄，而女人在其他方面比男人有更多的權柄。即便如此，在神的國度裡，權柄是為了服務，而不是被服務。我們的目標必須是成為真正反映基督和祂的教會之間關係的家庭。然後男人會看著男基督徒，知道這就是他們被創造出來的樣子。女人會看著女基督徒，知道這就是她們被創造出來的樣子。通過這一點，所有人都將開始察覺到主在祂自己與教會的關係中的意圖。

 

DAY 36
The Curse on the Woman
Rick Joyner

To the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth, in pain you shall bring forth children; yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you" (Genesis 3:16).
The Lord created the man and woman to procreate, but childbirth was not intended to be painful. Because of the Fall, pain was "greatly" multiplied, resulting from the disharmony that had entered the world through sin. Before sin, all creatures lived in harmony. There was cooperation between the creation on earth and their appointed rulers. Now there was conflict, which always leads to pain.

As a part of the curse, the man was appointed to rule over the woman. This is an increasingly unpopular truth, mostly because of the tragic oppression and abuse of authority by men over women. Even so, the Lord has a "women's liberation movement" that will greatly transcend the one that the enemy has perpetrated to try to preempt and sidetrack it. The promulgation of true spiritual authority will be the liberation of everyone.

True spiritual authority does not bind and oppress, but it liberates. "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty" (see II Corinthians 3:17). True spiritual authority is a protective covering that brings freedom to those who are under it, to be what they were created to be. This authority is not for the purpose of subjugation, but rather to serve and free those who are under its covering. When true spiritual authority is restored to the church as it was originally intended, it will free both men and women to be all that God created them to be. Authority will be exercised in love, not anger, and those who are under truly loving authority will be the most free people on the earth.

It is apparent that the man did have a leadership role before the Fall because the command to not eat from the Tree of Knowledge was given to the man. But there is a difference in "leading" and "ruling." Even though they were to rule over the creation, it seems that it was not originally intended for men to rule over other men or women. Because of the Fall, the harmony had been broken. Rulership had to be established to keep the creation from falling into complete chaos until there could be a restoration from the Fall.

Rulership is now needed to keep order. Even so, true authority that is working for the redemption and restoration of man is demonstrated by love. It is not domineering, though it may at times be decisive and steadfast. It is liberating when authority is exercised for the sake of those under it. This type of authority is rare, even in the church. Even so, we must pursue true authority until it is recovered. That is why we are told in Ephesians 5:22-28:

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.
But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her;
that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she should be holy and blameless.
So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife love himself.
The marriage relationship was intended to be a reflection of the love and union between Christ and His church. Until the relationship between men and women has been restored to this, redemption will not be fully worked into our lives.

The woman was taken out of man's side because that was the place she was to have, beside him. They were created differently in many ways and to have different roles, but this did not make one more important than the other. Men were created to carry the burden of certain types of authority, while women have more authority than men in other areas. Even so, authority in the kingdom of God is for serving, not being served. Our goal must be to become the families that truly reflect the relationship between Christ and His church. Then men will look at Christian men and know that this was what they were created to be. Women will look at Christian women and know that this is what they were created to be. Through this, all will begin to perceive just what the Lord intended in His own relationship to the church.