3 Caveats
1. Scripture confronts us
2. Scripture speaks into, rather than conforms to, our culture
3. Scripture shapes how we love, not just how we live
Key idea: A people centered on Jesus the Messiah reflect the Messiah in how they show honor to one another and in how they show dependence on one another.
- Reflecting the Messiah means that we honor one another (vv. 2-6)
- Reflecting the Messiah means that we depend on one another (vv. 7-16)
The binary structure and parallelism of God’s six days of creation
Day 1 ⇨ Day 4
Day 2 ⇨ Day 5
Day 3 ⇨ Day 6
Days of forming ⇨ Days of filling
Men (Forming) ⇨ Women (Filling)
4 Theological Implications
- God cares about how we worship, not just what we worship
- God transforms our understanding of men’s and women’s roles
- God lifts women up by bringing himself down
- God will bring male and female to their ultimate destiny
