Read Part One HERE
In this post I will continue to focus on speaker and writer Nancy Campbell. We will continue to look at her following statement:
Nancy Campbell: "God created the man to be the provider, protector and priest of the home."
My Comment (Continuing):
We read of women who followed Jesus and provided for Him according to
Matthew 27:55-56
Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to take care of His needs. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.
And Mark 15:40-41
Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome. In Galilee these women had followed Him and cared for His needs.
It is interesting that Jesus, as their Creator (John 1:1-3), allowed these women to be His disciples who followed Him wherever He went and did not send them back home. Moreover, as their Creator, He allowed them to provide for Him and those with Him. It seems therefore, that Jesus, as their Creator, approved of them providing for Him and those with Him even though Nancy Campbell may not approve of what these women did since these women did not fulfill their so-called God-given task of nurturing, nourishing and nest-building their homes but, instead, fulfilled the so-called God-given task of the man by being providers for Jesus and those with Him.
As for the man being a priest of the home.
In the Old Testament only Aaron's male descendants could be priests (Leviticus 8). They served in the Tabernacle/Temple but did not serve as priests in their homes.
In the New Testament all believers, male and female, serve as priests according to
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood.
The sacrifices male and female believers bring are not literal sacrifices but are spiritual sacrifices according to
Romans 12:1
Therefore, I urge you, brothers (inclusive term for all believers), in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices to God....
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