Sex and War

Genesis 3:15 sets up the great holy war in terms of battling seeds.

2 Lines

Seed of Serpent                                         Seed of Woman

 

Cain                                                             Seth

Enoch                                                          Enosh

Irad                                                             Kenan

Mehujael                                                    Mahalalel

Methushael                                                Jared

Lamech – Arch-bad guy                          Enoch

Jabal                                                           Methuselah

Jubal                                                           Lamech

Tubal-Cain                                                 Noah

 

 

 

The two lines mirror each other, even with identical names. Lamech is the most evil man in the lines, and Enoch is the most righteous.

 

 

 

We see both the attack on the Woman and the seduction of God’s people by the false women. Sometimes we even see the women securing their lines through deceptive warfare. This is fitting because the first attack was through a lie. The Woman repays the Serpent eye for eye and tooth for tooth.

 

 

 

Women Wars in Genesis:

 

Satan vs. Eve (Chapter 3 )

Sons of God vs. daughters of men (Chapter 6:1-4 )

Abram and Sarai vs. Pharaoh (Chapter 12:14- 20 )

Hagar vs. Sarai (Chapter 16:1-16 )

Lot vs. his daughters (Chapter 19:30-38 )

Abraham and Sarah vs. Abimelech (Chapter 20:1-17 )

Isaac and Rebekah vs. Abimelech (Chapter 26: 1-11 )

Rebekah vs. Isaac (Chapter 27: 5; 13 )

Leah vs. Rachel (Chapter 29:31-30:24 )

Dinah vs. Hamor (Chapter 34:1-31 )

Tamar vs. Judah (Chapter 38: 1- 30 )

Joseph vs. Potiphar’s wife (Chapter 39: 7-20 )

 

 

 

We also see that the Bride of Yahweh is a warbride. The women all defeat dead wombs.

 

Closed wombs and Virgins:

 

Sarah (Gen. 11:30 )

Rebekah (Gen. 25:21 )

Rachel (Gen. 29:31 )

Samson’s mother (Judges 13:2 )

Hannah (1 Sam. 1:5 )

Elizabeth (Luke 1:7 )

Mary (Luke 1:34 )

 

Genesis 2 and Genesis 4

Day 1- Man / Cain

     Day 2- Garden (firmament) / Abel

         Day 3- Tree of Life and of Knowledge / Flocks and Fruit

             Day 4-Serve and Guard (priest work) / Draw near to God for offerings

         Day 5- Threat / Threat

    Day 6- Eating of the Tree (death) / Murder of Abel

Day 7- Judgment / Judgment (Sabbath)

 

 

 

1. Like Adam, Cain is the first son. He works the fruit of the ground. 4:1

2. Abel (spelled hebel, same as Ecclesiastes) is the flock-tender. He is able to provide some mediation through animal death. He is the second “vapor” man. 4:2a

3. Abel is the priest figure and Cain is the king figure. Abel provides sacerdotal life, while Cain gives death. 4:2b

4. Cain and Abel draw near at the harvest time (“cutting off of days” 4:3) for their own harvesting. This is evaluation judgment. 4:3-5

5. Cain is warned not to allow sin to rule over him. 4:6-7

6. Cain murders his brother, issuing false kingship. 4:8

7. God comes in judgment and exiles the sinner. 4:9-16

A High Priestly Dialectic

I sat outside reading Breakfast of Champions on the RTS picnic table.
Three gunshots sounded close by.
They were deeper and closer together
than usual.
So far the book is highly inappropriate.
I keep reading it though
because I’ve always fancied myself inappropriate,
though I’m not.
Well, at least not like this.

 

The author of the book is known for writing science fiction stories about himself.
He isn’t very happy with God.
Not Jesus, of course.
No, he likes Jesus ok.
Like most people,
it’s God that bothers this guy. 

 

And this is because God is a white male capitalist.
God is a Republican.
And this guy doesn’t like Republicans.
Thankfully he doesn’t like Democrats either.
He’s not that silly. 

 

He likes revolution alright.
Sex and sarcasm and France,
it’s all there.
But I don’t know if it worked out
for him.

 

I wonder if that matters sometimes.
 

Well
I suppose I wonder if what we typically mean by that matters
sometimes. 

 

You can read most anything these days.
And if you’re good,
you can repeat most anything.
If you’re big you can get other people to repeat it too.
So long as someone else who is big
hasn’t
gotten there first.