PAUL’S TEACHINGS ABOUT WOMEN, Epilogue, Part 8
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Today, with varying views or understandings of the nature of Jehovah, Elohim—still that constant Being who had made man both male and female—has emerged as the one constant for a new age, an age that rules without favoring either sex or gender. A new word for this age is epicenarchy (gender-neutral rule).
Just as women tried to hold onto a remnant of matriarchy as patriarchy subdued them, we should expect there to be some men holding onto patriarchy as it too is replaced by epicenarchy. Human nature resists giving up material power, even if it is not deserved or warranted. Just as there was friction as matriarchy transitioned into patriarchy, the repetition of history teaches us that we should not be surprised to experience friction during the transition into epicenarchy. Some men will hold to their all-male Deity just as ancient women held to Asherah. Some women, as they find new-born freedom and rights, may adopt a Captain Ahab revenge on what they see are “the murderous thinkings” in all men.
But the sooner we all accept the evidence and logic of Truth and the wisdom of the divine Mind, the sooner we all will be bowing before the open arms of divine Love. Then, epicenarchy will have replaced patriarchy, and both men and women will have found a new sense of Spirit’s freedom.