General Christian Discussion
What are gifts G-d gave to the women. 1. Gift the one of birth, the power of creation man does not have it only women have it. A gift only women have and authority it is never meant to have pains and suffer to give birth. But original before the devil interfered we were never meant to suffer. 2. G-d said he will give powers of visions and dreams. There women prophets like deborah and Huldah. this is just A start so tell me what gifts or powers G-d gives woman ;D. I was reading this from somewhere else tell what you think ? 1. Prominence of Women: Under the Hebrew system the position of woman was in marked contrast with her status in surrounding heathen nations. Her liberties were greater, her employments more varied and important, her social standing more respectful and commanding. The divine law given on Sinai ( Exodus 20:12 ) required children to honor the mother equally with the father. A similar esteem was accorded her in patriarchal times. Sarah held a position of favor and authority in Abraham's household. Rebekah was not less influential than Isaac, and was evidently the stronger personality. The "beautiful" Rachel ( Genesis 29:17 ) won from Jacob a love that accepted her as an equal in the companionship and counsels of family life. Many Hebrew women rose to eminence and national leadership. Miriam and Deborah were each a prophetess and a poetess. The former led bands of women in triumphant song and procession, celebrating the overthrow of enemies ( Exodus 15:20 ); the latter, through her dominating personality and prophetic power, became the virtual judge of the nation and led armies to victory. Her military general, Barak, refused to advance against Sisera without her presence and commanding influence ( Judges 4:8 ). Her ode of victory indicates the intellectual endowment and culture of her gender in that unsettled and formative era ( Judges 5 ). No person in Israel surpassed Hannah, the mother of Samuel, in intelligence, beauty and fervor of religious devotion. Her spiritual exaltation and poetic gift found expression in one of the choicest specimens of early Hebrew lyric poetry ( 1 Samuel 2:1-10 ). Other women eminent as prophetesses were: Huldah, whose counsel was sought by high priest and king ( 2 Chronicles 34:22 ; compare 2 Kings 22:14 ); Noadiah ( Nehemiah 6:14 ); Anna ( Luke 2:36 ). The power to which woman could attain in Israel is illustrated in the career of the wicked, merciless, murderous, idolatrous Jezebel, self-styled prophetess ( Revelation 2:20 ). Evidence of woman's eminence in the kingdoms of Judah and Israel is seen in the influence she exercised as queen mother ( 1 Kings 15:13 ) and queen ( 2 Kings 8:18 ); in the beautiful honor shown by King Solomon to his mother, Bath-sheba ( 1 Kings 2:19 ); in the filial devotion of the prophet Elisha ( 1 Kings 19:20 ); in the constant mention of the mother's name in the biographies of successive kings, making it evident that she was considered the important and determining factor in the life of her royal sons. Her teaching and authority were sufficiently eminent to find recognition in the proverbs of the nation: "the law of thy mother" ( Proverbs 1:8 ; Proverbs 6:20 ) was not to be forsaken, while contempt for the same merited the curse of God ( Proverbs 19:26 ; Proverbs 20:20 ; Proverbs 30:11, 17 ).
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