Circle of Relationship

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And so why did God create man first? I know there are lots of biblical explanations, but I thought this was pretty good, regarding relationships between man and woman...

Page 148 in my book talks about the "circle" of life, in the sense of Men and women..This is Jesus talking about the differences in Men and Women and why each of them turned from God at Creation. About the "roles" that they have given themselves, not the roles God gave them. Here is what Jesus says (the "we" being the trinity)

"Power in the hands of independent humans, be they men or women, does corrupt. Mack, don't you see how filling roles is the opposite of relationship? We want male and female to be counterparts, face-to-face equals, each unique and different, distinctive in gender but complementary, and each empowered uniquely by Sarayu (The Holy Spirit) from whom all true power and authority originates. Remember, I am not about performance and fitting into man-made structures; I am about being. As you grow in relationship with me, what you do will simply reflect who you really are."

Then Mack asks "But you came in the form of a man. Doesn't that say something?"

"Yes, but not what many have assumed. I came as a man to complete a wonderful picture in how we made you. From the first day we hid the woman within the man, so that at the right time we could remove her from within him. We didn't create man to live alone; she was purposed from the beginning. By taking her out of him, he birthed her in a sense. We created a circle of relationship, like our own, but for humans. She out of him, and now all the males, including me, birthed through her, and all originating, or birthed, from God."

God is Good!