The Prophetic Significance of Women Pastors - Part 2
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The Prophetic Significance
of
Women Pastors
Part Two
By
Dr. Larry B. Patrick, TH.D.
President, Charis Theological Seminary
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Part 2
Outside of the book of Revelation, very few people look to the New Testament when they want to study prophecy. However, The New Testament is the key to understanding biblical prophecy as well as many of the deepest doctrines in the Bible.
In the “Kingdom of Heaven” prophecies, our Lord Jesus Christ testifies that the church as an institution would become a corrupt body of believers who willingly accept “doctrines of demons” as the truth. However, the most revealing clues as to the condition of the Church and the world are found in the New Testament epistles. Therefore, before we begin our study in earnest, let us briefly examine the following scriptural reference to establish the validity of what will come later.
2 Timothy 3:1-9
1.This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turnaway.6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
With little doubt, the scriptures referenced above are very familiar to most Christians. Paul is warning Timothy of how “perilous” living in the “last days” will be. Many authors have written about the people in verses 2-7, which primarily describe the men that are and will be in the Church. Yet, there is a lack of identity as to the methodology that these false teachers will use in the Church. Keeping in mind that we are speaking about men who will predominate in “the last days”, verse 8 in conjunction with verse 6 enlightens us as to how they will be able to be so evil and yet be so widely accepted, and will also allow us to see the gravity of their influence in the latter days.
The following three references for verse 8 are what is typically taught in theological circles. First, “Jannes and Jambres” are identified as the Egyptian magicians who withstood Moses. Second, statements are made that these false teachers are “opposed” to the “truth”. Despite our extensive research, only one commentary, the New American Commentary 34 makes a brief reference to the idea that the Holy Spirit was warning us against the method these false teachers will use. Yet, their conclusion is: “The similarity between Jannes and Jambres and the false teachers may refer to their common use of magical or occult methods. It is more likely, however, that their commonality is that both groups resisted the truth.”
Two Egyptian magicians or soothsayer priests who withstood Moses before Pharaoh. The names occur in the Bible only in 2 Tim. 3:8, although the incident referred to is undoubtedly that described in Ex. 7:11, 22, in which Pharaoh “called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same [as Moses and Aaron] with their secret arts.” In both Jewish and Greek traditions the names Jannes and Jambres are given to two of these magicians. Bromiley, Geoffrey W.: The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised. Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1988; 2002, S. 2:966
Ver. 8.—And like for now, A.V.; with stand for resist, A.V.; corrupted in mind for of corrupt minds, A.V. And; but would be better. Jannes and Jambres; the traditional names of the magicians who opposed Moses; and, if Origen can be trusted, there was an apocryphal book called by their names. But Theodoret ascribes their names to an unwritten Jewish tradition. Their names are found in the Targum of Jonathan on Exod. 7:11; 13:22; and are also mentioned, in conjunction with Moses, with some variation in the name of Jambres, by Pliny (‘Hist. Nat.,’ xxxi. 2), who probably got his information from a work of Sergius Paulus on magic, of which the materials were furnished by Elymas the sorcerer (Acts 13:6–8). Withstood (ὰντέστηαν); the same word as is used of Elymas in Acts 13:8 (so ch. 4:15 and elsewhere). Spence-Jones, H. D. M. (Hrsg.): The Pulpit Commentary: 2 Timothy. Bellingham, WA : Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2004, S. 41
The names Jannes and Jambres do not appear in the Old Testament, but there are references to them in Jewish, pagan, and Christian literature as two of Pharaoh’s magicians who tried to demonstrate that they could work miracles as effectively as Moses (Exod 7:11; 9:11). Their names may have come into the New Testament from Christian acquaintance with Jewish traditions about Moses in which these were the names given to Pharaoh’s magicians. The word for “oppose” (anthistēmi) shows strong resistance to a person or an idea and is used in Acts 13:8 to show the resistance of Elymas the Sorcerer to the gospel. The similarity between Jannes and Jambres and the false teachers may refer to their common use of magical or occult methods. It is more likely, however, that their commonality is that both groups resisted the truth.
Paul asserted two additional statements in v. 8 about the false teachers. First, he saw them as possessing “depraved minds” (“Their minds are distorted,” Phillips). That avenue through which the truth could reach the will had ceased to function. This led to Paul’s second statement, the evaluation of their faith content as worthless or rejected. The term for “rejected” is used in the New Testament to describe someone whose actions or abilities prove the person unfit for spiritual usefulness (see “disqualified” in 1 Cor 9:27). It is an apt term to use in reference to false teachers whose empty professions were only a caricature of the true faith. Lea, Thomas D. ; Griffin, Hayne P.: 1, 2 Timothy, Titus. electronic ed. Nashville : Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2001, c1992 (The New American Commentary 34), S. 228
Maybe it is because we live in the day of which the Holy Spirit is speaking in the verses referenced above, that enables us to see with a different eye. Or, maybe it is that the true understanding was only illuminated by the Spirit in the days to which the verses speak. Whatever the reason, today our understanding of verse 8 is as follows:
8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
The Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament translates the relative phrase ὅν τρόπον (as) with an expanded meaning thusly, “in the same way as”. So we can now expand the “Now as” to “Now in the same way as.” This statement does not modify the end of verse 8, “men of corrupt minds”, but it does modify “So do these also resist the truth”. Therefore, we can further expand verse 8 (8) to read thusly:
Now in the same way as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also, using the same method, resist the truth:
With the above expanded translation, it is evident that in the last days false teachers will use false miracles to “resist the truth.” The word “resist” is (ἀνθίστημι): and means to oppose or withstand. The truly remarkable grammatical feature about this verb is that it is in the middle voice. The middle voice implies that the subject of the verb is being affected by its own action or is acting upon itself. These false teachers are not using miracles to resist the truth for the sake of defeating God’s word, but for a purpose that is of direct benefit to them. Could it be that the benefit is based on them going the “way of Balaam”. Whatever the benefit, they don’t mind using false miracles to change the truth for their own purposes. Scripture says that the false prophet will use miracles to deceive the inhabitants of the earth.
Revelation13:14
14. And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
Even worse, scripture also states that the coming of the antichrist will be with lying wonders, but it will only affect those that do not love the truth.
2 Thessalonians 2:7-10
7. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9. Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10. And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Christ spoke of these false prophets and teachers as those who would even argue with him upon his return and proudly proclaim that they did many miracles in His name.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
With these thoughts in mind, we can now conclude this brief but necessary diversion from our study which sets the stage for our understanding of what will follow. The Spirit said that these false teachers “lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts.” The question must be asked how this is accomplished. The answer is in two parts.
First, the word “divers” informs us that these women are distracted by many desires. These are not necessarily sexual in nature; in fact, it could mean anything that replaces the desire of the child of God to know the Word and will of the Father. However what is evident is that it is based on what is seen with the eyes, not what is known with the mind. Seeing with the eyes supports the idea of seeing with the “belly” or emotions. When you put how you feel about something above what His word says about something, you will be deceived.
Second, whenever a person’s desires become the motivation for their actions, they need not necessarily be deceived. Indeed, scripture says they choose to believe the lie. Again, it is declared that this will be the condition of many in the church at the end of the age.
2 Peter 2:1-2
1. But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
To that end, the women who initiated this movement of women into the pulpit, have “divers lusts” directed toward leadership in the church. This lust was acclaimed in 1966 when it was stated by The National Organization for Women's 1966 Statement of Purpose:
“We organize to initiate or support action, nationally, or in any part of this nation, by individuals or organizations, to break through the silken curtain of prejudice and discrimination against women in government, industry, the professions, the churches ………”
This statement of purpose opened the door for any Christian woman that was involved to become one of the “silly women” which the Spirit attempts to warn. Whether ignorantly or knowingly, any woman who becomes part of this movement is suspect of being identified as one of the “silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lust,” that will be led by their eyes and not their heart. Again, I apologize if these words offend some, but as the Spirit has said, we live in “perilous” times.
We are now ready to begin our main study found in the epistle of Jude.
Jude 11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
The book of Jude was written to warn the Church about false teachers in the last days. In verse 11 he identifies the three trends these false teachers will follow as pastors in the Church. Time does not permit a detailed investigation of all three so a brief statement about the first two will have to suffice.
The Way of Cain
The “way of Cain” is the way of the arrogant and self-righteous. Cain’s murder of Abel was because God rejected all his hard work. Cain decided to give God the works of his hand as an offering for sin. Even though he had been taught what sacrifice God would accept, he decided to offer God what in his (Cain) opinion was better than what God asked for. This work of Cain took an entire agonizing growing season to complete, so when God rejected it, Cain felt betrayed and he was furious with God.
“How could God turn down all that work I did just to please him”.
So are all religious people. They are doing something for God. How dare anyone say what I am doing for God is unacceptable to Him. Wuest quoted the Scofield Bible on speaking of Cain this way,
“Scofield Bible speaks of Cain as the “type of a religious, natural man who believes in a God and in ‘religion,’ but after his own will, and who rejects redemption by blood. Compelled as a teacher of religion to explain the atonement, the apostate teacher explains it away.”
Abel followed the teachings of his father Adam, and offered up a substitute, acknowledging the gracious gift of God. But Cain, the first legalist, rejected grace for what he thought should be acceptable to God. And the principle here is this: Apostates do not view grace or its adherents favorably.
So it is today; those who have gone the way of Cain have substituted humanism and ecumenical teaching for the Gospel of Christ and reject the gracious gift of God secured by the death of our Savior Jesus Christ. Again, Peter speaks of those who “have gone in the way of Cain”, for because of them “the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.” Today a homosexual can claim that God does not condemn his lifestyle. He proclaims this because many pastors today have gone the way of Cain. They have destroyed the preaching of a Gospel that condemns sin, even as it proclaims freedom from the penalty of sin through Jesus Christ our Lord. As grave as this is, the next type of pastor is worse.
Some Bible teachers believe that Jude introduces his false teachers from worst to least, but actually, Jude introduces the evil of false pastors from the most obvious to the least obvious; from the easiest to understand to the hardest to understand; from the least evil to the most diabolical and insidious evil. So from the obvious “way of Cain”, we next consider the more diabolical “error of Balaam for reward.”
The Error of Balaam
Balaam was a prophet of God deceived by his own greed. Three times he is mentioned in the New Testament in the verses below. From these verses, we find that the doctrine of Balaam, the error of Balaam and the way of Balaam are all excellent descriptions of a Prophet of God gone astray.
Revelation 2:14
14. But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
2 Peter 2:15
15. Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness.
Jude 11
Woe unto them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core .
However, of the three times Balaam is mentioned in the New Testament, it is “the error of Balaam”, that deals with the problem of the love of money, or covetousness, which Paul defines as “idolatry” in Colossians 3: 5 “Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:”. Paul also warns us in 1Timothy. 6:10 that
“… the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”
Dr. Glenn Carnagey in writing about the error of Balaam wrote:
Greed first appears in the willingness of Balaam to see if God had “changed his mind” about going with the emissaries of Balak to Moab. Balaam knew perfectly well that God, as Moses put it, was not a man that He should change His mind (Numbers 23:19). Balaam’s greed continues to build as he acquiesces to the repeated attempts by Balak to have him curse Israel from differing geographical positions. Each time Balaam gives the genuine message from the Lord to the Moabite king, but the fact that he is willing to try again suggests a certain willingness to accept the favors of Balak.
Chafer Theological Seminary: Chafer Theological Seminary Journal Volume 4. Chafer Theological Seminary, 1998; 2002, S. 4:23
Herein lays the deceit of the second false teacher of Jude. First, even after knowing what God’s Word demands him to do, he deceives himself and finds a way to justify the lust for money as acceptable to God 2 Timothy 3:13
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
Today, we call these ministers and those who follow their teachings the
“Name it and Claim it” crowd.
Second, Peter speaks of them in 2 Peter 2:3 as those who buy and sell members as merchandise,
“And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not”.
However, the saddest commentary of all about the deceitfulness of these false pastor/teachers in the church is from the words of our Lord in Revelation 3:14-22. According to the following verses, the Laodiceans were the only church of whom Christ could find nothing good to commend them for.
Revelation 3:14-18
14. And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;15. I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
17. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18. I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
So completely does the lust for money deceive the believer, that they brag about it as though it is something they are receiving from God. Yet Christ, advises them to buy (lust) for gold (money) from heaven, already tried in the fire. Thus, this is the “error of Balaam” and he would hold up his ill gotten financial gain and material accumulations as proof that he is blessed by God.
‘Look at what God has given me’
echoes throughout Christianity today as some hymnal of praise acceptable to God, and
‘God bless me with _______’
is the main prayer on the lips of all those who follow the “error of Balaam.”
Finally we come to the most insidious false
teaching of the latter days.
It is the only one of which Jude states its followers “perished.” We now look at the second part of the prophetical teaching about “Women Pastors”, for they have mistakenly followed “the gainsaying of Core.”
The Gainsaying of Core
Jude 11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core
Both Cain and Balaam presented us with Old Testament characters that the Spirit used to prophecy two types of false teachers that would exist at the end of the church age. We now come to the final character, the third false teacher, whose types is found in Core or Korah. Korah was the ancestor of the Kohathite Izhar, who was a brother of Amram, an ancestor (not the father) of Aaron and Moses (see at Ex. 6:18). He was a man of influence and power, who rallied to himself no less than two hundred and fifty princes of the congregation, men of renown, in order to oppose and defy the God-given authority of Moses and Aaron. His complete story is found in Numbers 16:1 – 17:13. However the key scriptures to his “gain saying” and the results thereof are Numbers 16:1-11 and 16-36.
Numbers 16:1
1. Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
2. And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown:
3. And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
4. And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:
5. And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.
6. This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
7. And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
8. And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
9. Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?
10. And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?
11. For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
The “gainsaying” itself is found in verse 3 and Moses immediately exposes the “gainsaying” for what it is attempting to do in verses 9 & 10. Based on these scriptures it’s easy to see what the rebellion was attempting to do. Korah, utilizing Ex.19:6a “And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation,” reasoned that layman and Levite alike were holy, that all the congregation of Israel was sanctified, set apart by Yahweh for service. Therefore, Moses and Aaron should not hold positions of leadership from which others were excluded without good reason. This argument is inline with what is being used by feminists when they claim that according to Galatians 3:28 there is no difference between men and women, between male and female, because both are holy and set apart in the Lord.
In contrast to Korah, Moses and Aaron began from another starting point.
FIRST
In verse 9, Moses states what the rebels were not acknowledging. God had set them apart from the rest of Israel and had brought them “near unto Himself” in order that they might serve before the Lord and minister unto the people.
Today, the majority of Christian women do not, or cannot appreciate the change that occurred in the New Testament, as it concerns their relationship to men. In the Old Testament, a man could have more than one wife, and could replace any wife with a letter of divorcement. Not so in the Church. Today, a man is commanded to have one wife, to see her as his own body and be willing to give all he has for her even as Christ gave His life for the Church, and finally to give honor to her as the “weaker” vessel.
It is interesting to note that the word for “giving” honor, avpone,mw (aponemo), instructs the man to study his wife all the days of his life in order to know what she needs emotionally so that she will desire to give him all that he needs from her. This was unheard of in the times of Christ, that a man was commanded by God to study ONE woman and to live with only her all his days.
SECOND
In verse 10, Moses concludes with the words “and seek ye the priesthood also”? This phrase is predicate of Exodus 28—29 and Lev 21:16-24, in which Jehovah had limited the “senior clergy” (“priesthood”) with a threefold restriction. It was to be comprised of
(1) men
(2) from Aaron’s family
(3) without physical defect.
Thus by virtue of gender/family/physical wholeness, and being completely unrelated to their ability to perform the service of the tabernacle, all others within God’s people were excluded. These words seems to be contradictory to the inclusive statement that “all Israel was to be a kingdom of priests,” the words of I Tim 2:11-15, seems to fly in the face of the inclusive statement that “there is neither male nor female” in Christ Jesus, from Galatians 3:28. In the case of Korah, God decided who was right and who was wrong. Korah and all his family were swallowed up in the earth, and the 250 princes were burnt to ashes from fire that came out from the Most Holy place where the rebels sought to serve. Seeing that Jude is also prophesying, his words also becomes a judgment from God against those who in latter days would attempt to do what Korah did.
Although down through the centuries this prophecy about Korah has been applied to anyone who was rebellious against the truth of God, today, only one group of people qualifies without debate to “perish in the gainsaying of Core (Korah)”, the women of the church. As was Korah, all members of the body of Christ are priests. But as with Korah, not all members can be a pastor before the Lord. There were qualifications given to Moses as to who could serve in the temple as a direct representative between God and man. Korah ignored what God had said, for he lusted for the attention of the position.
So it is today, ignoring the biblical qualifications, women have lusted for the same thing that Korah did, and have used the exact same reasoning that he did (Galatians 3:28). Needless to say, just as with Korah, who had the support of the people even after God judged and punished him, women today have been carefully guided by their “storked” winged protectors and are receiving greater and greater support for their drive to become pastors of the Body of Christ. And just as the people rejected God’s judgment and were ready to stone Moses in protest, Jude says that when Christ returns he will have “to convince (with vigor and thoroughness) all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him” (Jude 15). It seems unbelievable that after the tribulation, Christ will have to convince those of the false Church that all they had done was evil. Christ spoke of having to do this form of convincing when He spoke of His return in the Gospel of Matthew:
Mathew 7:22-23
22. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23. And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Again, no offense is intended by these words, just the stating of Biblical truth. Still, It must be considered a true blessing to humanity, that God did not allow the “wickedness” of the freewill of women to be released in any other land or at any other time than the “latter days” in the “land of Shinar”.
We concluded Part One of our study by stating that God has established an order between the relationship of men and women. Biblically, this order placed man as the head of woman and gave man the positions as well as the responsibility of leadership. The leadership responsibility was not just a familial one, but extended to the responsibility of leadership in the Church. The Egalitarian or feminist movement has challenged this order on every level of our society. But when that challenged was directed at the Biblical hierarchy that God established within His Church, it was initially believed that 2000 years of Church history as well as biblical interpretation, would prevent the challenge from becoming successful. However, the challenge was successful in narrowing the focus of the attack.
Two seemingly contradictory passages in the New Testament, Galatians 3:28 and 1Timothy 2:11-15, became the focal point of the feminist movement’s challenge against the Biblical leadership of the Church.
Now, Part Two of our study has shown that Jude prophesied of how this argument would be used in the latter days by those (Women) who lust as Korah lusted for the position of leadership denied them by God.
Part Three of our study will address this challenge without violating the Biblical hermeneutics that have been trodden underfoot by male and female supporters of the egalitarian/feminist challenge/attack against the Word of truth.