It’s been the greatest murder cover up of all time. He didn’t make it look like an accident, or perfectly conceal the evidence. All he did was wait silently as the circumstances closed in on her and let her fall into the trap. Eve ate the deadly fruit while Adam didn’t say a word. The results were the greatest human tragedy of all time—the invention of death itself. And although he participated in the sin himself in the cover-up for his plot he shifted the blame to the woman.

Effectively, for generation after generation, people have believed this lie and half the population remains, shamed, blamed, and oppressed because of it. However, investigation into the scriptures reveals a new light into this story. It shows a callous deception and betrayal during a war over the souls of humanity. The lies and the truth are separated as God’s plan is revealed with a covenant made with Eve’s seed. Women have been under attack in an attempt to take control of that seed to steal from her the promised inheritance from God, but there also remains a plan for women to overcome their enemies and arise as the warrior bride.

Wives are told to submit to their husbands based on Ephesians 5:22, but what is widely and intentionally ignored is the preceding verse Ephesians 5:21 submit to each other in fear of the Messiah. Therefore, submitting to each other in fear of Messiah means that the husband is supposed to submit to his wife. However, men think it’s degrading to submit to their wives. But men do not think it’s degrading to demand submission from women. This is why so many teachings purposefully omit Ephesians 5:21 which speaks of mutual submission, because the husband wants his wife’s submission, but he will not submit himself to her. If husbands loved their wives the way they love themselves, then husbands would submit to their wives, if they think their wives should submit to them. If a man really loves his wife then he would not try to rule over her.

Put your socks IN the dirty clothes hamper! Disputes like this have plagued couples, and could blow up to the point of divorce. What the wife has been told is not to nag and be careful not to step on the husband’s need for respect. However, on a job there is a standard operating procedure for how to carry out any task. If a man works at a bank, operates a forklift, or serves in the military, there is a standard operating procedure for his work, and if he violates that procedure he risks being fired, court-martialed, or sued. So if he can manage to follow those procedures why would he have difficulty following a simple procedure at home when it comes to putting his socks IN the dirty clothes hamper. Respect is definitely the issue, but it’s respect for the wife that is in question.