Genesis - "order of creation"

The "Order of Creation" idea, also known by other names, is the man-made idea that because the woman was made, after, for, and from the man, the woman is therefore under some sort of extra "authority" that men possess over women. This is a false idea; it is unBiblical.

The woman was made after the man. This fact says nothing about any extra authority in the man. An argument could be made that this fact means woman is superior to man since she was made last. I make no such argument. However, being made after certainly does not mean man is superior to woman nor that the man has any sort of extra authority.

Woman was made from the man. Genesis 2:22-23 says "Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, 'This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called "woman" for she was taken out of man.'" This statement Adam speaks says nothing about him ruling over the woman, but rather that she is a human being just like himself; equal to himself - "bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh."

The woman was made for the man. Genesis 2:18 says: "The Lord God said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable to him.'" The original word for "helper" is used often in the Old Testament, most often in reference to God being a "helper" to His people. It has no connotation of rank.

The facts that the woman was made after, for, and from the man does not suggest or say that the man is superior the woman, or has any sort of extra authority over the woman.

Rather that the woman is a human being, the same as a man.

We need to be aware of this Order-of-Creation, false, unBiblical idea, which goes by other names, and when we encounter it, recognize it, and refute it.