Class 4, How God Communicated G1

I think it's very significant to note that God in early Genesis 1-3 communicates to man in ways that turn a couple of our ideas upside down. It has always amazed me that some people believe that God only communicated throught the male of our species. Genesis 1, puts the case forward that God not only created man and woman equally but spoke to them for the first time together.
"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them". 1:27. That's God created man and woman equal right from the start.

He blesses them both and tells them to mulitply and rule over the earth. Now, how has that worked out for us? Well, we've mulitplied all right but the earth? We are not tending it as God commanded us, species go extinct, rainforests get chopped down, the water polluted. There is ceetaintly room for improvement on this count and I think we've been seeing that in last century. I remember a time when I'd go on a care drive and everyone would throw our garbage out the window onto the highway with no thought, no care: elephants we're being killed for their tusks and gorillas to make ashtrays from their hands. We've come a long way baby.

To all the vegitarioans out there just site Geneis 1, where God tells Adam and Eve what to eat, " I give every green plant for food". 1-30. God says nothing about eating meat.

So in Genesis 1, one could argue that woman should be allowed to be priests and the vegetarians have it right.