“What does the Old Testament say about this? What does the Law say about it? Well, first of all, it says God created man, and the man was alone; and so God reached in him, took out a rib and created woman, and He created woman to be his helper, to be his helper. We know that from Genesis.

“We also know that just in the normal arc of going through the Old Testament, some things are very obvious. There was never a female priest, never. There was never an authorized female king-queen, either in the northern kingdom or the southern kingdom. They were always men. The only time a woman ascended to that was Athaliah, the usurper. There was never a female prophet with an ongoing prophetic ministry like Elijah and Elisha. No book in the Old Testament was written by a woman, nor was any portion of an Old Testament book written by a woman.

“Now there were some women throughout the Old Testament who, on occasion, spoke for God. Miriam is called a prophetess or one who speaks for God, but hers was a kind of musical event, wasn’t it, back in Exodus chapter 15. Deborah was a judge in Judges 4. And in the absence of a man, the Lord used Deborah to bring about His will on one occasion. But when it came to going to war with the enemies, she was not about to lead the troops, and so she chose a man, Barak, to lead the troops.

“Another woman is mentioned as one who spoke for God in 2 Kings 22 by the name of Huldah. And then in the New Testament, you have Anna in the temple when Jesus was taken there to be dedicated, and she spoke a word from the Lord. But she was not a lifelong prophet. No woman ever had an ongoing prophetic role.

“But occasionally, God used women to speak for Him. In the New Testament, it was the daughters of Philip who, on one occasion, were used by the Lord to speak, not in a church service, but to speak for God. Those are all exceptions that prove the rule. You cannot find any woman as a priest, any woman as a spiritual leader, or any woman as a prophet anywhere in the Old Testament. But the rebellion was on. Women were going to get their moment in the sun, and they did, tragically.”

God created men to be the leaders and those in authority.

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
Isaiah 3:12

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