Women in Afghanistan are worried, and for good reason. The price of peace in their country may be losing their rights to go to school, hold public office, go outside without wearing a head-to-toe burka, or for that matter, even go outside!
Women's rights, like the rights of all human beings, come from God, by creation in his image. Dominion and authority are part of the image of God. And so when God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion ..." (Genesis 1:27), he included all women. When he said, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion ..." (Genesis 1:28), God was talking to both Adam and Eve. That isn't apparent in our English translations, but the verbs in Genesis 1:28 are plural. It's as if God said, "Both of you, be fruitful and ... have dominion ..."
Eve's authority to rule over the animals and the earth comes from God, not from man. Yes, Eve is a helper (Genesis 2:18), but she is a helper with authority! Women have a God-given right to participate in the filling and subduing and ruling of the world God made.
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