Adam's Helpmeet
Women are the gatekeepers of life, which necessarily includes death.
The feminine is the gatekeeper of life. She is the entry portal into this world and across all cultures and time it is women who traditionally sit with those who are leaving this world.
A sweet girlfriend of mine recently experienced a miscarriage. This role of the feminine is crystalized in its tragic beauty in a miscarriage, when her womb becomes a tomb.
There is something very sacred about going through a miscarriage or the loss of a babe soon after its birth. In no other experience is a woman closer to her Heavenly Mother as she is the guardian of life and death within the portal of her own body.
There is an old Celtic belief that the Mother is in the north, midwife to those who pass through the borders of the circle from life to death, from death to life. It is a tragically beautiful concept.
It harkens to Mary Magdalene as she sat watch over her love as He left this world and then was brought back into it through his resurrection, in which She played a pivotal part. His tomb became a womb through which he was rebirthed into his eternal glory.
This is a sacred and heartbreaking work.
In a Holy marriage, the woman plays a vital role in the ascension and rebirth of her husband. Before being born of the spirit, a man must suffer the death of his ego. God created a “helpmeet” for man that can labor with him as he is reborn into a new creature.
In the garden we see God creating Eve to be a helpmeet for Adam. If we look at the Hebrew word that gets translated into helpmeet, we find that it is a bit more specific to the role God intended for a wife, than helpmeet is generally accepted as.
The original word used is Ezer K’enegdo. The word Ezer is the word translated into “help”. This word is actually a combination of two roots, one meaning “to rescue and to save”, the other meaning “to be strong”. At first the meaning was “to save” or “to be strong”, but over time the two meanings merged and became “to help”, which seems to be a mixture of both meanings.
The word Ezer is found 21 times in the Old Testament: twice in Genesis for the woman, three times for nations to whom Israel appealed to for military aid, and sixteen times for God as Israel’s “helper”.
In contrast, the word K’enegdo appears only once–in reference to Eve. It means she will be Adam’s equal. I once read that it has the connotation of equal opposite, it will almost be as if she is his mirror “image” – the Yin to his Yang. She will be one half of a polarity and will be to her husband as the South Pole is to the North Pole.
Woman is to be a companion of strength, that has a saving power and is equal to the man.
It is interesting that the word ezer is most often used for God in a saving role to Israel, usually in a military context, saving them from destruction.
In another garden we find the tomb in which Jesus' body is laid. Mary, his wife, is there playing a pivotal role in his resurrection. Jesus lived the ultimate death and rebirth experience. Attaining to the resurrection and becoming perfect, even as his Father in Heaven was perfect. The Covenant of Christ uses the word complete. He became complete, even as his Father in Heaven is complete.
A woman plays a role in her husband’s death and rebirth. It has been my experience that as a man is moving upwards on the path and experiencing the death of his natural man and a rebirth, his wife will play a ministering role to him. She will empower him and enable him to rise higher.
There is an ancient Egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris. There are, of course, many versions and interpretations of this old story, but there is one account of it that I believe to be the more accurate version. In it, Osiris is killed by his evil brother Set. Isis, Osiris’ wife is distraught with grief and despair and she searches the entire land for her beloved. Once he is found, she uses her magic to breathe life back into him. They then conceive a holy child, the high god Horus.
There is an interpretation of this story in which Horus is actually the ‘higher self' or glorified soul of Osiris himself, not the literal child of Isis and Osiris.
In this version of the story it illustrates the role of the woman in various capacities, one of which is playing an active part in the “rebirth” of her husband.
She is called to attend the death of his natural man/ego and she is called to labour side by side with him as he is reborn into a new creature. Death is almost always difficult and painful. Birth is almost always painful and difficult. This is sacred and holy work for both. And it is part of the path of ascension.
The feminine is the gatekeeper of life. She is the entry portal into this world and across all cultures and time it is women who traditionally sit with those who are leaving this world.
A sweet girlfriend of mine recently experienced a miscarriage. This role of the feminine is crystalized in its tragic beauty in a miscarriage, when her womb becomes a tomb.
There is something very sacred about going through a miscarriage or the loss of a babe soon after its birth. In no other experience is a woman closer to her Heavenly Mother as she is the guardian of life and death within the portal of her own body.
There is an old Celtic belief that the Mother is in the north, midwife to those who pass through the borders of the circle from life to death, from death to life. It is a tragically beautiful concept.
It harkens to Mary Magdalene as she sat watch over her love as He left this world and then was brought back into it through his resurrection, in which She played a pivotal part. His tomb became a womb through which he was rebirthed into his eternal glory.
This is a sacred and heartbreaking work.
In a Holy marriage, the woman plays a vital role in the ascension and rebirth of her husband. Before being born of the spirit, a man must suffer the death of his ego. God created a “helpmeet” for man that can labor with him as he is reborn into a new creature.
In the garden we see God creating Eve to be a helpmeet for Adam. If we look at the Hebrew word that gets translated into helpmeet, we find that it is a bit more specific to the role God intended for a wife, than helpmeet is generally accepted as.
The original word used is Ezer K’enegdo. The word Ezer is the word translated into “help”. This word is actually a combination of two roots, one meaning “to rescue and to save”, the other meaning “to be strong”. At first the meaning was “to save” or “to be strong”, but over time the two meanings merged and became “to help”, which seems to be a mixture of both meanings.
The word Ezer is found 21 times in the Old Testament: twice in Genesis for the woman, three times for nations to whom Israel appealed to for military aid, and sixteen times for God as Israel’s “helper”.
In contrast, the word K’enegdo appears only once–in reference to Eve. It means she will be Adam’s equal. I once read that it has the connotation of equal opposite, it will almost be as if she is his mirror “image” – the Yin to his Yang. She will be one half of a polarity and will be to her husband as the South Pole is to the North Pole.
Woman is to be a companion of strength, that has a saving power and is equal to the man.
It is interesting that the word ezer is most often used for God in a saving role to Israel, usually in a military context, saving them from destruction.
In another garden we find the tomb in which Jesus' body is laid. Mary, his wife, is there playing a pivotal role in his resurrection. Jesus lived the ultimate death and rebirth experience. Attaining to the resurrection and becoming perfect, even as his Father in Heaven was perfect. The Covenant of Christ uses the word complete. He became complete, even as his Father in Heaven is complete.
A woman plays a role in her husband’s death and rebirth. It has been my experience that as a man is moving upwards on the path and experiencing the death of his natural man and a rebirth, his wife will play a ministering role to him. She will empower him and enable him to rise higher.
There is an ancient Egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris. There are, of course, many versions and interpretations of this old story, but there is one account of it that I believe to be the more accurate version. In it, Osiris is killed by his evil brother Set. Isis, Osiris’ wife is distraught with grief and despair and she searches the entire land for her beloved. Once he is found, she uses her magic to breathe life back into him. They then conceive a holy child, the high god Horus.
There is an interpretation of this story in which Horus is actually the ‘higher self' or glorified soul of Osiris himself, not the literal child of Isis and Osiris.
In this version of the story it illustrates the role of the woman in various capacities, one of which is playing an active part in the “rebirth” of her husband.
She is called to attend the death of his natural man/ego and she is called to labour side by side with him as he is reborn into a new creature. Death is almost always difficult and painful. Birth is almost always painful and difficult. This is sacred and holy work for both. And it is part of the path of ascension.
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