I have failed in my daily blogging. Like I said a long time ago in my blog. I want something good to say but I don't want to blog just to blog.
So I read a passage from Staci Eldridge's book "Captivating" and I wonder how people can be so blind to the enemy's schemes. Then I stop wondering. The answer is simple. It is called Godlessness. Choose the dark side and go blind spirit, mind, soul. Sounds simple doesn't it? Look what happened during Christmas; all the riots and violence over things that turn to dust. Things that turn to dust that people think will boost their egos, their standing in school, boost their cool factor. All the while they are acting like criminals to get "it". No one know what Christmas is really about because there are those out there whose goal it is for us to forget and if we speak out, they slam us with their own vicious hearts.
It all started with Eve. The devil's attack on Eve. He hates us. He hates life, he hates love. Now that's a doozy of a thought. The hatred of Love. Let's see what Staci says. Afterward, think of what Islam teaches.
A Special Hatred
The assault on femininity-its long history, its utter
viciousness-cannot be understood apart from the spiritual forces of evil
we are warned against in the Scriptures. This is not to say that men
(and women, for they, too, assault women) have no accountability in
their treatment of women. Not at all. It is simply to say that no
explanation for the assault upon Eve and her daughters is sufficient
unless it opens our eyes to the Prince of Darkness and his special
hatred of femininity.
Turn your attention again to the events that took place in the Garden of Eden. Notice-who does the Evil One go after? Who does Satan single out for his move against the human race? He could have chosen Adam . . . but he didn't. Satan went after Eve. He set his sights on her. Have you ever wondered why? It might have been that he, like any predator, chose what he believed to be the weaker of the two. There is some truth to that. He is utterly ruthless. But we believe there is more. Why does Satan make Eve the focus of his assault on humanity?
Because she is captivating, uniquely glorious, and he cannot be. She is the incarnation of the Beauty of God. More than anything else in all creation, she embodies the glory of God. She allures the world to God. He hates it with a jealousy we can only imagine.
And there is more. The Evil One also hates Eve because she gives life. Women give birth, not men. Women nourish life. And they also bring life into the world soulfully, relationally, spiritually-in everything they touch. Satan is a murderer from the beginning (John 8:44). He brings death. His is a kingdom of death. And thus Eve is his greatest human threat, for she brings life. She is a lifesaver and a lifegiver. Eve means "life" or "life-producer."
Put those two things together-that Eve incarnates the Beauty of God and she gives life to the world. His bitter heart cannot bear it. He assaults her with a special hatred. Do you begin to see it?
Turn your attention again to the events that took place in the Garden of Eden. Notice-who does the Evil One go after? Who does Satan single out for his move against the human race? He could have chosen Adam . . . but he didn't. Satan went after Eve. He set his sights on her. Have you ever wondered why? It might have been that he, like any predator, chose what he believed to be the weaker of the two. There is some truth to that. He is utterly ruthless. But we believe there is more. Why does Satan make Eve the focus of his assault on humanity?
Because she is captivating, uniquely glorious, and he cannot be. She is the incarnation of the Beauty of God. More than anything else in all creation, she embodies the glory of God. She allures the world to God. He hates it with a jealousy we can only imagine.
And there is more. The Evil One also hates Eve because she gives life. Women give birth, not men. Women nourish life. And they also bring life into the world soulfully, relationally, spiritually-in everything they touch. Satan is a murderer from the beginning (John 8:44). He brings death. His is a kingdom of death. And thus Eve is his greatest human threat, for she brings life. She is a lifesaver and a lifegiver. Eve means "life" or "life-producer."
Put those two things together-that Eve incarnates the Beauty of God and she gives life to the world. His bitter heart cannot bear it. He assaults her with a special hatred. Do you begin to see it?
(Staci Eldgridge, Captivating , 82-85)
