This is a sensitive subject because most man made religions and doctrines do not give women their proper respect. For centuries, women were not to speak in public, let alone in the temple.I come to set the record straight. We will explore the Women Apostles in the Bible.

Remeber in Lesson 2, we talked about the dominion that God gave to us all from the very beginning. Adam and Eve were the first two apostles to ever embrace the face of the earth. One of the characteristics of an apostle is to be sent by God to fulfill his purpose.

In Genesis 1:27&28(paraphrased) God created man in his image and likeness and blessed them both. He spoke to them and told them to be fruitful and multiply and subdue the earth. And have dominion over everything. God didn't speak to Adam and then Eve. He spoke to them both at the same time. He showed no favortism nor sexism when it came down to appointing an assignment. At this point God was indeed an Equal Opportunity Employer. There was no need for Affirmative Action because God saw Adam and Eve as one because they were husband and wife.

Eve was our first female apostle because she was sent to subdue the earth. To subdue means to take care of by planting, working, preserving, nurishing land or places where vegetation can be produced. We discovered in the previous lessons that apostles are planters. They plant churches. Eve planted the first church. She is the Mother of Mankind. Knowing this, Eve can not be exluded from the ranks of the Women Apostles Hall of Fame.

You know, I always knew that women could preach in the church. I have grown up with some of the greatest women of God. I enjoy Prophetess Juanita Bynum, First Lady Long, First Lady Jakes, Paula White, Judy Jacobs, and a host of TBN finest. Before I knew my calling to the Office of the Apostle, God was already planting in me with the gift of planting ministries. I always wanted to do something great for God that required traveling to convert nations. I was called to the Office of the Prophet as a prophet to all nations as stated in Jeremiah chapter 1.

Remember that Apostles are the sent ones and had to have seen the Lord in one way shape or form. I saw Jesus in a few night and day visions. Both of my experiences were special.

The first one, I was walking hand in hand with Jesus on an ocean. When I saw that one, I knew that was the calling of an Apostle because who else walked on the water with Jesus? Peter walked with Jesus and Jesus said Upon this rock, I shall build my temple and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. There was a ship raging towards usand I said to Jesus," look at this ship coming towards us." But I wasn't afraid because I knew the Lord would protect me. Just as the ship was about to touch us, the Lord raised his hand towards the ship and it overturned killing everyone on board. This was a day vision. My eyes were fully opened. It appeared to me as a movie on a projector. I thought I was bugging at first until I brought this vision to an apostle.

The second vision was a night vision. I was in overseas in a land that I would want to call Israel or Jeruselem, a place like that. Jesus came out of the sky on a cloud. But before he came, there was fire consuming the land and its people. The fire moved like a spirit. Then Jesus came. When he got off the cloud, he began to teach the beatitudes and people were throwing tallits ( Prayer Shaws) to cover him. They did not want to hear what Jesus had to say. I was fighting them by removing the tallits off of Jesus.

I took both of these visions to an apostle whom I hold in high regards. He didn't want to tell me at first but a few months later, my calling was revealed. These visions were prayed over and discussed in depth amongst two apostles before it was revealed to me. It wasn't until I went to a service and an open prophecy was given that I had a clue that my calling is an apostle. I brought that to the apostles as well. It was then did they affirm me to the office. From that point on, I have actively worked in my calling as an Apostle.

This is a lesson that my brother Apostle, T. Greene of New York wrote:

According to your Bible and mine, in 1st Corinthians 12:26-31, it says Apostles are gifts to the church, just like Prophets, tongues, healings, and so on. We all know that GOD is NO RESPECTER OF PERSON. Would GOD limit HIS gifts? Then HE would be a liar, for GOD said that He would withhold no good thing from those that are faithful and obey. You, by limiting such a position, gift, and honor, make yourself a modern day Pharisee and worse..... a thief for you steal away the Word of the call to a daughter of the King. Thats tresason!!

Paul said to the Galations that there is neither Jew nor Greek, bond nor free, MALE nor FEMALE. If we in the body of Christ have to come to you and correct you about such a male/female problem, then I have to ask the same question Paul did:

"OH FOOLISH GALATION, WHO HAS BEWITCHED YOU?"

It is a very interesting topic that the LORD has had me to attack, concerning the "silence" of HIS women in the church. Please understand that 1) I'm not speaking as a theologian concerning the topic, but as a prophet and a son of the KING who has studied to show himself approved, and 2) I will not "explain away" the biblical verse, for you can't explain away the written and living Word of GOD. I will, however, explain the bible verse, as I have done research concerning this important subject.

Now the writer of this particular verse in the epistle is the Apostle Saul or Paul, a learned man concerning the scriptures and the laws of the land; a pharisee amongst pharisees. THE BEST OF THE BEST THAT GOD HAD TO OFFER AT THE TIME! So if Paul the Apostle/Teacher says this then we can safely assume that it is the word of GOD. And it is! Yet we come upon a dilemma. How is it that women are to "just stay silent in church" when the scriptures state otherwise? These are key examples, for as some has aptly stated, "There never was a time from Sarah to Mary when women was not held in honor":

Prophetess Miriam: In Micah 6:4 she is mentioned as one of the three to deliver Israel out of Egypt. Noted historian Dr. George Rawlinson comments on her office and her words in the song sung after the deliverance directly after the Red Sea account, saying "In Miriam we have the first of that long series of religious women presented to us in Holy Scripture who are not merely pious and GOD-fearing, but exercise a quasi-ministerial office."

Prophetess Deborah: The wife of Lapidoth; the mother in Israel; the judge and prophetess that followed after the order of Moses and Joshua. She was a woman who accomplished much. She was the military leader of Israel, not hinder by her sex, but respected by all including Barak the general, because she spoke for and was appointed by GOD. For 40 years she stood in the office of leadership over Israel, the equivalent to a modern-day Bishop. (Kinda hard to swallow, but its truth no matter how you want to take it)

Queen Esther: This woman was the vessel that stood in the gap for the nation of Israel against their enemies at the time. She was a leader in the land, and she even installed the feast of Purim, one of the seven feast that are a sign of the CHRIST.

Time will not permit me to go further and mention women like Prophetess Huldah, Hanna, Sarah, and others!

The Apostle Paul would have DEFINITELY known about these women! In fact he would have known about the New Testament women as well:

The Samaritian Woman: John 4:1-42 speaks of a woman that JESUS met by a well who was a prostitute. When JESUS was done with her she was an Evangelist, running into town telling me to come meet the Messiah John 4:29.

Prophetess Anna: Luke 2:36-38 speaks of this prophetess seeing the CHRIST as a baby and "spoke of HIM to ALL them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem", meaning she to preach, taught, and prophesied openly to both men and women.

And there are still others in the four gospel accounts and the book of Acts that can be mentioned.....

Apostle Paul himself dealt with women that were able to teach and lead the people, mostly mentioned in Romans chapter 16, women he called his co-laborers in the ministry.

So when we come to this verse of "silence", we are faced with a dilemma. If reading from the KJV, it would indicate that she should keep her mouth shut! That goes against all scripture for the Book of Revelation says they over came by the blood of the Lamb and THE WORD OF THEIR TESTIMONY. If you silence their testimony, then you actually are keeping them bound, and that is witchcraft. Many people feel that the KJV is the best of all the versions, but that is a foolish idea. The best of all is the ORIGINAL HREBREW and GREEK. When you read the KJV, you must take into account two factors: 1) the cultural bias for women back then, and 2) the form of english spoken. We don't say thee thou and thus anymore! If you do when you pray brother, then hey, thats on you, but I would wonder why considering the fact that you didn't write in such a manner to me! Does GOD only understand such a language? If that were the case, then He would require us all to learn the Bible in Greek Hebrew and Aramaic. But fortunately HE said "every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess"!

But thats another issue in itself............

The proper translation for the word "silence" in that verse is "quiet" or "quietness". The word means tranquility, the absence of disturbance. One scholar says, "Clearly, the term does not prohibit all speech, but does call for calm, non-disruptive conduct." It is a conditional term, and not a term that indicates silence for all time. Paul used this same exact word when he spoke about order when the gift of tongues was being used in the church, according to 1st Corinthians 14.

The women at the time were talking a lot, causing a commotion in the church. We both know that sometimes females talk a lot. That goes for males as well! Well in the church back then, it was no different. "There is a time and season for everything", according to the preacher of Ecclesiastes. That time Paul had to address a time for some silence.

Now as far as usurping authority, the verse suggests that women should not attempt to overthrow the authority of men. They have their own sphere of influence and they are to not cross over and try to control the sphere of a man's influence. It does not mean that women cant teach or preach at all! If that were the case then Paul would be contradicting himself because he said in 1^st Corinthians 14:31 that "ye all may prophesy, one by one", and the statement he made about being equal in CHRIST JESUS found in Colossians 3:11. Prophecy is for what purpose? Well according to his words in 1^st Corinthians 14:3 edification exhortation and comfort. That means that a woman can edify or TEACH the body of CHRIST, according to the Apostle. We know that a woman can do such because there were female prophets, or prophetesses, at the time, and they can be found throughout the New Testament.

So when we look at the true translation of the scriptures we see that the preaching and teaching of the gospel is not a ministry strictly for males. We are ALL to do such. That's why we have a testimony, and that's why we get filled with the power of the Holy Spirit, to do this mighty work that the LORD left us to complete. JESUS once said that the harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few. Pray that the Lord of the harvest send laborers. HE likened the ministry to planting and gathering wheat. Well, last I checked in my Bible, Ruth was out there gleaning right next to the men, and Boaz (a type of CHRIST) told the men to not harm her and charged that she be left some wheat to glean also.

So why have we tried to take the wheat from the Ruth's of our time? Let her glean, for JESUS the Kinsmen-Redeemer has commanded us to do so!