[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by Paul Vusik

I will ask you this, if it wasn’t so, why Jesus who was God, didn’t choose any women to be His disciples? He is the greatest person that ever walk this planet, and He had every opportunity to set things straight if they were out of order, why He didn’t? Maybe He knows something you and I don’t and won’t? That’s why I stand firm on this issue.

My brother Paul, you may want to be careful about just where you are standing firm. The Lord Jesus did not come "set things straight" as far are the social/economical/political atmosphere and norms of his day. I will ask you this: why did Jesus heal the centurion's slave without demanding that he set the slave free? Why did the apostle Paul send Onesimus back to Philemon without demanding that he release him from being his indentured slave (bondservant)?

My brother I'm afraid that the "order" you speak of is not a "God ordained order", but rather an order that has been established and maintained by man. The Lord Jesus did not seem interested in overturning the culture, customs and norms of his day as much as turning over the tables, man-made ordinances and sensibilities of the religious leaders of the day.

As to your rhetorical question: "Why Jesus who was God, didn’t choose any women to be His disciples" I think my explanation above covers that. Another question for you (albeit rhetorical as well): Why did Jesus chose women to be the first witnesses of the empty tomb? The "order of the day" in 1st Century Israel was that women were not qualified to be witnesses. They were deemed not as trustworthy as men. So what gives? Why didn't God just stick with "the ordained order" and have men to be the first witnesses to the empty tomb?
Just sayin...
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