The Capstone of God’s Creation

By:  Dale Weckbacher   

Luke 1:26-28

26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary. 28 And having come in, the angel said to her,"Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!"  

NKJV

Most of us will never experience an angelic visitation in our lives.  I would like to have seen the look on Mary’s face when the angel told her she was highly favored.  This scripture is just one example of the important role women play in God’s plan for this world.  For Mary this role was perhaps the most important role of any women for she would have the privilege of giving birth to the Son of God and savior of the world. 

However, if an alien were to land on our planet and only saw how the media portrays the treatment of women by Christians, they would conclude that Christians have no regard for the basic health needs of woman.  This would especially be true if they were only to read the opinions of the liberal media on the Supreme Court decision in the Hobby Lobby case.  (1)

The court case revolved around Obamacare and the mandate that companies provide health insurance for their employees that included contraceptives that terminate a conceived fetus.  The owners of Hobby Lobby are Christians believing that life begins at conception.  Therefore, the termination of a conceived fetus is murder and violates God’s command not to kill or murder.  Their charge was that since the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects the right of individuals to practice their religion, a government mandate to provide drugs that murder a conceived fetus they believe is alive prohibits them from practicing their religion.  The good news for Hobby Lobby was that five justices in the Supreme Court agreed with their complaint and they are not required to provide these drugs.  (2) (3)

The court ruling was narrow (2) in that only closely held family corporations are exempted but if our aliens were only paying attention to what the mainstream media reported about the ruling they would be led to believe that all women in the country were being denied basic health care.  (1)  They would also believe that pregnancy was an illness and not the birth of a new life.  (4)  However, if our aliens were to do their research into Christianity, they would discover that the information they were receiving from the media was false.  Here are some examples:

1)      Eve – After completing His creation God said that His creation was good (Genesis 1:31).  However, God then says in Genesis 2:18 that it was not good for man to be alone.  This appears to be a contradiction but there is no contradiction when we look at Genesis 1 and 2 in context.  Genesis 1 is an overview of creation, which God proclaimed as good, but in Genesis 2, the second account of creation we see a more detailed look at creation.  (5)  God created woman because he determined that it was not good for man to be alone.  In essence, the creation of woman placed the capstone on God’s creation demonstrating the importance of women in God’s plan.

2)      Esther – Esther was able to use her influence as queen to save the Jewish people from extinction.  If Esther had failed in her role not only would the Jewish race have gone extinct, Messiah would also not have been born.  Esther played a vital role in preserving both Judaism and Christianity. 

3)      Mary Magdalene and the other Mary – These two women were the first to be told the Jesus has risen from the dead and given the privilege of announcing it to the disciples  (Matthew 28:1-8). 

Contrary to popular belief, women play vital roles in both Judaism and Christianity and are the capstone of God’s creation.  Christians like those that own Hobby Lobby are not interested in hurting women or depriving them of needed health care.  Their interest, and the reason they spent money on legal fees to fight the contraceptive mandate of Obamacare was solely due to their interest in not having the women in their employ commit murder at their expense. 

The mainstream media’s claims that Christians like those owning Hobby Lobby are conducting a war on women are in the interest of furthering a political agenda.  Their agenda is to create a dependent class of women that will vote in perpetuity in support of free contraceptives.  Fortunately, the Supreme Court did their due diligence and ruled in favor of protecting the first amendment right of the owners of Hobby Lobby. 

Jesus said it well in John 8:32 where he said, “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”  (NKJV).  The purpose of this blog is to declare the truth, especially the truth of the Bible.  Each post begins with a scripture in order to place our primary focus on the Word of God.  This elevates our perspective and reminds us that no matter how bad things appear, God is in control. 

May God bless everyone. 

1. Davis, Sean. 6 Stupid Arguments About Hobby Lobby From Dumb Liberals. thefederalist.com. [Online] The Federalist, June 30, 2014. [Cited: July 11, 2014.] http://thefederalist.com/2014/06/30/6-stupid-arguments-about-hobby-lobby-from-dumb-liberals/.

2. Patterson, Tom. Patterson: Hobby Lobby decision a narrow win for liberty. www.eastvalleytribune.com. [Online] East Valley Tribune, July 11, 2014. [Cited: July 11, 2014.] http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/columns/east_valley_voices/article_b1c88b88-0892-11e4-b2c7-0019bb2963f4.html.

3. U.S. Supreme Court. BURWELL, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN. www.supremecourt.com. [Online] October 30, 2014. [Cited: July 11, 2014.] http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/13-354_olp1.pdf.

4. Blanchard, Vanessa. Pregnancy is Not an Illness. guardianlv.com. [Online] Liberty Voice, September 21, 2013. [Cited: July 12, 2014.] http://guardianlv.com/2013/09/pregnancy-is-not-an-illness/.

5. Olson, Dennis. Commentary on Genesis 2:18-24. www.workingpreacher.org. [Online] The Luther Seminary. [Cited: July 11, 2014.] https://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?commentary_id=400.