New Testament authors routinely took Hebrew Bible metaphors and redeemed them by re-reading and reinterpreting them through the lens of Christ.
In my church's Ezekiel Bible Study this week, we wrestled with Ezekiel
Conservative Christians love to obsess over who has the authority in a marriage between a man and a woman. They'll tell you about Ephesians 5 and Colossians 3. They'll talk about headship and wives submitting and the metaphor of Christ and the church.
There's a significant portion of the church that believes that women are not allowed to teach. Maybe they can teach kids or other women, but they can't have authority or teaching authority over
Headship ≠ Leadership
Last time I talked about how Ephesians 5:22 needs to be read in the context of the verse above it's not just wives that need to submit to their husbands
If you've been around conservative Christians long enough, you've probably encountered the idea of "Biblical manhood and womanhood" or complementarianism. It's essentially sexist patriarchy baptized with Scripture so that men retain decision-making power
