
God blessed them and said to them, ‘ Be fruitful and increase in number įill the earth and subdue it. Here we find God’s heart to bless humanity and recognize God’s far-reaching mandate.

God honored and blessed the first man and woman and gave them both five key commands. In the end, we see how Jesus repeats the Genesis 1:28 commands in Matthew 28. Along the way, we offer practical suggestions to honor Christ and benefit society. In this paper through the lens of God’s first five commands, we examine key trends of male-female partnership-some eternally beneficial, and some devastating. In the current cosmic battle, men and women can either reflect God’s strong design of righteous rule together or the enemy’s perversion that increases pride and rebellion.

God calls his creation and commission of male and female ‘very good’.

God created and commissioned both male and female to join him in his effort to proclaim his kingdom to all nations (Matt. Men and women can either reflect God’s strong design of righteous rule together or the enemy’s perversion that increases pride and rebellion.
