day no. 15,739: effeminacy at the forefront

From Mans effeminate slackness it begins,
Said th' Angel, who should better hold his place
By wisdome, and superiour gifts receav'd.
-- John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book XI (635)

Effeminacy led to the Fall. What else could it do? If sin is allowed to lead, it cannot go anywhere else. Before the Fall, Adam fell into effeminacy. He was made to lead and Even was made to follow. He was meant to conquer and she to cultivate. So, when he followed his wife's lead, he naturally fell... and everyone else along with him.

Eve sinned first, but the world had not fallen. She did possess the sway to pull the world down with her. Adam, however, was the head, even when he acted like an ass. He forfeited his God-given privilege of initiative and leadership by using it to follow his wife's lead. This abdication led not only him, but Eve into a brave, new, but fallen world. Adam used his initiative to set aside his initiative; and that sent the world into its death spiral.

Adam could have responded to Eve's sin by leading. He could have stepped up instead of stepping aside. He could have taken responsibility for the state of his house and asked God to forgive Eve. He could have offered himself to God in her place. He could have done something. But he didn't. He committed the cardinal sin of men... doing nothing.

Effeminacy led to the defilement of many. It doesn't just ruin the one who commits it, but everyone else around them. Adam followed Eve and they both went down. It was in Eve's best interest for Adam to refuse to follow her.

Proverbs 31:3
Give not thy strength unto women,
nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
And their kingdoms along with them.

While the first kingdom fell because of effeminacy, it was not the last. Kings and kingdoms continue to come undone when men call it quits. Masculinity cannot be castrated without its consent, and far too often, we suffer under the tyranny of masculine abdication.

"And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of." -- Jordan Peterson

1 Corinthians 6:9
Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

The kingdom will not be given back to those who walk unrepentant in the sin that led to it being taken from them in the first place.

Men must lead. It is inescapable. A question of HOW, not IF. So will men lead with masculinity or with effeminacy? Will they take the initiative to step up and save or abdicate the responsibility and sink along with those for whom they are responsible?