day no. 16,486: patriarchy is not a necessary evil; it is a necessary good

“God made Adam Eve’s head before the Fall (1 Tim. 2:11-13). Thus, God provided human leadership even in a perfect world with perfect people. A necessary implication of such perfect governance is that human governance is not a necessary evil; it is a necessary good.” — Ryan M. McGraw and Ryan Speck, Is Church Membership Biblical

Patriarchy is not a necessary evil; it is a necessary good. 

1 Timothy 2:11-13

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

God did not mistakenly make the world. Its order was not happenstance or slapdashed. He is a God of order, not chaos (1 Cor. 14:33). He did not inject insanity into the mix. The created order was good reflecting the goodness of its Maker and considered in its entirety is very good (Gen. 1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25, 31)

1 Corinthians 11:3

The head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

Hierarchy is inescapable. God's order of creation was not accidental. It was not eenie-meenie-miney man. It was man first from the dirt and woman next from his rib.

1 Corinthians 11:8-10

For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

Man was not made for the woman;

woman was made for the man.

Man was not made from the woman;

woman was made from the man.

Man was made under the authority of God; woman was made under the authority of her husband who was under the authority of God.

The story of sin is the story of insubordination. Angels leaving their assigned stations led to rebellion, sin, demons, hell, and Satan. Later, those same angels abandoning other orders of creation led to the Nephilim, Noah, the flood, and the the destruction of every breathing thing on earth save eight souls and those with them on their boat.

Order is a necessary good and God has declared which came first: the chicken, then the egg.