Rolling Back The Curse

At the fall of Adam, God cursed this world. Part of that curse was directed at the family. The wife would try to usurp her husbands authority as head of the home, while the husband would rule his wife with heavy handed tyranny. That was the message we looked at in Genesis 3:16. Since leaving the Garden of Eden, people have had a longing to return - to go back to that time of perfect peace and tranquility, to go back to when life was as it should be within the home - to go back before the fall. But how do we get there? Ah, that is the question.

The answer given by Scripture is found in Ephesians 5. To the wife, Paul wrote in Ephesians 5;22, "Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord." She is no longer to subvert her husband's authority, but to submit to it. She will respond willingly to her husband. If she does, that part of the curse will be rolled back.

To the husband, Paul wrote this in Ephesians 5;25, "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her." If the husband is obedient, no longer will he rule like a despot in his home. He will again provide loving sacrificial servant leadership. And that part of the curse will be roiled back.

We can't go back to live in the Garden of Eden again, but in our homes at least we can live as if we did. We can live within our marriages once again as God intended. We can live in peace and harmony within our homes, following the leadership patterns God has built into us at creation.