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Gideon And Abimelech, Queen Esther And King Ahasuerus, Pride
Humility And Submissiveness, Women To Be Submissive To Men,
Scriptural Examples Of God Choosing Men For Spiritual And
Leadership Positions, God Hasn't Changed Women In Supportive
Roles, Neither Male Nor Female Doctrine, Sin In Eden, Eve's
Punishment, The Old Testament And New Testament Connection,
Motivation Behind Paul's Words, Jezebel, Miriam, Conclusions

We see a similar example where God used a woman to fulfill
His Will in the story of a very proud and ambitious man by
the name of Abimelech. He was the son of Gideon, who is also
known in the Bible as Jerubbaal. Briefly; after Jerubbaal
defeated the Midianites, the Israelites wanted to make him
their king. Even back then, a few hundred years before the
appearance of Prophet Samuel and King Saul, the Israelites
were so backslidden in heart, (as I also point out in the
article 'The Fruits Of Disobedience'), that they were not
happy with just having the Lord as their Eternal King who
ruled from the Heavens; thus, they approached Gideon and
asked him to accept the job. How did God-fearing Gideon
reply to their request? Consider this:

"Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us,
both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou
hast delivered us from the hand of Midian. And Gideon said
unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son
rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you."
Judges 8:22-23, KJV

Gideon simply did NOT want the job. He basically told them,
'Why do you need an earthly king over you, when you already
have a Heavenly King over you?'. This conviction burned so
deeply in Gideon's heart that he also added that none of his
sons would be their king either. Well, sadly, his proud son
Abimelech, whom Gideon fathered by a concubine in Shechem,
was of another persuasion. Some time after Gideon was dead,
he put his plan into action. In his mind, he figured that he
would not be as 'dumb' as his father had been; he would take
advantage of the situation; build up a loyal following; and
then have himself declared as king. So to keep this story
short, (being as you can read it for yourself in Judges
chapters eight and nine), it wasn't quite as simple as that.
You see, Gideon had a total of seventy sons by his wives and
concubines. As was the cruel custom back then with despotic
rulers, the competition had to be killed off first. So this
evil son went to his mother's house in Shechem, did a bit of
public relations work, and then went to his father's house
in Ophrah, and together with his mother's brethren, had the
seventy sons of Gideon killed, save for Jotham. Thus he
became king over Shechem.

But the Lord saw it all. After ruling in Shechem for three
years, the people turned against Abimelech. While he was
eventually able to defeat them, it was another story when
it came to the people of Thebez. As Abimelech's army drew
near to the city, all of the people rushed to the top of a
great tower, hoping that they would be safe. Abimelech's
plan was to burn it down, just as he had down with the
tower in Shechem; but God had other plans. As with Sisera,
He was about to humble and destroy Abimelech through the
hand of a single woman, as we see here:

"And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it,
and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with
fire. And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon
Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull. Then he called
hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto
him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A
woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he
died. And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was
dead, they departed every man unto his place. Thus God
rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his
father, in slaying his seventy brethren: And all the evil of
the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon
them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal."
Judges 9:52-57, KJV

Concerning the store of Queen Esther, whose Hebrew name was
Hadassah, meaning 'myrtle', we discover that while a lot of
Christians and Jews like to highly exalt this heroine of the
Israelites, and while the Lord did in fact greatly use her
to save her people, the point still remains that even though
she was queen, she was still required to be subservient to
the Persian king, Ahasuerus; who some scholars believe was
actually Xerxes. I also discuss this topic in my series 'The
Seven Heads'. At any rate, Esther, whose name is derived from
the false Babylonian goddess Ishtar, meaning 'star', and from
which we derive the name Easter, risked being killed if she
dared to enter into the king's presence without his express
permission. Consider these verses:

"Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment
unto Mordecai; All the king's servants, and the people of
the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man
or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who
is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death,
except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden
sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to
come in unto the king these thirty days."
Esther 4:10-11, KJV

"Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on
her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the
king's house, over against the king's house: and the king
sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against
the gate of the house. And it was so, when the king saw
Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained
favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the
golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near,
and touched the top of the sceptre." Esther 5:1-2, KJV

"And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down
at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the
mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had
devised against the Jews. Then the king held out the golden
sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the
king," Esther 8:3-4, KJV

We need to remember that the primary reason why Esther was
chosen to be the new queen, aside from the fact that it was
obviously God's Will, is because the previous queen, Vashti,
had humiliated the king by not appearing before him when she
was summoned. In his anger, the king then passed an edict
which was to be obeyed throught his empire, from India to
Ethiopia. What were the terms of that edict? Consider this:

"And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be
published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all
the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great
and small. And the saying pleased the king and the princes;
and the king did according to the word of Memucan: For he
sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every
province according to the writing thereof, and to every
people after their language, that every man should bear rule
in his own house, and that it should be published according
to the language of every people." Esther 1:20-22, KJV.

So what we see then, is that the story of Queen Esther is
not just a lesson in bravery, love and self-sacrifice, but
it also a lesson in humility, and carries the strong message
that women are to remain submissive to their husbands, in
spite of whatever his lot may be in life. While this is only
speculation on my part, perhaps it was because of Esther's
humility and obedience to her Uncle Mordacai, that the Lord
knew that He could trust her, and thus honoured her with the
great responsibility of being queen over the entire Persian
Empire. On the other hand, as I point out in other articles,
it is when we yield to our sinful pride, that we may end up
suffering a severe demotion; as was the case with Vashti.
Wise King Solomon tells us:

"Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit
before a fall." Proverbs 16:18, KJV

So again, as I state in the second half of 'Churchianity Or
Christianity: Which Do You Practice?', women are to remain
spiritually and physically submissive to their God-fearing
husbands, because HE is the spiritual head, as we see by the
following verse:

"For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ
is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the
body." Ephesians 5:23, KJV

Leaving the Old Testament behind, the plan revealed in the
New Testament tells us quite plainly that the positions of
apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers, and
other administrative positions, are to be filled by men, and
NOT by women. That being the case, what room can we find for
delegating authority and leadership roles to women? Where in
the New Testament is there a Scriptural precedent for this?
Allow me to share a few more verses of Scripture with you in
order to validate my point:

"Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
And there are differences of administrations, but the same
Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the
same God which worketh all in all. But the manifestation of
the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to
one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another
the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; To another faith
by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the
same Spirit; To another the working of miracles; to another
prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another
divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of
tongues: But all these worketh that one and the selfsame
Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will."
1 Corinthians 12:4-11, KJV

"Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
And God hath set some in the church, first apostles,
secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles,
then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of
tongues. Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all
teachers? are all workers of miracles? Have all the gifts of
healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?"
1 Corinthians 12:27-30, KJV

"And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some,
evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the
perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for
the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the
unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the
fulness of Christ:" Ephesians 4:11-13, KJV

"Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain
prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was
called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had
been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. As they
ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said,
Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have
called them." Acts 13:1-2, KJV

In the previous verses, it is plain to see that the various
positions of spiritual and administrative authority, such as
prophets, teachers, evangelists, etc., were ALL filled by
men. Paul specifically states several times 'every man', and
NOT 'every woman and every man'. Now, we can get legalistic
and say that the original Greek word used here, 'hekastos',
also means 'every one', and thus could be stretched so that
it includes women; however, if we simply study the Scriptures
thoroughly, and see how the Lord and His followers operated,
it is easy to conclude that the phrase 'every man' means
precisely that; every man.

I repeat that it is AFTER describing the various positions
within the Church body, that in 1 Corinthians, Paul plainly
tells us that women are to keep silent in the Church. There
is absolutely no way then that they can fulfill any of these
spiritual or leadership responsibilities if they are to keep
silent. Now, I realize that some modernists like to accuse
Paul of being old-fashioned. 'We are living in modern times'
they claim. 'Things have changed; the Church has changed;
the Church has been liberated'; and on and on they go with
their unScriptural assertions. Yes, sadly, the Church has
changed so much, that there are now gay and female priests,
and some are going so far as to bless homosexual and lesbian
relationships! Perhaps these modern priests and priestesses
would like to explain the following verses to me. Obviously,
they must understand them a lot differently than I do:

"Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever."
Hebrews 13:8, KJV

"For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob
are not consumed." Malachi 3:6, KJV

As far as I am concerned, the way God designed the Church to
be run during the First Century, is the same way He expects
it to be run today. The people who say otherwise, such as
these liberal thinkers who accuse the Apostle Paul of being
a woman-hater, are simply trying to void Paul's words, in
order to validate their erroneous interpretations of the
Scriptures. They are basically saying that Paul was overly
legalistic and wrong. I disagree with them wholeheartedly;
and do you know why? Quite plainly, because the practice of
choosing men for all of these positions did NOT begin with
Paul. Even before Paul came along, the brethren knew that
the Lord expected them to choose men to fill the various
spiritual and leadership positions, because this is the
example that Jesus set Himself.

The Lord Himself specifically chose Twelve Men to carry on
His Work; and women such as the Mary's, Martha, Joanna and
Susanna only served in supportive roles. This is not meant
to belittle them or minimize their importance by any means.
We all know that following His Resurrection, some of these
women were the very first ones to see Jesus; so it is quite
obvious that He loved them dearly; yet they knew their place
in God's order of things, and they accepted it gladly. In
the four Gospels, women are always presented in a supportive
role, such as we see in these verses:

"And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout
every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad
tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,
And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and
infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven
devils, And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and
Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their
substance." Luke 8:1-3, KJV

In these verses, we see a clear division between The Twelve,
and the other women, who it seems helped to provide some of
their needs. We see this same kind of division in the very
first chapter of the Book of Acts when they were gathered in
the Upper Room, prior to the day of Pentecost. Notice that
protocol seems to be kept here. The Eleven are named first;
followed by the other women; who are then followed by Mary,
Jesus' mother; and finally, by Jesus' other brethren, which
I believe may possibly be a reference to His flesh brothers;
some of whom apparently believed in Him after their initial
doubts had passed:

"And when they were come in, they went up into an upper
room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and
Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James
the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the
brother of James. These all continued with one accord in
prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother
of Jesus, and with his brethren." Acts 1:13-14, KJV

In the Book of the Acts, we also discover that the traitor
Judas Iscariot was likewise replaced by another man named
Matthias, so that the Original Twelve could be maintained:

"And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was
surnamed Justus, and Matthias. And they prayed, and said,
Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew
whether of these two thou hast chosen, That he may take part
of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by
transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. And
they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias;
and he was numbered with the eleven apostles."
Acts 1:23-26, KJV

When a problem arose in Acts chapter six between the Hebrew
and Greek Disciples, regarding the daily serving of tables,
notice again that the Apostles clearly tell the Disciples to
choose seven MEN amongst them to resolve the matter:

"And in those days, when the number of the disciples was
multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against
the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the
daily ministration. Then the twelve called the multitude of
the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we
should leave the word of God, and serve tables. Wherefore,
brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report,
full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over
this business. But we will give ourselves continually to
prayer, and to the ministry of the word. And the saying
pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man
full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and
Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas
a proselyte of Antioch: Whom they set before the apostles:
and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them."
Acts 6:1-6, KJV

Now, if we consider that this problem dealt with the serving
of food and the setting of tables, which is normally viewed
as being a woman's job, one would think that if the early
Disciples were of the belief that it was alright for women
to hold positions of responsibility, then surely some women
would have been chosen to resolve this problem; yet none are
chosen; they are all men. In my mind, this again points to
the fact that in the First Century Church, women were not to
hold any kind of spiritual positions or leadership positions
in which decision-making was involved. What other reason can
be offered to explain why women were not chosen to resolve
what was obviously a woman-related job?

Moving on, as I point out in 'Where Are The First Century
Churches?', when bishops were selected for various Churches
in the New Testament, they were also men. Specifically, in
the Epistles of Paul, we find Titus and Timothy mentioned as
being two of the first bishops:

"The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with
you. Amen. (The second [epistle unto Timotheus, ordained
the first bishop of the Church of the Ephesians, was written
from Rome, when Paul was brought before Nero the second
time.])" 2 Timothy 4:22, KJV

"All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us
in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. (It was written
to Titus, ordained the first bishop of the Church of the
Cretians, from Nicopolis of Macedonia.)" Titus 3:15, KJV

So from the time that Jesus chose His Original Twelve, we
discover over and over again, that only men were chosen to
fill the various positions of spiritual and administrative
responsibility. We read of Apollos, Barnabas, John Mark,
Justus, Luke, Matthias, Nicanor, Nicolas, Parmenas, Philip,
Prochorus, Silas, Stephen, Timon, Timothy, Titus and others
as well. They were all male leaders in the First Century
Church, chosen, directed by, and filled with God's Holy
Spirit. Women clearly played a secondary role.

A final argument which some offended women pastors, liberals
and legalists might try to use is this: 'Well, doesn't Paul
state that there is neither male nor female in Christ Jesus?
And doesn't that mean that God makes no difference between
us when it comes to the administration of the Church?'. To
be honest, I believe that I have already provided sufficient
Scriptural evidence to show that the people who teach this
doctrine are utterly wrong; but let us look at the verse:

"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor
free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one
in Christ Jesus." Galatians 3:28, KJV

If we accept the previous interpretation, then we force
ourselves to admit that not only is Paul contradicting him-
self, plus contradicting what God ordained since the Book of
Genesis, but the First Century Church must have been wrong,
and really out of the Spirit when they chose all men to head
the various Churches and bishoprics. Obviously, Paul, a man
who had at least several direct, close, personal encounters
with the Resurrected Christ, and who was taught the Word by
Jesus Christ Himself, is not going to write one letter to
one church stating that women are to be quiet in the church,
and submit to their husbands, and then turn around and tell
the Galatian church that there is no difference between men
and women in God's eyes. Therefore, there must be something
wrong with the aforementioned doctrine.

As I have stated a number of times before, when we come
across a seeming contradiction in the Bible, it usually lies
in our own understanding of what we are reading. The very
same holds true in this case. The themes addressed in the
Epistles to the Corinthians and to the Galatians are VERY
different. Instead of taking the previous single verse, and
applying a twisted interpretation to it, in order to support
the women pastors doctrine, we need to read the surrounding
verses and chapters, in order to place the verse in its
proper context. If we do that, we quickly see that in this
Epistle, Paul is specifically dealing with the issues of
bondage to the Law, and the availability of Salvation to all
men. THAT is the background for the above verse, and THAT
is what Paul means when he states that there is neither male
nor female in Christ. In other words, as I clearly point out
in such articles as 'Is Salvation Meant For All Men?', when
Jesus died on the Cross, He opened the way to Salvation for
all men everywhere; regardless of sex, or national origin.
That is why He said in the Gospel of John:

"And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw ALL
men unto me." John 12:32, KJV

On the other hand, if we go to Paul's first Epistle to the
Corinthians, and read the three chapters which come before
the verse where he tells women to keep silent in the Church,
we discover that they have absolutely NOTHING to do with the
topic of Salvation. What they DO deal with, is the admini-
stration of the Church, and the distribution of Spiritual
Gifts and ministries within the Church Body; and that is
when Paul writes:

"Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not
permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be
under obedience, as also saith the law. And if they will
learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it
is a shame for women to speak in the church."
1 Corinthians 14:34-35, KJV

One might ask 'Why is Paul being so dogmatic about this? Why
does the Lord emphasize men assuming all of these various
leadership roles? Why are women required to take the lower
seat to men?'. As I mentioned earlier, it all goes back to
the Book of Genesis and the fall of man. If we really study
what occurred there, we discover that Paul hasn't created a
new doctrine due to some hidden dislike for women. He isn't
a woman-hater as some feminists and others modern liberals
accuse him of being. The fact of the matter is, that since
the Garden of Eden, women being subservient to men is the
way the Lord has ordained things to be due to Eve's guilt in
causing the First Pair to fall from grace.

Think about this for a moment. God created Eve from Adam's
rib. Some theologians speculate that the reason why the Lord
did this, was to remind Adam that Eve was his partner and
equal. He created her from a place close to Adam's heart so
that Adam would love and cherish her as his own flesh. Per-
haps this is true; I really don't know. What I do know, is
that the minute Eve was given an opportunity to make a major
decision on her own, she made a serious mistake; which not
only destroyed the harmonious relationship which the Lord
had with His Creation, but which also passed the guilt of
sin, which John tells us is the transgression, or breaking,
of the Law, to all men. Eve sinned first; and then she
induced Adam to disobey as well. As if this wasn't already
bad enough, as I explain in other articles, then they each
tried to blame someone else. Adam blamed Eve, and Eve then
blamed the serpent. Consider the following verses:

And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou
eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou
shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou
gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did
eat. And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that
thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me,
and I did eat." Genesis 3:11-13, KJV

"Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and
death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all
have sinned:" Romans 5:12, KJV

"Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for
sin is the transgression of the law." 1 John 3:4, KJV

So because Adam and Eve disobeyed the Lord's Word, because
they broke His Law, they had to be punished. We already know
what the major consequence of their disobedience was, so let
me draw your attention to Eve's part of the punishment, as
it is directly related to why women are to remain submissive
to men, and be silent in the Church:

"Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow
and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth
children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he
shall rule over thee." Genesis 3:16, KJV

In short, we can theorize that perhaps God did create Adam
and Eve as equals, but Eve soon lost her right to be an
equal to Adam when she caused the pair to fall from grace.
The Lord very clearly tells her 'he shall rule over thee'.
The fact that the Lord would even tell her that this is to
be a part of her punishment, offers us a hint that perhaps
it wasn't that way before she made her fateful decision. The
Lord basically told Eve, 'Look, I gave you everything you
could possibly need to keep you happy. All I asked was that
you refrain from touching the Two Trees in the midst of the
Garden. I gave you a fair chance to prove yourself, but you
failed me. Now I can no longer trust you the same. From now
on, Adam is the boss; he has final say in all matters; he
makes the decisions'.

That is the gist of the matter; and that is why from Genesis
all the way to the Book of Revelation, women normally play
only supportive roles in the Lord's Church. This can clearly
be seen throughout Jewish society of the Old Testament where
we find male Patriarchs, male Prophets, male kings, and a
male priesthood; and this same arrangement continued in the
New Testament Church which was founded by a male Jew and His
twelve male Jewish followers. They were all following the
plan first laid down in the Book of Genesis. In Genesis, we
find the first woman sinning and leading a man astray; and
ironically, in the final book, Revelation, or Apocalypse, we
also find one of the very last women mentioned, that is, the
evil false prophetess Jezebel, also sinning and leading the
Lord's children astray. Then, of course, we also have the
wicked false bride represented by Babylon the Great Whore.

If you are still in doubt that the sin of Eden, and Eve's
punishment, are the primary reasons for male dominance in
the Lord's Church, I believe that the following verses will
clearly show that four thousand years after Eden, this is
still how the First Century Disciples thought and believed.
In his first Epistle to Timothy, his dearly beloved son in
the faith, Paul wrote the following:

"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. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived
was in the transgression." 1 Timothy 2:11-14, KJV

While Paul first mentions the silence rule in his Epistle to
the Corinthians, it isn't until this letter to Timothy, that
we fully understand why he mandated such a rule. As we saw
earlier, Timothy became one of the first Bishops of the New
Testament Church; so perhaps Paul wanted to make sure that
he understood what the Lord required of him as a leader in
the young Church. Doctrinal purity was extremely important.

Paul was not alone in this belief concerning women, because
as I have already pointed out, even before we are introduced
to him in the Book of Acts, we already find a New Testament
Church which is clearly dominated by all male figures. So in
conclusion, if we obey God's Word, and abide by the example
given to us by our First Century Spirit-led brethren, we can
only conclude then that any church which employs a woman to
lead it, isn't truly following the Scriptural Plan laid down
by Jesus Christ and His Apostles. I would also add that any
woman who accepts such a leadership position, due to pride,
or whatever the reason, just might be another Jezebel like
Karen Zerby! I am not saying that she would start some kind
of a crazy sex cult, but she would be in rebellion against
the Lord's Word, just as evil Jezebel of the Apocalypse was.
In fact, as I also point out in 'Rightly Dividing The Word
Of Truth' and other articles, the original Queen Jezebel of
the Old Testament was likewise in rebellion against the Lord
and tried to kill His Prophet, Elijah. Lastly, let us also
not forget the punishment of Miriam, who murmured against
the leadership of her brother Moses, and also claimed to be
a prophetess:

"And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the
Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an
Ethiopian woman. And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken
only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD
heard it. (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the
men which were upon the face of the earth.) And the LORD
spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam,
Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation.
And they three came out. And the LORD came down in the
pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the
tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came
forth. And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet
among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a
vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. My servant Moses
is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. With him will
I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark
speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold:
wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my
servant Moses? And the anger of the LORD was kindled against
them; and he departed. And the cloud departed from off the
tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as
snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was
leprous. And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech
thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done
foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. Let her not be as one
dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out
of his mother's womb. And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying,
Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee. And the LORD said unto
Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she
not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp
seven days, and after that let her be received in again. And
Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people
journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again."
Numbers 12:1-15, KJV

So don't you be another Miriam, or a Jezebel! Stay submitted
to the Lord and obedient to His Word! Obey your husband, and
respect those who may have spiritual authority over you. God
will bless you for it in the end; just as He apparently did
with humble Queen Esther. I pray that this article has been
instructive, and a blessing to many.