Male and Female Created He Them

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female

created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Genesis 1:27-28

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. Genesis 5:1-2

If we honestly take a look at these verses, we don't need to dig too deeply to see how God sees men and women. First of all, it says that God created man in his own image. An image is a representation of something else. An icon on a computer screen represents a program. If you click on it you get to the program. God is spirit. He wanted to have a connection with man(both male and female) So man is a physical being and he has the capability through spirit to show forth God. Man can be seen, spirit is invisible.

The very next phrase involves both men and women. He told them both to be fruitful, multiply, replenish,  subdue and have dominion. In Genesis 5 he called their name Adam (similar to mankind). Adam is the one who named Eve.

It is significant that God repeated this twice in Genesis. God saw that Adam would be blessed by having someone else at his side. Eve was not someone to be the boss over, but someone who would help contribute to fruitfulness, populating, replenishing, subduing and having dominion over the wilds of the earth.  The spirit (the 'in God's image') was with them. God didn't have a lesser or greater role for either of them. Yes, Eve was structured differently from Adam and had different functions but they worked together. Men and women are designed differently.

When one of God's angels (spirit being)went rogue and decided to take over for himself, he talked Eve into checking in to the knowledge of good and evil. He showed Eve another side of life that ultimately would bring on stuff that God never intended. This foe would gain access into their lives and turn their focus to selfishness.  Enter fear, pressure, anxiety, hardship, issues with life and on and on. God briefly touches on this in Genesis 3:16-23. Life would involve more sweat, insecurity with its mental companion, dependency, and with power struggles. Raising kids became harder as a result. Sickness and death entered into the scene. None of this was caused by God. God gave Adam and Eve free will to love and believe him.

No father ever wants to have to make his children love and respect him. That's not love. Parents are responsible to love, teach and train their children when they are young. There comes a point that the child as an adult becomes responsible to make the choices for themselves. Human control over others is not a force of God.

Adam and Eve felt that they needed to see for themselves instead of listening to their creator. They decided that they might be better at doing life even with all that God had offered and given them. This thinking continued on and on  throughout history and is ever so prevalent today. This is the real reason why bad things happen.

God's purpose for Jesus Christ (prophesied in Genesis 3:15) was to destroy the works of evil by defeating death and offering a way to the awaiting heart of God and all of his spiritual blessings. Jesus Christ reflected the image of God by showing God's love to mankind.