We have been looking at the goodness of the fact that God has made two genders. By "goodness," we are indicating that it lines up with what is right and, therefore, leads to human flourishing. Today, we will finish talking about the goodness of gender by looking at how it fits God's design for humanity.
Relating to God's Design for Humanity
God created the binary of male and female and said that his design was “very good” (Gen 1:31). God’s design also indicates that one of the main purposes for this binary is to provide complementary roles in which men and women work together to accomplish what God has given humanity to do. The binary is good because it enables men and women to marry, produce offspring, and employ complementary giftings as they exercise dominion over the creation (whether they are married or not).
God created humanity to embody and image his benevolent rule of the created order (see Genesis 1). Yet, his design was for a man and a woman to represent him together. Thus, the design that the wise creator implanted in the world was two complementary sexes and corresponding genders which, together, display his character and rule over creation. God could have designed many different forms of gender. He could have designed just one. Instead, he created two that are equally human and complementary to one another (that is their roles are distinct and work together to accomplish God's purposes).
We will look more at the flourishing that the binary produces in the next posts when we look at the beauty of God designing two genders.
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