Is God a woman?

I was always bothered by that question. From my own readings of the Bible, it was pretty clear that God is a father figure, a man-like being, a patriarch, not a mother figure or a woman figure. It seems to me a corruption of God’s image, a blasphemy, to call Him a woman.

As I read through Jeremiah, I came across this verse:

“… The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger.” (Jeremiah 7:18)

The prophet Jeremiah refers here to Israel’s heresy and their worship of pagan gods, which angered God and caused Him to punish Israel by calling on foreign nations to enslave them. What I found interesting here was the first mention (to my knowledge) of a “queen of heaven”, and the disdain that the prophet Jeremiah, speaking for God, had for such a notion.

For me, this was a clearer sign than the other implied references throughout the Bible that God is most certainly not a woman or a woman figure, but a man figure, or more precisely a Father figure, as He likes to be referred to. Remember the prayer that Jesus Christ Himself taught us? It starts like this:

“Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be Your name…” (Matthew 6:9-13)

There’s also the question of “why”, as in why entertain such a notion, something that bends our perception of God into blasphemous territory? The Bible clearly doesn’t back it up, and shows us time and time again that God is referred to as our Heavenly Father, the ultimate Creator and Ruler of all there has been, is, and will ever be, so why try to muddle that up?

If you really want to find out whether God is a man or a woman, focus on getting into heaven first, then you’ll easily discover it for yourself. Don’t get mixed up in foolish notions — work on the basics, such as obeying God’s Commandments and getting to know Him better by reading His word daily.  Once you do that conscientiously, you’ll no longer doubt God’s nature and will instead be changed yourself, from the inside out, into a better person.