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Let’s not forget, women are also made in God’s image. And the bible doesn’t stop there in using feminine references to the Almighty.

There are many references to God in the Torah - Lord, God, Almighty, Master, King, and so on. However, there is one reference to God in a feminine tense - Shekhina - Divine Presence.

In early Judaism, the figure of wisdom is experienced as feminine and the theology of "Shekina" and other references in Isaiah as to the Motherhood of God are well known. Ever since the resurrection of Christ, the grace of Christ has always manifested itself in the form of Mary.

(1) Genesis 1.26-27 God said, "Now we will make humans, and they will be like us. We will let them rule the fish, the birds, and all other living creatures." So God created humans to be like himself; he made men and women.

(2) Numbers 11.11-13 (a feminine kind of conversation going on) He prayed: I am your servant, LORD, so why are you doing this to me? What have I done to deserve this? You've made me responsible for all these people, but they're not my children. You told me to nurse them along and to carry them to the land you promised their ancestors. They keep whining for meat, but where can I get meat for them?

(3) Isaiah 66.12-13 The LORD has promised: "I will flood Jerusalem with the wealth of nations and make the city prosper. Zion will nurse you at her breast, carry you in her arms, and hold you in her lap. I will comfort you there like a mother comforting her child."

Deuteronomy 32:11 says, “As an eagle incites its nestlings forth by hovering over its brood, so he [God] spread his wings to receive them and bore them up on his pinions.” In fact, the eagle here is a mother eagle.
That verse is part of a longer hymn (32:1-43) in praise of God. Verse 18 says, “You were unmindful of the Rock that begot you, you forgot the God who gave you birth.”

The Book of Isaiah has several references to God using feminine imagery: God’s anguish for the Israelites is like that of a woman giving birth (42:14); God cherishes them with a mother’s love (49:15); and “As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you” (66:13). Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from your birth, carried from the womb; even to your old age I am He, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save." ~ Isaiah 46:3-4

So...don't worry, the bible already accounts for God's masculinity AND femininity. Does anybody out there REALLY think God is a man, with male plumbing and all that? C'mon. God's not that skinny Santa Clause sitting on a throne yer picturing. God's something we can't quite figure out.

Jesus Christ/Son (God (Father, Son, Holy Spirit)) is indeed a MAN...FULLY HUMAN, and FULLY GOD.... That is not MY opinion, that is straight from scripture... You can choose to believe it or not.. that does not change the FACTS..

FReegards,

David

So...don't worry, the bible already accounts for God's masculinity AND femininity. Does anybody out there REALLY think God is a man, with male plumbing and all that?

God reveals HIMself as HE chooses. Although HE is not a man, he became man. He is as He is and we ought not fool with PC nonsense to try to find things that are not there.

You completely ignore the sociological ramifications of a broadly accepted female God. It has to do with matriarchal vs. patriarchal cultures. In all of history, no matriarchal culture is recorded as having ever advanced beyond mud huts and scavenging. All were conquered or assimilated. Take a look at feminist influence on modern civilization. The feminists would have us delivering meals and blankets to al Quaeda terrorists in hopes of appeasing them. They think that jihad - which endeavors to violently remove Western culture from the face of the earth - is all just a silly misunderstanding that can be fixed up by applying some common sense diversity training.

I'll take my God as a "Him," thank you very much.