Within this area of authority, the man is authorized to lead his wife and their children that may flow from this union. To neglect or usurp this delegation of authority de-stabilizes the home. Neither of these actions, however, negates that this sphere of delegated authority comes from above. The performance of this domestic authority is spiritual not secular. First, since God instituted the home, it is a sacred institution.
Secular homes do indeed exist, to be sure.
This is due, in part, as a result of those who are disregarding their duties. When this delegated authority is properly understood and applied, then the home depicts the heavenly relationship of Christ and HIS Church. The Church has not been immune to the effects of this rebellion which has flooded into the church. In the early Church restraints were placed upon who could address the assembly, where and when. Although modernism and feminism chaff at the thought, woman were restricted in the services.