I believe the main reason God is addressed in the masculine gender is precisely because of the gender distinction at creation. God designed that the men should lead, provide, protect which would be a picture of what God is like to us. He is like a father who protects, provides, leads; submission, honor, respect are due to him because of that position. The Bible is speaking to us in language and pictures that we can understand. He has to use images that we are familiar with and therefore the man's role is the closest picture of what God is like.
If women were given the lead role in the marriage partnership then you would probably find God described for us in the female gender.
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