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What do the women of the Bible named Rahab and Ruth have in common? They are Gentile women listed in the otherwise Jewish genealogy of Jesus (Matthew 1). In biblical terms, there are only two people groups: Jews and Gentiles (meaning everyone who is not a Jew).
Rahab was the woman who hid the two Hebrew spies when they came to Jericho. Typically understood to be a prostitute, her presence in the line of Christ is even more surprising than…..
When we attended a “Walk Thru the Bible” (https://www.walkthru.org) workshop with our children some thirty years ago, we learned a mnemonic phrase to designate the relationships of three kings with God: Saul had no heart for God, David had a whole heart for God, and Solomon served God with only half a heart. More than once, Scripture applies David’s relationship with God as the standard by which other kings of Israel and Judah related to God.
1 Samuel 13:13 records…..
“Feet Wet” is a term I have heard in movies and TV programs involving military flight. It is a short way of saying, “We are no longer flying over land, but we are now flying over water.” We also have a “wet feet” idiomatic expression in the English language that refers to being afraid to do something. In Christianity, however, there is an Old Testament benchmark for wet feet that involves faith.
Joshua 3:7-8 and 10 describes God’s directions regarding…..
Old and New Testament Parallels
Jeremiah 29:11-13 was a message to the Children of Israel, but it carries over to us, as well, to the New Testament Church: “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall you call upon me, and you shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And you shall seek me and…..