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Rahab The Prostitute
I'll Be Honest ^
| 9/9/15
| Tim Conway
Posted on 12/02/2018 4:04:12 PM PST by OddLane
Why in Hebrews 11 is Rahab singled out for her past sin and called a prostitute? We see here that her background was so sinful that her title has followed her for 3,500 years. This shows us that there is hope for the most defiled among us, and that no matter what title has been attached to your name there is hope for you if you come to Jesus Christ.
TOPICS: Apologetics; Evangelical Christian; Theology
KEYWORDS: hebrews; paul; prostitution; rahab
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posted on
12/02/2018 4:04:12 PM PST
by
OddLane
To: OddLane
The Hall of Fame in Hebrews gives hope for all of us.
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posted on
12/02/2018 4:08:16 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: OddLane
There are two types of prostitutes. The physical ones who sell their bodies to men. And the spiritual ones who cavort with the devil and sell their souls to him.
The Great Whore of Babylon is of the second variety.
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posted on
12/02/2018 4:19:20 PM PST
by
Slyfox
(Not my circus, not my monkeys)
To: Slyfox
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posted on
12/02/2018 4:21:53 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
To: OddLane
She was a Canaanite (Gentile). Even more important She was in genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, Matthew 1. Ruth, a Gentile was, also in genealogy of Jesus.
Gentiles were put in the genealogy of the Messiah for a reason.
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posted on
12/02/2018 4:23:44 PM PST
by
Taxbilly
To: Taxbilly
Don’t they send them to the Virgin Islands for recycling?
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posted on
12/02/2018 4:25:13 PM PST
by
oldasrocks
(rump)
To: Taxbilly
Yes, the goes over this in his message.
It's really a fascinating inclusion in the Hall of Faith-which I don't think many people take time to consider.
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posted on
12/02/2018 4:42:07 PM PST
by
OddLane
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posted on
12/02/2018 4:42:52 PM PST
by
OddLane
To: OddLane
Pety compared to Moses the murderer.
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posted on
12/02/2018 4:43:52 PM PST
by
DocRock
(And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
To: DocRock
What about Sarah?
Someone included in the Hall of Faith who literally laughed at God in disbelief?
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posted on
12/02/2018 4:47:08 PM PST
by
OddLane
To: DocRock
Don’t forget David. (I’m sure you didn’t)
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posted on
12/02/2018 4:55:59 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: OddLane
He who is without sin may cast the first stone....~Jesus
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posted on
12/02/2018 5:10:44 PM PST
by
MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
To: OddLane
I have come to believe that there are several reasons.
1. Prostitution is hard to stay out of once its established from someone’s life - absent a miraculous healing from God. Unlike the sins of many in scripture it might have taken her a while to leave it completely. She must have persevered and left it for she married Salmon and was the mother of Boaz.
2. The name stuck because she lived in that sin for so long. God still chose her for the lineage of Christ, and that selection was a message to his creation about whom God desires to come to him and the completeness of the forgiveness of sin.
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posted on
12/02/2018 5:11:01 PM PST
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: OddLane
Then He said,
Go and sin NO MORE.
Forgiveness is a beautiful thing.
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posted on
12/02/2018 5:11:52 PM PST
by
MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
To: MrEdd
Tim Conway mentions #2 during his message, and points out the fact that before he came to Christ he was a prolific sinner, and that most of the people he knew at the time probably still look at him that way, despite his being saved and ministering for years after abandoning that life.
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posted on
12/02/2018 5:23:28 PM PST
by
OddLane
To: OddLane
Some translations interpret her occupation as “innkeeper” albeit the vast majority “prostitute”
To: OddLane
Gosh - maybe they ought to redact the Bible so her reputation doesn’t stay on the low side.....3,500 years is long enough....
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posted on
12/03/2018 3:11:12 AM PST
by
trebb
(Those who don't donate anything tend to be empty gasbags...no-value-added types)
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