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The main reason for not addressing females in public speech or writing is the respect for authority in marriage and family along with the reluctance to step over limits that were - at least in those days - almost viewed as natural law. A man should not use authority over another man's wife. So if e.g. Paul or John address women, they do it in a very indirect ...
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In part, Matthew is laying the groundwork for the naming of Jesus, so named because "He will save His people from their sins" (Mt 1:21). In various ways, these women reveal the mess of the Messiah's own family tree.
Matthew is not of course implying that the women are the primary sinners in the stories they evoke. But the mention of David without Bathsheba ...
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Each of these women recognized the expectation of the "Promised Seed" by faith in God's covenant with Abraham and David, respectively.
For an amplified discussion of Tamar, Rahab, and Ruth, and their respective goal of the pursuit-and-capture of the "Promised Seed" by faith, please click here. (Please note however that Bathsheba is not mentioned by name in ...
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This may also have something to do with 'leaving mother (and father)" and clinging to the wife "church", as talked about in Genesis 2.
The Wedding at Cana in Galilee is the first and opening miracle in John’s Gospel. When the wine runs out and Mother Mary says:
“They have no wine”
Jesus says:
“Woman, what does that have to do with ...
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