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NASB | Judges 4:4 ¶ Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Judges 4:4 ¶ Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. |
Bible Question: IS THERE A PLACE IN THE BIBLE THAT IN GENERAL TALKS ABOUT A CHRISTMAS TREE OR THE DECORATING OF SUCH,ALSO A PLACE THAT TALKS ABOUT A WOMAN OF THE BIBLE BEING A PREACHER AND WHO IS SHE? |
Bible Answer: Cheri, no Christmas trees in the Bible. No Christmas either. The Advent of our Lord certainly is mentioned in the Gospels. The lowly manger is a stark contrast to the glitter and dazzle of our modern-day commercial, secular clap-trap the world calls Christmas. Oh, I almost forgot. Hardly even Christmas anymore, because that word contains the name of Christ. The politically and socially correct thing is Holidays. The second part of your question, about a woman preacher in the Bible. The Bible contains some wonderful stories about some truly lovely women -- Esther, Ruth, Mary, the mother of our Lord, to name three. None of these could hardly be called preachers in the usual sense of the word. Perhaps the closest one to fit the definition in a very large and broad sense might be someone like Deborah, who was both a prophetess and a judge. I suppose a prophet in the Old Testament could in some sense be thought of as a predecessor of the evangelist in the New. --Hank |