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Overview of today's topics: women in OT leadership positions — Deborah as judge, female prophets, and the priesthood restriction.

How Women Could and Couldn’t Lead in the Old Testament： Women in Ministry part 3

Introduction to Miriam: sister of Moses, a prophetess with an important role — not just a 'hood ornament.'

How Women Could and Couldn’t Lead in the Old Testament： Women in Ministry part 3

Miriam was a prophetess; some incorrectly deny female prophets existed in the Bible.

How Women Could and Couldn’t Lead in the Old Testament： Women in Ministry part 3

Mike rejects the claim that female prophets only prophesied privately — Scripture doesn't support this restriction and there are examples of public prophecy.

How Women Could and Couldn’t Lead in the Old Testament： Women in Ministry part 3

Exodus 15:20-21: Miriam leads women with tambourines in singing after the Red Sea crossing — she functions as a prophetess in divinely inspired worship.

How Women Could and Couldn’t Lead in the Old Testament： Women in Ministry part 3

Numbers 12 implies Miriam prophesied to the people in general, not just women — 'hasn't the Lord spoken to us also?'

How Women Could and Couldn’t Lead in the Old Testament： Women in Ministry part 3

Mike rejects limiting female prophets to speaking to women only, and rejects limiting Miriam to prophetic singing only.

How Women Could and Couldn’t Lead in the Old Testament： Women in Ministry part 3

Conclusions on Miriam: some degree of leadership, not like Moses, rebuked for pushing for more, not a priest, leadership sometimes focused on women and connected to prophecy.

How Women Could and Couldn’t Lead in the Old Testament： Women in Ministry part 3

Introduction to Huldah the prophetess (2 Kings 22:14) — Belleville emphasizes the king choosing Huldah over other prophets.

How Women Could and Couldn’t Lead in the Old Testament： Women in Ministry part 3

Still, Huldah was a prophetess sought by the king for direction from God — that's genuinely significant for our study.

How Women Could and Couldn’t Lead in the Old Testament： Women in Ministry part 3

Isaiah's wife is called a prophetess (Isaiah 8:3) — she likely prophesied in her own right.

How Women Could and Couldn’t Lead in the Old Testament： Women in Ministry part 3

There were probably more female prophets than those listed in the Bible, but they seem infrequent; multiple possible explanations exist.

How Women Could and Couldn’t Lead in the Old Testament： Women in Ministry part 3

God doesn't rule out women being prophets; female prophets existed when good men were available (Miriam, Huldah), refuting the 'no good men' argument.

How Women Could and Couldn’t Lead in the Old Testament： Women in Ministry part 3

Preview: next week will address whether female prophets prove women can be elders — transitioning now to women in other roles and the priesthood.

How Women Could and Couldn’t Lead in the Old Testament： Women in Ministry part 3

Summary of what women were in the OT: town representatives, queens with limited authority, one judge for decades, prophets with clear divine approval.

How Women Could and Couldn’t Lead in the Old Testament： Women in Ministry part 3

Preview of NT topics: Were women apostles, elders, deacons, teachers? Do female prophets mean women can be elders? Does God's gifting of women mean no role restrictions?

How Women Could and Couldn’t Lead in the Old Testament： Women in Ministry part 3

In one of Matt’s broadcasts, he says that he is reading the comments here. But he must be speed reading and not stopping to ponder anything he disagrees with….. 🙂 Apparantly he thinks he has “THE” an...

Regarding Matt’s comments on the Greek word for teach which is didasko, Matt was trying to say that because the word for teach used in this passage is a normal word for teach not one specifically for ...

There’s also the crucial fact as well, that we are not saved through any actions but through grace ALONE (so childbirth certainly cannot save anyone as an action, though to do so itself is morally neu...

I thought this was an interesting essay, but with generally weak or unconvincing arguments throughout. Much of the text is confounded by the writer’s inability to recognise and address key paradigms ...

K Liebens, Welcome to my blog. I welcome you to contribute at the current location of this discussion <http://strivetoenter.com/wim/2009/11/12/mark-head-as-authority/> You said: > A patriarchal hi...

Don, I have heard the interpretation before about the Gnostic teaching that woman authored the man. Although I do believe that it is possible that Paul could have somehow been referring to this teac...

You know, I predicted that Diane would be the one to answer for Matt and I was right. Okay, I am not a prophetess, but it is interesting to know that I picked up a long time ago that Matt has Diane fi...

Here’s a tangent question that really doesn’t have much to do with I Cor 14, but I always wondered about. If Anna was a prophetess that went to live in the Temple after she was widowed (the one who p...

“If Anna was a prophetess that went to live in the Temple after she was widowed (the one who prophesied over the infant Jesus), why was she in the temple if she could not speak there?  What did she do...

I am responding to Anthony who posted on the old post at <http://www.strivetoenter.com/wim/2008/09/19/is-a-womans-voice-filthy/> The old post has the comments closed and all discussion is now on this ...

Deborah the prophetess was a great example of how God used a woman to and she was embraced because she was a true vessel and was proven by God, not self appointed but CHOSEN by him. Deborah embraces h...

An excellent exposition on [1 Corinthians 14:34,35](logos4:///Bible/1Co 14.34,35): Relative to every truth, there are extremes. Extremes are not seen on God’s part, but they enter in as a result of m...

*“Deborah is Not a Judge* She is not a judge in the sense that the book of Judges defines a judge; she is not a military deliverer.17 Rather she is a prophetess, and as a prophetess, she commands an...

I did not read all of this round 9 as my strength is limited, but the idea of God as Sovereign was the very truth that I found that could explain how Sandy Creek Church could have Eldresses in the 170...

one passage: The mistranslation hinges on the Greek verb, authentein. I have been a pastor for 35 years and a Christian for 45 years. I now have a house church and left the big church with all its i...

Andy: ‘“Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things s...

@Cheryl Thanks for the clarification. Yeah…, it is very hard to follow what he is trying to say here. I guess God asked Deborah and Huldah to sin. And I guess Barak, King Josiah, the High Priest Hil...

Homosexuality was defined by God as a sin (punishable by death even). Women teaching men, however, is not described as a sin. The most you could selectively lift from the New Testament only (contrary...

I did a search on Google on women in ministry & this site came up so I am 6 mos. late but would like to respond for what it is worth… First, I see many are hung up in this conversation over syntax & ...

@169 Kristen, You said: > Also, I read not long ago a scholarly essay about how the words “teach” and “domineer” were constructed grammatically so that they were meant to work together, as in “I am...