The Last Comfort

THE LAST COMFORT by Mick (the term prophesy also meant preach)"In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. On my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will speak." (Joel 2:28-32) In fact there have always been special women in the Bible -Miriam who saved her baby brother Moses from death when she was just a child; Deborah, prophetess, judge and military leader; Huldah who taught at the college in Jerusalem.;Rahab the prostitute who sheltered the two fugitive Israelis,The evangelist Philip had four daughters who were prophetesses; The early Christian sect in Phrygia was led by Montanus and two prophetesses, Priscilla and Maximilla..And Paul paid glowing tributes to women -"I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea..she has been a great help to many people, including me.. Greet Priscilla , my fellow worker in Christ Jesus.she risked her life for me.Greet Mary, who worked very hard for you.. Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa and Persis, those women who work hard in the Lord.Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too. Greet Julia.." (Romans ch 16)And he reminds us -"There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus" (Galatians 3:28 )Jesus spent a terrible long night before his death,unable to sleep and racked with loneliness as his disciples fell asleep,But next day on the cross, as he slipped into death his tired pain-filled eyes saw a host of loyal women who'd stuck with him to the end.."Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed his last. There were also women looking on from afar, among whom were Mary Magdalene and Salome, who followed him and ministered to him when he was in Galilee, and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem" (Mark 15:37)They gave him the last womanly comfort they could by making sure he never died alone..