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May God bless you, Michiah-Imla.

If this was meant towards my apologetics, then I take that as a compliment. Defending certain good things in the Bible does not make one popular these days. Grace, and peace, and love be unto them. We can agree to disagree in love and respect I hope (even if it may be a hot button issue for...

Sorry, I respectfully disagree. The devil is the father of lies. “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for...

These are questions that are totally unrelated to anything I said. What bone do you have to pick here? I believe differently than you and I never said that Rahab lying was not a possibility, either. I just see it as a slim chance of that happening (But not impossible). In other words, I like...

Right, lying is hiding something but if somebody was hiding out in a secret cavern somewhere, it does not mean they are lying. It just means they are hiding. Again, Jesus hid the truth from the disciples on a number of occasions. I already mentioned a few them already. What do you think of...

If that is your cup of tea. Go right ahead and believe that. Do you also believe Abraham lied to Pharaoh about Sarah? Do you believe God told Hosea to marry a prostitute? Do you believe God punishes people for all eternity in the Lake of Fire for a finite amount of crimes? No offense, but...

As I told you, I am not an Master Word Smith that can do that on command. I am sure if I practiced this art enough, I could probably do so. But you are missing the point here. The point is the possibility of which I have already shown. No other example needs to be cited or given because I...

Look. I don’t have to bow my knee to your demands. Your not my Master. Jesus is. I don’t have to answer all your what if scenarios to prove that it is possible to use clever word play to get out of a bad situation without lying. I just gave you one involving the Jews. That right there is...

Look. I am not a “Master mind clever snap to it word smith.” Maybe some people are. But I am sure if somebody put a gun to my head and told me to come up with one, I probably could do so, but you missing the point. I just gave you a scenario in protecting the Jews from Nazi’s without me...

You can talk about what ifs all you like. The reality is that hiding is not lying. Anyways, if I was faced with a situation of Nazi’s showing up at my house and I was hiding Jews inside the walls of my home, I could say to them… “Do you see any Jews around here? I don’t see any Jews here...

Hiding is not lying. Even certain forms of deception is not lying. For example: Jesus said to the Jews that they were gods. He obviously did not mean deity by these words, but how they were kings. This was clearly a form of misdirecting them away from His previous claim to deity so He could...

Revelation 21:8 says, “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”

So in conclusion: While I do hold to two possibilities on what happened with Rahab, I do tend to lean heavily on the possibility that Rahab did not even lie but she used clever word play with the guards. Her words were true, but they could be misread in the wrong way by her clever word play...

It’s also possible that Rahab knew that these guards (looking for the two spies) are not all that good at tracking down or pursuing others. So if this was true, she would be backhandedly insulting them by encouraging them that if they were quick to pursue the two spies, they would overtake them...

Sorry. I also have been distracted with a particular study last night and most of all day today. In fact, I created a thread here at ChristianityBoard on it (if you are interested). Did God commend or approve of Rahab’s lie? Anyways, it’s not a new topic for me. I simply was going over it...

Here are a couple of translations that back this line of thinking in the KJV. " I don’t know where they were going, but if you hurry, maybe you can catch them.” (Joshua 2:5) (CEV). "Go after them quickly, and you might overtake them.” (Joshua 2:5) (ISV).

I would like to talk a little more about the last part of Rehab's words in Joshua 2:5 that were said to the guards in relation to the two spies. In Joshua 2:5 (KJV), Rehab says to the guards, "...pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them." Here the word "for" read from our...

Rahab also stated told the guards that she did not know where the men were from. She said, “There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:” (Joshua 2:4) (KJB). “Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they had come from.” (Joshua 2:4) (NIV) This is a true statement. She...

In the King James, the word "whither" is key. One definition that helps here is: "To what place, absolutely." Below in blue is the words of focus here. Joshua 2:3-8 KJV Says, 3 "And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered...

So did Rahab lie? How do we explain this in the Bible? Well, at this point: I hold to two possibilities or positions on this. Granted, my second explanation (or position) I will attempt to explain or defend here (seeing it is my preferred explanation or possibility). Anyways, here are...