18: Give It Up for Sidon!
Sidon was the son of grand son of Haam who Noah cursed after the drunken episode. Sidon went on to become a father of a nation that eventually became Israel’s enemy and was considered bad. That lasted until Jesus’ day. But Jesus didn’t share the enmity and in fact at one point said Sidon would be better off on the judgment day than the Jews.
“According to Jesus,
better to be a Sidonian than a devoted religious person who thinks the Sidonians are cursed.”
Excerpt From: Rob Bell. “What Is the Bible?.” iBooks. https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/what-is-the-bible/id1146440401?mt=11