Ep 536 – Joshua 2:8-24

Rahab hid the two spies, but she asked for something in return: Her life and those of her household. This woman had heard about the God of the Israelites and while she was unfamiliar with who He was, she was convinced that He was great. She had heard the stories that had been circulating around Canaan about the miraculous escape of the people of Israel from Egypt. News of their defeat of the nations of Og and Sihon had reached Jericho and Rahab was convinced that the God of the Israelites was “the God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath.” In others words, He was the one true God. He was greater than any god she had ever worshiped or even heard about. And in Joshua 2:8-24, Rahab offers to deal kindly with the spies if they will deal kindly with her. She begs for her life. And to do so, she has to put her faith in the two spies, but also their God, who she knows is going to turn over the city of Jericho to the Israelites. The sign she is given is a simple scarlet cord that she is told to tie in her window. It will be a signal to the Israelite troops to spare all those inside her home. Rahab hung the cord out her window and then waited – in faith.