Sacrificial Future
Oct 05, 2025
Summary
Rahab, the harlot of Jericho, made a decision that would affect her entire family's life. She decided that, even though the Canaanites were scared of the Israelites and everyone in Jericho feared for their lives because they could not stand up against God's wrath, she would help the two spies. She hid them and told the King's men that the men had left the city, going towards the Hebrew encampment. The King's men went after them, and she hid the two spies all night on the roof, hidden under flax stalks. She knew if she was caught she and the spies would be caught but she also knew if she did not help them, her entire family would be killed along with all the inhabitants of Jericho. She pleaded with them and made a deal with the spies. If she hid them, they would ensure all of her family would be saved when the Hebrews took the city of Jericho. She ensured a sacrificial future for her and her family.
Detail
This chapter gives an account of the spies sent by Joshua to Jericho, and of their entrance into the house of Rahab, who hid them from the king's messengers, Jos 2:1-7; of the relation she gave them of the fear and dread of Israel, which were fallen upon the Canaanites, Jos 2:8-11; and of the request she made to them, to save her and her father's house, when the city should be taken, and to have a sure sign of it given her, Jos 2:12,13; which the spies solemnly promised, and gave her a sign of it, with a charge not to discover the matter to any, Jos 2:14-20; and being let down by a cord through the window of her house, they made their escape to a mountain, where they lay three days, and then returned to Joshua, and made their report, Jos 2:21-24.