Rahab

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Rahab
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Jericho

• Perhaps the Worlds oldest extant city
• Gateway to the Jordan Valley

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Joshua 21ff

• Then Joshua secretly sent out two spies from the
  Israelite camp at Acacia Grove. He instructed
  them, Scout out the land on the other side of
  the Jordan River, especially around Jericho. So
  the two men set out and came to the house of a
  prostitute named Rahab and stayed there that
  night.
• But someone told the king of Jericho, Some
  Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the
  land. So the king of Jericho sent orders to
  Rahab Bring out the men who have come into your
  house, for they have come here to spy out the
  whole land.

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Joshua 21ff

• Rahab had hidden the two men, but she replied,
  Yes, the men were here earlier, but I didnt
  know where they were from. They left the town at
  dusk, as the gates were about to close. I dont
  know where they went. If you hurry, you can
  probably catch up with them. (Actually, she had
  taken them up to the roof and hidden them beneath
  bundles of flax she had laid out.)
• So the kings men went looking for the spies
  along the road leading to the shallow crossings
  of the Jordan River. And as soon as the kings
  men had left, the gate of Jericho was shut.

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Joshua 21ff

• Before the spies went to sleep that night, Rahab
  went up on the roof to talk with them.
• I know the Lord has given you this land, she
  told them. We are all afraid of you. Everyone in
  the land is living in terror. For we have heard
  how the Lord made a dry path for you through the
  Red Sea when you left Egypt. And we know what you
  did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings east
  of the Jordan River, whose people you completely
  destroyed. No wonder our hearts have melted in
  fear! No one has the courage to fight after
  hearing such things. For the Lord your God is the
  supreme God of the heavens above and the earth
  below.

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Joshua 21ff

• Now swear to me by the Lord that you will be
  kind to me and my family since I have helped you.
  Give me some guarantee that 13 when Jericho is
  conquered, you will let me live, along with my
  father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and
  all their families.
• We offer our own lives as a guarantee for your
  safety, the men agreed. If you dont betray us,
  we will keep our promise and be kind to you when
  the Lord gives us the land.
• Then, since Rahabs house was built into the town
  wall, she let them down by a rope through the
  window. Escape to the hill country, she told
  them. Hide there for three days from the men
  searching for you. Then, when they have returned,
  you can go on your way.

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Joshua 21ff

• Before they left, the men told her, We will be
  bound by the oath we have taken only if you
  follow these instructions. When we come into the
  land, you must leave this scarlet rope hanging
  from the window through which you let us down.
  And all your family membersyour father, mother,
  brothers, and all your relativesmust be here
  inside the house. If they go out into the street
  and are killed, it will not be our fault. But if
  anyone lays a hand on people inside this house,
  we will accept the responsibility for their
  death. If you betray us, however, we are not
  bound by this oath in any way.

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Joshua 21ff

• I accept your terms, she replied. And she sent
  them on their way, leaving the scarlet rope
  hanging from the window.

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Rahab in Gods Eternal Plan

• God has spoken!
• The absurdity of a silent, confused God.
• The obscenity of human replacements.
• Only the Bible tells a coherent story.
• This is not abstract Gods plans affect you
  profoundly.
• We do not live in an historical vacuum.
• The stream of history is always moving.
• God is at work in human history.

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Rahab in Gods Eternal Plan

• God has spoken!
• Consider Matthew 11-5 Genealogies

This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the
Messiah, a descendant of David and of Abraham 
Abraham was the father of Isaac.   Isaac was
the father of Jacob.   Jacob was the father of
Judah and his brothers.
Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah (whose
mother was Tamar).
Salmon was the father of Boaz (whose mother was
Rahab).
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Rahab in Gods Eternal Plan

• God has spoken!
• Consider Matthew 11-5 Genealogies
• A Prostitute plays a prominent role in the
  genealogy of Jesus Christ!
• Jesus identifies with Sinners !

Mark 217And hearing this, Jesus said to them, "
It is not those who are healthy who need a
physician, but those who are sick I did not come
to call the righteous, but sinners."
Scandalous!
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Rahab in Gods Eternal Plan

• God has spoken!
• Consider Matthew 11-5 Genealogies
• A Prostitute plays a prominent role in the
  genealogy of Jesus Christ!
• Jesus identifies with Sinners !
• Came to give up His life for you!

but Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust
with his finger. They kept demanding an answer,
so he stood up again and said, "All right, stone
her. But let those who have never sinned throw
the first stones!" Then he stooped down again
and wrote in the dust.
John 83-11 As he was speaking, the teachers of
religious law and Pharisees brought a woman they
had caught in the act of adultery. They put her
in front of the crowd. "Teacher," they said to
Jesus, "this woman was caught in the very act of
adultery. The law of Moses says to stone her.
What do you say? They were trying to trap him
into saying something they could use against him
When the accusers heard this, they slipped away
one by one, beginning with the oldest, until only
Jesus was left in the middle of the crowd with
the woman. Then Jesus stood up again and said to
her, "Where are your accusers? Didn't even one of
them condemn you?" "No, Lord," she said.And Jesus
said, "Neither do I. Go and sin no more."
ME!
For God did not send the Son into the world to
judge the world, but that the world might be
saved through Him. John 317
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Rahab in Gods Eternal Plan

• God has spoken!
• Consider Matthew 11-5 Genealogies
• The Scarlet Thread of Redemption
• Passover
• Day of Atonement
• The PassoverLamb

only if you leave this scarlet rope hanging from
the window. And all your family membersyour
father, mother, brothers, and all your
relativesmust be here inside the house. If they
go out into the street, they will be killed
Joshua 218-19
Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed
for us. 1 Cor. 57
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Rahab in Gods Eternal Plan

• God has spoken!
• Consider Matthew 11-5 Genealogies
• The Scarlet Thread of Redemption
• A Picture of FAITH (James 2 Heb.1131)
• Josh 29 I know

By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along
with those who were disobedient, after she had
welcomed the spies in peace. Hebrews 1131
Never forget how close you were to the Kingdom
of God Luke 1011b
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Rahab in Gods Eternal Plan

• God has spoken!
• Consider Matthew 11-5 Genealogies
• The Scarlet Thread of Redemption
• A Picture of FAITH (James 2 Heb.1131)
• A Picture of DEFIANT Faith!
• A Traitor!
• With a HEALTHY PERSPECTIVE!

someone told the king of Jericho (v.2) So the
king of Jericho sent orders to Rahab (23)
God is the supreme God of the heavens above and
the earth below. Joshua 211
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Rahab in Gods Eternal Plan

• God has spoken!
• Consider Matthew 11-5 Genealogies
• The Scarlet Thread of Redemption
• A Picture of FAITH (James 2 Heb.1131)
• A Picture of DEFIANT Faith!
• A UNIVERSAL Faith!

"Wonder if I told you a kidnapper will sneak into
your house tonight and steal your kids? You'd
say, 'That's not possible...we have our doors
locked, we'd call 911...' Then wonder if I told
you that's happening every day your kid turns on
the TV?"
All authority has been given to Me in heaven
and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of
all the nations Matthew 2818-19a