Good job. I have said that over and over. While people are busy judging others...you have no idea the plan God has for them. they might be the only ones that will save your life one day.
Rahab was a very high profile harlot, serving the high echelons of her society, thus was privy to all that was discussed, even in the chamber of their rulers and king of the land, and she was used to embolden the confidence of the 2 spies sent by Joshua on a reconnaissance mission to Jericho, by recounting to them, stories about their powerful God, and what He had done- on behalf of His people, from the way He brought them out of Egypt, to even to mighty kings of renown. Joshua 2. She had faith in this God which she had never met, and called Him "the Lord " and had believed that she and her house could be saved by Him. She used this as a bargaining chip as she hid them from those looking to arrest them. She actually prophesied vs 9, which demonstrated her trust in and allegiance to their God! Hebrews 11:1, she judged Him Faithful and True to save her, her parents and her entire household. This meant that she wasn't really comfortable in her line of work and must have somehow cried out to the unknown God, who never cast anyone away who calls on His name Romans 10; Jeremiah 33:33; Isaiah 65:24; Hebrews 11. She used the collective pronoun "we, our", which showed her love and care for herself and others. She was bold enough, because she believed, to get the men to swear to her. She trusted in their God, but she needed confirmation from them, as men. She got her wishes fulfilled Joshua chapters 4-6. Mary Magdalene, on her part, also had heard about Jesus Christ. I believe that she had been following Him secretly right from the beginning enough to understand what even the desciples couldn't Luke 17:34; by preparing the alabaster box of a very expensive ointment, broke and poured it on His head, weeping as she stood at His feet, behind Him, as one who was desperate for help but felt she wasn't worthy enough. Luke 7. But her faith emboldened her to behave like she did, not caring what people would say, especially the holier-than-thou pharisees. She had FAITH enough to believe that she, the societal pariah, wouldn't be rejected or cast away by the Messiah. She only believed, and she got the end of her faith- just like the Canaanite woman Matthew 15; who was even likened to a "dog"; the Roman Centurion- a gentile and enemy of the Jews Matthew 8; the Samaritan woman who was not just a simple idolater, but had tried all the 5 religions of her Assyrian nation, and was now seeking the God of the Jews, until she met the Messiah! 2 Kings 17; John 4. Her faith in this God made her identify even with their ancestral father- Jacob, "OUR father, Jacob's well". God is no respecter of persons, Acts 10:34. Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved. No one can have any opinions about the Lord and His love for them untill they reach out to Him by grace, through faith in the sacrificial death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, who will keep them by His Holy Spirit, until He returns as promised, to take them up and present them faultless before the presence of God the Father . God will be Righteous and Just when He judges. No one will have any excuses on that day! He honors them that honor Him! You look in a mirror, and see only the side you present. He is coming soon! Simply believe and trust Him till the end Matthew 24:13.
How do you understand God's instruction in Number 33? Drive Out the Inhabitants 50 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 51 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, 52 then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you and destroy all their figured stones and destroy all their metal images and demolish all their high places. 53 And you shall take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it. 54 You shall inherit the land by lot according to your clans. To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance. Wherever the lot falls for anyone, that shall be his. According to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit. 55 But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those of them whom you let remain shall be as barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall trouble you in the land where you dwell. 56 And I will do to you as I thought to do to them.” Should Joshua 2 be read as ignoring God's command in Number 33? Or that command does not apply here? Is Number 33 central to Joshua 2 as Joshua's disobedience to allow this family to survive? There is no recording in Joshua 2 that God gave command to Joshua to send in spies. Hope to hear your responses on this.
That's an interesting question, Walter. We're never told if God approves or disapproves of Joshua's decision to send spies. And in Numbers 33, God never explains how these commands are supposed to be obeyed, just that they are supposed to be. It's likely Joshua is just being a wise leader and using spy craft to make strategic plans. You should check out our podcast where we go into DEEP detail on a lot of these questions. www.spokengospel.com/podcasts/joshua-1-2-be-strong-and-courageous
@@SpokenGospel this is strange. God gave the instruction and warning in Numbers 33:50-56 and don't look left nor right, but go straight ahead in Joshua 1. I think the author of the book Joshua is intending to give a powerful messaging, which is he looked left and looked right and didn't walk straight ahead. Before the conquest begin by crossing the Jordan River, this very instruction is compromised. Moses and Joshua were the best of the best among the Israelites and they did amazing things with God. Unfortunately, we as fallen humanity failed to 100% strict obedience. Benefit of hindsight is that we read Moses failed and was told to stay behind by going up Mt. Nebo as he could not enter the promised land. Joshua and Israelites failed in many ways. Hey don't get me wrong, they were amazing by any human standard, but fallen short of the glory of God. I think the messaging is that we can never made it on our own and hence recognizing these shortfalls actually causing us to pause and wonder what could we do, if the best of the best still could not achieve 100%. It's pointing us to look at the bloodied, killed, shameful dead body on the rugged cross. Look and you are saved. Joshua was a great success story by any human standard, but fallen short of the glory of God. Hope that this make sense to all bible readers. The main course here is the depiction of human failure. The saving of Rahab is the dessert, which is the best of the best. The main story is Joshua failure, but the secondary story which is of no less important, the saving of Rahab. I think the messaging is hugely significant and hence the secondary story become our comfort.
Rahab showed so much faith to helping God's people fr!
The story of Rahab depicts the simple fact that God can use anyone
Yup.
Thank you for covering the chapter. God will accept and include all of us, if we give him the chance. Amen 🙏
What joy to be grafted into the Family and Kingdom of God!!!🙌🏾✝️🙏🏾 There is no sin where His grace cannot cleanse by the Blood of Jesus!
Good job. I have said that over and over. While people are busy judging others...you have no idea the plan God has for them. they might be the only ones that will save your life one day.
God does not operate on a human’s level of thinking and understanding.
Beautiful! God can use anyone in any situation who acknowledges him. She had a choice turn the spies in or turn / hand herself over to God.
it's really amazing how God works in mysterious ways.
"And may you see Jesus as the one who makes God's enemies His family" Just...wow!!! May we ALL follow this example!!!😩🙌🏾
very inspiring. Thank you
This message is perfect. The enemy of God becomes the friend and family of God. Only the love of Jesus can make this happen. God bless you.
Thankyou for your ministry..I look forward to your videos
Amen, thanks for sharing QUEEN***JESUS IS LORD*** ✝️
wow wow wow!
Wow is right
Rayhab the sea monster.... thanks 👍
Rahab was a very high profile harlot, serving the high echelons of her society, thus was privy to all that was discussed, even in the chamber of their rulers and king of the land, and she was used to embolden the confidence of the 2 spies sent by Joshua on a reconnaissance mission to Jericho, by recounting to them, stories about their powerful God, and what He had done- on behalf of His people, from the way He brought them out of Egypt, to even to mighty kings of renown. Joshua 2.
She had faith in this God which she had never met, and called Him "the Lord " and had believed that she and her house could be saved by Him. She used this as a bargaining chip as she hid them from those looking to arrest them.
She actually prophesied vs 9, which demonstrated her trust in and allegiance to their God! Hebrews 11:1, she judged Him Faithful and True to save her, her parents and her entire household. This meant that she wasn't really comfortable in her line of work and must have somehow cried out to the unknown God, who never cast anyone away who calls on His name Romans 10; Jeremiah 33:33; Isaiah 65:24; Hebrews 11.
She used the collective pronoun "we, our", which showed her love and care for herself and others. She was bold enough, because she believed, to get the men to swear to her. She trusted in their God, but she needed confirmation from them, as men. She got her wishes fulfilled Joshua chapters 4-6.
Mary Magdalene, on her part, also had heard about Jesus Christ. I believe that she had been following Him secretly right from the beginning enough to understand what even the desciples couldn't Luke 17:34; by preparing the alabaster box of a very expensive ointment, broke and poured it on His head, weeping as she stood at His feet, behind Him, as one who was desperate for help but felt she wasn't worthy enough. Luke 7. But her faith emboldened her to behave like she did, not caring what people would say, especially the holier-than-thou pharisees. She had FAITH enough to believe that she, the societal pariah, wouldn't be rejected or cast away by the Messiah. She only believed, and she got the end of her faith- just like the Canaanite woman Matthew 15; who was even likened to a "dog"; the Roman Centurion- a gentile and enemy of the Jews Matthew 8; the Samaritan woman who was not just a simple idolater, but had tried all the 5 religions of her Assyrian nation, and was now seeking the God of the Jews, until she met the Messiah! 2 Kings 17; John 4. Her faith in this God made her identify even with their ancestral father- Jacob, "OUR father, Jacob's well".
God is no respecter of persons, Acts 10:34.
Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved.
No one can have any opinions about the Lord and His love for them untill they reach out to Him by grace, through faith in the sacrificial death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, who will keep them by His Holy Spirit, until He returns as promised, to take them up and present them faultless before the presence of God the Father .
God will be Righteous and Just when He judges. No one will have any excuses on that day! He honors them that honor Him! You look in a mirror, and see only the side you present.
He is coming soon! Simply believe and trust Him till the end Matthew 24:13.
How do you understand God's instruction in Number 33?
Drive Out the Inhabitants
50 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 51 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, 52 then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you and destroy all their figured stones and destroy all their metal images and demolish all their high places. 53 And you shall take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it. 54 You shall inherit the land by lot according to your clans. To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance. Wherever the lot falls for anyone, that shall be his. According to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit. 55 But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those of them whom you let remain shall be as barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall trouble you in the land where you dwell. 56 And I will do to you as I thought to do to them.”
Should Joshua 2 be read as ignoring God's command in Number 33? Or that command does not apply here? Is Number 33 central to Joshua 2 as Joshua's disobedience to allow this family to survive? There is no recording in Joshua 2 that God gave command to Joshua to send in spies.
Hope to hear your responses on this.
That's an interesting question, Walter. We're never told if God approves or disapproves of Joshua's decision to send spies. And in Numbers 33, God never explains how these commands are supposed to be obeyed, just that they are supposed to be. It's likely Joshua is just being a wise leader and using spy craft to make strategic plans. You should check out our podcast where we go into DEEP detail on a lot of these questions.
www.spokengospel.com/podcasts/joshua-1-2-be-strong-and-courageous
@@SpokenGospel this is strange. God gave the instruction and warning in Numbers 33:50-56 and don't look left nor right, but go straight ahead in Joshua 1.
I think the author of the book Joshua is intending to give a powerful messaging, which is he looked left and looked right and didn't walk straight ahead.
Before the conquest begin by crossing the Jordan River, this very instruction is compromised.
Moses and Joshua were the best of the best among the Israelites and they did amazing things with God. Unfortunately, we as fallen humanity failed to 100% strict obedience.
Benefit of hindsight is that we read Moses failed and was told to stay behind by going up Mt. Nebo as he could not enter the promised land. Joshua and Israelites failed in many ways. Hey don't get me wrong, they were amazing by any human standard, but fallen short of the glory of God.
I think the messaging is that we can never made it on our own and hence recognizing these shortfalls actually causing us to pause and wonder what could we do, if the best of the best still could not achieve 100%. It's pointing us to look at the bloodied, killed, shameful dead body on the rugged cross. Look and you are saved.
Joshua was a great success story by any human standard, but fallen short of the glory of God.
Hope that this make sense to all bible readers.
The main course here is the depiction of human failure. The saving of Rahab is the dessert, which is the best of the best. The main story is Joshua failure, but the secondary story which is of no less important, the saving of Rahab.
I think the messaging is hugely significant and hence the secondary story become our comfort.