Bible Study - Joshua 6

S – But Rahab the prostitute and her father's household and all who belonged to her, Joshua saved alive. And she has lived in Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
Joshua 6:25 ESV

O – Commentary:
Rahab was spared. Joshua kept the promise made to Rahab by the two spies (cf. 2:12–21) and sent those same young men to the house where the scarlet cord hung from the window. She and her entire family followed them without hesitation to the appointed place outside the doomed city. Rahab and her family, being Gentiles, had to be ceremonially cleansed; the men were no doubt circumcised before they could be identified with the people of Israel. Rahab's history is an example of the grace of God operating in the lives of an individual and her family. Regardless of her past life she was saved by faith in the living God and even became a part of the messianic line (Matt. 1:5). In keeping with the biblical pattern, Rahab and her family were spared from divine judgment (cf. Gen. 7:1; 1 Thes. 5:9) because of their faith.

Donald K. Campbell, "Joshua," in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures, ed. J. F. Walvoord and R. B. Zuck, vol. 1 (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1985), 342–343.

A – This is one of the wildest stories in the Bible. A Gentile. A prostitute. Living in a pagan city under a death sentence. And she looks at Israel's God and believes. That one act of faith saves her family, and centuries later she shows up in the family tree of Jesus.

That's not just her story. That's ours.

We were outsiders too. We didn't earn our way in. But faith reached us the same way it reached Rahab — and now we're written into God's family line. So here's the question: what are we going to do today with the story God is writing in us?

R – Heavenly Father, You are Lord of all. Continue writing the story You have for us today. We step into it in faith, like Rahab — we can't see the outcome, but we trust the One who holds it. Give us courage, faith, and love for whatever today brings. Amen.