An Unlikely Family

Rahab is an outsider. Socially, she is a prostitute. Ethnically, she is a Gentile. Literally, she lives “outside” the inner wall of Jericho. Rahab has a choice. She can turn over the spies and save herself, or she can save the spies and risk being killed. Why would Rahab side with her enemies? Why would an outsider take such a risk? Rahab believes something. What Rahab believes changes how she behaves. She hid the spies because she chose to join what God is doing rather than oppose it. Against the backdrop of judgment for idolatry, we see the merciful character of God saving those who have faith in Him.