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review on your favorite podcast platform. Thanks. In the same way that Rehab, think of Israel going

against their first enemy after crossing the Jordan River, that being Jericho, in the same way that Rehab distinguished her

and her own household from the rest of the city of Jericho. Now we're seeing that same concept

play out at large. So Rehab distinguished herself from the rest of her people, Jericho.

Now we see the Ghibionite tribe distinguishing themselves from the rest of her people, Jericho. Now we see the Gibionite tribe distinguishing themselves

from the rest of the tribes of Canaan. Both actions are done in faith. We should understand this as

an act of faith. The faith is, at the very least, Rehab recognizes that at the end of the day, that Israel is going to win the

battle because they have the Lord. It's not because of any practical circumstance. Jericho was a

superior. They had the position that was advantageous over Israel. Israel was coming in. They were nomadic. They had been wandering in the

wilderness for 40 years, an entire generation, whereas Jericho was strategically positioned. They had a

fortified city. They had walls that stretched to the heavens, as we see in the book of Deuteronomy.

That's the way it's described.

And so Jericho had the upper hand in every practical regard.

And yet Rehab recognizes that ultimately the Lord,

the God of all gods, lower case G, gods,

King of all kings, Yahweh himself is with Israel.

And so even though Israel doesn't have some of the physical

provisions and weaponry, what they do have that gives them the victory is that they have Yahweh.

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