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Joshua is not sending the spies to see whether or not Jericho is weak enough for God to actually make good on his promise.

Now, rather, he's sending the spies to see what the means will be that God utilizes to bring about his promised end. Joshua is trusting that the end result

is that Jericho will be conquered. But Joshua is sending spies into the land to detect the practical

means by which this will come about. What are the particular weak points of this city of Jericho?

How are we going to conquer it?

Not if we'll conquer it. God has promised that. We trust his promise, but we want to see how

it's going to be conquered. And so Joshua sends these spies secretly, not secretly in regards

to the inhabitants of Jericho, hence the fact that they're spies.

That's assumed. But he's secretly sending them out in regards to the knowledge of Israel.

He doesn't want Israel to be aware that Joshua is sending spies out to detect weak points,

points of vulnerability with their enemies at Jericho. Because he doesn't want

that action to be interpreted by his own people, by the people of Israel, as distrust in the

covenant promises of God. Now, the reason you might wonder, well, why is he sending the spies out at all? God's going to come through with his promise. Well, that's because you know the end of the story. All right? This is one of the most commonly known stories in the whole of Scripture.

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