Joshua 6-7: Rahab Lands in the Line of Christ

Bible Book Club

Susan Merrill & Heather Rubio

Exodus, Susan Merrill, Spirituality, Heather Rubio, Bible, Genesis, Christianity, Leviticus, Bible Book Club, Religion & Spirituality, Religion

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🗓️ 3 July 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In this episode, we explore the remarkable contrast between Rahab, a Canaanite prostitute who becomes a hero of faith and ancestor of Jesus, and Achan, an Israelite from the tribe of Judah who loses everything through one hidden sin. Their parallel stories in Joshua 6-7 show us how faith with action leads to redemption while secret compromise leads to destruction. Themes of this podcast: Your background doesn't determine your destiny. Rahab had every reason to stay stuck: wrong nationality, s...

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0:00.0	This is the Bible Book Club, and we're in the book of Joshua.
0:04.3	Welcome to the club.
0:09.5	Last episode in chapters 5 and 6, Joshua met a mysterious stranger, who it turns out was the commander of the Lord's Army. It was an angel, and that angel informed Joshua that they would be victorious,
0:22.6	they being the Jews, and that he was standing on holy ground. Joshua was on holy ground,
0:28.4	implying that God was with them. The next day, Joshua, the seven priests, along with the ark,
0:34.4	and seven horns, and 40,000 men began their marching around Jericho.
0:39.5	And the rest of that is history, a story that probably you know.
0:43.2	But on the seventh day of marching, the walls fell.
0:45.3	And the Israelites took the city devoting it and everything in it to the Lord.
0:49.4	God had commanded harem or total destruction of the city because the sin of the Canaanites had reached
0:55.0	its full measure. Correct. All right. Here is our setup for this episode. In this episode,
1:01.7	we returned to the rescue and romance of Rehab and our theory about the spy who loved her.
1:08.9	This is a story we begin in episode two of Joshua. So if this is your
1:13.4	first episode, you may want to go back for Rahab's backstory and for the identity theories of the
1:19.6	spies. For all the reasons discussed in episode two, Salman will be our hero in this episode and most
1:27.3	likely the spy who loved her.
1:29.2	Now, lest you picture Rehab as a wilting princess in the window of a tower in the wall of
1:34.8	Jericho, think again.
1:36.9	Rapunzel, throw it down your hair.
1:38.7	No way, not this girl.
1:40.0	Rahab is a force to be reckoned with, and she has a mind of her own.
1:44.8	She runs her own inn, brothel, or bar, as Heather describes it.
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