IMITATE THEIR FAITH/ She Was "Declared Righteoius by Works"

RAHAB peered from her window as the light of dawn streamed over the  plain  surrounding Jericho. An invading army was gathered out there - the forces of Israel. As they began yet another march around the city, the dust rose in their wake and the blare of the horns again pierced the air.

Jericho was Rahab's home; she knew its streets, its houses, its teeming makets and shops.  she knew its people even better She could sense their feart intensifying  as the days passed and Israel continued this strange ritual - marching around the city once each days.  As the sound of their hors echoed in the streets and squares of Jericho, thougjh, Rahab did not feel the dread and despair that her people did.

Rahab watched as the army began its march early on this seventh day.  Amid the Israelite soldiers, she saw their priests  blowing horns and  bearing the sacred ark that represented the presence of their God, Jehovah. We might imagine Rahab's hand resting on the scarlet cord hanging from her window, which looked out from Jericho's great wall.  That cord reminded Rahab of her hope that she and her family would survive the destruction of the city.  Was Rahab a traitor? Certainly not to Jehovah; he saw her as a woman of remarkable faith. Let us go back to the beginning of Rahab's story and see what we can learn from her.

Next time: IMITATE THEIR FAITH/ She  Was "Declared Righteous by Works"- RAHAB THE PROSTITUTE

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