Key Verse: Verse 17 – “And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.”
Key Words: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house
Rahab and her household were to be spared. For six days Rahab watched the army walking around the city in silence. Do you think it was tense in her home? You better believe it was! What would you be thinking?
When will they attack?
Will we get caught?
Will the soldiers keep their word and spare us?
What would you be checking or examining? I imagine Rahab was checking that scarlet thread to make sure it was in the window. Paul tells us, “Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?” (II Corinthians 13:5).
Rahab is a picture of a believer prepared for the return of the Lord and the judgment to come. Rahab was removed from the calamity and judgment after the shout. She was one on high looking down on the peril below. She did not know when the judgment would begin, but she was ready and prepared. Are you? John Wesley was asked by a friend, “If you were to die at midnight tomorrow, how would you spend the rest of your life until then?” Wesley replied, “I would spend my time exactly as I plan to spend it now. I would preach tonight and travel to another town tomorrow to preach in the afternoon. Then I would go to the Martin’s home in the evening where they are expecting me. We would spend time fellowshipping together and praying. I would go to bed, put myself in my Father’s care, go to sleep, and wake up in Heaven.”
Wesley was a man ready for Glory!!
The question is, are you?
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞Live everyday as if it was your last on earth, and one day it will be.
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