JOSHUA 2:1-14
When the King of Jericho commanded Rahab to give up the two men she hid in her house, she
lied to him. She said they went out at dark and she did not know which direction they took.
Rahab’s lie cannot be condoned. Such deceit cannot be justified as far as Christians are
concerned. We must remember, however, that she was a pagan woman whose heart and mind
were just being opened to spiritual things.
In spite of the fact that she lied, God used her to help preserve His servants. God used an enemy
of His people to shelter two of them. This is in line with Proverbs 16:7, which says, “When a
man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.”
Something of what was going on in Rahab’s mind is disclosed in her conversation with the two
men after she brought them out from their hiding place. What a testimony this was coming from
the person who was not saved in the way we use that terminology! For 40 years the Canaanites
had been in fear of the Israelites.
This must have been a revelation to these men of the terror that had laid hold of the whole
population of Canaan, leaders and people alike. They knew that they could not stand against
Israel’s God.
The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he
will (Prov. 21:1).
Theodore Epp
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