At a glance
- Author
- Joshua (traditional)
- Verses
- 24 / 658 verses
- Location
- Jericho, Shittim
- Date
- c. 1400–1200 BC
- Style
- Historical Narrative
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Joshua 2Joshua 2 Summary
A Traitor’s Mercy in Jericho
Two men on a suicide mission. A city on a knife’s edge. In the shadow of Jericho’s massive walls, the fate of a nation hinges not on a general’s sword, but on a marginalized woman’s gamble. Rahab, a savvy survivor in a doomed city, smells the wind of change and strikes a desperate deal that will echo through eternity. She hides the enemies of her state to secure a future for her family, proving that faith often looks like treason to the world.
The Hinge Point
The tension lies in the fact that Israel’s entry into the land begins with an act of mercy for a Canaanite, not just judgment. The God who commands conquest is the same God who pauses the gears of war to rescue a single household that recognizes His name.
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Reflect
- What is God showing you through “The Spy Mission”?
- How does this hinge point change your week: The tension lies in the fact that Israel’s entry into the land begins with an act of mercy for a Canaanite, not just judgment?
- Where do you need His leading in your life this week?
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