View/download PowerPoint slides of a Sunday School Lesson on Rahab and the spies (Joshua 2:1-24) below. Sources are listed in the slideshow and at the end of the page.
Main Points
- Theme of Joshua: Israel inherits the Promised Land. Rahab provides unexpected assurance of God’s promise.
- Rahab renounces that of her own people and puts her faith (active trust) in the LORD – affirming Israelite prophecy, history, and theology.
- This account demonstrates how non-Israelites were always a part of God’s redemptive plan.
- She is commended not necessarily for lying, but for demonstrating her faith through actions — as we all should
Bibliography
Bowling, Andrew C. “Joshua.” In Evangelical Commentary on the Bible, 3:135–57. Baker Reference Library. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1995.
Fee, Gordon D., and Robert L. Hubbard Jr., eds. The Eerdmans Companion to the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2011.
Firth, David G. The Message of Joshua. Edited by Alec Motyer and Derek Tidball. The Bible Speaks Today. Nottingham, England: Inter-Varsity Press, 2015.
Futato, Mark D. OT101 Introducing the Old Testament: Its Structure and Story. Logos Mobile Education. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2013.
Harris, J. Gordon, Cheryl A. Brown, and Michael S. Moore. Joshua, Judges, Ruth. Edited by W. Ward Gasque, Robert L. Hubbard Jr., and Robert K. Johnston. Understanding the Bible Commentary Series. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2012.
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McConville, J. Gordon, and Stephen N. Williams. Joshua. The Two Horizons Old Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2010.
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