Before the spies lay down for the night, Rahab went up on the roofBefore they had lain down, she came up to them on the roof.And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
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… that spy out the land and stay in there. And this is where we get to in Joshua chapter two, verse eight. Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof and said to them, I know that the Lord has given you this land and that a great fear of you has fallen on us. So that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you. We have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea for when you came out of Egypt and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of Amorites east of the Jordan, who you completely destroyed. When we heard of it, our hearts melted in fear and everyone's courage failed because of you. For the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on earth below. so before we talk about that account and and any more where it goes without we got to understand a little bit about Rahab like I said Rahab is a prostitute living in Jericho she is not part of Israel she's not on the inside of the covenant she is a woman on the margins on the edge she is morally broken she's got sin she is socially exposed and spiritually outside the people of God, and yet that woman hears, the scripture tells us, what God is doing. And so she hears what God has done, that God dried up the Red Sea, that God had destroyed kings. She hears of his power, …
… in verse eight, it says, before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof and said to them, I know that the Lord has given you this land and that a great fear of you has fallen on us so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you. We have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea for you. when you came up out of Egypt and what you did to Shihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you completely destroyed. When we heard of it, our hearts melted in fear and everyone's courage failed because of you. For the Lord, your God is God. In heaven above and on the earth below, Rahab was coming to a realization. What this realization was when she was hearing the stories of the army that was coming. And even though they were still on the other side of the Jordan, she knew their destruction was all but guaranteed. …
… But I want you to notice what she said. she said to them before the spies lay down for the night she went up on the roof and said to them I know this is someone in the promised land in Jericho hearing about the fact that the Israelites are coming I know that the Lord has given you this land and that a great fear of you has fallen on us so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you we have heard how The Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea for you. Do you remember that when that happened? Okay, great miracle. When you came out of Egypt and what you did to Shion and Og. There were two kings that were defeated on the east side of the Jordan River. The two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you completely destroyed. When we heard of it, our hearts melted in fear and everyone's courage failed because of you. …