Our motto: Slow down. So read through this chapter again, but this time looking for still deeper truths. We want to see this chapter as not just a story, but a lesson. We want to get the truth God knew we needed when he chose to include this narrative in Scripture.
If you circled names as we suggested in the last post you quickly noticed only one name appears in the whole chapter - that of Rahab the prostitute. Everyone else is referred using pronouns or terms like “spies.” That’s like a big, flashing neon arrow pointing to that lesson.
As you read this time, ask yourself, “What made Rahab different from the rest of Jericho’s citizens?” It was obviously not her occupation that made her worthy of protection. Was it her decision to hide and protect the spies? Or did that decision flow from something deeper and more significant - something internal that led to her protective actions?
One other thing as you read chapter two this time: using your pencil again, draw brackets around the verse you think is the thematic center, the punch line of this lesson.

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