Where the world comes to study the Bible  Lesson 3 - Rahab: A
Past and a Future  Time: Into the Land ~1400 B.C.  “By faith
Rahab the prostitute escaped the destruction of the disobedient,
because she welcomed the spies in peace.” HEBREWS 11:31   After
40 years of struggle, Israel stood poised to enter the Promised
Land. But she would enter without Moses for he was dead. Much
work remained. This beautiful new land was dangerous. Numerous
city-states dotted the landscape, each a well-fortified, walled
fortress with a battle-tested army. Conquest would be a
difficult, time-consuming task.  But, God remained faithful to
His people. He equipped a new leader, Joshua, who had been
trained under Moses’ leadership for 40 years for this job.
Joshua knew that the 2.5 million Israelites plus their flocks
and herds needed to cross a flooded river and begin their
conquest of the land. So, he sent 2 spies to secretly scout the
area of imminent war, particularly Jericho—the strategic point
to reach the three passes through t