In Joshua, chapter two, verse one, is about Rahab, a sinful woman from a pagan background who recognized the God of Israel as the true God of heaven and earth. She abandoned Canaan’s gods, in faith, joined with the Israelites and their God, and eventually became an ancestor of the Messiah. The salvation of Rahab illustrates that even while God is in the process of judgment, any person who “feareth him and worketh righteousness is accepted with him,” as stated in Acts ten thirty-five. Rahab’s house was possibly an inn where travelers or locals could obtain food and lodging. Her place helps strangers to enter and gain information without undue alarm or suspicion.
Rahab helps prevent the two men from being caught by the King of Jericho, who was asking for their whereabouts. The fact she denies knowing where they went to the King shows her care and concern for their safety. Rahab hid the two men who were spies on the roof and covered them with stalks of flax. Until the area was clear, she let the spies know she was aware that God gave favor to them to get the land. Rahab also mentioned the Red Sea describing how the Lord dried it up for them to come out of Egypt in verse ten.
Rahab, hiding the men in her house, known as the Harlot’s house, believes God sent them to have the land. Despite her status among the people where she lives, God gave her favor among His people. Later in Joshua six, God saves Rahab and all in her household from the accursed city because of her sincerity in helping the spies. Rahab did not perish with the rest of the people where she lived because she went out of her way to receive the spies with peace.