What if the spies didn’t bring back military intelligence from Jericho, but a sermon? This Joshua 2 Bible study looks at Rahab and the spies, the scarlet cord, the walls of Jericho, and the confession of faith that changed Israel’s report.

Most Bible studies on Rahab in the Bible focus on the red cord in the window. That image matters. But before Rahab ties the scarlet cord, she gives one of the clearest confessions of faith in the entire book of Joshua: “The LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.”

The whole city of Jericho heard the same reports: the Red Sea, the defeat of Sihon and Og, and Israel’s God on the move. The whole city locked its gates and trusted its walls. Rahab opened her window and trusted the God she had only ...