The Bible Story: The Possible Story Of Rahab

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The Bible narrative story I chose was Joshua 2:1-24. The Bible story is about a woman named Rahab. The Bible story begins when Joshua secretly sends two spies to go to the land of Jericho. When the two spies got to Jericho they entered a house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there. However, the king of Jericho was told about the two spies from Israel that entered the house of the prostitute named Rahab. The king was angry and mad. Then, the king of Jericho sent a message to Rahab and said to bring out the two men because they have come here to spy out the land. However, the woman decided to hide the two men. She told the king of Jericho that the two men came to her, but she did not know where they had come from. She explained that she did not know where they were going and who they were. She told the king of Jericho to search for them because they may be close by. So the men …show more content…
The story was very interesting and exciting because it was hard to predict what was going to happen at the end. The Bible story had a great plot, because readers were not hundred percent sure if Rahab was going to keep the secret or tell the king. The part that I thought was strange was that Rahab was a prostitute. I do not understand why they specifically had a prostitute to help the two spies. However, maybe God was demonstrating that He loves everyone and that He can use anyone who believes in Him. This Bible story is not new to me because I heard this story when I was a child in Sunday school. Some questions I have for the narrative would be, Why did the two spies go to Rahab in the first place?. Another question is, why did not Rahab turn the two spies in?. The parts of the story that resonate with me is even though Rahab was a prostitute, God still used her in a big way. This story makes me feel encouraged because when life gets hard and we do not know what to do, we can trust in God and He will lead

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