Rahab in the Bible?

Question

Why is Rahab significant for Salvation History?

And what was her reward when she saved the spies? Was it that she and her family will be saved?

Answer 1

She came to faith in the True God and received not only physical deliverance when the city of Jericho was destroyed, but also eternal salvation because of that faith. Her family was delivered too, as many as would believe her message and follow the conditions as laid out in the Book of Joshua.

She married a man of the tribe of Judah and became an ancestor of David, Israel's greatest earthly king, and thus of Jesus Christ, the King of kings and Lord of Lords.

You may be able to find a sermon or study called "The Scarlet Thread of Redemption" by W.A. Criswell, and the theme is based on the scarlet cord hanging out of Rahab's window.

A very good set of questions!

Answer 2

Rahab’s two guests were recognized as Israelites by others, who reported the matter to the king. However, Rahab quickly hid the men among flax stalks that were drying on the roof so that when the authorities got there to pick the men up she was able to direct them elsewhere without arousing their suspicions. In all of this, Rahab demonstrated greater devotion to the God of Israel than to her own condemned community.
At what point Rahab had become aware of the spies’ purpose there and Israel’s intentions concerning Jericho is uncertain. But she now confessed to them the great fear and dread existing in the city because of reports about Jehovah’s saving acts for Israel over the past 40 years or more. She asked the spies to swear to her for the preservation of herself and her whole family—father, mother, and all the rest. To this they agreed, provided she gather all the family into her house, hang a scarlet cord from the window, and remain silent concerning their visit, all of which she promised to do. Further protecting the spies, she enabled them to escape through a window (the house being on the city wall) and told them how they could avoid the search party that had headed for the Jordan at the fords.—Jos 2:8-22.
The spies reported back to Joshua all that had happened. (Jos 2:23, 24) Then when Jericho’s wall fell down, Rahab’s house, “on a side of the wall,” was not destroyed. (Jos 2:15; 6:22) On Joshua’s orders that Rahab’s household be spared, the same two spies brought her out to safety. After a period of separation from Israel’s camp, Rahab and her family were permitted to dwell among the Israelites. (Jos 6:17, 23, 25) This former prostitute then became the wife of Salmon and the mother of Boaz in the royal ancestry of the Davidic kings; she is one of the four women named in Matthew’s genealogy of Jesus. (Ru 4:20-22; Mt 1:5, 6) She is also an outstanding example of one who, though not an Israelite, by works proved her complete faith in Jehovah. “By faith,” Paul tells us, “Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who acted disobediently, because she received the spies in a peaceable way.”

Answer 3

Believe it or not Jesus came from the linage of Rahab. Carefully read the genealogy in Matthew and you will discover that she is mentioned.

Answer 4

She believed that their God was the true God. She heard about the sea parting and the other things.
She risked her life to help them. Later her children was very faithful to God called the Recobites.
there is no indication that she was a prostitute after that since it was not allowed among God's people. She married and had a son in Jesus genology line.
God chose people who were humble and loving. Some of them were prostitutes and tax collactors and sinners.
But they changed. Not all of God's people are without sin.
I think she was an example to us that God looks at the heart and is very forgiving.

Answer 5

Yes and she is in the lineage of David which is the line Jesus came from~surprised?

Answer 6

She is in the line to David.