Melted Hearts
Joshua 2:11
When we heard of it, our hearts melted and everyone's courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in heaven above and on the earth below.
Where I previously had only one verse in Joshua, on 3/25, my newly expanded search found 10. Now I'm not sure exactly what I did. I found 3 verses from chapter 14. Possibly I found those just in reading. Then I went back to Genesis, resuming a systematic search. So I think I can go to this one, and through the new list, skipping chapter 14 and 22:5. Then they will be all new when I get to Judges.
This verse was said by Rahab as she explained to the Israelites why she chose to help them. A God-sent fear had already come over the whole nation when they heard of the parting of the Red Sea and the conquest of other kings.
More than that, she makes a statement of faith. She understands that the God of Israel is the one true God, and she wisely wants to join His side.
So she did. Her reward came in installments, one of the best parts being that her name is listed in the ancestry of Jesus, the Son of God, because she went from fear to fearing God.
When we heard of it, our hearts melted and everyone's courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in heaven above and on the earth below.
Where I previously had only one verse in Joshua, on 3/25, my newly expanded search found 10. Now I'm not sure exactly what I did. I found 3 verses from chapter 14. Possibly I found those just in reading. Then I went back to Genesis, resuming a systematic search. So I think I can go to this one, and through the new list, skipping chapter 14 and 22:5. Then they will be all new when I get to Judges.
This verse was said by Rahab as she explained to the Israelites why she chose to help them. A God-sent fear had already come over the whole nation when they heard of the parting of the Red Sea and the conquest of other kings.
More than that, she makes a statement of faith. She understands that the God of Israel is the one true God, and she wisely wants to join His side.
So she did. Her reward came in installments, one of the best parts being that her name is listed in the ancestry of Jesus, the Son of God, because she went from fear to fearing God.
posted by ruthees @ 1:30 PM
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