+DEV+ The Scarlet Symbol

Date: December 29, 2010 9:20 PM
Topic: +DEV+ The Scarlet Symbol

The Scarlet Symbol

"We will treat you kindly...[if] you have tied this scarlet cord in the window...So she sent them away and they departed. And she tied the scarlet cord in the window" (Joshua 2:14b, 18a, 21b).
Scripture Focus: Joshua 2:1-21

Because Rahab hid the Israelite spies, they promised her safety when her city would be destroyed. The scarlet cord hung from her
window guaranteed deliverance.

Day after day, that cord hung in her window while Rahab waited in trust for the promise of the Israelite spies to be fulfilled. Joshua 6:22-23 recounts the deliverance of Rahab and her family and of their new life among God's chosen people.

The destruction we face comes from our debt of sin if we do not accept the promise for deliverance in Jesus. "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son" (John 3:16, 18).

The blood of Jesus delivers us from death. The "scarlet cord" of His shed blood hangs over us, covering our sin and guaranteeing deliverance.

Insight: Ask Jesus to forgive you for your sin. Thank Him for dying for you and for the promise of eternal life.