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A Treasure of God’s Grace: Rahab. How was your week? Did you experience God's grace? He's amazing! Boaz’s mother must have told him how the spies rescued her from Jericho. Do you realize she is Ruth’s second mother-in-law? Although Naomi was her first through her marriage to Mahlon, Ruth later married Boaz. We don’t know if Ruth and Rahab met, but it’s likely she’d died by the time Boaz married. He was much older than Ruth. By then, Bethlehem was an established town. As Israel entered Canaan, God promised they’d conquer Jericho, and Rahab’s role was vital. The Lord chose a prostitute and a liar to protect the spies. Are you surprised? An odd negotiator for a military campaign? No-one in Jericho cared whether she lived or died. She knew how they felt about her, and she lived by her wits, a streetwise prostitute whose only value was the sale of her body. Rahab was aware of God’s power before the Israelites invaded Jericho. H...