8 Now before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof, 9 and said to the men: “I know that the Lord has given you the land, that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land are fainthearted because of you.” (Joshua 2:8–9, NKJV)
Rahab spoke the fearful expectation that was in the hearts of the Canaanites: They were about to be overrun and defeated by the army of Israel. Why would the happen? Because “the Lord has given you the land.” The inhabitants of Jericho and the land of Canaan had heard of the Lord’s mighty deliverance of Israel from Egypt forty years earlier, and, how Israel had recently defeated the neighboring kings (Joshua 2:10-11). It is notable that Rahab the harlot knew the God of Israel would keep His word and give Israel the land of Canaan. And yet, many, many people refuse to believe the simple word of God that says God did indeed give Israel all the land He promised their fathers. “So the Lord gave to Israel all the land of which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they took possession of it and dwelt in it” (Joshua 21:43). The doctrine of Premillennialism denies God gave Israel “all the land He promised their fathers.” It denies the word of God; It is false doctrine. Never doubt God’s promise of eternal life in His Son. God always keeps His word (Titus 1:1-3; 1 John 5:11-13).
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