A LOVE THAT REDEEMS
One of the most POWERFUL and UNEXPECTED LOVE stories in the Bible—the Love Story of SALMON and RAHAB.
We first meet RAHAB in Book of Joshua chapter 2. She lived in Jericho. The Bible tells us plainly that SHE WAS A PROSTITUTE. SHE WAS NOT FROM ISRAEL. SHE DID NOT GROW UP UNDER THE COVENANT. SHE WAS NOT RAISED IN THE TRADITIONS OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, and JACOB. AND YET GOD SAW HER.
When the Israelite spies entered Jericho, RAHAB HID THEM. Why? BECAUSE FAITH HAD ALREADY TAKEN ROOT IN HER HEART. She said, “I know that the Lord has given you the land… for THE LORD YOUR GOD, HE IS GOD IN HEAVEN ABOVE AND ON EARTH BENEATH.”
RAHAB DID NOT GROW UP KNOWING BUT SHE RECOGNIZED HIM WHEN SHE HEARD ABOUT HIM.
That is powerful. We DON’T HAVE TO grow up in church to encounter God. We DON’T HAVE TO have a perfect background to DEVELOP REAL FAITH. FAITH CAN BEGIN ANYWHERE—even in the heart of someone the world has written off.
BECAUSE OF HER FAITH, RAHAB AND HER FAMILY WERE SPARED when Jericho fell. And HERE IS WHERE THE LOVE STORY BEGINS.
The Bible tells us in Gospel of Matthew 1:5 that SALMON BECAME THE HUSBAND OF RAHAB. Salmon, a Prince of Judah. Salmon, a Man From God’s Covenant People. Salmon, Who Could Have Married Within Israel’s Most Respected Families But He Married Rahab.
THIS WAS NOT JUST ROMANCE, THIS WAS REDEMPTION.
Imagine What That Must Have Meant For RAHAB. A WOMAN ONCE DEFINED BY HER PAST WAS NOW EMBRACED INTO GOD’S PEOPLE NOT JUST TOLERATED, NOT JUST FORGIVEN, BUT LOVED. FULLY LOVED. CHOSEN. COVERED. ACCEPTED.
SALMON DID NOT SEE HER ONLY FOR WHAT SHE HAD BEEN. HE SAW HER FOR WHO SHE HAD BECOME AND WHO GOD SAID SHE WAS. THAT IS EXACTLY HOW GOD LOVES US.
Many of us walk around carrying labels:
“Failure.” “Mistake.” “Too broken.” “Too sinful.” “Too far gone.”
But When GOD Looks At Us, He Does Not Just See Our Past. HE SEES Our Faith. He SEES Our Surrender. HE SEES our potential. HE SEES Our FUTURE.
RAHAB’S PAST DID NOT CANCEL HER DESTINY.
Her Name Appears Again—Not In Shame—BUT IN HONOR. SHE IS MENTIONED IN Hebrews 11, THE HALL OF FAITH. “By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish…”
She is also HONORED in James 2:25 for her works that proved her faith.
And here is the most breathtaking part of this love story, RAHAB AND SALMON HAD A SON NAMED BOAZ.
Boaz would grow up to become the kinsman-redeemer in the story of Book of Ruth. Boaz would marry Ruth, another outsider brought into covenant. And GENERATIONS LATER, FROM THIS LINEAGE, WOULD COME KING DAVID. And FROM DAVID’S LINE WOULD COME JESUS CHRIST.
RAHAB—The Former Prostitute of Jericho—BECAME PART OF THE LINEAGE OF THE MESSIAH. That is what REDEEMING LOVE does.
SALMON’S LOVE was not just personal—it WAS PROPHETIC. It was A PICTURE OF CHRIST. Because JUST LIKE SALMON CHOSE RAHAB, JESUS CHOOSES US.
Romans 5:8 NASB1995
[8] But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Not after we cleaned ourselves up. Not after we proved ourselves worthy. Not after we earned it. WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS.
RAHAB DID NOT CLEAN UP JERICHO BEFORE SHE BELIEVED. SHE BELIEVED FIRST. AND TRANSFORMATION FOLLOWED.
And maybe someone reading this feels like Rahab.
We feel disqualified.
We feel ashamed.
We feel like your past disqualifies us from a holy future.
But let Rahab preach to us today:
Our past does not have the final word.
God does.
And maybe someone else reading today needs to learn from Salmon.
Because Salmon represents mature love. He did not marry reputation—he married redemption. He did not marry status—he married faith.
In a world that judges by history, He chose by destiny.
What if we loved like that?
What if we saw people not just as they were—but as who they are becoming in Christ?
The church should be the safest place for Rahabs.
The church should be the place where scarlet cords become symbols of salvation.
Remember the scarlet cord Rahab hung from her window? That cord marked her house for deliverance when Jericho fell.
That scarlet cord points us forward to another scarlet thread—the blood of Jesus.
Because just as the cord marked her for salvation, the blood of Christ marks us as redeemed.
Salmon and Rahab’s love story teaches us three powerful truths:
First: Faith changes identity.
Rahab was known as a prostitute—but heaven knew her as faithful.
Second: Love restores dignity.
She went from outsider to covenant family.
Third: God writes beautiful futures from messy pasts.
Her story did not end in Jericho. It began there.
The Bible is full of love stories. But this one whispers grace.
A prince of Judah marries a woman from the margins.
An outsider becomes an ancestor of the Savior.
A scarlet cord becomes a symbol of hope.
And today, God is still writing stories like that.
If He could redeem Rahab, He can redeem us.
If He could use her in the lineage of Christ, He can use us in His plan.
If love could find her in Jericho, love can find us wherever we are.
Because the greatest love story is not just Salmon and Rahab. It is JESUS AND US.
One of the most POWERFUL and UNEXPECTED LOVE stories in the Bible—the Love Story of SALMON and RAHAB.
We first meet RAHAB in Book of Joshua chapter 2. She lived in Jericho. The Bible tells us plainly that SHE WAS A PROSTITUTE. SHE WAS NOT FROM ISRAEL. SHE DID NOT GROW UP UNDER THE COVENANT. SHE WAS NOT RAISED IN THE TRADITIONS OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, and JACOB. AND YET GOD SAW HER.
When the Israelite spies entered Jericho, RAHAB HID THEM. Why? BECAUSE FAITH HAD ALREADY TAKEN ROOT IN HER HEART. She said, “I know that the Lord has given you the land… for THE LORD YOUR GOD, HE IS GOD IN HEAVEN ABOVE AND ON EARTH BENEATH.”
RAHAB DID NOT GROW UP KNOWING BUT SHE RECOGNIZED HIM WHEN SHE HEARD ABOUT HIM.
That is powerful. We DON’T HAVE TO grow up in church to encounter God. We DON’T HAVE TO have a perfect background to DEVELOP REAL FAITH. FAITH CAN BEGIN ANYWHERE—even in the heart of someone the world has written off.
BECAUSE OF HER FAITH, RAHAB AND HER FAMILY WERE SPARED when Jericho fell. And HERE IS WHERE THE LOVE STORY BEGINS.
The Bible tells us in Gospel of Matthew 1:5 that SALMON BECAME THE HUSBAND OF RAHAB. Salmon, a Prince of Judah. Salmon, a Man From God’s Covenant People. Salmon, Who Could Have Married Within Israel’s Most Respected Families But He Married Rahab.
THIS WAS NOT JUST ROMANCE, THIS WAS REDEMPTION.
Imagine What That Must Have Meant For RAHAB. A WOMAN ONCE DEFINED BY HER PAST WAS NOW EMBRACED INTO GOD’S PEOPLE NOT JUST TOLERATED, NOT JUST FORGIVEN, BUT LOVED. FULLY LOVED. CHOSEN. COVERED. ACCEPTED.
SALMON DID NOT SEE HER ONLY FOR WHAT SHE HAD BEEN. HE SAW HER FOR WHO SHE HAD BECOME AND WHO GOD SAID SHE WAS. THAT IS EXACTLY HOW GOD LOVES US.
Many of us walk around carrying labels:
“Failure.” “Mistake.” “Too broken.” “Too sinful.” “Too far gone.”
But When GOD Looks At Us, He Does Not Just See Our Past. HE SEES Our Faith. He SEES Our Surrender. HE SEES our potential. HE SEES Our FUTURE.
RAHAB’S PAST DID NOT CANCEL HER DESTINY.
Her Name Appears Again—Not In Shame—BUT IN HONOR. SHE IS MENTIONED IN Hebrews 11, THE HALL OF FAITH. “By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish…”
She is also HONORED in James 2:25 for her works that proved her faith.
And here is the most breathtaking part of this love story, RAHAB AND SALMON HAD A SON NAMED BOAZ.
Boaz would grow up to become the kinsman-redeemer in the story of Book of Ruth. Boaz would marry Ruth, another outsider brought into covenant. And GENERATIONS LATER, FROM THIS LINEAGE, WOULD COME KING DAVID. And FROM DAVID’S LINE WOULD COME JESUS CHRIST.
RAHAB—The Former Prostitute of Jericho—BECAME PART OF THE LINEAGE OF THE MESSIAH. That is what REDEEMING LOVE does.
SALMON’S LOVE was not just personal—it WAS PROPHETIC. It was A PICTURE OF CHRIST. Because JUST LIKE SALMON CHOSE RAHAB, JESUS CHOOSES US.
Romans 5:8 NASB1995
[8] But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Not after we cleaned ourselves up. Not after we proved ourselves worthy. Not after we earned it. WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS.
RAHAB DID NOT CLEAN UP JERICHO BEFORE SHE BELIEVED. SHE BELIEVED FIRST. AND TRANSFORMATION FOLLOWED.
And maybe someone reading this feels like Rahab.
We feel disqualified.
We feel ashamed.
We feel like your past disqualifies us from a holy future.
But let Rahab preach to us today:
Our past does not have the final word.
God does.
And maybe someone else reading today needs to learn from Salmon.
Because Salmon represents mature love. He did not marry reputation—he married redemption. He did not marry status—he married faith.
In a world that judges by history, He chose by destiny.
What if we loved like that?
What if we saw people not just as they were—but as who they are becoming in Christ?
The church should be the safest place for Rahabs.
The church should be the place where scarlet cords become symbols of salvation.
Remember the scarlet cord Rahab hung from her window? That cord marked her house for deliverance when Jericho fell.
That scarlet cord points us forward to another scarlet thread—the blood of Jesus.
Because just as the cord marked her for salvation, the blood of Christ marks us as redeemed.
Salmon and Rahab’s love story teaches us three powerful truths:
First: Faith changes identity.
Rahab was known as a prostitute—but heaven knew her as faithful.
Second: Love restores dignity.
She went from outsider to covenant family.
Third: God writes beautiful futures from messy pasts.
Her story did not end in Jericho. It began there.
The Bible is full of love stories. But this one whispers grace.
A prince of Judah marries a woman from the margins.
An outsider becomes an ancestor of the Savior.
A scarlet cord becomes a symbol of hope.
And today, God is still writing stories like that.
If He could redeem Rahab, He can redeem us.
If He could use her in the lineage of Christ, He can use us in His plan.
If love could find her in Jericho, love can find us wherever we are.
Because the greatest love story is not just Salmon and Rahab. It is JESUS AND US.
A LOVE THAT REDEEMS
One of the most POWERFUL and UNEXPECTED LOVE stories in the Bible—the Love Story of SALMON and RAHAB.
We first meet RAHAB in Book of Joshua chapter 2. She lived in Jericho. The Bible tells us plainly that SHE WAS A PROSTITUTE. SHE WAS NOT FROM ISRAEL. SHE DID NOT GROW UP UNDER THE COVENANT. SHE WAS NOT RAISED IN THE TRADITIONS OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, and JACOB. AND YET GOD SAW HER.
When the Israelite spies entered Jericho, RAHAB HID THEM. Why? BECAUSE FAITH HAD ALREADY TAKEN ROOT IN HER HEART. She said, “I know that the Lord has given you the land… for THE LORD YOUR GOD, HE IS GOD IN HEAVEN ABOVE AND ON EARTH BENEATH.”
RAHAB DID NOT GROW UP KNOWING BUT SHE RECOGNIZED HIM WHEN SHE HEARD ABOUT HIM.
That is powerful. We DON’T HAVE TO grow up in church to encounter God. We DON’T HAVE TO have a perfect background to DEVELOP REAL FAITH. FAITH CAN BEGIN ANYWHERE—even in the heart of someone the world has written off.
BECAUSE OF HER FAITH, RAHAB AND HER FAMILY WERE SPARED when Jericho fell. And HERE IS WHERE THE LOVE STORY BEGINS.
The Bible tells us in Gospel of Matthew 1:5 that SALMON BECAME THE HUSBAND OF RAHAB. Salmon, a Prince of Judah. Salmon, a Man From God’s Covenant People. Salmon, Who Could Have Married Within Israel’s Most Respected Families But He Married Rahab.
THIS WAS NOT JUST ROMANCE, THIS WAS REDEMPTION.
Imagine What That Must Have Meant For RAHAB. A WOMAN ONCE DEFINED BY HER PAST WAS NOW EMBRACED INTO GOD’S PEOPLE NOT JUST TOLERATED, NOT JUST FORGIVEN, BUT LOVED. FULLY LOVED. CHOSEN. COVERED. ACCEPTED.
SALMON DID NOT SEE HER ONLY FOR WHAT SHE HAD BEEN. HE SAW HER FOR WHO SHE HAD BECOME AND WHO GOD SAID SHE WAS. THAT IS EXACTLY HOW GOD LOVES US.
Many of us walk around carrying labels:
“Failure.” “Mistake.” “Too broken.” “Too sinful.” “Too far gone.”
But When GOD Looks At Us, He Does Not Just See Our Past. HE SEES Our Faith. He SEES Our Surrender. HE SEES our potential. HE SEES Our FUTURE.
RAHAB’S PAST DID NOT CANCEL HER DESTINY.
Her Name Appears Again—Not In Shame—BUT IN HONOR. SHE IS MENTIONED IN Hebrews 11, THE HALL OF FAITH. “By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish…”
She is also HONORED in James 2:25 for her works that proved her faith.
And here is the most breathtaking part of this love story, RAHAB AND SALMON HAD A SON NAMED BOAZ.
Boaz would grow up to become the kinsman-redeemer in the story of Book of Ruth. Boaz would marry Ruth, another outsider brought into covenant. And GENERATIONS LATER, FROM THIS LINEAGE, WOULD COME KING DAVID. And FROM DAVID’S LINE WOULD COME JESUS CHRIST.
RAHAB—The Former Prostitute of Jericho—BECAME PART OF THE LINEAGE OF THE MESSIAH. That is what REDEEMING LOVE does.
SALMON’S LOVE was not just personal—it WAS PROPHETIC. It was A PICTURE OF CHRIST. Because JUST LIKE SALMON CHOSE RAHAB, JESUS CHOOSES US.
Romans 5:8 NASB1995
[8] But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Not after we cleaned ourselves up. Not after we proved ourselves worthy. Not after we earned it. WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS.
RAHAB DID NOT CLEAN UP JERICHO BEFORE SHE BELIEVED. SHE BELIEVED FIRST. AND TRANSFORMATION FOLLOWED.
And maybe someone reading this feels like Rahab.
We feel disqualified.
We feel ashamed.
We feel like your past disqualifies us from a holy future.
But let Rahab preach to us today:
Our past does not have the final word.
God does.
And maybe someone else reading today needs to learn from Salmon.
Because Salmon represents mature love. He did not marry reputation—he married redemption. He did not marry status—he married faith.
In a world that judges by history, He chose by destiny.
What if we loved like that?
What if we saw people not just as they were—but as who they are becoming in Christ?
The church should be the safest place for Rahabs.
The church should be the place where scarlet cords become symbols of salvation.
Remember the scarlet cord Rahab hung from her window? That cord marked her house for deliverance when Jericho fell.
That scarlet cord points us forward to another scarlet thread—the blood of Jesus.
Because just as the cord marked her for salvation, the blood of Christ marks us as redeemed.
Salmon and Rahab’s love story teaches us three powerful truths:
First: Faith changes identity.
Rahab was known as a prostitute—but heaven knew her as faithful.
Second: Love restores dignity.
She went from outsider to covenant family.
Third: God writes beautiful futures from messy pasts.
Her story did not end in Jericho. It began there.
The Bible is full of love stories. But this one whispers grace.
A prince of Judah marries a woman from the margins.
An outsider becomes an ancestor of the Savior.
A scarlet cord becomes a symbol of hope.
And today, God is still writing stories like that.
If He could redeem Rahab, He can redeem us.
If He could use her in the lineage of Christ, He can use us in His plan.
If love could find her in Jericho, love can find us wherever we are.
Because the greatest love story is not just Salmon and Rahab. It is JESUS AND US.
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