Unashamed: Rahab (The Lineage of Grace Series #2)

Book 2 in the Lineage of Grace series by best-selling author Francine Rivers. In her trademark style, Francine tells the compelling story of Rahab from the book of Joshua. Readers will gain a fresh understanding of God's work through the life of this unlikely woman in the lineage of Christ. Rahab is the prostitute who hid the Hebrew spies in Jericho and tied a scarlet thread in her window when Jericho was destroyed by God. She was scorned and abused by those around her. Yet her faith in the God of the Israelites saved the spies, her life, and the lives of her family. God not only spared her, he gave her an honored position as the wife of one of the spies, mother of an ancestor of King David, and ultimately, a place in the lineage of Jesus Bestselling Christian author Francine Rivers recreates the significant acts of Rahab, a prostitute of Jericho who was instrumental in bringing about its destruction. As an early feminist, Rahab stands out as a beacon of self-acceptance, spurning her family's and society's opinions to fulfill the sacred knowledge burning within her. Her ensuing love and marriage was the beginning of a bloodline that yielded King David and, ultimately, Jesus