The Scarlet Thread was called by four different terms, or words. This was for a reason.The first one is TOKEN (Josh. 2:12). It is the Hebrew word "outh", where we get our English word "oath" from, and is in the use of appearing, flag, beacon, monument, omen, evidence, mark, miracle or ensign. Everyone of these words seemed to fit, except omen to me. I looked up the definition of OMEN, and it is- a sign or indication of some future event! This Scarlet Cord, or True TOKEN was the sign that she would be brought out when Joshua came to take the city! Our token of the HOLY SPIRIT is our TOKEN, or EARNEST, that we will be redeemed or taken out when Jesus comes back! II Corinthians 1:22 says, "Who hath also SEALED us, and given the EARNEST of the Spirit in our hearts." Just as you pay earnest money on a home as down payment, as proof that you are coming back to purchase the home, Jesus has given us the "down payment" or "EARNEST" OF THE HOLY SPIRIT as a TOKEN that He will come back for us as well!
The second word used is CORD, (Josh. 2:15). CORD is defined as "a measuring line-twisted-inheritance as measured-a portion. This Scarlet CORD was the standard that all of Jericho was compared to. They were measured and "found wanting,"(Daniel 5:27). All of our "righteousnesses" are as filthy rags in God's sight compared to the Blood of Jesus. (Isaiah 64:6). But the Lord also has given grace to us "according to the MEASURE of the gift of God." (Eph.4:7). Psalms 16:5 says "The Lord is the PORTION of mine INHERITANCE ...". He MEASURES unto each of us grace and IS OUR INHERITANCE AND PORTION! Just as Rahab now would be set apart from all others in Jericho and have a place or inheritance in Israel, so are we set apart with the MEASURE OF GRACE to receive the Lord as our PORTION AND INHEIRITANCE!
The third word used is LINE. It means a cord, expectancy, hope, live thing that I long for.This cord is what brought her expectancy to be delivered safely from the city, and what she was waiting for them to do when they returned. It represented the BLESSED HOPE we all have as Christians. It is what we long for daily, to be delivered from this sinful world, and to be with the Lord. As the definition says it is a "live thing," or a living thing, it is something that is real because this HOPE IS A PERSON! JESUS IS HIS NAME!
The fourth word used is THREAD. THREAD means to sew, connects beginning to the end, a string-a measuring tape-cord-line-thread. This THREAD, the blood, connects the beginning of time to the end of time-THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA! The beginning and the end! This is Jesus Himself! Salvation has ALWAYS been the measuring tape or standard for Salvation, and the thread that connects salvation from the Old Testament to the New Testament. Old Testament saints looked FORWARD TO the sacrifice of Jesus Blood, and we LOOK BACK to His death and resurrection. SALVATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT FAITH IN JESUS' BLOOD! AMEN!
The Scarlet Cord was made from the flax that Rahab had laid out in order on the top of her roof. Flax cord has to be made from 3 separate cords, each equal in length and strength, twisted, and made as one, and runs from top to bottom! This is nothing more than a picture of the TRINITY! The Great Three in One! God the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the World, and gave us His Holy Spirit as our Comforter until He returns.
The Scarlet Cord was dyed from a special dye. Scarlet is obtained from an insect in the Middle East to Northern Africa region called the Coccid. This insect FIRMLY attaches itself to a TREE, lays eggs (life), and then DIES, protecting the eggs with its BODY, until they HATCH! From this insect's BLOOD and dead body, the DYE IS OBTAINED! Jesus came to this Earth over 2,000 years ago, and purposely, FIRMLY ATTACHED Himself to a tree, gave LIFE TO US, and PROTECTS US WITH HIS BLOOD AND SACRIFICE ON THE CROSS! Jesus gives us 'NEW LIFE' and makes us a 'NEW CREATURE' just as this example states! What a wonderful Creator we have to give us pictures of Himself in His Creation!
Three other objects in nature are used to describe the color Crimson-the rose, the flame, and the fire brick stone. Is not Jesus "the Rose of Sharon", a "Consuming Fire", and "The Chief Cornerstone?"
Isaiah 1:18 says, "Come now and let us reason together, saith the Lord, though your sins be as SCARLET, they shall be as WHITE as snow, Though they be red like CRIMSON, they shall be as wool." On the color wheel, when two colors that are alike are combined, they cancel each other out, producing the color white. Our CRIMSON stains of sin, are covered with JESUS' CRIMSON BLOOD, and are cancelled out, OR WASHED WHITE AS SNOW!
There were SPIES to view the SPOIL. A SINNER that needed SALVATION. A SNITCH told the SECRET. The SUMMONS produced a STAND. Rahab's STORY still ended in SOLACE. SALVATION ALWAYS comes by the SAVIOUR. A SCARLET THREAD made Rahab a SISTER in Israel. How about you today? This Scarlet Thread is still saving lives today, just as it did Rahab's thousands of years ago. The BLOOD OF JESUS WILL NEVER LOSE IT'S POWER! Are your crimson stains covered by the
.......................SCARLET CORD?
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