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Joshua 2:17-19 So the men said to her: “We will be blameless of this oath of yours which you have made us swear, unless, when we come into the land, you bind this line of scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you bring your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household to your own home. So it shall be that whoever goes outside the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his own head, and we will be guiltless…

Hebrews 10:24-25 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

The message was clear. Only inside the house there is safety. Do NOT leave the house. The cord (a type for the blood of Jesus) and message of salvation belongs in the house. When the entire wall came crushing down, one part remained intact. That’s where the house of Rahab was.

Some people think: I don’t need the church. I can just take the cord with me everywhere I go in the city and the cord will save me. No, the cord can only save you in the house. Salvation is given to the church and those in it. The house of Rahab represents the church. Jesus said: I will build my church, and the gates of Hell shall NOT prevail against it.

Don’t leave the church. Only in the church are you safe. Rev. Gøran Andreassen

Additional scriptures for further study: Matthew 18:20; Acts 2:42, 9:31, 11:25-26, 20:28; Romans 12:4-5; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31; Ephesians 4:14-16; 2 Timothy 2:15; Hebrews 10:24-25, 13:17.