Unashamed by Francine Rivers

Author:Francine Rivers
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Adult, Historical, Inspirational, Fiction
ISBN: 9780842335966
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Published: 2000-09-27T22:00:00+00:00

By the end of the day, he lay upon his mat, every movement causing pain. Every male had been circumcised. The Israelites were now freeborn children of God, no longer tainted by the idolatry of Egypt.

The covenant had been renewed.

? ? ?

“Give me that!” Rahab yanked a clay idol from her sister’s hand and marched to the window.

“What are you doing?” Hagri cried out, getting up and racing after Rahab. “No!”

“What do you mean by bringing this wretched thing into my house?” Rahab hurled the false god out the window and watched it explode into pieces on the rocky ground below.

Hagri blanched. “The gods will avenge your disrespect!”

“If that thing held any power, would it have let me toss it out the window? Use the head you were born with, Hagri. Do you think that idol can bring us harm? It’s nothing but clay. There is only one God, and He is the God of heaven and earth. He’s the God who rolled back the Jordan a few days ago! Have you forgotten so quickly? Bow down to Him!”

Her father and mother and sisters and brothers and their children were all staring at her in frightened confusion. She was so angry she was shaking, but shouting at them wasn’t going to make them understand. Why were they so stiff-necked and foolish? Why were they so stubborn?

She strove to speak calmly. “Our only hope is in the God of the Hebrews. We must get rid of everything that insults Him. Have you any other idols hidden among your possessions?” When they just stared at her and said nothing, she almost erupted in fury. “Spread out your things! Let me see what abominations you’ve brought into my house!”

Grudgingly, they began spreading out their possessions a few at a time. Vaheb, Hagri’s husband, set out a clay-filled skull with shell eyes. “My father,” he said when Rahab looked at it. “He was a wise man.”

“Wise and dead.”

“Our ancestors advise us!”

“To do what? Become like them? Do you think that skull filled with dirt can tell you the way to escape the coming judgment? Get rid of it!”

“It’s my father!”

“Your father is dead, Vaheb. A pity his head wasn’t buried with him.”

“Rahab!” her father said. “You’ve said enough!”

“I will have said and done enough when these things are thrown out that window!” Her brothers and sisters protested, but she outshouted them. “Should I have your deaths upon my conscience? Listen to me! All of you! That skull filled with dirt is nothing but a filthy idol and an insult to the God of the Hebrews. Get rid of it! Get it out of my house!”

“Abiasaph!” Vaheb appealed to Rahab’s father. “Do you agree with her?”

Rahab felt the heat rush into her face as they turned away from her leadership. She pointed to the window. “Look out there! How many thousands do you see? And they all walked across the Jordan River, which is now flooded again. Do you wish to trust the God who

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