Waiting for the Promise, by Elspeth Young. Rahab in Hebrew means “spacious.” She was a harlot in Jericho. She hid the Hebrew spies in her home and “let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall.” They in turn promised to save her and all of her family from the destruction of Jericho (see Joshua 2:12–21). In the painting, Rahab awaits the fulfillment of that promise as Jericho is destroyed. Rahab’s faith is discussed by Paul (see Hebrews 11:31), and her good…