I am currently going through the book of Joshua, and as I was studying the scene with the harlot, Rahab (Joshua, second chapter), a thought occurred to my mind as I was pondering the significance of the "line of scarlet thread" (Joshua 2:18). The significance to me is that it paralleled to the situation of the Hebrews while they were held in bondage to the Egyptians.
The Israelites were commanded by the Lord, specifically, to take a young, male lamb "from the sheep, or from the goats" (Exodus 12:5), and then "take the blood, and strike it on the...door posts of the houses" (Exodus 12:7). Needless to say, all of these efforts made by the Hebrews, however, was so that the "destroying angel [would] pass by them...and not slay them." (Doctrine & Covenants, Section 89:21)
The two situations have a parallel item, which was the a sign or signal for those who righteous could be preserved from destruction or divine justice. The blood of the lamb of course represents the blood of Jesus Christ, as signified through His atoning blood, which is why my thoughts on the red or scarlet thread. They're the same color. And as a result of Rahab's faith, she was "justified by works" (James 2:25).
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