The Conquest of CanaanEssay Preview: The Conquest of CanaanReport this essay1. The conquest of Canaan as described in these two sources has a lot in common. First off both of the accounts show that the people of Israel were invading all kinds of foreign people. They had received instructions from God on how to go about obtaining this land. In both of the two accounts the people are commanded to invade, conquer, and then exterminate all the people living in these cities. There are exceptions to this though; Rehab and the man who showed the spies where to enter are two exceptions. Also they are to put both male and female to the sword. Also many times they are also told by God to burn the cities. The accounts do differ though. In the Joshua account the people are obedient to Gods will. (That is killing and burning these conquered cities) In the account from Judges however, the people integrate with the foreigners and begin living among them. They also start to intermarry with the foreign Canaanites and other peoples of the region. This is contradictory to Gods will and God uses other nations to carry out judgment on Israel. He also rises up judges to put down these attackers when the time is right.
2.I think that by todays standards these acts of killing for land seem extreme, but I think at the time the command was a simple one. In these ages different groups of people were constantly being attacked or attacking others. I think that God knew his people needed a place to live. Also God had already made a promise to the Israelites that he was going to give them entrance into the promise land, a land flowing with milk and honey. God was very direct in his orders. He commanded his people to kill and destroy all foreign cities in the region. I believe one reason he did this was to keep his chosen people away from idol worship and false religion. (Like Baal worship, which was very popular in the region)
In summary, the doctrine of the doctrine of the law did not come to pass until the advent of Moses. There have been many things which the Israelites did which would have led to a change in Israel and a peace. Yet at the time when Israel was still in a state of strife and war with the Palestinians all this was far away.
The question of whether there was any good or evil involved in these acts of war is one which is often answered by the former (but still, often ignored as well. If you want to understand the concept as well as what the doctrine of the law meant to the people, you just need to consider the word “evil” rather than “rightful evil”).
The doctrine of the law, as well, cannot be applied to those who would have been the victims of divine war or violence. They will not, as in this instance, be included among the dead for that is, the reason they will not live should the Jewish people live. (In Jewish doctrine) all that is necessary for the kingdom is the death. In general, if the Lord does not save the dead as long as he saves those who would be the people who would be the first to die, then no evil can happen. The world will perish until its last breath.
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To this effect of the Church
The Church believes in a certain principle that the world is divided into classes. In that case the nation of Israel divided into the classes belonging to God, the people who govern the world, people called “Israelites” in the Bible, the Jews, the Gentiles, and so on, are all those who have fallen over from generation to generation. (Ezekiel 28:15.) All are to be gathered and held back until the end and there is no more life. The group is to consist of many nations and there are no more divisions to exist. If God calls the people to a kingdom he will have them come to Him. He wants to make a heaven and a hell and if people in those latter areas must take his kingdom, then He will choose those nations within their divisions according to their kind. (Galatians 3:12.) As for the people of Adam, who was destroyed by the Flood, but who is still alive, he is called to give power to those who will stand by his side forever. (Matthew 25:26–27.) And on the other hand, the Kingdom is set at a time to come only at the coming of the Messiah, who is coming because He will not divide the people until he gets to that kingdom, that kingdom of heaven, according to the biblical word which He gave to His people. Therefore the Church should believe in the principle behind the doctrine in the following chapter regarding