03/02/2026
This is why it's so important tor you to read. So you know for yourself and get proper understanding instead of acting in your feelings. It so many ignorant Christians even that just say stuff with no wisdom because they don't know the word. When war is enacted for the right reasons (against wicked people) it it was permitted.
It wasn't that war wasnt permitted. However it was plenty of cases where GOD actually told them to wipe them all out. This was often because of the wicked side. Same today. It will be even worse at the battle of Armageddon . That why you see people get angry and mad when sin is exposed not realizing if you keep acting causal. Uh hum..
History
Why a Good God Commanded the Israelites to Destroy the Canaanites
To drive a wedge between God and goodness, I’d point to God’s command to the Israelites to “utterly destroy” every person living in the Canaanite cities God was giving them. They were instructed to “not leave alive anything that breathes”—to kill every man, woman, child, and animal (Deut. 20:16–17). Why would a good God have the Israelites exterminate entire groups of people, including women, children, and animals? Here are four principles to remember the next time you encounter this issue.
God’s Patience
First, God was patient. He didn’t capriciously command the Israelites to destroy an entire people group. In fact, God had patiently granted 400 years of grace to the Canaanites (Gen. 15:13–16). They had heard of God’s awesome power (Josh. 2:10–11; 9:9). This should have prompted their repentance, but the Canaanites continued in their debauchery. They had ample time to turn from their wicked ways.
God’s Judgment
Second, the destruction of the Canaanites was God’s judgment on them for their grotesque abominations. The Canaanites weren’t kind, humble, indigenous people guilty of minor offenses like cyberbullying. They were a horrible society—so horrible, in fact, that if they existed today, our culture would cry out for the government to intervene by any means necessary.
Leviticus 18 describes the