It doesnt stop there. As a result, they eventually received the same judgment the Canaanites experienced ( Deut. Then they would simply abandon worship of the true God. Gods character is such that He gives nations an appropriate amount of time to repent. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Or better yet why didnt God give Canaan a chance to repent? 1 (2009): 73-92; www.epsociety.org/library/articles.asp?pid=63. Other ungodly acts routinely engaged in by the Canaanites included adultery, bestiality, and homosexuality (Leviticus 18:20-30). Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. Driving them out wasnt simply a way of making room for Israel. The Spirit of God comes on Jephthah, but the military leader's efforts still end in tragedy. 23:33; Deut. For the most part, they chose to rebel against God. In phase four there was a major change. In regard to the Canaanites, God commanded, "In the cities of the nations the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes. . Canaanite religion, like that of all of the ANE, was a fertility religion that involved temple sex. The Amorites had a chance to repent and be saved, just as the Assyrians in Nineveh did during in the time of Jonah. God and the Canaanities | Bible.org 10. Theeremlaws of the OT were an example of this intrusion. Another biblical story that is similar to the story of Ananias and Sapphira is the story of Elisha's servant, Gehazi greedily wanting money for Naaman's healing . He blogs at Allkirk Network. 7. So for those of us who confess the authority of both the Old and New Testaments, we are faced with a number of challenging questions: How do we reconcile the erem laws with the rest of Scriptures teachings on justice and compassion? Killing the Canaanites: A Response to the New Atheism's "Divine If God was not behind the conquest of Canaan, then the Israelites were no different than the Nazis and the Hutus.