Deuteronomy (Program #9) – The Rehearsal of the Law (2)
Deuteronomy Chapter 7 begins in a way that might be very difficult for us to reconcile with our natural thought. “When Jehovah your God brings you into the land which you are about to enter to possess, and clears away many nations from before you – And Jehovah your God delivers them up before you and you defeat them, you shall utterly destroy them; you shall make no covenant with them, nor shall you show them any favor.”
God’s word to the children of Israel was as they were preparing to enter the good land was to utterly and absolutely destroy the people that were inhabiting the land. To us today this may seems far too extreme. But what view do we bring to the Scriptures?
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