Big Idea -

1) Did God really mean it?

View one: God didn’t command the killing of the Canaanites

View two: The commands to “wipe them out” are not to be taken literally

2) Three reasons why God commanded the killing of the Canaanites

Possession of the land

The protection of Israel

It was judgement on a wicked people

3) The “wipe them out” texts and the contemporary mind

We’re weak on culture

We’re weak on justice and judgment

We’re weak on God being different from us: we’ve forgotten that God is not our equal