Notes on God having the Israelits devote the other peoples to destruction
1. God rules all of life and death and owes no one anything and owns everything and everyone2. What happened in the Flood was far worse than what we see in Deuteronomy. The entire planet was wiped out. Every person except Noah and his family. You can't throw out Deuteronomy without throwing out Noah and the Ark, which for some reason is now a cheerful little children's story.
3. Genesis 14 spoke of the destruction of these tribes 400 years prior.
4. Abraham brought God down from wiping out all of Sodom and Gamorah to saying he wouldn't if there were any righteous in it. There's precedent of God not reigning down judgement on those who are righteous. None of the tribes the Israelites destroyed were righteous.
5. This wasn't the normal protocol for Israel. This was very specific judgement to these 7 nations because of their sin.
6. This wasn't exclusive, Israel itself was threatened with this type of destruction if they turned from God. The first generation all died in the desert. Later other kings come in and destroy those in Israel. God is in control. We can't judge him.
7. Israel was acting in a unique way as God's tool of providence.
8. Jesus quoted Deuteronomy more than any other book. Be careful that your sensabilities are offended where Jesus's weren't.
9. If we as Christians have a problem with this we will struggle with the doctrine of God's wrath on the whole throughout the scriptures.
10. The true answer to the wrath of God in the scriptures is not to say that people don't deserve it, or that God is unjust in bringing it. The same God that pours out the wrath provides a son to drink it in your place. God is a God of justice and holiness, but also of love, grace, covenant keeping.
11. Can you trust the judge of all the earth to do what is right?
Sermon Source:
Israel's History, for Israel's Future
April 8, 2018 Speaker: Kyle Schwahn Series: Deuteronomy: A Covenant of Love
Scripture: Deuteronomy 1:1–3:29
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